The Harmony Of Hope And The Hope Of Despair: The All-In-One Package

Hi there! It's been two months or so since we finished this, and I'm not really back at it, per se. Just some tidying up. Since finishing this project, I've been sort of relaxing and procrastinating. My usual self. I got one or two things in the pipeline, though; one being a quickie post that's as gonzo as it is a stupid idea. The other is much more in line with my 'brand", so to speak. Anime, cute girls, the utopic ideal. It's a show I've talked about before but its follow-up was so good and personally resonant to the larger narrative of the blog that it actively pissed me off, solely because now I have to devote a little project time to it. With that timely tease out of the way, what is this?

For any newcomers to the blog, or those of you who clicked my pinned Twitter post, or anyone else, a little explanation. From November 2019 to May 2021 I watched, enjoyed, ruminated on, and wrote at length about the Japanese cartoon Senki Zesshou Symphogear, a magical girl cartoon about finding hope and the utopic ideal in the most desperate and darkest hours of the human soul. It's a show that's very important to me, and very resonant to me given the types of media that have shaped and changed me over the course of my life. I expressed that in one marathon of a project which took me 60,000 words and a year to write, and this blog post is the all-in-one package curating every single word in one handy and easy-to-access compilation. With that, I for once find some brevity and leave you to it. Please enjoy my hard work and thoughtful feelings, in... The Harmony Of Hope And The Dirge Of Despair.

Introduction: Elegy Of The Eternals

Part 1: Meteoroid-falling, Burning, And Disappear, Then… (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)

1.1: Sonata Of Sacrifice

1.2: Tempo Of Tsubasa

1.3: Crescendo Of Chris and Minuet Of Miku

1.4: Finale Of Finè

Part 2: In The Distance, That Day, When The Star Became Music... (Senki Zesshou Symphogear G)

2.1: Aria Of Apples

2.2: Canon Of Corruption

2.3: Bolero Of Betrayal

2.4: Upbeat Of Understanding

2.5: Hymn Of Heroism

Part 3: Believe In Justice And Hold A Determination To Fist (Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX)

3.1: Allegro Of Alchemy

3.2: Waltz Of Weakness 

3.3: Cacophony Of Curses

3:4: Falsetto Of Fatherhood

3.5: Melody Of Memory

Part 4: By Shedding Many Tears, The Reality You Face Is... (Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ)

4.1: Incantation Of Illuminati

4.2: Requiem Of Regret

4.3: Precipitato Of Problematic

4.4: Percussion Of Perfection

4.5: Discord Of Divinity

Part 5: Create A History, With The Light God Could Not Know (Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV)

5.1: Verse Of Violence

5.2: Amplification Of Amalgam

5.3: Progression Of Protection

5.4: Mambo Of Monsters

5.5: Bridge Of Blessing

Epilogue: All Good Things...