waited for mendoi's, so...

I liked some of it. The fact that the entire search for the terrorists was actually conducted in a very believable way (even if absurdly accelerated... it'd take months for all that stuff to come together) was something I liked, along with the conversation between Saji and his sister about CB's "true objective" and the common civilian's place in a world like this.

What I didn't like: Setsuna acting like a retard, useless fanservice, and the fact that the terrorist network had three freaking major bases. Everything realistic about terror networks went right out the door when that showed up...

Also, I realize the other countries (or at least the AEU) leaked the info about those bases so that CB could find them... but you'd think they'd have scrambled some of their own to at least show they too are trying to fight the terrorists. Or at least maybe send some observation drones to at least gather intel on CB some more...

Hallelujah's reaction to the girls' swimsuits... oh those yaoi prints are coming!

A primary love interest in a Gundam show that I don't despise? A political figure as the primary love interest in a Gundam show that I don't despise? (seriously though, I'm really liking the Azrdadwhaterstan's storyline, partly because the princess is just so genuine- and not a retard- and her subordinate seems to be pretty shrewd)

fucked up Gundam pilots isn't that strange, if you consider where CB would be recruiting them from (and that this show is almost Gundam Wing 2.0). It's strange enough, to me, that they have an ex-Union strategist (Sumeragi) with them and a HRL based intel/backer (Chinese girl)... I wouldn't really expect them to be recruiting from other countries' militaries... And you'd have to think that a child soldier, a terrorist attack orphan, and whatever exactly Tieria and Hallelujah's deals are, would make ideally motivated members. You can't expect them to be sane though.

I don't mind that the Gundams show up and wipe floor. That's why they're Gundams and every poor sap might as well be piloting a Pinto with wings. What I don't like is that each episode contains the closure of what would be impossibly complicated issues. You just don't hit three bases of a terrorist group and expect that to be the end.

Finally, I got the feeling that Felt made the Haro unit that Lockon has. How it got into his hands, I'm sure has something to do with him having no family...