I thought I would celebrate Tsubasa's birthday with a joke I had in my head ever since I started watching The Idolmaster Shiny Colors. This is a reference to Nago Keisuke from Kamen Rider Kiva.
1: Fast! Short! Straight! Direct! Hear my feelings, the scream of my heart!
2: Hugging Chris-chan and then observing her reaction is my current obsession! They both get angry at me afterwards, though. …Wait, "they both"?
NOTES:
Usually these are very self-explanatory, but this one has a lot of interesting nuance to break down and Japanese stuff I find to be interesting.
TL note 1: 「狂装」 here combines the kanji for madness/obsession/extreme interest (狂) with the kanji for dressing/professing (装), this by itself is not a commonly used word. For those unaware, this is Hibiki's first berserk card in the game, hence she's "clad in madness and howling". At the same time, 狂 is also used to express extreme passion. For example, "to fall madly in love" in Japanese is 「狂って恋に落ちる」. Both clips here concern Chris, the first is a line from the show and the second is about Chris. Hibiki's talk of a current obsession and her passionate plea to be understood by Chris are both examples of her professing, howling even, very passionate feelings. Hence the wordplay in the name.
TL note 2: Hibiki says literally that her current "my boom"(in English) is to hug Chris and observe how she reacts. This is what in Japanese is called 「和製英語」 (wasei-eigo, lit. "English made in Japan"), which means a Japanese expression using English words. A "my boom" is a personal obsession you have that brings you a lot of joy.
TL note 3: in case Hibiki's tone of voice doesn't make it obvious, she absentmindedly refers to 2 people who get mad when she hugs Chris to tease her but then is confused as to why she used plural. That's what earned the Miku tags.
It's been a long time since the last time I draw the Symphogear Mirage AU art. This time, it's AU Elsa in the Gleipnir gear.
In Norse mythology, Gleipnir (also known as the "open one" in Old Norse) is the binding that holds the mighty wolf Fenrir.