Going to the mecha related communities that I do, I’ve often felt like I’m one of the few people in the world who can like 00 despite it’s flaws. Don’t get me wrong I am not one of those people who ignores the flaws of a show completely, in fact I’m perfectly willing to acknowledge their presence:
00 has always had absolutely atrocious pacing.
Allelujah was a complete waste of a character even though he should have been just as important as the other meisters.
Lyle and Anew’s relationship had no development to it, the bad pacing meaning they only had time to do it with a timeskip.
S2 went from genuinely grey and grey morality, with all of the factions being a group you could genuinely support, to the evil evil A-laws who blast cities from orbit with laser cannons.
But despite these (and other) flaws I’ve still been able to still enjoy the show, however this recent episode pushed me too far to like it. I don’t mind the Bring/Devine clones, I don’t mind them being in mass produced units with trans-am, what I mind is them being used as missiles. Jesus christ, if Ribbons wanted trans-am missiles he could have put a drive on a missile and just launched it, would have been much simpler than building a shitload of MSes and putting a clone in each one.
Don’t get me wrong, I still like 00 and plan to enjoy the final two episodes, but this shit was ridiculous.
Of course, if you’re visiting /m/ that’s the impression you’ll get.
Nevertheless, it’s been a long journey, hasn’t it? Let’s finish it.