Story: 5/10 The main story is pretty interesting, it has shown us a mysterious world and a lot of things to figure out (that could get explained in the rest of the series), like why are there plantations, what has happened to the world, was the world always like this, what are the klaxosaurus, and most importantly, WHY ON EARTH ARE THE FRANXX PILOTED BY DRY HUMPING?!?!? , I have a small theory that I made myself, and that is one of the great things about this story, because it makes me believe that the intent of trigger is to provide viewers with a sense of pride and accomplishment for finding the hidden reasons to things, the only problem is that in the second and third episode it lost part of its charm, but recovered it in the fourth and fifth episodes. At the second part of the show the story decides to end the world building quite rapidly and has an enormous twist that can be related a lot to some Gainax or other Trigger shows, but the thing is, that while those other shows managed to do it in a perfect way, putting hints, and making you feel like there is more, this shows twist was really unexpected and left me more confused that shocked, it slowly recovers in the final part though, even if it is just a little.
Art: 9/10 The art has that really cool Trigger artstyle but more polished with the help of A1 pictures, with some gorgeous moments, and some really good animated fighting scenes.
Sound: 10/10 I admit it, I’m one of those guys that tend to skip the OP and ED to get straight to the action, but this is one of the exceptions to that, the opening is probably my favorite of the season, and the ending is on my top list of all time, they are that good. And about the OST, it is really good, in the calm moments it is really relaxing, but in the fights, oh man, it makes the action feel 1000 times more epic.
Characters: 9/10 The character design is really good, paired with the great animation, it gives us a large cast of characters with really distinct looks and personalities, and none of them feels too cliché. There gets a point in the show where you actually start feeling more connected to the side characters, and while this in other shows would be a bad thing, in this one it feels like something good because of the quality of those characters
Enjoyment: 9/10 This is a really entertaining show, though in some parts it does feel a little bit annoying in how it starts to and more things without notice and without time to process it, it almost always is a really good watch.
Final thoughts: I believe that this is a show that should be watched, it brings a lot to the table, does some things well, and some not as well as they could have made, especially in the story side, but apart from that, if you want a really good mecha drama you should totally watch this, and even If you don’t enjoy it, finish it all.
