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So I started watching the first 4 episodes of IBO season 2. To be honest, I kinda forgot about it airing, but today I've caught myself up on all the episodes.

This white haired guy really wants to surpass Mika huh? I have a bad feeling he might become a villain and break off from Tekkadan for not letting him do the surgery. The only other guy who got Alaya Vijana when he wasn't a kid we know of so far is Ein, and he was practically dead when he got it.

Also, we get to see that guy's inspiration to surpass Mika, and what a failed surgery looks like. Nice to see the brutality from season 1 is still here.

Tekkadan is working with Gjallerhron, or at least part of it. Interesting how it's not aligned with the entire organization, making McGillis' goal to rise to power within Gjallerhorn much more interesting and dynamic for the conflict. Also, it's cool to see the rest of the Seven Star families. I guess that theory of Eugene being from one of the families given his last name being Sevenstark isn't true, since none of the names matched that.

Good lord there's a lot of business and politics so far. I understand it's set up for the rest of the season but wow. Orga's wearing a suit because he's now doing more desk work lol.

Also, has anyone noticed sort of a running them with some characters having their jackets over their attire. Mika has his over his sling, while orga has his over his suit, and I saw one of the Gjallerhorn guys wearing a different jacket on top of his regular uniform? Maybe it's symbolism for the internal changes to these characters that develops their core identities rather than thier dedication to the organization that they follow.

I am surprised Kudelia seems to only be in danger for this arc, and they got over the problem pretty quickly. I mean, the Pirates land, try to attack the mine, and Tekkadan is already planning to destroy a good portion of their fleet before it's revealed that it was their entire fleet.

Barbatos Lupus is cool, but the rest of the new mobile suits so far look very meh. I haven't looked at the gunpla for any of these yet to get an idea of the form so I can't make a final judgement.