[Hagoshod]

I'm not saying the first two episodes make the rest of Total Eclipse difficult to understand in itself, because the proper "plot" of Total Eclipse honestly isn't that hard to follow. It's shallow as all hell. It's 20 minutes a week of girls shaking their asses at the camera while cool-looking robots fight each other in training exercises completely void of any real threat or tension.

My problem is it's an absolutely baffling way to set up a series that's completely separated from the actually dangerous environment established in the first two episodes. Why even bother putting effort into it if you know you're going to stop trying the moment you get to episode 3?

Hey, you know what the last series was that started as a fun moeblob romp before getting brutally serious a couple episodes in?

Madoka.

Do you know what separates Madoka from Total Eclipse?

It actually continued to be serious and constantly built on the Mami situation, whereas this piece of crap used almost the same set up (cute girls getting eaten) as an excuse to turn the series into a mindless toy commercial.

Oh, and let's not forget developing a main character with an extremely emotional origin story so she has tons of audience empathy and she's the only remotely compelling part of this snorefest, but then SURPRISE she's actually going to be a supporting character from now on!