[Dr Kain]

We watched episodes 6-16 today of IBO and despite a few of the obvious tropes, it's getting better as it goes along. To be quite honest though, was this supposed to be something else that they decided to throw the Gundam branding onto? Not that I have a problem with it being a Gundam series because it brings in some new flavors to the tired franchise, I just wonder if that was the case.

I really liked the funeral episode that dealt with Akihiro and Shino. Although, I've gotta say that if there is one thing I'm really resonating with it's the aspect that blood born family members are total garbage while the friends you make your family are your true family.

On the other hand, we have hit a new opening and ending theme song and I have no idea why they felt the need to change them. These new versions are not only inferior to the previous ones, but they're not even that good, especially the ending theme which is dreadful to listen to. The music doesn't even fit with the scenes that are occuring at the end of the episode before the credit sequence starts popping up. Also, I really do not like Kudelia as she has character shields to the max. How the hell can an entire street full of people get killed, but she ends up being the only survivor? That's BULL****!!

I love how the mobile suits in this show actually have armor on them that works. The fights with the space pirates were pretty awesome and you could feel the metal on metal action. That was great. Oh, and I really like Naze. He's probably my favorite character right now.