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I finished MS Team. Final thoughts?

Well on a critical level it isn't that great, and that mostly comes from the later half of the story. Shiro and Aina's romance is just so sudden and almost forced. I'm not apposed to love at first sight stories, but this one just isn't developed enough. It also leads to the story getting a little confusing with Shiro's involvement with her and the whole way the military treats it. Aina's part of this with Ginias is handled well enough, but Shiro's is just a mess. Plus I'm just going to say it, Last Resort was a pointless episode. Along with all of this, Ginias himself was a weak villain. There's no backstory or reason given as to why he is the way he is. I understand his obsession with Apsalus from a scientific and creation standpoint, but his obsession with keeping it to himself and whole "Fuck everybody and everything" attitude is bonkers, simply because it's never explained.

All of that said however, the first half of the story was quite nice, the rest of the characters are great and have ample development, the animation while dated was still pretty good, the mech designs were great, and the action was amazing. The fight against Norris has to be one of the best I've ever seen in an anime. So on a critical analysis, MS Team is a little above average. If the later half of the show was a bit stronger on the story aspect, it would be a lot better. I'd say the show gets a 3.75.

On a personal level however, I loved this show flaws and all. I love the designs, I love the setting, I love the simplistic and compact esque story. Yes the story could have been better, and maybe elongated a little bit. But as it sits it's alright. I never found myself bored outside of episode 12, something which only Build Fighters has managed to do as far as Gundam goes. I got hyped for the show very quickly and I'm still hyped over it (I must get representations of all of the suits). So to wrap this up, I loved it on a personal level and as of now, it's my favorite regular Gundam show.

Next up on the Gundam viewing, After War Gundam X.