It's not a fundamentally bad plot, really....it was just handled very hamfistedly.
I still can't quite hate it, because it brought Mu back from the dead, but I can't quite like it, because it made Cagalli a sobbing basket case that couldn't accomplish anything in a mobile suit that was essentially invincible to beam fire.
The mecha designs were pretty sweet, though (
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
I still can't quite hate it, because it brought Mu back from the dead, but I can't quite like it, because it made Cagalli a sobbing basket case that couldn't accomplish anything in a mobile suit that was essentially invincible to beam fire.
The mecha designs were pretty sweet, though (
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."