Vaasa looked a bit different the last time I visited the town...

A most excellent episode. One of my favorites, though I have to say it only works so well because it was preceded by the earlier eps that built the hopeless world stage and thus the woman singing hope had an impact. Who knows why a combination of someone visibly singing (not just background music) and someone fighting at the same time can be so poweful. Worked even better in this one than Macross Frontier.