

When Chris purges Nehushtan and dons Ichii-bal during her fight against Hibiki
in episode 7 of the first season, she complains about how she has to start
singing now. And indeed, Ichii-bal, like Ame-no-Habakiri and Gungnir,
generally requires the wielder to sing while transformed (because of, like,
phonic gain, or something?).

However, neither Chris nor Finé sing when they wield Nehushtan (thereby
depriving us of what would surely have been a glorious Sawashiro Miyuki battle
song).

Why is that? Why doesn't Nehushtan require its wielder to sing?


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Why doesn't Nehushtan require its wielder to sing?


The answer turns out to be simple. There are two key facts here:

  * Nehushtan is a complete relic. I'm not sure if this is mentioned in the show, but [it is mentioned in the season 1 keywords](http://www.symphogear.com/key12.html). 
  * According to Fujitaka in episode 3, a complete relic need only be activated by song a single time, with the caveat that the initial activation requires a significant amount of phonic gain. Thereafter, anybody can wield it at full power without needing to provide supplemental phonic gain in the form of song. 

Nehushtan was activated in episode 1 by the phonic gain from the Zwei Wing
concert, and was thus usable by anyone (including Chris and Finé) thereafter.


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