What The Fuck Symphogear

I honestly don't even.

Senki Zessho Symphogear: How this works, I don't even. The concept is lamentably terrible, the character designs are wonky, the music is misplaced and obtrusive, the plot makes no sense whatsoever and no explanations whatsoever are given.
YET IT IS STILL GOOD.
Why, I honestly do not know. Maybe it's the fact that it's shaping up to be a bit darker than your average mecha powered-armor series, the fact that Tsubasa is actually a pretty novel character, or that Hibiki is doom'd by canon. Maybe it's that the series seems to be aware of its clichés, or maybe it's just that I like pulp flicks once in a while. Hey, here's the man who watched Blood-C and has begun on Ga-Rei: Zero and Shikabane Hime. Anyfuck, I cannot explain why I like Symphogear. It should be shit, but it's not.
Actually, it's still shit, but somehow, it manages to still be good. I think that I might be watching this for the same reason B-movies even have a market share, but there's a niggling feeling somewhere in me that tells me that I may actually honestly like it. I don't like that feeling.
75/100 - when it's at its best. Often - twice or thrice per episode - Symphogear takes a headfirst dive into so bad territory it's not even funny anymore. At its worst, my subconscious wakes up and groggily asks my mind what the royal Master Sparking astrofuck it's doing watching G Gundam AMVs with bad J-pop backing, and my mind doesn't have a believable answer. At those times, I wonder why I'm even watching something that makes my soul hurt - those times are the 15/100 times.