Smurf, my problem isn't so much with the fact that Kira survived what should have surely been a fatal blow (which does piss me off too) but HOW he and Lacus faction have been infallible for most of GSD. They are constantly portrayed as the only ones doing the right thing. Not only does this lofty pedestal piss me off, defaming the serious and mistake-ridden mode of previous Gundam series, but I can't agree with their rationale. And all the garbage Fukuda pulls to get the AA repaired, to have top notch Gundams manufactured by an unidentified Factory, to have Kira always save the day, has gotten old so fast.

And the closer the series gets to the end, the part that's supposed to be the best, we just get more of Lacus' and Kira's speeches, more righteous conviction from the AA crew, more Maryu and Mwu sappiness, and more of Kira obviously saving the day and hardly getting scratched in battle. I, and many others, feel cheated. And the number one figure in the show that can be blamed is Kira, because he's largely been at the center of the series, and the downfall of the Seed series has thus been linked to Kira's downfall and the fact that his personality has remained quite stagnant since the beginning of Destiny.