Otakuism

Now this is the show I wish I had been watching for 22 episodes, where the the battleship of quirky badasses fended off vengeful aliens and autocratic conspiracies alike, and where the misguided romance of the newest recruit was nothing more than a comedic side-story. Instead the side-story is the actual plot and the badass crew is sadly sidelined. Frontier has been an alright show so far, but it really missed the chance to have a lot of fun with these characters.

When your main character is being told he’s still a whiny kid when there’s only three episodes left to go, then there might be a problem. Alto has to be the worst protagonist in Macross history. Even Shin, who was also a bit dense, fared much better than Alto. Alto just doesn’t have a clue at all. And now the only ones left on Frontier are him, Sheryl, and the increasingly psychotic Luca. Great. Lets just get to the apocalyptic final battle where Ozma takes on the whole NUNS fleet, if that’s what the spoilers still say, and get this over with.