Overall, so far, its not the best the franchise has to offer, but it still manages to be pretty good. The second arc is much better than the first, though the first had Grodek being awesome. There is only a 3 episode miniarc that I thought was bad, otherwise its solid.
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There are some things about this show that I rather like. For example, Andrew and Mwa are pretty good character. The mech designs are pretty solid too (well, the ZAFT machines at least. Can't said I care for the Strike or the other Gundams, but then again, I've never really cared too much for the gundams themselves). However, there are some things about this show that really grind my gears.
1- The art style. Some characters look alright, others look REALLY bad. Such as Kira and literally all of his friends. Some characters look too samey as well, such as Lacus' father and the Admiral of the 8th Fleet.
2- Fllay. She's horrible and in terms of story elements, all that i don't like about the show are because of her. I don't give a crap about her J-Drama bull**** she brings to the series. It comes off as awkward and unnecessary.
3- Recycled animation. Everytime they need a shocked bridge reaction shot, they reuse the same loop. It's pretty bad. I'm sure other shows have done this, but its most noticeable here. Furthermore there are flashbacks every god damn five minutes.
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