Reviews

Ok so I need to stop beating around the bush and start this review by saying I felt way too uncomfortable watching Tsumugi/ Nagate romance develop. I've seen many a strange anime but this just did not resonate with me at all. I'm watching a tentacle alien hybrid monster birthed by what is now a completely ignored and forgotten Hoshijiro who only seems to exist as a sort of incubator. I'm aware she is a placenta-tainted human form but with all the fancy science that works in this series why not be able to separate her from the placenta and implant memories retrieved from the ENA. Or idk, they don't even try.
It's gross and demeaning, and here I thought Asuka in NGE was treated in an awful manner by the mangaka/writer.
They tried incredibly hard at the ending by presenting a clone of Hoshijiro who was in fact Tsumugi reborn, I can't even with the science presented in the series, I know it's sci-fi but it seems like anything goes to get the plot going.
The battles weren't as good as previous seasons and there isn't much character development in this apart from Tsumugi.
There is also a cringe moment where the ship's captain breaks down in song to encourage (?) her ship's passangers.
I loved the previous seasons and was really hoping to see Hoshijiro back or at least have Nagate end up with a human, it was so awkward throughout to see Tsumugi obsess over her human lover and they even share a nauseating kiss at one point. Still not sure why they couldn't change the manga ending to make the ending more meaningful.