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覚醒の鼓動

A girl named Hibiki Tachibana attends a concert held by Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amō, who form the pop duo, ZweiWing. In the middle of the concert, the stadium is attacked by an alien race known as Noise who begin killing the attendees. Tsubasa and Kanade summon mechanical battle armor known as Symphogear to fight off the Noise, but soon find themselves in a pinch. Kanade tries to protect Hibiki, but she is hit by a stray fragment of Kanade's armor. With her suit losing power, Kanade sings a song that destroys all the Noise, but at the cost of her own life. Back in the present, Hibiki, who was able to survive, is attending Lydian Music Academy alongside her friend, Miku Kohinata, while Tsubasa, who goes to the same school, continues to fight the Noise alone. As Hibiki goes into town to buy a new CD, she comes across a Noise attack and tries to help a young girl get to safety. When they become cornered, she sings the song she heard Kanade sing that day which ends up giving her Symphogear armor.

雑音と不協和音と

Hibiki uses her newfound ability to protect the girl from the Noise before Tsubasa arrives on the scene to defeat them. Afterwards, Hibiki is taken to the underground headquarters for the Mobile Disaster Response Corps 2nd Division to run a medical checkup. They soon reveal Hibiki's ability to summon Symphogear comes from fragments of a relic Kanade possessed that entered Hibiki's body during the battle two years ago. As Tsubasa is shocked by the news, Hibiki agrees to fight against the Noise. A large Noise monster appears in the city which Tsubasa defeats, before telling Hibiki that she wants to fight her.

夜にすれ違う

Tsubasa attempts to attack Hibiki, refusing to accept her as Kanade's replacement, but the fight is halted by 2nd Division's leader, Genjuro Kazanari. Two months later and the two have still been unable to get along with each other. As the 2nd Division discuss the recent outbreaks of Noise, they theorise the Noise are targeting a collection of relics known as Durandal hidden beneath Lydian Academy. As Hibiki makes plans to watch shooting stars with Miku, she is called away to another Noise outbreak, forcing her to cancel to both girls' ire. As Hibiki tears through the Noise, with Tsubasa arriving to finish off its leader, they are confronted by a new enemy wearing the Nehushtan armor that was stolen two years ago.

落涙

Five years ago, Kanade was brought to the 2nd Division after her family was killed by the Noise. Wanting to get revenge on the Noise, she underwent harsh medical treatment to become compatible with the Gungnir relic and gain Symphogear. As she began fighting alongside Tsubasa, she grew an appreciation for sharing her music with others and formed ZweiWing with her. Back in the present, Tsubasa faces off against the Nehushtan clad enemy, who reveals her goal is to capture Hibiki. As her opponent starts to overwhelm her, Tsubasa sings her swan song, which forces the opponent to retreat, whilst Tsubasa barely survives the damage done to her body. As Tsubasa recovers, Hibiki hears about how she was affected following Kanade's death two years ago and becomes depressed, feeling everything has been her fault. After some encouraging words from Miku, Hibiki resolves to be herself and become stronger to protect others and begins training with Genjuro.

なお昏き深淵の底から

As Chris is punished for the failure of her mission by a mysterious woman known as Fenie, Tsubasa regains consciousness after speaking with Kanade in her dream about how she should live. Meanwhile, the Minister of Defense is assassinated by terrorists, targeting a case that Ryoko manages to recover. Ryoko explains the case contains a chip pertaining to the Durandal sword hidden beneath the base. Hibiki accompanies Ryoko on a mission to escort Durandal to a safe location, but they are soon confronted by Chris and a group of Noise which Hibiki fights off. The Durandal responds to Hibiki's voice and activates, and despite Chris's attempt to grab it, Hibiki grabs it instead, giving her a short moment of incredible power which drives off Chris.

兆しの行方は

As Chris vows to take Hibiki down with her own power, Hibiki is asked to help look after Tsubasa whilst she recovers. As Tsubasa asks to hear from Hibiki about what she fights for, Miku spots the two together and becomes determined to talk with Hibiki. When Miku ends up getting caught in the battlefield when Chris appears, Hibiki is forced to reveal her secret to save her. Luring her away, Hibiki attempts to reason with Chris, but she is unwilling to listen. Being unable to construct an Armed Gear like Tsubasa, Hibiki instead uses the required energy to power her punch and break through Chris's armor.

撃ちてし止まぬ運命のもとに

As Hibiki tries to reach Chris's feelings, Chris activates her own relic, Ishii-Bal, and attacks Hibiki with her own Symphogear. As Tsubasa arrives on the scene to back Hibiki up, Fenie arrives and breaks up the fight, telling Chris she no longer has use for her. Later that night, Chris comes across a pair of siblings and helps reunite them with their father. Meanwhile, Miku is mad at Hibiki for lying to her, telling her they can no longer be friends. As Chris tries to confront Fenie, she dons her own set of armor and attacks her.

陽だまりに翳りなく

Whilst having a walk, Miku encounters Kurisu, who had become exhausted from being chased by the Noise, and decides to help nurse her back to health. As Kurisu explains her troubled childhood to Miku, a Noise alert appears, with Kurisu blaming herself for bringing them there. As Chris has trouble transforming, Genjuro appears to defend her whilst she transforms and leads the Noise away. Meanwhile, Hibiki encounters Miku and an okonamiya shop owner as they are trapped by an octopus-like Noise who detects noises. After apologising to Hibiki, Miku decides to lead the Noise away to give Hibiki a chance to transform, arriving just in time to defeat the Noise and save Miku. After Miku confesses the reason she was angry was because she was fearful for Hibiki's safety, the two make up with each other.

防人の歌

As Miku is allowed to join the second division, Genjuro goes to see Chris, explaining how he was to become her guardian after her parents died eight years ago, but she refuses his help. Having fully recovered from her injuries, Tsubasa is invited by Hibiki and Miku to spend the day together, where she comes to understand some of Kanade's words. Tsubasa decides to participate in a music festival taking place at the arena where that fateful incident took place. On the night of the concert, Hibiki decides to take on a Noise case on her own, where she teams up with Chris. Following the concert, Tsubasa decides to take on an overseas contract.

繋いだ手だけが紡ぐもの

Ryoko is attacked by some American terrorists while hacking information off on Fine's computer, but she kills them using Black Arts, though takes some damage in doing so. As Kurisu and Genjuro come across the scene, Genjuro helps Kurisu understand what her parents fought for. As the Second Division investigate a clue given to them by Kurisu, Kadingir, a group of large airborne Noise appears over Tokyo Sky Tower, with Kurisu arriving to assist Hibiki and Tsubasa. Despite some hostility from Kurisu, Hibiki helps her and Tsubasa get along and together they defeat the Noise. Afterwards, however, Hibiki receives a distressing call from Miku that the academy is under Noise attack.

月を穿つ

As Ogawa tries to get Miku to safety to the 2nd Division headquarters, they are attacked by Finé, who is revealed to be Ryoko as Genjuro arrives on the scene to fight against her. However, Ryoko manages to critically wound Genjuro and goes on to take the Durandal. As Ryoko goes on to confront Hibiki, Tsubasa and Kurisu as they arrive on the scene, she explains how she is an ancient priestess who possessed Ryoko's body 12 years ago. She then proceeds to bring out the Kadingir, a huge cannon that she had been building in the 2nd Division's elevator shaft all this time, which she plans to use to destroy the moon which possesses some spell holding back her true power. As the cannon prepares to fire, Kurisu sings her swan song and sacrifices herself to stop the beam from completely destroying the moon, to the shock of Hibiki.

シンフォギア

Shocked by Kurisu's supposed death, Hibiki goes beserk and loses control, attacking relentlessly at both Ryoko and Tsubasa. As Kadingir prepare to fire another shot at the moon, Tsubasa takes the full brunt of Hibiki's attack in order to hold her in place before standing to face against Ryoko in order to try and launching a kamekaze attack which destroys Kadingir. As Ryoko turns her anger on Hibiki, who is not sure what to fight for anymore, the girl Hibiki had previously saved gives Miku the idea to, with the help of her friends, send Hibiki everyone's words of support. Upon hearing her classmates sing her school's anthem, Hibiki, along with Tsubasa and Kurisu who had survived, unleash the Symphogear's true potential.

流れ星、墜ちて燃えて尽きて、そして―

As Ryoko summons an entire army of Noise, Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris work together to fight them off. Just then, Ryoko fuses herself with Durandal and the remaining Noise to become a powerful being. Working together, Tsubasa and Chris manage to retrieve Durandal from Ryoko and pass it on to Hibiki who manages to control its power thanks to Miku and the others and defeats Ryoko. Unwilling to listen to Hibiki's advice, Ryoko uses the last of her strength to pull the loose fragment of the moon towards the earth before fading away into dust. As Hibiki goes alone to stop the fragment using her swan song, Tsubasa and Chris join her and together they sing the ultimate swan song to destroy the fragment. Some time later, as Miku finds herself cornered by Noise, Hibiki, Tsubasa and Chris return safe and sound.