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One could write about how this is just a continuation of original series and has continues with the same format of "adventure of the day". For the first half, yeah, you can say that. Then something happened for the second half, they actually wrote a multi-episodic story with some major character development. Thus I will focus on that part.

Like I said earlier, the first half was the standard, but the second half was very good. It all starts with Natsumi getting an invitation to join a police special forces group. This made all the her co-workers/friends, esp. Miyuki really question ... how each other are part of this group. Even Ken started having doubts about himself because of a situation with Miyuki. Even the ending strengthens the characters with each other.

I do enjoy this series because they characters are adults instead of being there as comic relief for junior high/high school students. We adults have problems also.

So to break it down:
Story - 8: I had to give it an 8. The average of the first half and second half.
Art - 7: This will never be as good as the details from the OVAs of the first season. The artwork did take a hit. I wish more time was given to make the characters and scenes look better at times.
Sound - 7: Felt overpowered by the background sound. I do miss the sounds of the motors that Fujishima puts into his creations.
Characters - 9: All were great! We got to see more of everyone, including the rookie Saori and Nakajima's dad and step-mom.
Enjoyment - 9: Of course. Just seeing an adult cast in a slice-of-life series was worth it.
Overall - 8: It had it's weaknesses and strengths. You will enjoy this a bit more if you enjoyed season 1.

This isn't going to be a spoiler but given the description it might as well be.

This short series is nothing but the ultimate of anime cliches. It had the poor boy who wanted to be the best. The super-secret weapon that escapes. The boy finds this weapon. The weapon loses it's memory. Weapon and boy become friends. The weapon goes loses control and everyone is afraid of it. Then the shop keeper who used to work at this top secret facility knows all about this weapon. This weapon is part of a larger top-secret weapon. Oh ... heck, you get the picture. It's all telegraphed if you've seen many animes in your past. Of course I'm being generous with the ratings. The only thing missing is the fan-service appeal.

This series isn't horrible but it could have been better. Who am I kidding, it couldn't. We've already seen this story in "Angelic Layers".