@galland101: The problem is that he is a clever student, but the anime never gives a reason why he is. He just is and that's his whole character. The reason the Gundam protags usually work is because of that growing up and character development. Aldnoah.Zero gives us none of that and just tells us he's the best because. They never really do anything with it and he never grows. Hell the only real piece of character for the protag is a throwaway line from his sister. That's it. I won't deny that some of the action sequences are fun, but they just don't work because the characters aren't there and the story only continues because they are all so stupid.
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