ep7
wish it had more on the collision of cultures amd not on the green/pink singers backstory. the stuff with the kids singing for their dad was great, using walkure and wondering why it didnt work, and using that to look at the influence of humans vs these native cultures would have been a good side story to the broader windermere conflict
mikumo still most interesting part of the show

ep8
freyja singing is the best song vs war moment the series has had in a while. i love that others see the bond that she songs form with her and hayate.
also that they arent hiding the messer vs var thing
the actual flow of how it all happens makes no sense though. why were they even worried about the girls singing enough to retreat. a whole bunch of knights running from a song that only affects a virus the knights are immune too? not like messer is a threat by himself on the ground

ep9
We're just straight into an entire fleet battle? It just.... but why. Where's the rest of it
messer backstory hints make him the most interesting best to mikumo
and then the episode is back to being boring, except for hayate being innately receptive and it not just being his fold crystal

ep10
how are they not being mobbed at this small festival with everything going on, and is it just me or did they never follow through on the spy thing after her declaration
i still find mirage useless in the show
freyja hearing their colors again, i love it. and whats her name is nude again of course
roid drawing swords to protect the prince, go him
those protoculture runes are cool in design
axia is a nice song, but the climax of messer didnt hit me until the end
holy shit the blood splatter!

ep11
i wish we'd started with the funeral and cut to hayate missing it instead of the reverse
also what happened to the rest of that battle? it just ended. we didnt even skip back to see
nice to get some of the backstory on a personal level for the wind knights
reinforcements from lady M. fuck they're saying that name a lot with nothing else
oh shit they found a ship
all three wondering what they'd do without their passion, and all three blaming themselves
i do like the idea he was always holding everyone at arms length and that DIDN'T change, except with the kids
love that she moves forward with the walkure song, not axia

ep12
mikumo talking about songs of power putting a burden on the body. why is she so damn interesting
this idea of humanity being the invaders into their culture could have been done so much better
"lives are short" except you should have no reference for that unless youve had intersteller trade for so long that you've come to see yourselves as the abnormal, which still would make no sense as you're so damn nationalistic. stop saying it as if you're the odd ones from your own view. it ruins your worldbuilding!
freyja never comments on the wind singer, no cultural connection to what it means feels off
its a Fork
I FORGOT ABOUT THE MERCATS SO CUTE
reminds me of ibo music
seeing a landed macross take off again really is something

ep13
no OP, so big episode? kind of doesnt feel like we've earnt a climax here so much as it just happening
I do really like that our fighters and the knights have history from pre-war
eyy technobabble
the fuck was that noise, frejya, "oingya"?
oh look, not-Fork is being a dick, what a surprise
you know this would have been more interesting if we heard about this war happening in the background in the early episodes and then freyja and hayate were pulled into it as reinforcements, rather than it starting with them being there the whole time
BORDERLINE
HOLY SHIT THE SISTER BEING BLASTED AWAY BY THE WATER AS SHE LOCKED THEM IN THE HOUSE. FUCKING HELL
oh mirage you're just so uninteresting
the FUCK. the ruins reemerged? alrighty then
is it just me or is the whole var spreading thing just a given now that everyone has it, and no care
expects a nice song, wind blows through his hair. the banter and follow up is so nice
rather than being a spreading of infection, it being a conflict of cultures trying to take over would have been more interesting, and you could kind of make something like that out of walkure, but they wont
mikumo is so protective of freyja
i really like the instrumental for the princes song
cgi water was actually impressive
oh hey OP
singing while she falls, i love it so much
im sick of hearing them talk about the "wind"
they really dont like showing the end and follow through on battles huh
dead king is cool
merged ruins and ship is cooler

ep14
This has to be Lady M
Alien? Cool! Wait Mikumo? Alien Mikumo? wicked
wonder if mikumos hair unfolding when she sings makes it like a rune
delta is best when its the freyaj and hayate show
okay so freyja survived, but that's a big section they just blocked off, what about everyone else
freyja is the only one without a role outside of walkure, it would be more interesting if she went with hayate to go attach the cables instead of mirage
random english song
SUBTITLES PLEASE. how are you getting the ENGLISH wrong
please no with the half naked hug to do the valve, fucking stupid fanservice shit fuck off

ep15
the young folk have the passion for war, the old for the honor behind it
the scale of this really is quite insane for five idols to fight, galaxy song? eh
beautiful song, episode was worth it for that if nothing else

ep16
birthday episode is bad timimg
mirage please go away
wait was the apple juice story meant to be humanizing for the white knight? it wasnt
at least she mentioned it being the half way point of her life, thats something at least
awwwwwww he made it snow for her, i love it
happy rune is happy
oh fuck off mirage

ep17
sudden boob shot on all the screens, why
yes, okay, its a virus and it spreads.... but to do what you didnt say. virus is a delivery system, not an outcome
mikumo doesnt remember her past, just needs to sing? shes definitely a clone or something
fuck off mirage
hayate pulling a higurashi level face then
"just a couple of years" YOU DAMN FOOL. The music cutting out for that was brilliant though
QUALITY is strong this episode
his dad being the one to drop the dimension eater is a bit too contrived

ep18
oh hey, freyja meets the big guy, i like that idea
finally her life on windermere gets acknowledged again with who they're fighting
mikumo singing to activate the ruins is hardly subtle
I do still really like this song though
so he knows hayates dad as well, not surprised
its even affecti.... oh fuck is that AGING the windermerians? dude, that's not good
the fuck is happening with hayate and freyja, that's just fucking disturbingly presented. like a synced trace
i like this song too, also very pointed as many delta songs are
her singing is causing him a type of var? wtf
the fuck did mikumo just do!
what a visual of the young king being absorbed into the power of her song and eye
her solo voice carrying the end of that episode singing Hametsu no Junjou with nothing else was fantastic. Hell yes for that
special ed? i like it

ep19
the idol twins really should NOT be surprised at being called a product. that's what idols are, cultural influences and var suppression aside
dramatic exposition episode? fucking get over yourself dude. and why are you saying all this anyway
dudes collection of glasses is stupid
history recap too, bleh
GET TO THE POINT. in show acknowledgement they have not got to the point does not make it better
eyyyyy wanna be the angel. i dislike the idea that was magic music and not cultural absorption though
LION!
the Var is from the Vajra. Didnt I say that in the first episode? did it seriously not come up until now?
enough recap for fucks sake
wind singer to star singer? I like that as a progression of the sky
DONT YOU FUCKING DARE MAKE... okay good, I thought they were going to make DYRL a special song
the idea of music being genetically programmed to be an influence is FUCKING STUPID
dont you fucking dare wake up for mirage of all people. oh fuck off
what a waste of an episode
lots of special eds this series. i dont mind it. sharon is drawn weird though

ep20
hayate trying to cheer up freyja even with his own mind on the line. thats nice of him
the contrast between the energetic music and some of these moments is great
they really turned hayate into just a generic pilot didn't they, how boring
mirage youre so pointless
i keep forgetting the knight twins exist
i mean in one way its not a bad thing to have all the extra knights and XAOS people, its like locked doors in silent hill, but still, waste of screen time when it comes down to it after everything else going on
of course id complain about the twins on the one episode they may become slightly relevant
poor girl. seeing her anxiety over singing makes me hurt in sympathy
OH JUST FUCK OFF MIRAGE YOU HAVE NO PURPOSE AND SERIOUSLY ARE JUST STANDING THERE TO REMIND US YOU EXIST FOR NO REASON
oh hayate you fool. her love for singing is no more than her love for you is what she's saying
MIRAGE YOU FOOL SHE HAS HIM FOR FUCKS SAKE. YOU'RE EVEN MORE USELESS THAN I GAVE YOU CREDIT FOR
she really just interrupted freyja and hayate solving it themselves to try and force a solution for them, for fucks sake what a waste of a moment and a character arc. you'll protect them, fuck off
I like this being the song they call out to each other with
girl in a tank trope huh. brings back some memories

ep21
bit late for a full on walkure backstory isnt it?
and in exposition format with people who should already know this to boot bleh
so she's just engineered, no... oh she is a clone, huh
wow this really is just a frontier rehash of villain

ep22
"i'll stop you even if i have to shoot you down" i feel like that's a whole thing of her following on from messer, but I just don't care
giant bird feels like a plus reference
HA. Youngest in Walkure at only three. I love it. talk with hayate was good, and needed
I feel like Mikumo saying "I am myself" followed on by the briefing is like suggesting humanity will break free of the protoculture the same way she breaks free from her creation, but it doesnt work
Mikumo with the slaps again
i like that hayate gets to go to Kassim in his last moments, it wasnt a shoot down. and freyja

ep23
is it his dad that gave her the media player? seriously?
mikumo's mystery stick coming back to bite her, embarressed about sharing a first meal with others
THATS NOT OKAY. NOPE. DONT SHOW ME THAT FOR A MEAL WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK SHOW. THEY MENTIONED IT EARLIER BUT I DIDN'T THINK THEY'D ACTUALLY SHOW IT. COME ON WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!
Mikumo only hit three people but four got knffocked out. excuse me
lol the twin "that was hot"
mirage dont you answer for kassims death as if you had a bond there. you had nothing to do with him or anything. you dont matter
they really trying to pass this off as "you dont know what happened either" thats shit. watch this be a contrived redemption

ep24
Ormonde treaty? Excuse me, are you trying to apply a Spacey treaty to a planet at war with Spacey? useless woman
berger is an annoying plot device. and as IF the hacker didnt realize there may be a backdoor into their systems and plan accordingly, when on a planet they also do buisness with. FOR FUCKS SAKE
MIRAGE SHUT UP. stop applying your human values onto the system of another planet. fucking useless
i like that the king and freyja dont hear the same colors in mikumo's singing
his singing is colorless to her, i love it
this eyecatch jingle is really unfitting in this part of the show
"fall to the wind" okay and if they dont parallel this with hayate's stunt at the start of the show, shame
thats not nearly as interesting as an out for him just being caught by the plane. not as disappointed as i could have been, but still
there is far too much talking when they're meant to be singing, but i cant tell the voices apart enough to know if they actually cut out their parts there
the instrumentals still playing even as they cant sing when makina got shot is so good

ep25
(seen when chapter skipping OP) this show really is too reliant on post-credits scenes
hayate's father really shouldn't matter any more, or in the first place but really any more
more exposition from fuck face. can we not
i feel like keith and roid should be more interesting than they are
oh for fucks sake stop talkin about your fleeting lives
i honestly forgot the bridge crew existed. macross could use a gender swap on the bridge for once
hahaha, still has the wrist phone from the start of the show
okay seriously, long lost package just now. fuck off
oh and here it comes out, its the guy who gave her the media player, fuck off
is this dyrl playing?
thats a nice line to end it on, or would be except for the post-credits scene. and of course i complain about it this episode notes which is the one time it feels most justified to include one. always the way
song of the stars sounds nice
dude just nuked his whole fleet, wow

ep26
all the norse stuff seems so shallow
bit sick of this song
this would be much more interesting if the cultures behind walkure were musically supporting them vs the voice of the star singer who is disconnected from it all
looks like roid shoved his hair into giant pompoms
again with the giant glowing mind controlled singers. frontier pls go away
IS THAT DYRL AGAIN FOR FUCKS SAKE
giant human hive mind. again. go away frontier
the visuals are cool if nothing else
fuck off mirage
red hair is so hopelessly blind to his own passion, what a doof
the whole point of fold waves is that she doesnt have to be there to sing with them, they should have felt her from her hospital bed in defiance of the galaxy network roid was making
back to this question of why does she (mikumo) sing. I like that!
the blush, lol
this is really dragging
i feel like they tried to recapture the idea of dance choreography with valkyries here, but it hasnt worked
THE SISTER LIVED. SERIOUSLY. FUCK THAT. She doesnt even matter but still fuck it

hayate is best when he's his own character. any time he has to be the macross mc, with the love triangle or position as a fighter, he falls flat
the war is horribly handled. battles happen and stop on a whim and things get to a huge takeover out of nowhere with no follow through of it
seriously, they just dropped the spy thing and the dancing plane thing. all the interesting things
stop talking about how short their lives are, they aren't short, everyone else is long for them
all of the music is great, and very fitting, perhaps too much but in a good way