GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

[Ryllharu]

Tyuule tearing up at the end is stupid and cliche. Why can't there be avengers that are actually satisfied at the end?

When Zozal first has a bit of gunshot PTSD in the carriage, it cuts to Tyuule and she wavers on her horse a little bit. For a second I thought the JSDF had used the info they got from Delilah to assassinate the actual mastermind behind the coup and increasing instability. Who would care if a "slave" was shot? I even thought it might have been Delilah using a loaned weapon under the supervision of the JSDF.

But no, she was just wavering around for no reason.

Wasted opportunity to end the series on an interesting note.

I also thought that it was a disservice to have Itami and his group removed from the action through much of the second season.

Overall, I'd say Itami and the main three girls were by far the worst part of this season. They're boring characters with almost no more room for character development. Their arcs were all done from basically the first episode, except for some silly cleanup here and there. The better episodes were the ones where they were featured the least.

- The dragon arc was stupid from Tuka's standpoint and her still calling him "Dad" is creepy as fuck.
- Lelei was sidelined in her "own" arc (which is still about Pina when you get down to it), left unfinished, and her sister is more interesting than she is.
- A potential arc for Rory at the end of the dragon arc was also left to die, never mentioned again.
- Itami hasn't had any character development since last season during the scenes with his ex-wife.

[Munsu]

Overall, I'd say Itami and the main three girls were by far the worst part of this season. They're boring characters with almost no more room for character development. Their arcs were all done from basically the first episode, except for some silly cleanup here and there. The better episodes were the ones where they were featured the least.

- The dragon arc was stupid from Tuka's standpoint and her still calling him "Dad" is creepy as fuck.
- Lelei was sidelined in her "own" arc (which is still about Pina when you get down to it), left unfinished, and her sister is more interesting than she is.
- A potential arc for Rory at the end of the dragon arc was also left to die, never mentioned again.
- Itami hasn't had any character development since last season during the scenes with his ex-wife.

Removing them from the main action/plot only exacerbated the issues with them. If they were more integrated in the drama, I'm sure they would've been able to be of more interesting use.

I mean, the first confrontations between Itami and his group with the Emperor and Prince where some of the best moments in the series. So there's was certainly damage done by moving them to the sidelines and giving them those sideline arcs that were really no good.

[shinta|hikari]

- A potential arc for Rory at the end of the dragon arc was also left to die, never mentioned again.

Fucking THIS.