

The BDs for Symphogear (season one) came with three creditless versions of the
OP (Synchrogazer). One difference between the second and third versions of the
OP (I think the only difference, in fact) is that Yukine is added to [this
shot](https://i.stack.imgur.com/83K53.jpg), which makes sense, since the third
version of the OP is first used in episode 11, by which point Yukine is one of
the "good guys".

But I cannot, for the life of me, tell what the difference between the first
and second versions of the OP is. I even played them side-by-side, and still
couldn't notice anything different between them. How do the first and second
versions differ?


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What is the difference between the 1st and 2nd NCOPs for Symphogear (season one)?


I ended up going through the OP with a fine-toothed framestepper, whereupon I
finally sighted the differences between the two.

At 00:51-00:52, NCOP 1 has a body shot of Yukine in Nehushtan, followed by a
face shot of Yukine in Nehushtan...

![Yukine in Nehushtan, body](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mnv7um.jpg) ![Yukine in
Nehushtan, face](https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNyhSm.jpg)

...while in NCOP 2, there's a body shot of _Finé_ in Nehushtan, followed by a
face shot of Yukine in _Ichaival_.

![Finé in Nehushtan, body](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eCgR1m.jpg) ![Yukine in
Ichaival, face](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fxQPNm.jpg)

The shots last for 8 and 10 frames, respectively.

(And one's probably traced off of the other, so they look pretty similar if
you're not specifically looking for them as they flash by, which is why it
took me a while to notice. Unexciting answer, but it is what it is.)


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