Quote Originally Posted by MFauli
Orimura´s IS skills are too fantastic. They made his entrance-victory seem like a lucky chance, and now he fought on equal ground with one of the IS prodigies. Yeah, yeah, he knows Kendo, but come on. Sure, this isnt an untypical flaw in anime, still I hoped for a more down-to-earth approach here. Like, have him desperately evade his opponents attack, then give him one OMG!-attack, but let him lose, ultimately. But he was in perfect control over the IS from the beginning of the fight.
But he IS a prodigy. These two episodes portrayed him as someone who is unable to understand IS suit's technical theories, but is right at home once he sits in one.

Quote Originally Posted by MFauli
- A few dodges and the girl praises him for being the only one ever to last that long against her? What bunch of loser did she fight against before?! lol
I can only assume that dodging like he did was beyond the skills of normal IS pilots.