[Daikaijuman54]

So, haven't said much since you've started this series, but here's some stuff I have to say about this season.

First off, worth noting is that Atlas Destroyer has more of a Pacific Rim 1 vibe to his design. By that, since it's implied this takes place sometime after Uprising, the Jaegers are sleeker and more streamlined, similar to Striker Eureka (the only Mark 5 at the time, while Uprising's Jaegers could be considered Mark 6), there's more similarities to the original Gypsy Danger, but somewhere closer to a Mark 4 or prototype 5. Maybe I'm not making sense, but that's the general feel I get from it.

The Voices aren't bad (I've had bad experiences with dubs), so the characters weren't insufferable, which is something I worried the sister would have been, but thankfully she wasn't. But as you've mentioned, there are times the two's characters tend to get mixed with the other, though it's not as bad as it sounds, to be honest. Also, I'm glad that the Hayley avoided a problem I was dreading, when their village gets wiped out, she actually feels responsible for it, something I've noticed is usually dumped onto someone else when it happens, so I was pleasantly surprised they pulled it off, and did it rather well, even working for the overall plot and characters.

I believe I heard somewhere the Kaiji laying "eggs" was a mutation, or a means to colonize Earth, but I don't remember where I read that. Bossman using the Drifting tech to interrogate is brilliant concept, no better way to break someone than by emotional damage. For how he managed it given the restrictions set by the films, I believe it's implied he and his band modified a lot of the tech that surrounds his camp, which should become more obvious as the season progresses.

The show does a good job on handling it's source material and creating it's own identity in the process that I feel Uprising fell short on. I'll save my thoughts on the full season after we get there (as I still need to watch Season 2, which is the finale).