I audibly groaned when they showed the, obligatory, orbital death ray in episode 11. I get it's a gundam tradition, but it's completely out of the blue with no sort of build up or hint whatsoever. And then in the finale they just hand waved it away with "permet magic". It didn't even desintegrate, it was just put out of comission long enough so the main characters could have ther final exposition in peace.
The sentiment I've seen from other watchers, that are not lobotomized yuri drones, was that:
- In the end the series was mid
- That the 2 final episodes should've been premiered together
- WfM would've benefitted greatly if it were a 40 ep series instead of a regular 25.
The mech designs, on the other hand, are great.