OGG
1.Lamia Loveless -Vysaga
2.Axel Almer - Soulgain
3.Kyosuke Nambu - Altissen Riesse
4.Excellen Browning - Rien Weissritter
5.Kusuha Mizuha/Brooklyn Luckfield - RyuKoOh
6.Leona Garstien - Sieguarlion
7.Einst Alfimi - Person Licheket
8.Ibis Douglas - Astelion AX
9.Masaki Andoh - Cybuster
10.Lune Zoldark - Valsione
11.Raoul Graden - Excellence Lightning
12.Fiona Graden - Excellence Eternal
13.Gilliam Yager - Gespenst RV
14.Sanger Zonvolt - Dygenguar
15.Rastel Fensmker - Aubensiter
16.Fighter Roar - Compatible Kaiser
17.Falker Alberch - Yardabout
18.Despinis
19.Mai Kobayashi/Katina Tarask - Grungust Type 3
20.Alion - His mech.

OG2
1.Lamia Loveless - Vysaga
2.Kyosuke Nambu - Altiessen Riesse
3.Excellen Browning - Rien Weissritter
4.Kusuha Mizuha/Brooklyn Luckfield - RyuKoOh
5.Katina Tarask - R-Blade
6.Leona Garstien - Sieguarlion
7.Tasku Shiguju - Huckbien Mk III Boxer
8.Masaki Andoh - Cybuster
9.Lune Zoldark - Valsione
10.Gilliam Yager - Gespenst RV
11.Sanger Zonvolt - Dygengaur
12.Rastel Fensmker - Aubensiter
13.Villetta Vadim - Red Randgrith
14.Ryusei Date - R-1
15.Raidise Fujiwara Branstien - R-2 Powered
16.Aya Kobayashi - R-3 Powered
17.Mai Kobayashi - R-Gun Powered
18.Ibis Douglas - Astelion
19.Raoul Graden - Excellence Striker
20.Einst Alfimi - Person Licheket.

OG1
1.Kyosuke Nambu - Altiessen
2.Excellen Browning - Weissritter
3.Kusuha Mizuha - Grungust Type-2
4.Brooklyn Luckfield - Wildswine
5.Katina Tarask - Giganscudo
6.Leona Garstien - Valsion Custom
7.Tasuku Shinguji - Guarlion
8.Masaki Andoh - Cybuster
9.Lune Zoldark - Valsione
10.Gilliam Yager - Black Gespenst
11.Sanger Zonvolt - Grungust Type-0
12.Elzam Von Branstien - Huckbien Mk II "Trombe"
13.Kai Kitamura - Armor Lion. (Replace with Latooni in Ryusei's path)
14.Villeta Vadim - R-Gun
15.Ryusei Date - R-1
16.Raidise Fujiwara Branstien - R-2 Powered
17.Aya Kobayashi - R-3 Powered
18.Irmgult Kazahara - Grungust
19.Rio Meilong - Huckbien
20.Rhada Bryban - Huckbien Mk II

I am a white, cis/sys/sis/whatever straight male.
And it's no fun at all.
It's the perfect thing to be if you want to be a jerk. Everything is geared to help and protect you, but if you try to be a decent human being, that's where things get unpleasant quickly.
Firstly, everyone who shares your interests is a jerk, or more accurately, the VAST majority of them are. This is because they, like you, are at the top of the socio-economic totem pole, and want to stay there. So they are typically both socially and fiscally conservative dorks.
As such, everyone who isn't a straight, white, cis male hates them. And by extension, YOU.
It gets really, really old, having people attack you or mistrust you over and over again without end. And yes, I understand the irony. I get it. But it feels very alienating. VERY. And it's also hypocritical as all hell. I'm not supposed to treat you a certain way but you can treat me however you want? That is BS.
So you wind up walking away from those communities, because you share NOTHING in common with them, and they treat you badly.

Neo Granzon Code: (Usable on second or later play through)

Down,Up,Left,Right,L1,R1

Getting the thingy. Mech. 

First half of stage 26, destroy all but 1 Liege Geios and then reduce the HP of the last one to 1000 or lower. It can be used in the second half of the stage.

my favourite three SRT Characters are:
1.Lamia Loveless
2.Ibis Douglas
3.Kusuha Mizuha

And in that order.
That's not something I knew.
Because it's not something I had ever thought about.

Do want:
HEATS (Getter Robo Armageddon)
FIRE WARS (Mazinkaizer)
Dreams (After war gundam X)
Resolution (Also after war gundam X)
Last Impression (Gundam Wing Endless Waltz)
Just Communication (Gundam Wing)
Meteor (Gundam SEED Destiny)
Triple Baka (Vocaloid)
BEYOND THE TIME (CCA Gundam)

Want seasons 3&4 of SRT to exists.
Sigh.

Kusuha! DO WANT.

Major Gilliam: I want to make a stealth check to conceal something in the castle.
GM: What?
Major Gilliam: My Gespenst.
GM: WHAT.
Major Gilliam: I roll 13, plus a modifier of 234,765,999.
GM: *Flips table*.

And so begins the Inspector. This anime used music that was directly from the games - which was actually kind of clever, because the music in the game was awesome.

This show is darker and more intense then Divine Wars, which makes enough sense, considering that it's about kyosuke and not ryusei.

Though arguably it's actually about excellen, or more specifically, her breasts.

They get more screen time then some characters.

This show really doubled down on the "Awesome".

The first scene with our heroes shows them smashing through some obvious cannon fodder, and Excellen's nipples bulging through her pilot outfit.

I understand that, as a human, she has nipples, but there's gotta be like, five layers of reasonably thick cloth between them and us, so there is no way we should should be able to see them.

Of course, it's entirely possible that she would have intentionally rigged something to cause this to happen, she's that kind of character. 

Excellen is…controversial. Flamboyantly and unrepentantly bisexual, she spends all her time sexually harassing and assaulting everyone around her, except her boyfriend Kyosuke. Ironically, Kyosuke's indifference to his girlfriend's antics simply render him all the more awesome.

Excellen is complicated, because she is comic relief, fan service, and actual character all at the same time. Her actual character is very intelligent, and tough as nails. She even gave Aya a serious verbal bitch-slapping in the first game when Aya was bing an idiot.

I love Excellen as a character. But I played through OG2 for GBA, when the worst thing that they could do was imply or inform that a woman was sexy or naked, so when they would do so, it was more lame then anything else. The level of fan service in this show, on the other hand is…not something I'm sure I am comfortable with.

That Excellen is in love with Kyosuke is not up for debate. But Excellen/Lamia is very shippable.

Kyosuke on the other hand, is just awesome. 

The show changes a hell of a lot from the game, unlike Divine Wars, which changed only minor or unimportant stuff. 

The show also has a lot of fan service in it. Excellen, Lamia, Aya, Kusuha, and many others are all topless on screen at least once, and in most cases, totally naked - though below the belt is censored.

The camera will also focus on a woman's bottom or breasts given the chance, especially if whatever it is the characters are talking about is not terribly interesting.

Keep in mind that the actual games are rated at worst 12+, which makes the level of fan service all the more insane.

Granted, all of the people who played the original game when it came out are going to be my age or older by now, but it's still weird.

Really, really weird actually.

And so ends divine wars. It's been a hell of a ride.
The show has an unbelievably low death toll. It really is a very happy show. Even Levi Tolar lives - Though this is not immediately obvious.
I'm looking forward to The Inspector tomorrow.

Kusuha Misuha is my favourite. She's unbelievably adorable.

Lefina Enfield is a victim of circumstance.
Having graduated at the top of her class from the academy, she was immediately promoted from cadet to Lt. Col and given command of the Hiryu Custom, despite being 19 years old, and having no experience.
Her promotion was caused because the man who was SUPPOSED to get it knew too much, and they wanted to keep him quiet. As such, Lefina wound up with an XO who resented her, because he was the best friend of the guy who got passed over.
As if that wasn't bad enough, the head operator for the same ship was the person who had graduated immediately behind her from the same academy, and she resented Lefina for getting not only a massive promotion, but being given her own command - and not just any command, either. The Hiryu Custom is and UNBELIEVABLY big deal.
Then war breaks out, and she finds her ship behind enemy lines, staring down the entirety of the United Colony Corps, and not only does she defeat them all, but she goes on to play an instrumental role in saving the world.
Then, six months later, the world is attacked AGAIN, and the commander of her battle group dies, leaving her in command of the entire Steel Dragon Battle Group, or the GoRyuSenTai.
So she leads her forces to victory, and saves the world a second time.
Katina Tarask is awesome.
Sorry about that.
Ahem.
She has, since that point, lead her forces to victory under hellish circumstances a further two times since then.
All before the age of twenty.
  

And now, I am watching Super Robot Taisen: Divine Wars.
What happens when you take roughly 80 episodes worth of plot and politics, and try to cram it into a 26 episode show? Divine Wars, that's what.
In order to understand the show, one really has to have played the games. because in the rush to put things on screen, a great deal of valuable context goes right out the window.
The show is unadulterated fan service, but not of the semi-naked women kind. It throws any attempts to make sense out the window, and instead focuses on showing us gorgeous 3D animations of the series mecha beating the snot out of each other - Which is what everyone came here to see.
It also does orchestral versions of many of the game's best pieces of music. The special rendition of "Trombe!" is a personal favourite of mine.
Divine Wars is for the Die-Hard mecha fan or SRT fan ONLY. The appeal lies in the fact that we already know all of these characters, and watching a show about them is awesome, not in the show's merits as a show itself. It is a video game anime, after all.
One odd thing is watching all of the playable characters who were originally in the DC fight the protagonists. Because while the Earth Federation Army isn't perfect, the Divine Crusaders have some straight-up evil people among them.

Wow,  I know I said this show was bad, but I didn't realize it was THIS bad.
Firstly, the main character is an idiot. This is not something that is unique to her; Most main characters are morons, but that's not a good thing. Secondly, the whole premise of the show is insane.
There are two kinds of ninja; Good ninja, and bad ninja.
Simplistic, and even more stupid when you realize that no-one thinks of themselves as being "Evil".
Secondly, the thing that makes a ninja "Good" or "Bad" is equally insane. Basically, a "Bad" Ninja is one who sells their skills to the highest bidder: I.E. They are a mercenary. Usually but not always slimy, if not evil.
"Good" Ninja follow orders to the letter, no questions asked.
So, mercenaries, versus state assassins. Neither one is particularly "Just".
The crazy thing is, Senran Kagura just might be vicious social commentary on the nature of the Japanese being brought up to obey orders, but I doubt it.
I should also mention that I played the Hebijo side of Burst before the Hanzo side, and so I think of them as being the protagonists, so that plays merry hell with my suspension of disbelief.
Not that the show itself doesn't do a lot of that itself.
Really, the biggest wall for me is that the story refuses to acknowledge the concept of Lawful Evil. Anyone who obeys orders, no matter what they are, is good. Anyone who disobeys orders, no matter what they are, is evil.
This is somewhat remedied in Deep Crimson, but the main characters are too stupid to rebel against their rigid command structure until WAY late in that game. Even then, they don't so much rebel as "Compromise, kinda."
In fact, it is the characters severe lack of intelligence and will that really kills the series. And why I like the "Bad guys" more. Because THEY cleave their own path in the world, following no-one's orders.
And, seeing as the entire Hebijo squad placed in the top ten of the recent popularity poll, it appears that I am not alone in this opinion.
Wow. This show really is terrible. So much telling instead of showing, so many informed attributes, so little actual fighting. I mean, the good guys get jumped, and then have their butts handed to them in three strikes maximum.
Not to mention that it's just so unbelievably weird. It's difficult to explain just how weird it really is.
It's a spectacular failure of suspension of disbelief. The whole thing is a mangled, incomprehensible mess. It's difficult for me to even find it sexy because of how weird it is.
It was also made at a bizarre time for anime, when the nudity laws were stronger, meaning that for all of it's posturing as a trashy anime, SRT: The Inspector and Ranma 1/2 are both more explicit then it is.
In summation, it has a nonsensical and contradictory plot, a premise that is insane, barely tolerable characters, and to top it all off, it tries to have an ambiguous ending, despite the fact that it chronicles the events of the FIRST game in a FIVE game series.
Did I enjoy it? Kinda. Nowhere near as much as I enjoy VD: Mermaid, which I will watch again and again, but as trashy, awful, video game anime go, it's unbelievably terrible.
The animation is gorgeous, however.

Coming up on the end of Hataraku Mao - Which means that soon, I shall be watching Senran Kagura.
God help me.
Why didn't I bring something else?
No helping it now.
Gotta say, if Valgaav is an instance of the audience hating a villain for the wrong reasons (the feeling being "Oh god, not THIS guy again!") then Sariel is an instance of hating a villain for the right reasons.
He is unbelievably creepy. And you hope he gets killed in a way that is both horrific, and extremely painful.
Lucifer, on the other hand, is an excellent instance of the perfectly executed heel-face turn. The audience goes from hating him with a burning passion to treasuring him as a beloved protagonist in the space of a single episode.
Well, only one episode left. Which is a harsh reality, and not just because the series is a lot of fun.
It's also because Senran Kagura is very, very, VERY dreadful.
It's not even fun to watch in a "guilty pleasure way" unlike Valkyrie Drive.
Sigh.

Today, I am watching Hataraku Mao, and Senran Kagura.
Maybe. I might chicken out and not watch that second one.
Because it's terrible.
Hataraku Mao, or "The devil works part time" is not perfect. It contains a fair amount of fan service, there are "Harem" themes (Even if only barely) and the strength of the female characters is…above average at best.
That said, when held up to rest of anime as a rule, it is a shining example of progressiveness.
The story too is very neatly constructed; It swaps from comedy to drama in an instant - which is just one of the many ways in which it resembles the slayers.
Also, the backgrounds are superb. It delivers a level of realistic detail I have never seen anywhere before. The backgrounds can almost pass as photographs.
It's also a very political show; The morality of the Human/Monster struggle is not as black and white as it initially appears.
However; The show does not make the mistake of becoming too deep or philosophically heavy. It does occasionally get dark, but not "Elegy to the dogs" dark. Besides, the periods of darkness are never very long.
Sadao Mao, the main Character, is a lot like Lina Inverse, in that his primary weapon is not power, but intelligence and cunning. Also much like her, he is a good leader, and INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.
He isn't as violent as she is, and alignment wise, they are complete opposites. Mao is, and always has been Lawful Good. Lina Inverse is more Chaotic Neutral leaning good.
Mao shares the Main Character slot with Emi Yusa, the woman who kicked his ass so bad that he had to run away to earth in the first place. Unfortunately, she is nowhere near as badass in the show itself as she is the backstory. This is partly justified by the fact that she, unlike the deamons, has no way to recharge her powers, but it's still annoying. Also annoying is the "A-cup angst" jokes that she provides for. Granted, she doesn't do as many of them as Lina Inverse did, but Lina was more of an "A-cup RAGE" then anything else, and so instead of becoming insecure and flustered when attacked on that front, she would simply go on a destructive rampage.
Emi's main redeeming feature is the complexity of her relationship with the main character. What they have looks like a romance, but it isn't. Rather then struggling with feelings of love for a man she doesn't like, Emi is struggling with feelings of hate for a man she does like. Mao is more or less directly responsible for every bad thing that has ever happened to her and everyone she knows, but is a nice guy. Thus, the conflict.
The show is more light hearted then the slayers, and has a shallower story because of it, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

And so we approach the very end of the slayers, perhaps the best anime I own, or have ever seen.
The series has some very good points: Setting aside strong female characters, or not hyper-sexualized characters, the series functions both as a comedy and a drama…mostly because it doesn't mix up "drama" and "Murder/angst festival".
When bad things happen in the show, it's not simply so that something bad happens to balance out the comedy; it happens because the plot calls for it. In short, the show is a saga, not a soap opera.
it has it's weak points, but everything does.
Another interesting feature is the very muted romances. While yes, it is telegraphed that Gourry and Lina are an item, Gourry and Sylphiel is just as clearly telegraphed. Basically, it could go either way.
Hell, Sylphiel/Lina is reasonably well telegraphed. The two like each other. A lot.
All of the show's romances are implied at best - besides lina/gourry, once at the end of the second season, but that's not exactly concrete.
I used to be a Sylphiel/Gourry shipper, but of late I have switched to Sylphiel/Lina.
And not just because "Lesbians are neato".
Also, I ship Xellos/Fillia.
And not just because I HATE Valgaav.
The show and the books diverge on several points, and despite watching the show before reading the books, I have to say that the books are better, when it comes down to it.
Not better then the show itself, just better in the places that are different.
I can't defend my Lina/Sylphiel ship very well, save only to say that despite supposedly being in love with the same man, they get along unreasonably well. One of the few defences I do have is that it's almost like they both like gourry, but want each other to be happy more then they do to be with him. I.E. They like each other more then they like gourry.
Though what do I know, I can't even tell if I'm using I.E. right.
This is my only completely unreasonable ship.
Possibly the best aspect of the show, however, is Xellos.
Xellos is awesome. He's a Bad Guy, but he never does anything bad ON SCREEN, and that is important, because that makes his evil into an Informed Atribute, and so the audience only half believes it. This means that he can function as a Good Guy for all intents and purposes, story wise. The audience loves him, and so do the protagonists. If he gets hurt, we get angry.
What we end up with is a character who can do whatever he wants - because he's technically evil - but who the main characters get along with. This is largely because while he occasionally threatens and fights the main characters, he never actually hurts them badly. He even appears to go out of his way to not hurt them. He is an incredibly complex and interesting character.
He's also unbelievably cool, and his (Japanese) acting is excellent. Also, I love the "Open/Closed eyes" shtick - it transforms his entire character in an instant. He's almost two people. he can change the entire tone of the scene in an instant.
My favourite line of his is "I value your will."Out of context, it doesn't mean much, but in context - which I won't spoil - It's epic.
Cool as Xellos is, however, he is not my favourite character. That position he just barely loses to Lina Inverse herself.
What I love about Lina is how unapologetically "Herself" she is. She is a violent nutcase, but insists that she is a delicate lady. Anyone who disagrees is severely punished. This is brilliant. Because she refuses to be defined by other people's terms, and this refusal is both sub-concious and automatic. If she doesn't fit into the box that someone expects her to fit into, be it man, god, or society itself - then she doesn't angst about it, or even think about it all. The world is just WRONG for trying to place her somewhere she doesn't fit. She cleaves her own path through life, and also through anything that stands in her way.
As the show draws to a close, I'd like to focus on the good, rather then the bad. It really has been a good time watching the whole series through.

DAMN The Slayers is a good show!

Valgaav is back. Though I may have been wrong about the whole "Genocide" thing. Still, he's a monster and worse, a mary sue. God, is he annoying. I see him on the screen, he talks, and I yell "Shut up!"
But he doesn't listen.
Bastard.

Season three is also the "Zelgadiss is awesome" season. This is fine though, as he IS awesome.
Seriously though; In this season, there is nothing he can't do.
He is shown to be a mathematician, an engineer, and even a safe cracker.
He's just awesome.

The slayers is divided into disks with 6 or 7 episodes on them. This gives one 150-175 minutes of time in-between disk changes.
Ranma 1/2 is broken into disks with 4-5 episodes, delivering 100/125 minutes between disc changes. Not as good as the slayers, but it rarely is that good.
Aria brings 3-4 to the table, or 100/75 but even that is pretty good compared to the normal amount.
Valkyrie drive clocks in at an obnoxious 2 episodes per disk. And, to make matters worse, one disk of valkyrie drive can cost as much as 100$, which is more then FIVE disks of ranma.

Valgaav SUCKS!

Valgaav isn't on the 3rd disk of season 3 at all! Yay!

So I have been marathoning the slayers recently. 26 episodes a day.
Season one is good. Made cheaply, but good.
Season two has a lot of fan service, but it's good too, none the less.
Season three…
Put bluntly, I HATE VALGAAV.
I HATE HIM.
HATE HATE HATE!
He is an unbelievable author's pet, has so much power "Because" to the point where he can beat the slayers+a god dragon+a god+xellos with one hand. He keeps surviving long past when he should be dead, and worst of all, he's an idiotic, self-centred @$$hole whose sole motivation is wanting to destroy the world because his life is unpleasant.
Over the course of the season, he:
•Commits genocide
•If that first one isn't enough for you, then you need counselling
•Is repeatedly a gigantic hypocrite
•Forces one of the characters to do/see things that she doesn't want to, and in an exceptionally rape-y way

All in all, he's the kind of villain who you are highly anticipating the death of. But NOOO, he's a mary-sue, and so he gets reincarnated as a good guy at the end.
GOD, I HATE THAT BASTARD.

Other then that, Season three is a lot of fun.

I sure hope my trash show has a happy ending…

DO WANT: Vol 4&5 of trashy yuri anime show.
I MEAN: Vol 3&4 of trashy yuri anime show. The episodes on 5 could be total BS, and I haven't seen them yet.

ALRIGHT! I'LL ADMIT IT!
I CRACKED, AND ORDERED THE FIRST TWO VOLUMES OF MY TRASHY SHOW!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

0-1
1-2
1-4
2-2
2-4
3-1
3-3
4-1
4-2
4-3
4-4
4-5
4-6
5-1
5-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
7-3
7-4
7-5 Though this one will get repetitive quickly.

Play order.

1.Ayane
2.Hikage
3.Ryouna
4.Ryofu
5.Rin
6.Yumi
7.Renka
8.Naraku
9.Ikagura
10.Yomi
11.Yozakura
12.Homura
13.Ryoki
14.Miyabi
15.Kagura
16.Yagyuu
17.Sonsaku
18.Kanu
19.Shiki
20.Imu
21.Murasaki
22.Ryoubi
23.Asuka
24.Jasmine
25.Ayame
26.Katsuragi
27.Hanabi
28.Daidouji
29.Haruka
30.Murakumo
31.Hibari

THIS IS NOT THE PLAY ORDER, SIMPLY THE WARDROBE LIST.
BT:Before Transform
AT:After Transform

1.1: Ayane: BT: N/A. AT: China girl outfit (Purple), Own hair (Purple), Own headband (Blue). Perfect. (My favourite outfit on my favourite lady. It was really hard for me to choose between Ayane and Hikage for this outfit, but fortunately the Sexy medieval knight costume showed up, and solved that problem. This outfit is particularly great, because it is more a physical manifestation of the basic concept of clothing, without really actually being clothing per se.)
Personal favorite: 10/10
Fun to play: 10/10
Appearance: 10/10

1.2: Hikage: BT: Yozakura's bathing suit (Purple), Own hair (Green), Cat ears (Black), Cat tail (Black). AT: Sexy medieval knight outfit (Purple/green), Own hair (Green), Cat ears (Black), Cat tail (Black). Perfect. (The green trim is really wonderful, as it matches her hair. Hikage has purple attacks, so her outfit has to be purple, but she really does look good in green. Hence the perfection. The kitty ears are not so much in response to her outfit, so much as they are to go with her eyes. Besides, I LIKE cat girls. And I feel like I've been pretty restrained so far, thank you very much.)
Personal favorite: 10/10
Fun to play: 8.5/10
Appearance: 10/10

1.3: Ryouna: BT: Own bathing suit (Blue), Own hair (Yellow). AT: Draping sleeves outfit (Blue), Own hair (Yellow), Own tiara (Silver). Perfect. (Giving up the angel outfit was very difficult, but the way this one moves when she dances - Because she does dance - makes this outfit even better. Besides, she has the build to present it properly, which not everyone has.)
Personal favorite: 10/10
Fun to play: 6/10
Appearance: 10/10

1.4: Yumi: BT: Own bathing suit (Blue), Own hair (Black), Own hair ribbon (White). AT: Renka's outfit (Blue), Own hair (Black), Own hair ribbon (White), Sunglasses (Blue). Perfect. (Giving up the Snow ghost outfit was something I thought I would never do. However, she just looks so darn professional, and I REALLY wanted to use both the outfit and the sunglasses on someone. Yumi and Sonsaku were the only eligible people left - And Sonsaku just isn't professional.)
Personal favorite: 9.5/10
Fun to play: 9/10
Appearance: 10/10


1.5: Ikagura: BT: Own bathing suit (Blue), Kanu's hair (Blue). AT: China dress (Blue), Kanu's hair (Blue), Bracelet (Blue). Perfect. (I like the solid blue effect, and she just looks so elegant.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play 9/10
Appearance 10/10

1.6: Rin: BT: Water Queen bathing suit (Purple), Own hair (Purple). AT: Own outfit (Purple/green), Own hair (Purple). Perfect. (Through some trick of insanity, her transformation background is green, but her attacks are purple, despite the fact that every. Single. Other. Character. In the entire game has the same background colour as their attacks. In other news, Rin is not only burning hot, but also easily the most broken character in the game; Reach, big range, extreme power, crazy speed, and all three of her specials have map-clearing AOE and power.)
Personal favorite: 9.5/10
Fun to play: 10/10
Appearance: 9/10
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2.1: Ryofu: BT: N/A. AT: Sorta cowboy-ish outfit (Green/white), Middle-part hair (Green), Dog collar (Red). Perfect. (It's not perfect, but it's a remarkably good Lamia Loveless. She's also just fun to play.)
Personal favorite: 9.5/10
Fun to play 10/10
Appearance: 10/10

2.2: Homura: BT: Own bathing suit, (Red), Kanu's hair (Red). AT: Sexy santa outfit (Yes, I know; Shut up.) (Red. Duh.), Kanu's hair (Red). Perfect. (I'm still kicking myself for not knowing she had a red hair option. As for the Sexy Santa outfit, I know it's gauche, but it IS hot, and using it on Homura is both good for her, and frees up Kasumi's outfit, which works on EVERYONE. Other then that, I really like the solid red effect. It is my favourite colour, after all.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play: 7/10
Appearance: 10/10

2.3: Ryoubi: BT: Mirai's bathing suit (Red), Emo hair (Pink). AT: Succubus outfit (Red), Emo hair (Pink), Devil horns (Red), Devil tail (Reddish). Perfect. (When Ryouki's costume comes up further down this page, the thematic appropriateness of this outfit will become apparent. Though it is already fairly appropriate, considering her personality. It's also just something she looks good in.)
Personal favorite: 7/10
Fun to play: 7/10
Appearance: 8/10

2.4: Yozakura: BT: Hikage's bathing suit (Yellow), Own hair (Dark Blue). AT: Race Queen outfit (Black/yellow), Own hair (Dark blue). Perfect. (I'M CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD; I DON'T CARE, I DON'T CARE RIGHT NOW; IT'S SHOWTIME! IT'S A FUTURE DESTINY; SO LET'S GO O, SO LET'S GO O; I'LL GET MY LIFE BACK ON MY MIND; THE GIG GOES ON, THE GIG GOES ON… Okay, so that was PROBABLY unnecessary, but so what. Also, it is technically off-colour, but it's on-colour ENOUGH, matches her weapons, and she looks damn good in it, so to heck with it.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play:8/10
Appearance: 9/10

2.5: Yagyuu: BT: Own bathing suit (Blue), Middle-part hair (White). AT: Pirate outfit (Blue), Middle-part hair (White), Pirate hat (Blue). Perfect. (She has an eyepatch, and fights with a squid. She couldn't be more pirate-y if she was actively trying.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play: 9/10
Appearance: 8.5/10

2.6: Ryouki: BT: Ryoubi's bathing suit (Blue/white), Own hair (Black). AT: Ryouna's outfit (White), Own hair (Black). Perfect. (I like how she has some clothing from both of her sisters, and the Angel outfit really is the only thing she can be put in. Ryouki is a character I like, but she's no fun to play, as she is weak, and has lame specials.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play: 5.5/10
Appearance: 9.5/10
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3.1: Renka: BT: Short priestess outfit (White/purple), Emo hair (Yellow). AT: Sexy wedding dress (Purple), Emo hair (Yellow), Wedding veil (Purple). Perfect. (Renka is not as broken as, say, Rin, but is pretty damn close. Her level 2 special is a floor-clearer, and her level 3 is devastatingly powerful…if wildly inaccurate. She also has arguably the best theme music in the game.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play: 10/10
Appearance: 9/10

3.2: Yomi: BT: Own bathing suit (Green), Own hair (Yellow). AT: Sexy maid outfit (Green), Own hair (Yellow), Own hat (Green). Perfect. (Given that the Sexy maid outfit is her basic outfit only, well, sexier, it was just the obvious choice.)
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play: 7.5/10
Appearance: 10/10

3.3: Miyabi: BT: Own bathing suit (Black), Homura's hair (White), Cat ears (Black), Cat tail (Black). AT: Festival happi (Black/red) Homura's hair (White), Cat ears (Black), Cat tail (Black). Perfect. (She, like hikage, has kitty eyes, so I made her a cat girl also. As for the happi coat, well, Miyabi needs a little red on her outfit, as her attacks are quite red, and it also just wasn't working for anyone else. MOST IMPORTANTLY: The only thing that makes her look like a man is her hair. Change that, and her femininity is obvious.)
Personal favorite: 8.5/10
Fun to play: 10/10
Appearance: 9/10

3.4: Shiki: BT: Own bathing suit (Red), Kanu's hair (Pink). AT: Own outfit (Red), Kanu's hair (Pink), Own hat (Red). Perfect. (She looks just like Vannessa from the first luminous arc. It's not a perfect resemblance, but a DAMN good one. Shiki is also an odd character, in that she is mid-range. But her level 3 special is devastating.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play: 7.5/10
Appearance: 10/10

3.5: Asuka: BT: Murakumo's bathing suit (Green), Own hair (Brown). AT: Murakumo's outfit (Green), Own hair (Brown). Perfect. (She carries a Katana and a Wakizashi, so I had to put her in a samurai outfit. Asuka is fun to play - saving her terrible specials - but not really that cool a character.)
Personal favorite: 5/10
Fun to play: 7.5/10
Appearance: 7/10

3.6: Hanabi: BT: School bathing suit (Yellow), Yumi's hair (Yellow-Orange). AT: Sexy miko outfit (Yellow/purple), Yumi's hair (Yellow-Orange), Sexy miko headdress (Yellow/purple). Perfect. (It's like they who invented her thought: "I'll combine happosai with an old-school japanese construction worker, and then make it a sexy woman." I'm not arguing with the results, but the creation process must have been odd.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play: 5/10
Appearance: 9/10
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4.1: Naraku: BT: TBA. AT: TBA
Personal favorite: 9/10
Fun to play: UNK. But likely above 8, as that is consistent for DLC characters in this game.
Appearance: This changes with clothing, so UNK again.

4.2: Kagura: BT: TBA. AT: TBA
Personal favorite:8.5

4.3: Kanu: BT: N/A. AT: Miyabi's outfit (Green), Own hair (Black). Perfect. (The Ikkitousen characters are all fun to play, even if they can't transform. As for the outfit, well, Kanu just has the height, proportions, and bearing to pull it off properly. It's quite nice.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play: 8/10
Appearance: 8/10

4.4: Sonsaku: BT: N/A. AT: Camisole (Blue), Own hair (Orange-Yellow). Perfect. (For various reasons, she needs to be in a skirt. This is simply the best one.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play:8/10
Appearance: 8.5/10

4.5: Jasmine: BT: N/A. AT: Military outfit (Black), Own hair (Black), Military hat (Black). Perfect. (It's off-colour, but it just looks so damn good this way! Jasmine is very meh all round.)
Personal favorite: 6/10
Fun to play: 7/10
Appearance: 8/10

4.6: Daidoji: BT: Tokonatsu bathing suit (Yellow), Yumi's hair (Gold). AT: Evil priestess outfit (Gold), Yumi's hair (Gold), Evil priestess hat (Gold). Perfect. (Daidouji is also very meh all round, and is really only wearing this outfit so I'll have somewhere to put it.)
Personal favorite: 6/10
Fun to play: 6.5
Appearance: 8/10
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5.1: Murasaki: BT: Own bathing suit (Black), Own hair (Purple). AT: Ryofu's outfit (Black/purple), Own hair (Purple). Perfect. (She is #1 in the game in certain respects, and this outfit is very good at showcasing that. She's also quite fun to play, and WILL be higher up on the play order once I scrap this stupid cycle approach to the play order.)
Personal favorite: 8/10
Fun to play: 7.5/10
Appearance: 8.5/10

5.2: Imu: BT: Hawaiian outfit (Yellow/red), Middle-part hair (Brown) Flower (Red and yellow). AT: Y T-shirt (Yellow), Middle-part hair (Brown). Perfect. (Imu is extremely fun to play, and she also will be quite high up in the revised play order. As for the outfit, well, I figure it matched the one her sister (Murasaki) was wearing, and it was the right colour.)
Personal favorite: 7.5/10
Fun to play:10/10
Appearance: 8/10

5.3: Ayame & Katsuragi: BT: Katsuragi's bathing suit, Own hair. AT: Shop apron, Own hair. (All clothes are red for Ayame, and blue for Katsuragi.) Perfect. (I have them dressed this way because Ayame is basically a palate swap Katsuragi.)
Ayame:
Personal favorite: 6/10
Fun to play: 9/10
Appearance: 6.5/10

Katsuragi comes immediately after in play order.

5.4: Haruka: BT: Nurse outfit (White), Own hair (Brown), Nurse hat (White). AT: Own outfit (Pink), Own hair (Brown), Own hair ribbon (Pink). Perfect. (Haruka has weird hit boxes, which is unfortunate, because her music is great, and I kinda like her. She's also weak, unfortunately, and unwieldy as hell.)
Personal favorite: 6.5/10
Fun to play: 4/10
Appearance: 7/10

5.5: Murakumo: BT: Asuka's bathing suit (Blue), Homura's hair (Blue). AT: Kasumi's outfit (Blue), Homura's hair (Blue). Perfect. (Murakumo is one of those things that looks good on paper, but sucks in practice, much like a conservative government. She is tall, strong, and sexy, but also saddled with that godawful mask, weird hit boxes, and terrible theme music.)
Personal favorite: 6/10
Fun to play: 5.5/10
Appearance: 9/10

5.6: Hibari: BT: Minori's bathing suit (Yellow), Emo hair (Yellow). AT: Sexy samurai outfit (Yellow), Emo hair (Yellow), Sexy samurai crown (Yellow). Perfect. (I shall never like Hibari. She is always a pain in the ass to use. Inaccurate, weak, and just all around terrible. I am, however, proud of this look for her, as it is pretty damn good.)
Personal favorite 1/10
Fun to play: 1/10
Appearance: 8/10

Lamia

+2 Dexterity; +2 Strength/Charisma

+2 Intimidate, +2 Acrobatics

Dark vision

Poison resistance 5 at 1-10, 10 at 11-20, 15 at 21-30, and so on.

Speed 6

+1 Reflex

You can move at full speed and shift while prone.

Racial Encounter Power: Serpent Glare:

Minor Action

Melee 1

Special: You must not be blinded to use this attack.

Target: 1 Enemy

Roll an intimidate check against the target’s will. On a hit, the target grants you combat advantage until the end of your turn. 

Feats:

Heroic:

Snake Poison:

As a free action, melee attacks made with either weapons or unarmed strikes can be made to deal poison damage, instead of their regular damage type. (Untyped damage just becomes poison damage)

Paragon:

Snake Coils:

You can grab creatures without having hands free, and grabbing creatures does not occupy your hands. Also, you can grab as a minor action, and gain a +5 to Grab attempts made without the use of your hands.

Constricting Coils: 

Prerequisites: Snake Coils feat, Strength 15 Dexterity 15

Creatures grabbed by you are restrained instead of immobilized, and take ongoing five damage until the grab ends.

Steel Scales:

You treat scale armor as light armor (e.g. you add your intelligence or dexterity modifiers to your AC while wearing it.) Also, you gain proficiency in scale armour.

Epic:

Killing Coils:

Prerequisite: Snake Coils feat, Strength 19 Dexterity 19

Creatures grabbed by you who are granting you combat advantage are treated as being helpless.

Death Rattle:
All attacks made by you have the "Rattling" key word.

Too powerful? Nah.

OR: Groudon, Kyogre, Raquaza, Latios, Latias, Deoxys
X: Reshiram, Black Kyurem, Palkia, Dialga, Giratina, Zygarde
Y: Mewtwo Y, Yveltal, Xerneas, Lugia, Ho-oh, Mewtwo X
AS: Latios, Latias, Rayquaza, Deoxys, Zekrom, White Kyurem

Chang, Teilia, Mao, Chirico, Kei, all need spiral extractors. That's 4.
Shinji and Ryoma need DEC chargers. That's 1 more, making five.
…Something tells me this isn't as big an issue in this game.
Less interesting parts, I suppose.
Haros are important.
As are hakai/sasai crests.
And the stuff obtained after the third clear, I could do with more of that.
Should be fun.

Team 1: Setsuko & Shin
Setsuko holds tengoku emblem, Chimera Membership Badge, and Platinum Emblem.
Custom bonus is +1 part slot.
Shin holds S adaptor, DG fang, and the auto defender if I can ever get it again. If not, the SP getter.
Custom bonus is +1 part slot.

Team 2: Hibiki & Kallen
Hibiki holds D extractor S, Crest of Rengoku, psychic reactor.
Custom Bonus is +1 part slot.
Kallen holds haro, Crest of Tengoku, and Chimera Membership Badge.
Custom bonus is +1 part slot.
And they will do an insane amount of damage, because Kallen will be boasting a max will of 300 and a damage boost of 2000…whereas hibiki will have a 40% damage bonus from turn 1.

Team 3: Garrod & Crowe
Garrod holds Gold Emblem and Ranka's Disk.
Custom Bonus is movement +1 (THIS IS IMPORTANT!)
Crowe holds gain meter and something else
Custom bonus is increase range.

Team 4:Roger & Rand
Roger holds assault Booster, Super Armour Z, a sol armour, and a thruster module.
(He needs his (Pilot) space rank kicked up to S, to balance his mech's badness there.)
Custom bonus is parts slot +1.
Rand get's whatever is left over, because he's lame. Probably hybrid armour. Rand gets an extra parts slot. He also needs his air rank promoted to A.

Team 5: Setsuna and Kira
Setsuna holds the bronze emblem, crest of regeneration and crest of tengoku.
Custom Bonus is parts slot +1
Kira holds the super dimensional target lock, Sol quartz, and crest of destruction
Custom bonus is parts slot +1

Team 6 Lockon and orange guy
Lockon holds 2 haros, and the gate jumper.
Other guy holds 3 mega boosters.
Both get the extra parts slot

Team 7 Heero and Quatre (Altron Gundam)
H has Crest of tengoku, Chimera membership badge, and GN drive.
Custom bonus is parts slot +1
C holds 2 hybrid armour, any booster, and high power radar.
Custom bonus is parts slot +1

Team 8 Char (Nu Gundam) and Duo
C holds the DEC magazine, and a high power radar. Custom bonus is +1 range.
D holds the Hero's Mark and Soul of Steel. Custom bonus is +1 movement.

Team  9 Quess and Banaji
Q holds spiral X, D X, and a psychic reactor.
Custom bonus is parts slot +1
B has Psychic reactor and an S adaptor.
He gets and Extra movement.
Quess really is perfect for the banshee.

Team 10 Maridia and Tielia
M has the DEC Charger, and 2 parajium reactors. Custom bonus is extra parts slot.
T has two boosters, and bonus is an extra range.

Team 11 Camille and Four (Quebly)
C packs a Crest of Tengoku, a Chimera membership badge, and a DEC charger. Custom bonus is extra parts slot.
F has two radars, and bonus is an extra range.

Team 12 Haman (Zazabi) and Trowe
Haman packs the Revive cell, and Iron emblem.
Trowe has a pair of ISC things.
Both get the range increase

Team 13 Amuro (Alpha Angel) and Lal'c
Amuro picks up the PMC sight, and a high power radar thing.
Custom bonus is +1 range.
Lal'c gets a sol armour, and hybrid armour.
Bonus is +1 movement.

Team 14 Graham and Alt
G has a psychic reactor/crest of rengoku, and Alt has two radars.
Both get the movement boost.

Team 15 Sosuke and Kiriko
S has a Spiral X, the FB membership badge, and thruster module.
K has the crest of time hell, a DEC magazine, a spiral X, and the damage avenger.

Team 16 Noriko and Youko
N gets a haro, a high power radar and a sol armour. Y get's a pair of haro and a DEC magazine.
Both get the extra parts slot.

Team 17 Nono and Zeus
N gets a psychic reactor, sol armour, and DEC charger. Z get's two boosters and the F-bombs disk.
Both get the parts slot.

Team 18 Aoi and Kei
Aoi gets the sacred armour, the PMC motor, and a D X.. K gets a DEC Magazine, Spiral extractor, and barrier field.
A gets an extra parts slot, and K gets and extra range.

Team Nineteen; Ryoma and Kouji
Ryoma gets a DEC charger, a D X, and the thing that is like what Aoi got. He also gets an extra part slot.
K gets a Super armour Z, A adaptor, and a movement boost.

Final team: Zero and Simon
TTGL will be holding a Crest of tengoku, a chimera membership card, and two psychic reactors. Zero will hold an A adaptor. Zero gets a range increase, and TTGL can get whatever. GL needs an extra parts slot, as does CGDG.

Crest of Tengoku: Setsuko, Kallen, Setsuna, Heero, Camille. So, 4
DEC Magazine: Amuro, Trowe, Kiriko, Kei. 3
DEC Charger: Camille, Ryoma, Maridia (Turn A), Nono. 3
D Extractor: Ryoma, hibiki, Quess, Graham. 3
Spiral Extractor: Quess, Wufei, Setsuko, Tielia. 3
Prana Conductor: Banaji, Nono. 0
Chimera Membership Cards: Kallen, Camille, Setsuko, Heero. 3
Haro: Shin, Camille, Noriko, and two for Youko is 4. Garrod has the leftovers, because he can make do with a mega booster, or with a plain old booster.
Sol Armour: Lal'c, Noriko, Nono. 2
DONE. It's not perfect, but this is as good as it gets.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, I MUST CARRY OVER AT THE END OF THIS PLAYTHROUGH:
1 Crest of Tengoku 1
2DEC Magazines 3
3DEC Chargers  6
The D Extractor 7
3Spiral X 10
The Chimera Membership badge 11
2 sol armours 13
4 Haro 17
1 prana conductor 18
And I even have 2 free slots.

Personal deadlines:
1.Book outline completed by end of june. Done.
2.Book complete by end of August. (At 5 pages a day, and around 200 pages, it should be doable.)
3.One regular out-of-house activity by end of october.
4.Drivers by end of year. (if possible. The GDA may screw me a little.)
5.Learners by end of july. Bank card shortly thereafter.

If DJ Pon3 and Octavia were not a couple before, they are now.
I believe the appropriate term is "All aboard."

And the winner is…

Mazingar Z!
Well, it, the Raphael Gundam and the Heavy Arms Gundam.
Yes, I know it wasn't on the list. But that's not the point.

To be fair, however:

Pros:

1.It can fly.
2.High damage output - even for a super.
3.It's a single-stat mech. This combos well with the above.
4.Presence of "Guard+" spirit command. This is nice.
5.Decent functionality under water.

Cons:

None me can think of.

I'm gonna pair him with getter.

Optional unit table (Z3.2) (Preliminary)

In SRT Z3.2, there are a number of units I simply cannot do without.
This number, roughly, is 37.
That leaves three units on my team I sort of can deal with losing.
This has created an odd situation.

Current Incumbents:

1.Raphael Gundam
Pros:
1.GN field - This blocks all damage beneath 2500, (2900 With custom bonus) at a cost of only 10EN per activation. This is not the best kind of barrier, as it still allows anything 2901+ to hit for full damage, but it's still nice to have.
2.Guard - this knocks incoming damage down to 80% at 130 will. Combos well with the above.
3.High armour - and not just for a real robot, either.
4.Support defence - combos well with the above.
5.Presence of the "Guard" and "Invincible" spirits (Damage is reduced to 1/4 until your next turn, and to 1/8 for the next fight, respectively) Combos well with the above.
6.Has EN Regenerate (Small)
7.It can fly.
8.It's a single-stat mech.
9.Presence of a map weapon

Cons:
1.Low damage output - though it's assist weapon is reasonable.
2.Low movement. Base is 6.
3.No barrier piercing weapons.

Overall assessment: Pros heavily outweigh cons, and the Pros stack with each other. Effective wall.

2.Harute Gundam
Pros:
1.Very, very high movement. Base is 8.
2.Pilot's ACE bonus - boosts it's own squad's movement by 1, even if it's the sub unit. (IE: Leader movement 11, sub 12, total 13.) Also, final evasion raised by 20%.
3.Unit custom bonus - all weapons gain the "Usable after moving" property.
4.It can Fly
5.Has EN Regenerate (Small)
6.Presence of a sub pilot - and she has love. Darn, I forgot about that.
7.Presence of the "Valour/hot blood" spirit command.
8.Presence of the "Accelerate" spirit command (Movement +3 for one turn).

Cons:
1.It's a two-stat mech. Both melee and ranged have to be levelled up. This not only hurts it offensively, but defensively as well, because there are no points to put into evasion.
2.Low damage output - slightly better then the raphael overall, but with a weaker assist weapon, and this is compounded rather nastily by the above.
3.It's so okay it's meh - there is nothing really special about this mech, so it looks bad compared to the others.
4.No barrier piercing weapons.
5.Fragile - It's stats are comparable to other reals, but it has no survival tricks, and that 20% extra evade counts for a lot less then one would expect.
6.Requires both E and B save, and unlike with the Raphael, which also requires this, it isn't a non-issue, because it delivers so much less.

Overall Assessment: Pros and cons mostly cancel each other, leaving it trailing the back by a considerable margin. Pros outweigh the cons slightly, thus leaving it trailing the pack by a little. That movement boost is (still) all it's used for…but it's pretty nice.

3.Gundam Heavy-arms Custom
Pros:
1.It's a single-stat mech.
2.Powerful and decent range assist attack - this is boosted nicely by the above.
3.Presence of a map weapon.
4.Decent effectiveness underwater - not invaluable, but nice.
5.Trowe's ACE bonus - boosts ALL weapon damage by 20%
6.Presence of survivability - doesn't make him invincible, but it's a nice survival trick.
7.Presence of the "Snipe" spirit command (Range +2 for one attack) Always useful in a ranged attacker.
8.Unit custom bonus - this pushes the number of shots for his ALL weapon from 4 to 6; and with B save, it goes to 9. With B save, it's Assist weapon goes to 36 (!) shots.
9.Weapons are all bullet based - with the DEC magazine, this guy can go for practically ever.
10.Presence of "Valour" spirit command.

Cons:
1.Landlocked. This is annoying.
2.Low damage output - but still better then the other two. Actually, strike that. with both single attack and the ace bonus, it's best weapon rises in power from 6300 to 8190, (At 10 levels customization) which is actually respectable quite very strong. even as just an all weapon, it's still looking at 7560 power, which is pretty damn good excellent. Also, it has size ignore. Screw it, this is a pro.
3.No barrier piercing weapons.
4.Low movement - base is 6.
5.No real move and attack weapons to speak of.

Overall Assessment: Not superstar material, but incredibly solid.

Possible replacements:

1.Chamber

Pros:

1.Space S rank.
2.A ranks everywhere else.
3.It has a barrier that knocks 1000 damage off all incoming damage. (Cost 10EN)
4.Presence of a sub pilot.
5.Presence of "Accelerate" Spirit command.
6.Presence of "Snipe" spirit command.
7.It can fly.
8.Decent effectiveness underwater…but not as good as one might have hoped.

Cons:
1.It's a two-stat mech - and it really shouldn't be.
2.Weak assist weapon.
3.No ALL weapon to speak of.

Overall assessment: Pros lame. Cons serious. Bad.

2.EVA 13

Pros:

1.High damage output.
2.A.T. Field - All damage under 3000 cancelled. (Not ideal, but okay.)
3.Presence of a sub pilot. - and he's a good one.

Cons:
1.Landlocked.
2.No ALL weapons.
3.It's a two-stat mech.
4.It's piloted by Shinji, and I hate him.
5.High energy costs.
6.It requires both E and B save.
7.Fragile once A.T. field is gone, and it will also be crippled at that point. Damn thing practically requires a DEC charger just to stay upright.

Overall Assessment: Cons heavily outweigh pros, but it's damage output is seductive. Probably not seductive enough, however.

3.EVA 8

Pros:
1.Pilot's ACE bonus - this makes it so that her support attacks are actually stronger then normal attacks, and by a fair margin. (20%) Add the support attack skill to this, (It makes all support attacks auto-critical) and that's a legitimately frightening supporter.
2.Weapon range - The strongest weapon that it has boasts a 2-9 range, without outside help. This combo's nicely with the above.
3.It's a single-stat mech. Always helpful.
4.A.T. Field - Made better because of pro #5.
5.It requires only B. Save.

Cons:
1.Landlocked.
2.No ALL weapons.
3.Low damage output -especially in comparison to EVA 13. Though that is a dual stat mech, and this isn't, improving things slightly.

Overall assessment: (Preliminary, as I still have to check weapon effects and mech custom bonus)
Better then EVA 13, even though this is not immediately evident. It's still not exactly god's gift to mankind.

4&5.The Grapearls

Pros:
1.They are 2L. That grants a substantial damage and defence bonus, and is not really that much worse then being 1L from a dodging standpoint.
2.When paired together, their ace bonuses power them up rather seriously. (I think it boosts outgoing damage and slashes incoming damage by 30%. Though I am not sure.) Stacking guard with this has positively terrifying potential.
3.They have a combo attack.
4.They can fly.
5.They are single-stat mechs.

Cons:
1.When not paired together, their ACE bonuses are completely useless.
2.Their combo attack is kneecapped by having to be paired together…but it's not THAT bad, as it's an ALL weapon.
3.Taking both is mandatory. Just one isn't much help.

Overall Assessment: Really, they are the obvious choices, but I really want to keep the Raphael and Heavy Arms, and one of them would have to go.