Haaa~ this was kind of "yes, yes, seen this before" until Haruto got into the robot, became weirdly and fabulously awesome after that, and then came the post-ED scene which is the best "tune in next time, too!" hook I've seen in a while. XDDD
Spoiler for ep 1:
I kind of loved how, instead of jumping into the mecha and knowing what to do, the hero almost let his mecha be destroyed wthout even fighting, because he had no idea what to do with it. XD And did I see right, Valvrave produced a scythe at one point?? XD (To say nothing of its 4 swords.)
Anyway, no comment on the story or the characters so far, although I kept giggling whenever L-Elf's little gang had a scene, the whole "enemy mini boss squad in white uniforms" kept remindig me of Incognito from Ixion Saga. XD (The seiyuu didn't help: Kaji Yuuki voices the sadist kid again, and apparently Marian and Pet switched teams... XDD) Apropos seiyuu, I'm kind of glad that Oosaka finally gets to play a mecha hero role, I just hope he won't try to emulate Ishida Akira. XD;; (In an interview last year he said he'd love to play a mecha hero like his role model Ishida Akira in Gundam Seed. XD)
And lol, L-Elf (why are they all named after letters and numbers) first stabs him and then shoots him twice for good measure. No half-assed work here, folks.