So, this time, I'm giving my impression of the episode totally unbiased. Haven't read anything on here yet =)
Dislikes:
- If that Mr Ract wanted to sacrifice himself, he should quietly do so, and let his actions speak for him. Instead, he gives a boring, time-consuming speech about how noble he is being. Pretentious idiot, have you got no dignity?
- the UE is still a "faceless" enemy - we know nothing about them, and therefore are forced to accept that killing them is okay. It's very black and white. I don't expect to know everything about the opponent by episode 13, or that they would've given us reason to sympathize with them, but at least we should know their faces.
Instead, all we know is that they have a psycho kid and some old dudes, making them seem even more like a two dimensional villain. The fact that all they do during their limited screen time is slag off humans doesn't help either.
Sure, they will reveal more about them in the future, and it's possible to pull this off- see Macross F, but the difference is, in the latter it was just unknown why the Vajra attacked them, it's not as if we saw the Vajra being evil and taking the piss.
I don't know, I feel like we're being presented with a villain, instead of an opposing side, and that's exactly what drew me to Gundam way back- that it didn't DO that.
- Emily still didn't do anything.
- Flit is overpowered. I never liked overpowered protagonists unless there was good reason. It shows here especially, since he's one of only three main pilots, and he's sticking out like a sore thumb.
Likes:
-Millais and Emily's talk. It was cute and while it was pretty standard, we got some development for Emily, which she really deserved after Yurin got so much. I still think it's pretty lame that she's the female lead, but she gets to do absolutely nothing and when she does it's about how she loves Flit- who she doesn't get more than two seconds of screen time with. Harsh.
- Woolf and orange-guy's talk. A bit unnecessary, but it added a tiny bit of depth potential to the characters.
- Desil being creepy. It's the only thing that makes the UE bearable as an enemy, and lessens how annoyingly two-dimensional they are at the moment. I just love cute psychopaths
- that Archangel vibe form the Diva. I know, I know, but I'm a bit of a sucker for that ship... ^^'' Although, isn't it dangerous to have the bridge exposed like that? A lot of designs have that though, so maybe it's just me thinking it's an easy target up there...?
- Yurin being made to pilot and most likely go nuts. She better go nuts, not cry and whine for Flit. Really like her suit, not sure about that being the color scheme for her MS too though
That's all that comes to mind, I'll go read the thread now
edit: oh and I forgot to say that yes, this was overall an enjoyable episode, definitely better than before at least.
Fly since ↔...
