I doubt there are any huge hardcore Macross fans here but here we go .......
Macross Delta has just reached it penultimate episode and oh boy, it has been a very difficult watch because it really isn't that good.
Next week's final episode will definitely be a complete rush job, which to be honest the same thing happened with Macross Frontier, but the difference is, Frontier was still an infinitely better modern series than this tripe. (It's two movie adaptations of te TV series was also really good)
Plot progression and character development is still bad, the important romance is practically going nowhere (Poor Mirage!), and the songs/soundtrack really isn't as memorable. The fact that this penultimate episode had to shove in a piano piece of "
Do You Remember Love" and it being one of the only few nice highlights kind of speaks for itself.
Whilst Delta does have a few good songs, it still pales into comparison with Frontier which also had the better soundtrack overall. It practically set a huge bar for any new Macross series to follow and even Delta with it's idol trend BS still cannot compare.
The whole "Lady M" hints and suspense subplot at this point of the series is also a huge
especially for long time fans of the franchise. e.g. The obvious mention of Megaroad-01 basically gave a huge clue. Is it Lynn Minmay? Or Misa Hayase?
(This is a callback and link to the first Macross series and was also an important element of the Macross universe history itself, over 50 years inbetween it's timeline)
How they are going to end this series I don't know because there really is so much more that they could do and to end in such a rushed final episode will make it even more of a travesty. Hopefully a movie sequel in the future? I don't know.
Either way, many fans have been calling it and it really is at this point. If Macross Frontier was the modern day The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (A damn good one at that!), then Macross Delta is the modern day Macross 7 (Considered one of the worst).