1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/4150766 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/33377" class="url" title="Awlxa&#x13A;an"><span class="fn nickname mention">awl</span></a></span> I appreciate it as one of the series that got me into anime as a kid, but my opinions on it it have definitely changed a fair bit in retrospect and in light of having very different critical biases these days. I don't think it's really bad by any margin, but I have a shopping list of issues with it (namely obnoxiously loud directing, a really uneven second half, raises interesting questions but doesn't really explore its themes in depth, and only infrequently works as a well composed thriller).