From the very start I was pretty hooked on this, with the mysterious type of setting it was in. Along with the outstanding soundtrack that never failed to deliver. Seeing the effect of the war, not only on the militia and moonrace, but also the inhabitants of the Earth was a very much enjoyed perspective. The first notable thing that I enjoyed from the switch was when they went back to Kihel and Sochie’s house to see their father’s grave. Not to say Dianna wasn't already aware of what war truly was, but it was still needed for her to experience how the war impacted the people of Earth and the moonrace. I liked Kihel posing as Dianna too, though at first I only saw the positive benefits of this switch through Dianna. For Dianna it was easier to spot because it took place in a variety of places. Opposed to Kihel who at first still seemed like there was no apparent change as she was just essentially trapped on the Soreli. I did start to see it in Kihel during the speech to rekindle the peace negotiations.

Now for the story, there were only two "negative" downsides that occured, with the first being the Adeskan King arc. By no means did I think the Adeskan King arc was bad, I just felt it was okay. Which isn’t bad, but this is def at the bottom compared to the rest of the story. Though the King's dialogue about the Ades Tree was really good. Now for the second thing which I considered a much bigger problem, was the very swift forgiveness of Phil, Miran, and Poe.

I understand due to the threat of Ghingham, there wasn't much time for internal fighting. But I would've liked to have seen some consequences shown for these three. Though Phil truly pales in comparison to the crimes of Poe. There isn't much to say, the bitch is just crazy fr. Quite frankly she is the reason Sochie goes down the path she does, she tries to kill her very own queen who commands her faction, and then she tries to kill a comrade, who is carrying a nuke in the clutches of his mobile suit. If they locked Corin up, she gotta be put in a coffin in a lunar mountain cycle for the rest of eternity. When I think of Ghingham’s belief of the war bringing out the true instincts of humans, Poe is the first that comes to mind. Though she didn’t win a SINGLE battle, that's beside the point tho.

Barring all of that, there’s so many side characters that I grew to love, with my favorite being the red team. At first I disliked Corin but he became one of my favs. Who would've thought having your mobile suit dumped into lava would make you a better character. I admired seeing Sochie ready to join the militia so early and with Kihel wanting to help contribute to society rather than going to college. They both could’ve just stayed under a bubble of comfort inside their family status but chose not to. I spoke of this before with how much I enjoyed this cast all wanting to contribute a change to something, rather than just living an easy life. And crazy enough most of the characters shown had this type of mindset. Now for my former baby, Teteth (tossed to the wayside for Lily), she was a character whose motivations I enjoyed seeing bc I didn’t rlly think of there being those with her mindset. The Red Team was a nice parallel to this though. At first I could only remember Sochie having the only tragic ending, but I almost forgot about Teteth’s mother…

At last IT IS TIME for my fav episodes laura's cow, episode 10, episode 20 & 21, REALLY loved 21, and episode 26 & 27. I already talked about how much I loved the festival setting and Corin being involved in episode 26, but episode 27 is also amazing. Witnessing the devastation of a nuke go off and seeing the moonrace, people who understand the damage it can bring, versus the people of the earth, who in a good way have not understood nuclear warfare in their lifetime. But it’s also a failure on the part of their ancestors for hiding this history from them. The unknown history of nuclear warfare may have led to the naivete of a person like Gavanne. Or maybe he just didn't care enough lol. Episode 36 was another funny one lol, watching the militia so lost in space, and the drunk ideas they had to return to the Earth was pretty funny. And lastly, the last 3 or so episodes are absolutely amazing and it seems like the animation went up a notch. Those shots of the moon were beautiful. Ghingham was a very cool villain especially in those last 2 eps, representing the worst parts of humanity with his lust for war.

I didn't know it would be possible, but it seems we have found a new favorite gundam my friend. I waited quite a few days to see if the feelings I had for this were just in the moment, but even a week after finishing that feeling still remains… THAT FEELING IS LOVE. ALL HAIL THE TURN A GUNDAM!!!