Also damn, there's been so many major, huge battles recently. It's getting a bit unrelenting, like the last 5ish episodes of original Gundam but for 25 episodes

None of the girls in the Astrays even get to do anything cool, just get saved by the guys.

Also it's a glaring issue that due to Kira being literally unfuckingtouchable, it doesn't feel like he was in such a tough spot that Athrun needed to save him

But I guess Evangelion did that with the Kotono Mitsuishi-voiced character so this does too, with far less depth and aspects to the character too, of course

It just feels so like... Oh she can't just be a woman in charge, she also has to be flawed, a weak commander in over her head, and weak to the charms of this charismatic guy. This isn't just a seed issue but still it always gets a 🙄 from me

It does feel frankly a bit bizarre for the Earth Forces to take two major losses, one self-inflected, and then decide to go to war with a neutral, advanced nation.

Also rolling my eyes at La Flaga kissing Murrue. I knew it was heading that way with his one-sided advances but still, bleh

I think detrans grifters has fooled everyone into think accidentally getting on HRT without knowing what it actually does is a legitimate worry. It's not.

It's still not like, great, but I'm having a better time with it now it feels like it's in more of a groove. I don't buy Kira's character change at all and he's still the least interesting protagonist I've ever spent this much time with, but the stuff happening around him is at least quite fun

The pacing has definitely picked up a lot, it really feels like it's getting in to the final act. Big changes, it kinda feels like the Federation has actually lost? And that the Archangel crew is now truly independent of it too, it's definitely going in even more of a different direction now

I do really like the Freedom Gundam though, really nice design and colour scheme.

Episode 33 in general was pretty good! Definitely a pick up

I like that Kira was rewarded with a new Gundam for doing nothing for 3 episodes

You're going to have to explain this one 😭