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Wu Fei's interactions especially with Noin I found to be cumbersome, dated, and more annoying. He makes comments like "Of course, because you're a woman" more than once, and by the end of the show this isn't ever really addressed. They all just accept Wu Fei does things his own way.

I really think you are misunderstanding me. My criticism and what I referred to as toxic was the relationship between Heero and Relina. Yes, Heero has toxic behavior (he is an emotionally closed off assassin, of course he does). I cited the parachute thing because he did that when his Gundam was in no immediate danger of being captured, and he was just escaping from containment. So to say he did that to protect his mission from the enemies doesn't seem right, and I would call that suicidal behavior.

Also Relina is an extremely frustrating as a character. She definitely has father issues, and he nativity towards Heero is easily the most confusing part of the show. The show was created in the 90's by mostly men, in a country that still culturally holds a lot of contempt for women, so I expected the women characters to be delegated to support roles, and to be stereotypical caricatures.