Yeah, you’re right, I would have liked to hear more about that colony that got wiped out. Also, why does the Kobayashi hate the rest of the immortal council so much? Why did she feel the need to kill them (or rather to push actions that led to them trying to remove her)? Why does she feel it’s SO important to go to…

Is there a reason no one wants to acknowledge the show is named after a Muse song, with a slight spelling change?

Exactly. The tension of combat disappeared because everyone got constantly-upgraded mechs that could do anything (unless the writers wanted you to feel bad, in which case some scrubs were killed and their little portraits turned red). Now they ALL have those long guns, so bye bye complicated, staged combat of head…

Man, Richard, I was kinda hoping you were gonna tear this one appart, but instead it seems you’re mostly giving it a pass because it does a good job slouching into tired tropes.