Story 5/10
If you enjoyed the entertaining love story that comes with the original eureka seven, you'll find none of that here.
SPOILERS!!
So here we go, eureka seven AO has a really confusing storyline, where throughout the series, the main antagonist remains somewhat ambiguous. Is the scub corral that appear from the ground? Is the the Secrets (antibodies that are against foreign objects, aka the scub corral)? Is it the mysterious Truth (creepy guy who kills a lot of people and overall disturbs the love relationships)? WHO KNOOOOooooOoOWs? In the end the scub corral are erased from history, thus the Secrets no longer exists and since the Secrets no longer existed, Truth becomes the autopilot for the nirvash neo (so basically the buddy for Ao, which makes no sense because they were enemies before). So basically time was reset and a world without Ao and the scub corrals was born. Half the characters are gone and you don't really know what happens to them (kinda like in the original series, where the crew of the gekko's fate remains unknown).
ultimately the story feels somewhat incomplete, because it has one of those happy endings where the fate of the characters are left to the imagination of the viewers
Characters 6/10
For the most part, the characters of Eureka seven AO are uninteresting and have little chemistry. Like I mentioned before, eureka seven AO is not a love story.
Fukui Ao
The protagonist of the series and the son of eureka and Renton. And just like Renton, he only wants to protect the people he loves. However he doesn't really romantic love anyone, so really the people he platonically loves. He downs really have any character traits that really pop out to me personally as a viewer.
Fleur Blanc and Elena Peoples
The two friends and side characters. Overall they are fun and have complex back stories that are somewhat filled in. Incidentally they are two of the three attractive heroines of the series
Arata Naru
The supposed love interest for Ao. However, their love is only hinted through one sided care for Ao by Naru. In the beginning of the series the character displays lots of enthusiasm and potential to be the next eureka/anemone (a mix of both characters). Ironically she becomes a reverse anemone, where she's in love with the MC and become a mindless boring character (almost as if she's on drugs). In addition, she actually seems to be attracted to Truth moreso than Ao. Also funny enough, she actually spends more screen time with Truth then Ao. This basically destroys any love interest between the two. So basically over the course of the the episodes, I started to overlook her as an important character, because basically she just does her own thing and doesn't add to the story. Honestly she belongs in the original series rather than AO.
Truth
The semi-creepy somewhat antagonist of the series. Basically he kidnaps Naru (well she goes willingly) and through the interactions with him, she becomes a much less enjoyable character. Ao views him a somewhat of a threat, since Ao doesn't realistically seem to wanna hurt him, or take Naru back. However, ironically over time, Truth becomes a character with much more depth and feels like an actual antagonist. In the end he becomes apart of the operating system for the nirvash neo and ends up being good friends with Ao (which is really confusing).
Eureka and Renton
Both characters are quite enjoyable when they appear in the series. Eureka has a lot more of a personality and pops up randomly through out the series. Renton only shows up for the last 2 episodes and is a lot like Holland. Either way, the motives of the two are based upon the fact that they love Ao very much and want to protect him. The reason for this is because in a world where trapars exist, Eureka's first child turns to stone and dies. Which is why Renton and Eureka want to create a world without trapars, so that Ao would live. Overall they are the anchor that links
The original series to this one.
Animation 6.5/10
It's nothing spectacular, but is definitely superior to the original (duh, it's newer). It has the classic Eureka missile chase scenes and the the mecha designs are much more appealing than the previous series, however there is no real merchandise or figures for this series, so if you liked the characters or anything like that, sorry!
Soundtrack 4/10
No real osts that stick out or escalate the scenes or action. The openings and ending are alright though and are quite catchy.
Overall 6.5/10
Ahhh if only eureka seven AO had more of the traits from the original series. It's a entertaining watch and definitely picks up after episode 7, mostly because Naru gets kidnapped and things get weird. If you liked the ordinal series and liked eureka and Renton, maybe watch it for them. (Kinda like watching the disappearance of yuki nagato for haruhi)
