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So in order to get over having watched Hamatora, I've been watching Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet and the new Gundam.
First, Gargantia. I haven't yet finished it, but I'm on the twelfth episode and to be perfectly honest I don't feel like I need to finish watching it to know what happens. Evil former boss man attacks fleet of people he likes, they fight, he wins (probably after his mech sacrifices itself), maybe all the other random idiots (the dumb blond, the great Titty Pirate) chip in to help, and yet another Gen Urobuchi series that started well ends with a whimper.
A pity, really. I like Ledo, and the major twist made, if not perfect sense, then at least enough sense that the subtle and then blatant foreshadowing tied into it into one long back chain of realization.
...aaaaat which point we get a robotic monologue to dismiss it and the emotional climax of the series is quickly discarded to focus on creepy cultists and Ledo rejecting the aping of his former culture in favor of this new place he's grown to like and view without the apathy that formerly characterized him.
And that would be a great plot arc! In the middle of a longer show. At this point, after the major revelation? It just kind of falls flat, especially when it's used for what they're trying to force into being the climax. Also, three episodes is just not long enough to introduce and then solve this whole plot.
As for the new Gundam? I really like that the opening theme and the main character duo, but if this is supposed to be a twelve episode anime they're really mucking with the pacing. I'm 5 episodes in and they've already wasted two mucking about with various emotions and world building instead of getting on with the plot and moving forward. It's still in the middle of resolving the first plot introduced. By the time this gets to Earth the series is going to practically be over, no time for twists whatsoever.
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