Among the dedicated MuvLuv fans I as an anime only and first time viewer into this franchise felt as if I was standing in the middle of a warzone with them. Week after week they broke down with meltdowns over how horrifying this adaptation was. The MuvLuv Alternative adaptation seemed to have nearly destroyed its visual novel counterpart. I wasnt sure what I got myself into but at least I wanted to try go along with this ride and check it out. Low effort 2D showed hilariously drawn faces and animation that felt weak and hollow. People were disintegrating before the beams hit and some soldiers eyes were drawn so bad it was just sad. Where was the quality check? Episode 1 prepared you for whats not going to happen in season 1 because the BETA werent even the focus. It felt like bait but at least it had the BETA introduced. The pacing is so rushed it felt as if the story was watered down and irreversibly neutered. As bad as this started at least it got better and became decent towards the end. The music was memorable only for the wrong reason because all I remember is how badly it sounded in the first episode. It felt like a struggle to get through all the boring and overuse of exposition in the beginning. It was as if the staff crammed the visual novels story so much they managed to pound it into a low quality jewel. Some weeks I just couldnt watch the new episodes. There is a huge cast of characters and a lack of development for most of them thus it was a challenge to try and follow along without doing a rewatch. As I stated earlier the really fast pacing and dialogue makes this even more difficult to follow along with. Dont make the mistake I made and read what was released before to understand the characters better. Fortunately towards the end despite there was still comedic 2D animation the final arc began turning the quality around a bit. Most fall season protagonists are terrible but Takerus growth throughout really made me respect him more as the series went. The politics and dialogue was saved by Yuuhi with her passionate leadership. The CGI shown here was actually decent. The fights can be brutal and the deaths somewhat gory. It ended with a small decimal of dignity but at least they tried towards the end. Season 2 was announced as well and I will be watching it regardless of how rough this season was. Maybe this series was trying to be friendly for the new fans to get them to read the visual novel but its opposite for me because I have a bit of interest to read it because of how bad the adaptation seemed and what could have been. Despite the stronger second half MuvLuv Alternative overall did not do what I want and did not do what I need.