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Rating: 7.2/10

Overall Series Rating: 7.5/10

Impressions:

Sky Girls concludes with episode 26, and IMO, it’s a show that completely wastes its initial potential to become a great action/mecha series. Instead, it becomes more of a slice-of-life/feel-good show, but that’s not entirely bad anyway. If I were to judge it without thinking about possible outcomes, I would say this show has been enjoyable. But also, I wouldn’t recommend the show to someone looking for a fast paced action series. If I were to judge the show on how effectively it utilises its mecha/action genre, I would say it fails completely, due to the weak story and slow pacing.

This last episode is more like an OAV than a conclusion, as it is dedicated to an aftermath of the events of the first 25 episodes, set half a year after the conclusion (which was episode 25). The Sonic Divers have been turned into a rescue unit, and a fresh group of new trainees are under the supervision of Eika, who still works in the military. Most of the others have returned to a normal life, which is a bit disappointing as it makes it seem like everything they’ve been through has amounted to nothing. Anyway though, Otoha and the others are recalled back to base to perform a flight demonstration for the new trainees.

I hate how Otoha ends up being just some other, perfectly normal pilot. The show tells us she’s nothing special, because she does nothing special. If her DNA actually caused her to become superior to the other pilots, that would be something to see, but everything ends up being about friendship, teamwork, and other non-shounen aspects. But the trouble is, there aren’t enough shounen features in the show, apart from maybe girls in eva-ripped plugsuits, which results in a rather dull final production. The series ends on a light note, and it doesn’t look like there will be a sequel, unless they make the WORMs reappear again. So, until then…

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