To comment on how the series ended, while Renton and Eureka's actions may seem somewhat out of character, but actually make sense. Both are fueled by the loss of their daughter as Renton feels the need to be the hero and fix this due his family's mantra and Eureka feels like that she needs to pay for her daughter's death due to her love of life and how she indirectly killed her due her Coralian origins. Ao also develops in these last two episodes, as he finally learns what he needs to do and shoulders his parents' burden and ultimately save the world like his parents which resolves his problem of which world he wants to live in.
"Any problem can be solved with a giant robot."
Oy, spoilers much?
That aside, you did do a fairly good job of pointing out the themes and strengths of the series. You gloss over or fail to mention some of the flaws, but that's somewhat forgivable with a review dedicated to that already existent
I would point out more flaws but again word count did limit my review. I just picked the flaws that went against some of my ideas.
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As a fan of the original, I liked it. (SPOILERS)
As a fan of the original series, I was personally excited for AO. Despite the criticism, I feel that Eureka Seven AO is a great series that like its predecessor has various flaws.
Due to word constraints, I can't explain too much about why the plot of AO makes sense and is pretty good as that goes in character analyses and a lot of explaining so here is somewhat of a shortened version. What AO does right is that it's a story about finding purpose and the way director, Tomoki Kyoda, does it is very well done with what little time he had. AO in its own right has no villains but rather antagonist stems from the problems caused scubs trying to find a new home. Many of the character interactions is less about the stereotypical "Good vs Evil" but rather a conflict between personal motives.
Many of these motives stem from the idea of trying to find purpose or place in the world. For example, Elena wants to find her true home, Truth wants find the meaning of his existence due to being a amalgamation of a secret, scub, and a human, Blanc is trying to find ways to better the world for his daughter which is exemplified when he learns that the secrets aren't really the enemy, and for Ao, as a child of two worlds, he struggling to decide whether he should save his mother (connection to one world) or protect the world in which he lives (connection to another world), which is further exacerbated when he acquires the Quartz Gun. This method of character development and interaction really makes AO's story intriguing and brings up questions of why these events are occurring. Overall, one could say E7 was more about maturity while AO was about purpose and place in the world.
However, there are issues. One problem is Naru. Naru's character feels awkward and messy. Her progression in the story feels strange as she becomes a love interest to a messianic figure. Unfortunately, her characters goes unresolved and overall bland. In addition, there is the lack of information about the scub and their motives. We understand the motives of the secrets: to keep order in the universe. However, we know nothing about the scub which is only partially explained by Renton in the last episode. Lastly, the Quartz Gun's origins goes unexplained and becomes a big plot device like the amita drive in E7.
For music and animations, they were good like the first.
score:4/5