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"Noise are mindless creatures that kill with a single touch. The Megid are monsters who wish to take advantage of that so they can rewrite the world’s story. But there are those who stand against them, be they singers or swordsmen. They are the Symphogear Wielders and Kamen Riders, and how this story ends is for them to decide!"
Sympho-Saber: Song of Swords is a Fusion Fic between Symphogear and Kamen Rider Saber, written by ZeroEnchiladas of Rider Time Zi-O: Roze from Remnant fame. The story mainly follows that of Symphogear, but with events and characters from Kamen Rider Saber added in as well.
The story can be found on Archive of Our Own
and FanFiction.net.
Sympho-Saber: Song of Swords contains the following:
- Adapted Out: Ryo Ogami (the Buster from the series) and his family are absent in the story.
- Ascended Extra: Genjuro and Ogawa were always rendered as supporting characters in Symphogear, because of their abilities not being suited to fighting Noise. Here, they become Kamen Riders Buster and Kenzan.
- Death by Adaptation: Ren Akamichi (the Kenzan from the series) dies during Calibur's betrayal.
- Decomposite Character: Several of the Symphogear cast end up in roles belonging to the absent Saber characters, but spread out. Notably, Ren's role and relationship with Desast is split between Tsubasa (sword rivalry), Chris (odd friendship) and Ogawa (Kamen Rider Kenzan).
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Daichi Kamijo, the previous Saber and second Calibur is instead impaled by Ryoga Shindai instead of Desast.
- Shout-Out: When discussing parallel worlds in the first chapter of the RXU arc, Touma suggests a parallel world where Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris all have twins.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Kanade Amou gets revived moments after her death via the Eternal Phoenix Wonder Ridebook, becoming Kamen Rider Falchion.
- Story Arc: The fic mainly uses the Symphogear arcs as the main base, while also adapting Saber arcs to fit with them. After G is a brief movie arc, while in between GX and AXZ is the original RXU arc with elements from Symphogear XDU.
