Subtitle Amazing action scenes. If only Sunrise stuck to serious shows instead of trying to make trashy characters and plot that appeal to current anime fans. Subtitle 2 I might enjoy this if I didnt have any expectations. But after the prologue and first episode I was expecting yuri and intense gundam and I got neither. Main Characters Suletta and Miorine characters are very onenote and do not act logically. Not to mention Suletta cant form a sentence. However their characters are not enough for me to dislike the show. Although their friendship being filled with stupid comments boring scenes and queerbait is a big contributor to my dislike. An action show should not devote so much time to two characters especially if all they talk about is plants and friendship bracelets. Yes I said queerbait. I need to amend two of my previous statements on this topic: Gundam witch from mercury is starting to piss me off. Theyre considering introducing romance between the girls but they just havent. I dont think they were ever considering introducing romance. No character suggests that they have feelings for another except for Guel having unclear platonic admiration for Suletta. I dont blame Sunrise for the queer ship. I think most of it came from the fanbase because the script never comes close to mentioning romance. The premise for the ship is that Suletta wins a duel that makes her the heir to the school and thus Miorines fiance. Also Suletta gives her a friendship keychain toy. Thinking back to the scene at the end of the first episode and the supposed allusions to Utena I now blame Sunrise for the ship. While the ship has much less context than many noncanon ships I dont doubt its existence. I am generally a huge fan of noncanon ships especially homosexual but their personalities and interaction are not shippable for me. Suletta expects Miorine to ask to be friends and is upset when Miorine ignores her. A logical character would ask Miorine if she wants to hang out and then try to find a different friend if Miorine is mean to her. Their conversations are repetitive and create drama where none exists. I prefer fun ships that have lively conversations I usually point to Deku and Bakugo as an ideal generic ship but thats a different anime. Cast I think the side cast is lacking much more than the main cast. There are zero characters with backstories or agendas. Everyone seems to be conspiring for no reason with no explanation and no results. Many characters are briefly mentioned with promise of becoming interesting like Elan Shaddiq Nika and then completely forgotten about in future episodes. Gundam is known for amazing side characters that all have different purposes even if they dont interact with the main character or contribute to the main storyline. Besides Suletta Guel and Elan are there any other mecha pilots? Most of the cast seems to be classmates that havent contributed individually. The only funny character is cotton candy pom pom hair since she insults the other characters for being stupid. Plot? Each episode starts with a completely unrelated scene to where the last one left off and they are never tied together. Between the school for duels friendly mecha startup Earthian terrorists and business power struggle no plot point stands a chance of making sense since they explain each idea for at most 30 seconds at a time before moving back to sliceoflife depictions of dating gardening and dorm life. The show takes action scenes very flippantly since everyone is happy to fight without stating what theyre trying to do. The duels usually have no consequences depending on who wins. And since there is only one main mecha fighter you already know who is going to win. When people besides students get involved they are never given an objective or plan. They just show up wanting to kill Miorines father for no specific reason other than the implied reason that hes powerful and anyone who defeats him will gain power. The lack of intention makes the toptier animated scenes lose all impact. When they cut from showing the mechas to showing faces they spend a conspicuously long time on the faces which usually have zero or one facial expressions and no meaningful dialogue. The aciton animation is so awesome especially in the last episode. But the mecha fight was mainly between the unnamed guards and the Earthian girl that never had a dedicated introduction. EDIT ADDITION I think the mixed feelings and general confusion over this anime is demonstrated by the tags. About 80 do not apply and I have been watching as the mods have been taking off the yuri tag and then allowing it to be added again. The prologue is amazing. I think if the series had tied the atmosphere or plot elements from the prologue it would have been much better. I forgot to mention the commercial. As if theyre trying to make the show a joke. The shows big moments fail to be cliffhangers since they dont foreshadow what could happen next. They move on to other characters without flow between events. I never know what characters/scenes are going to come back spoiler: most dont. Gundam Franchise To those of you who watched this show and now have a bad impression of Gundam: https://media.tenor.com/08PgLF3sr1oAAAAC/sulettamercury.gif Does this show deserve the name Gundam? Yes. Sunrise has consistently shown that any style and quality of anime can use the Gundam name as long as it has a mecha with similar design. Shows like Gundam Build Fighters kidsfocused isekai and Turn A Gundam dramatic anachronistic uplifting are drastically different from original Gundam and the similarly warfocused spinoffs. What is my favorite Gundam? Iron Blooded Orphans another spinoff series unrelated to the original Gundam. And one that contains homosexuality for a moving 1 episode. Comments on my review New disclaimer: I am not a lesbian but then again nothing about this production is lesbian either. New new disclaimer: I do think my homosexual identity gives me a bias. I am biased. I expect media to be straightforward about sexuality. I would feel better if they used words such as I like her. Im not sure if its a reasonable expectation. My review is just a gut feeling which I think anyone is entitled to. If youre lesbian or not you can disagree with me. I only dislike 2 anime that I have completed. The other is Darling in the FRANXX which is a very similar show that I would recommend if you disagree with my review. The primary difference is the FRANXX actually has romance and a homosexual character although I think most elements even this in FRANXX are done poorly. I am watching season 2. Im still optimistic that some sort of plot or character development will exist. Hopefully even some yuri content is added. Please public message me to discuss the review.