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Robazoid posted...

Man, as of episode ten, The Witch from Mercury is steadily turning into one of the most aimless and terrible anime I've ever seen. Most of the characters are awful, and the ones who aren't are neutral at best. There isn't a single good character. I had high hopes for Suletta and Miorine early on, but Suletta is just constantly annoying with no sign of ever improving and Miorine is the worst. The story is all over the place, and I honestly can't imagine it going anywhere interesting in the next few episodes that would make me excited for the second season.

I still plan to watch at least one more Gundam series someday, since my understanding is that they're all standalone, but this one hasn't been a great introduction.

I'm in complete agreement here. Through 10 episodes we've learned nothing else about the world other than what happened in the prologue (episode 0). I thought the prologue was going to set up the entire mood of the show but apparently everything that happened in it doesn't matter.

• Gundams kill their pilots
• Gundams banned
• Gundam engineers are killed
• Funnels/Bits/Drones technology are banned

All of these are ignored in the show. We don't know anything more than surface level characterization for any of the characters. Nothing outside of the school seems to matter. Benerit Group turns out to not be a government body so their ban on Gundams don't mean shit. We get "political intrigue" but it's mostly "school intrigue" because we don't know Earth-Mercury-Colony relationship.