Going on the technical side of things, the sound design is really solid, especially during the mech scenes. The metallic sound effects during legion moving around, cannon blasts, blade cutting through the metals, gunfire, all such sounds are very satisfying to ears. The OP, at first didn't sounded good but gradually grew on me. I still miss the EDs of S1 tho.
The animation is pretty good, again mostly during the mech scenes. Some fights really have good camera moments (one of them being Shin vs Kiri fight) which gave this overall nail-biting experience. But outside mech scenes, they don't really have much value and doesn't really stand out.
As for the characters, I can't help but distinguish them with the amount of sympathy they get. Like I understand that this is war and everyone is already in a fucked state, but do you really need to gain sympathy every god damn time? Even in those political conversations or dialogues I don't really care about, there's always this pity that they show to 86 and I just feel overwhelmed by this. Like I get it. You've been saying the same thing for like 20 episodes. Can you move on?
Forgetting about them and talking about the 86, they are... OK. I don't think they are all good characters but they've all my respect, especially Shin. Guy went through too much and going through too much, yet he's standing strong in this messy world. The rest of the gang have some spotlight, mostly during the SoL moments in the early episodes that I really enjoyed, but the one that got bigger spotlight is Frederica. Her story with Kiri is the main focus of this season and it was OK. It was grim but wasn't too investing. And she's cute; nothing more. Lena, as short as her screentime be, made it worth while (except a few monologues).
And finally, the Drama. Since most of the drama is tied to the plot, it didn't really had it effect on me. So, only the drama that focussed on the characters had my interest but even that is pretty wack. Sure, there are some well directed moments but I couldn't care about it. The only dramatic moments that I found great are, the scenes that have Lena & Shin but there were only like two of those moments and that too, came at the very end of the show.
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