Anime

Overall loved the show but had some mixed feelings about the final season.

Didn't really like Roberta just becoming a total feral animistic killer. Outside of the problematic aspects (also CW this anime has a lot of problematic and not-aged-well stuff in it) of that it felt a little out of character for her, wasn't her whole thing she was a super precise assassin who was trying to live a peaceful life, not like, a science experiment gone wrong? Also found it weird how a show that previously seemed somewhat sympathetic to radical leftists and skeptical of US imperialism suddenly presents a NSA black ops team in a wholesome light, especially right after they murdered a bunch of people for the crime of being DemSocs in Latam.

Also felt like there was some forced character development, I think they should have had another season. Rock going all Machiavellian made sense but didn't feel earned. Revy getting called out for having this secret fantasy of a normal life also made sense but again didn't feel like they did enough to allude to that in the previous episodes. Also they really should have spent more time with Dutch, I loved Dutch, probably one of the best black characters in anime ever but it felt like he got way less screen time than his character deserved.

Haven't read the manga so maybe it's better in some regards. Overall though still one of my faves now, like how much it embraces being over the top while also feeling a bit grounded in reality.