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This show starts off amazingly, and the plot really throws you head first into things. The new characters are interesting and I was initially excited to see them fight, learn and grow. Unfortunately, the show had other plans. The show almost seems like its in a constant tug of war between two different shows, "The Minerva show" and "The Archaengel Show". Maybe this was the intention but it just doesn't work. The archangel really doesn't show up until halfway through and this is primarily why the first half of the show is when its at its best. The Minerva crew going around, kicking ass and ... taking names. When they actually got to have the spotlight of the show.

The second half of this show and the ending is genuinely bad. It feels like the writers truly hate Shin because they seem terrified to allow him to be the main character. Half the show is just about the adventures of Kira and his gang. This show wants me so badly to think that Durandal is a bad guy and Kira and his group can do no wrong when, time after time, he keeps getting proven correct. Literally, in the first episode, Cagalli gets mad at him for building up the military, and they get attacked by the blue cosmos, proving him right. It's never even clearly explained what the destiny plan was or why it was bad. The only indication you get that he is evil is that he tries to kill Lacus and has some ties with Rau, which no one would even know about. The archangel literally protects Djibril (the actual villain of the show, mind you, and pretty much the only reason this war is happening) and accidentally allows for the destruction of a few plants and the deaths of millions, and the "heroes" barely acknowledge this when it happens. Besides that, good characters from seed get bastardized to hell; Cagalli goes from strong, capable, and independent to whiny, impotent, and unable to control the country she's supposed to be leading; Kira goes from a complex and flawed character who's forced into a war against his will to a Mr. Perfect Mary Sue who can do no wrong and can somehow survive the impossible. Lacus was never that compelling to me, but she's even worse here, pretty much just acting as a Kira yes-man or showing up to say some fake-profound nothingburger speech.

As time goes on the fights start getting less interesting because the mobile suits just become way too overpowered. Its just Kira shooting everyone without receiving a scratch. It got to the point where I was actively rooting against the archaengel and kira.
Also, I was mad that very little was done with Athrun and Cagalli's relationship, since they are easily the best couple in this series (way better than Kira and Lacus). All in all, I was disappointed with how this went. The show in its first half was so good, but it manages to ruin it the more you go on.

She loves to cook, She loves to eat is a very cute GL manga with a focus on food and people's different relationships with food. In fact, through reading, the romance between the main characters is almost secondary but still an important aspect of the story. The main intent of this manga is to send a message about how society treats women and LGBT people and societal expectations regarding family relationships.
The main character Nomoto loves to cook food to de-stress, but she feels guilty about not being able to eat it all. Additionally, being a woman, people attribute her love of cooking to the fact ... that she is a woman and believe her passion for cooking must have something to do with trying to find a man. I appreciate how this manga delicately tackles issues like misogyny in a realistic way. As a woman, the way in which this manga portrays misogynistic comments is grounded in reality and not over-the-top or making light of the matter.
Kasuga, Nomoto's new friend, with whom she begins to share meals, deals with several family issues. Throughout her childhood, she was forced to eat less than she wanted; she was always told to watch her weight or made to feel bad for eating a lot of food. Her family always expected the girls to prepare the meals and cleanup for the men. In this way, the story also captures another aspect of misogyny very well. The many societal expectations regarding women and food/cooking
Of course, this is a GL story, and as the two women continue to share meals, they struggle to find out how they actually feel about each other. The process by which Nomoto actually begins to come to the conclusion that she is a lesbian is very realistic, and it is evident that the author had personal experience. The way it also handles homophobia is realistic, and I appreciate the care that was taken.
Lastly, I will say the art is very good. The part where the art really shines is the food. Every time I saw the food, I felt myself getting hungry and wanting to try and make whatever it was they were making. The character art suits the serious but at the same time lighthearted tone of the series.
My main criticism is that I wish there was more time devoted to developing their relationship as a couple. As I previously stated, the budding relationship does feel as if it is beginning to take a backseat to other conflicts at times. They share some cute moments together, but I wish we had more of those romantic moments and feelings of tension to make the reader excited over the prospect of them getting together.

Yamato 3 starts out with a pretty ok premise. The Sun is heating up due to a stray missile hitting it and now the crew needs to set out to find a new habitable planet. The Idea is pretty good but the execution is very mediocre and doesn't live up to the previous two series. First the good parts of it, and that would be the new expansions to the universe with the new enemies. Although the bolar federation is not nearly as good of a villain as Gamilus or Gatlantis, they are a massive improvement over the black nebula empire from be forever Yamato.

Now ... for the bad. the show introduces several new characters in which next to nothing is done with. Domon and Ahega are completely flat and dry and I completely forgot Ahega existed for half the show. I was expecting them to be built up as new overconfident rookies who have to learn the ropes and slowly fill their roll on the Yamato, however both get barely any screentime for their development. Even the returning characters feel like they're not even present. The bridge crew seems to have lost all of the personality and character from the previous series. Kodai just feels like the generic space opera protaganist, In Yamato 1 Kodai goes through many emotional struggles regarding his parent's death but here he just has nothing going for him. Shima barely even feels like he's there, he seems to just have almost no screentime whatsoever. The space battle scenes are also not as good and so much of the first half feels extremely pointless.

It is a very direct retelling of the events of the original Rockman game. It basically serves as a guide for how to optimally take on the bosses. It also provides some good lore and context not present in the game. The art is also very nice, quite reminiscent of Astro Boy, which had a big influence on Megaman's design in the game. Unfortunately, there isn't much to it besides that. The story moves at breakneck speed. Things just happen, and there is not a moment to even contemplate any of them. It feels like, within the blink of an eye, Megaman is onto a ... new robot master. Fights with various bosses never last more than 2–3 pages before Megaman defeats them with little struggle. I feel like this could've been an opportunity to give the robot masters some unique personalities, but there is barely any time devoted to any character's personality. It works for what it is, and it's obvious this was not meant to be more than just a glorified player's guide, so if you do read this, don't expect too much else out of it.

I saw something about the show and the premise, and it was just too absurd but also too creative to not check it out. As a Gundam fan, I can clearly see the inspiration Gundam received from this series. I was quite hooked from the beginning, and the show does a good job of showing you the stakes by repeatedly looming the countdown to Earth's total destruction at the end of each episode. I never felt like the pacing was lagging or that we were just spending unnecessary amounts of time in one place after another; everything moves at a quick speed.

My biggest complaint is ... that it takes a little while for the characters personalities to shine through. Near the beginning, I felt like Kodai and Shima were pretty much blank slates with one-dimensional personalities, and their places could be swapped with each other with little difference. Luckily,  around episode 7, we start to get a lot more characterization for both of them that sets them apart as distinct. Another thing is that it becomes apparent that the Yamato has pretty strong plot armor and can take major beatings that even the supposedly superior Gamilus can't withstand. Also,  the Yamato is miraculously repaired on many occasions in the next episode after sustaining horrible damage. I guess this can mostly be attributed to reusing animation, so it's excusable to me.

If you like old-school space operas, you'll like this. If you're less used to older anime, it may feel dated and clunky to watch with its many animation errors and rough line art; however, if that doesn't bother you, I'd say go for it.