I love the the engineering porn in the beginning. It's not often that you see maintenance in mecha anime in that level of detail.
The Goodsmile decal was fitting for, out-universe, it's the company who acquired the license to produce the 1/60 Savage "Crosbow" model kit.
The matches were short but were on point showing that Sousuke's AS piloting skills are leagues above the others.
Also, defeating ASes via submission hold. How do they work?