Reviews

I'm going to sum up pt 1 here too. The ending of part 1 was good and I overall liked part 1 more than part 2. Part 1 showed more charcater with Inaho and everyone, while part 2 showed more mars development and the reasoning (I just explained everything bad rn) what i mean is i liked part 1 a lot more because it was a bit more enjoyable and emotional. In part 1 we learned about the characters and there were more deaths that mattered. Meanwhile in part 2 we learn more about Slaines progression through the rankings and his goal and how he wanted to demolish war, so he had to get rid of Earth. Slaine did few good things in this part (he was shown being human, but he fucked up massively) He tried to get rid of Earth (honestly idk what I would do in his situation because he didn't think Asseylum would wake up during his conquer but its fucked up because if she never woke up than everyone on earth would be dead, but Slaine and Asseylum would be together on Earth during the endless peaceful era) Slaine just ended down the wrong path by saving Sazzbaum, but without that Asseylum would die. Speaking of Saazbaum his death is kind of sad tbh. I thought Saazbaum would hate Slaine for saving Asseylum but its the opposite Slaine betrayed Saazbaum right after he adopted Slaine. Saazbaum wasn't a good person, but I liked it whenever they talked about taking earths resources and Saazbaum said that it would only help out the high class people. Basically meaning its only to benefit the rich. Saazbaum thought about how to help the lower classes, but it never developed. I also liked how Saazbaum isn't completely taking over earth for the resources or jealousy. Hes doing it for revenge against his wife's death. Cruhteo was a good character too in part 1. I like that he was truly loyal to Asseylum but when he found out that Slaine was loyal beyond torture it was too late and he was murdered. Once that happened i liked Cruhteo but he then died:( before we got to see his character shine he dies by Saazbaum:(. Apart from the loyal servant Slaine had there isn't too much for the Marzians. I like how Slaine was though before he wanted to conquer Earth. He went to Earth to save Asseylum he killed the traitors to Asseylum who tried to assassinate her, but then he tries to rescue her again but Hes too late and see's her get shot by Saazbaum. Than he saves her life in the end, but he tried to conquer Earth. All of this could've been avoided if Inaho didn't attack Slaine whenever they found the ship. Than Slaine would've met Asseylum and would've been on their side since the start. Now lets talk Inaho. Hes super smart and collected. My complaint in the first season is how we never see him scared or terrified when Hes about to die. Apart form the last episode of part 1. Inaho has said that he was scared, but personally its hard to see since he always looks calmed and collected, but in part 2 we get to see him in pain and frustrated. Since the end of part 1 he got a mechanical eye which works super well for him (honestly why don't more soldiers have mechanical bodies. It works perfectly for Inaho. Like Inaho said it only helps him 30% of the time which is still something) and he overworks himself with the eye which causes him massive amounts of pain. Good thing he doesn't rely too much on his eye, but I liked that. We finally got to see him in pain. Sure he was bloody and he was injured in part 1 but its more sad when u see him unable to process things. My biggest complaint with Inaho in part 2 is that Hes literally impossible to defeat with his new eye. His eye calculates things such as position, height, location, depth, gravity all under 30 seconds. He can easily shoot in space by calculating the mass of asteroids and adding other asteroids and finding out the movement of the enemies and he always hits. Holy shit this makes him impossible to beat (except whenever Hes out of his Mecha or his eye hurts) In part 1 we got to see him getting wrecked or losing battles but since he has a mechanical eye his perfect at so many things. I didn't like that. Its like he was a A+ student in all physic classes and Hes good at using mechas and he can use strategies mid battle beating enemies. A good thing about this anime are the strategies . They're pretty far and really logical too.
Heres an example Lasers shoot forward; however, missiles have gravity and since the earth is a global circle the lasers wont hit a target if they're super far in the ocean; however the missiles can thanks to gravity. Thats a great strategy to use. and others too with protected areas not covering the whole body. Like how u can have pads everywhere or else your movement will be impaired severely.
Now lets talk side characters.
Inko is horrible why does she like Inaho Hes not very considerate, but he does seem cool and why do they even try with a romance subplot? The best thing about her is her friend group in the 2nd part which is Rayet and the other girl.

Yuki Shes a pretty cool character, but she makes mistakes a lot and isnt very reliable, but she gets the job done. Shes Inahos older sister which is cool and she tries to protect Inaho a lot, but I wonder if she knows why Inahos like this? Has he always been calm and collected or just silent. I liked it whenever at the end of part 1 Inaho looked at his bookmark Yuki made for him it was pretty sad bc it was a 50/50 chance they could survive doing a suicidal mission, but luckily the main cast survived the descent onto a enemy ship. I really liked that. Yuki is probably one of my favorite side characters in the anime bc what she means to Inaho. I liked it whenever Inaho yelled at Yuki bc she messed up in battle. Because he was being real and not so affectionate then.

Rayet I dont really like her but her backstory's pretty sad, but she creeped me out whenever she choked out Asseylum. I understand why but that just freaked me out. I like how in part 2 she makes a firend group with Inko (which makes Inko a better character because she isn't dependent on Inaho all the time, I like how its shown in the opening) I also like how her and Inaho let Maazurek escape and how Inaho kept telling her that she's changed form the time she almost killed Asseylum. Apart from that idrc about her.

Marito was a cool character. I like how in part 1 he had trauma that couldn't let him fight but in part 2 he was able too thxs to the doctors prescription of reliving the trauma. Marito also has wits to him because he was able to help Inaho figure out the arrow techniques and other things, but his trauma allowed him to get the enemy in position for Inaho to destroy one of the Mecha's . He also has a friendship with the doctor and Yuki which is cool, but apart form that not much, but he is a rememberable character.

Calm hes probably Inahos coolest friend from school. I like how Calm was able to help Inaho in Inahos second battle where he distracted the Mecha and Inko used the crane. I really liked that battle because it showed everyone working together compared to the other fights. I wish Calm wasn't just a engineer but it kind of worked out because Hes decent at it and him and Inaho were school friend's. My biggest complaint which is horrible is that he forgave Asseylum for getting his friend killed in the first episode because she's pretty and a girl. Calm was so determined to avenge his friend and kill all Marzians but whenever he found out that the Marzian on board was a girl he forgave her. what the fuck. That ruined his character for me, but I still liked him more than Inko.

The ending- Honestly everything that happened was thanks to Inaho and I wonder how many medals he won. Inaho is clearly respected and being honest. In part 1 Inahos goal was to survive and the best way to do so was to defend from the Mechas and help Asseylum stop the ship. In the second part Inaho did a lot to help Asseylum and that's because Asseylum tried helping INaho when he was about to die and I liked that change in character. Hes motives changed and you can see that with him freeing Mazuurek. I like the difference between first part him and second part (except his bionic eye)
With Slaine a lot changed. You could move with him and believe everything Hes doing is right, but then u think of everyone from earth (basically the whole first part) and you realize Hes in the wrong. If only Inaho let Slaine see Asseylum things would be different. I like how the ending is happy, but it's also sad too. Not everyone wins. Slaine put himself down the wrong path and can u really blame him? He though Asseylum would be asleep for more years, but im glad she woke up. everyone would've died and she would've died because of Lemrina.
I wish the main duo had something different. Instead of them hating each other I wish they talked more (just like the end of the last episode with Inaho and Slaine finally talking face to face)
It reminds me of a worse version of Lelouch and Suzaku. When they were still friends, they had arguments and more like that (Ik it would've been hard/impossible to replicate the same thing, but still this duo feels worse. Slaine and Inaho are not equal. I didn't even know that Slaine knew how to use a mecha. Slaines backstory is sad though, but its also fascinating a kid from earth going to mars and meets Asseylum who saves your life and now your on a different planet than u rise through the ranks. Its not like he lost loyalty towards Asseylum because even after 2 years he kept meeting with her and showing her stories while she was asleep. It sad because she was loyal to her but betrayed her beliefs. In the end everyone believes Hes dead except Hes in a prison wanting to die.