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Originally Posted by Vena

He has no basis for thinking any of this (danger, peril) aside from a dream. A dream.

A pretty horrible dream, and a pretty realistic one (apart from the Amagura thing) as far as Amata knew back then. Also, even thinking about it rationally Kagura was very likely out there looking for Mikono.

Originally Posted by Vena

There was no grave danger , there was no known invasion, no reported mechas or wild Kaguras running around to even bring up the thought that she might have been in any sort of danger,

There was no known invasion or suchlike when Kagura appeared out of nowhere in the graveyard, either. Last time they saw Kagura he rose out of the ground and disappeared in a whirl of sakura petals. No mecha, no reports, nothing. Not even any ominous bgm. (And before you say "oh, but then they weren't at Neo-Deava to hear the reports!" - there wouldn't have been any reports, seeing the method Mykage used to transport Kagura there.)

Originally Posted by Vena

he went out hunting blindly and had no idea where she was, that's all it was. Instead of doing the rational thing,

And doing the rational thing would've been...? ^^;; It's not like his tactics involved screaming "MIKONO-SAN, WHERE ARE YOU!" until he found her (that was when he was really out of his mind), he tried looking for clues, which is why he went to that town where Mikono used to live. He didn't know it had been destroyed.

Originally Posted by Vena

he went ahead and (a.) stole a vector from an already weakened defense force, (b.) defied orders, and (c.) got others in trouble because of his obsession.

You know, in any other anime this might have been a good argument. But this is Aquarion and Neo-Deava. Neo-Deava sent four of their six mechas to Altair, blindly, mind you, to find a single person on an entire planet, never mind the possibility of the whole thing being a trap - in which case they would've been open to an attack without an Aquarion to defend them. Neo-Deava also let Zessica go on this mission, even though previously she'd endangered her comrades' lives, was near-suicidal, and was the cause of Mix getting kidnapped. She was very clearly not in the mental state to fight, and yet they let her go to Altair. And so on, in short, this sort of logic is not really applicable in this show.

Originally Posted by Vena

Him leaving Neo-Daeva to chase her against her wishes is what set off the events that led to her kidnapping, to Zessica's body-snatching, to Shrade's death, loss of yet another vector, and to the activation and loss of the Aquarion. All of these events tie back to the fact that, like a fool, he got caught by Mykage hook, line, and sinker.

Wow, a few more posts and we'll get to the point that Amata is the direct cause of every horrible thing that happened in this show by falling in love with Mikono! Damn this Amata and his obsession! He killed Jin! He killed Shrade! He ruined everything! DAMN YOU, AMATA SORA! DAMN YOU! *shakes fist* (Wait, no, it was Mikono, because Amata was ready to give up when he thought she wasn't interested. Mikono said they should go on a "date." DAMN YOU, MIKONO SUZUSHIRO!!)

So, before that happens, let's just look at things rationally. Mikono would've been kidnapped with or without Amata looking for her (why do you think Kagura was even there? what do you think he was trying to do during the whole series?), Neo-Deava would've sent vectors to get Mikono back anyway because she's kind of important, and so Shrade would've died because he would've insisted on piloting Aquarion, just as he insisted on joining Operation Let's Save Mix. And Mykage would've taken over Zessica with or without Amata's involvement, that was settled many episodes earlier! All Mykage was waiting for was Solar Aquarion to appear. That's why he needed Amata, and if Amata hadn't gone looking for Mikono then Mykage would've made him go there in some other way (like, sending his Cherubim on a rampage to lure out Neo-Deava forces).