OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH SHURI PING PONG !!!! (Aka Takyu Musume) was greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat!
It was fun and mad gay, but it was also the climax, and now I'm not sure I'm looking forward to the rest of it
Gundam was very good too... after the drama of political conflict, economic associations and the war that was never meant to be, they give us a plot twist that will change everything!! WITH GUNDAMS! like how is supposed to be X)!
I think people are over-estimating how big a deal this is. The politics and economics are still set up to be as important as they ever were, and the preview isn't exactly one of carnage. It's just a new complication. As well as making the setting make a lot more sense