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 I do think I overall still like the series, and I would recommend giving it a watch.
 ===== Characters & Worldbuilding =====
-==== United Forces of Earth ====
-While I assume this is a military alliance, the series doesn't make it entirely clear((:fn:>To be fair, we barely see anything outside of the military - as most of the characters are soldiers during a war.)). It's possible that the UFE are a federation or even a centralized state.\\
-As the name suggests, they are based on the planet Earth, and their number one goal is to defend it from a second Martian invasion.\\
-This...unclear organization was founded after the first Martian invasion. For whatever reason, they're also involved in a lot of censorship, some coming off as needless.\\
-Among the examples of their tampering:
-  * We don't know almost anything concrete about the founding of the Empire of Vers. This includes not knowing the exact chronology, alongside not knowing the dates((:fn:>I realized this is written kind-of strangely, so I'll elaborate here, before I decide to fix it. By chronology, I mean that it isn't clear in what order events occurred, while dates means we don't know specifically when those events happen. Not exactly the same thing, although very similar.)), or even what events led to their independence.
-  * The UFE hid the truth surrounding the Martian invasion - specifically the fact that Martians had landed on Earth. They're also possibly hiding the technological disparity.
-=== Kaizuka Inaho ===
-The main character and primary protagonist of Aldnoah.Zero. He's something of a physics nerd, and this allows him to understand the individual quirks of each Martian Kataphrakt quickly; consequently he has killed many Martians.\\
-He also uses a training Kataphrakt rather than a regular military one, purely because the training one has less armor and is thus lighter. Because all training Kats are colored orange, he became easily identifiable on the battlefield.\\
-Kaizuka is so great at piloting that he quickly propels himself to legendary status among the Terrans and Martians, no doubt helped by his relatively unique Kat. It's somewhat unusual the UFE didn't use him much as a propaganda tool((:fn:>It's possible he was, although it may have happened entirely off-screen. In which case it never happened.)).
-=== Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia ===
-The naïve princess of the Martian Imperial family. Her <wrap spoiler>attempted assassination</wrap> led to the start of the second Terran-Vers war.\\
-Over the course of the series she becomes less naïve((:fn:>Although, technically, it isn't until she's <wrap spoiler>shot at the end of the first season</wrap> that she becomes less naïve. That is, if memory serves right.)). By the end of the series she ends the war through a less peaceful route.\\
-I don't really understand what her name means. Perhaps it's something more than style.
-Although it's been a while since I've seen Aldnoah.Zero, I started to realize that there may be a writing issue related to her characterization. More specifically, I'm thinking that her character development may have been rushed, because her characterization in season 2 doesn't line up with her characterization at the end of season 1 (if I remember these things correctly). Her character appears to have gone through a big change, despite her <wrap spoiler>spending almost the entirety of the second season unconscious in a tube</wrap>. It just doesn't make much sense for her to have gone through a serious change like what we see.
-=== Mikuni 'Okoho' Okisuke ===
-He <wrap spoiler>dies in the first few episodes</wrap>. The only reason he's listed here is because of his famous quote:
-> Fuck {{ruby|火星人|かせいじん}}(Martians)
-=== Rayet Areash ===
-An unusual case of a Martian who fights for the Terrans. Her family had been placed by a group of Martians on Earth with the goal of orchestrating a war between Earth and Mars. After accomplishing their mission, they all get murdered sans Rayet.\\
-She gets saved by the Terrans, and then goes through some internal conflict, before settling on working with the Terrans.
-=== Mustang 33 ===
-This is the most important character in the entire series. A legendary hero of the Terran side and feared by the Martians. The Martians had feared him so much, in fact, that they called him the 'Lion of Death'. After seeing his confident stature on the battlefield, Martians would flee in terror.\\
-Mysteriously, Martian women swooned over him. This was mysterious even to the affected women. After the war, scientists had not been able to figure out what caused this effect on women. Theories ranged from his natural charisma to some form of chemical weapon, secretly developed by the Terrans.\\
-Despite his glorious deeds in battle, Mustang 33 failed to survive the war. His country gave him a funeral fit for an emperor. Doubly unfortunate is the fact his name had been lost, all records of him had been destroyed sans those that referred to him as ‘Mustang 33’.\\
-All pictures of him had been destroyed by the United Forces of Earth as part of their treaty with the Empire of Vers. Vers had feared the pictures would have been a dangerous influence on teenage Martian girls.
 ==== Empire of Vers ====
 The Holy Empire of Vers is an absolute feudal monarchical empire located on Mars. I have no idea as to how much of Mars they actually control, but it doesn't really matter, since they're the only ones there.\\
 The twist is that the feudal system is built around Aldnoah, rather than land ownership.
-=== Orbital Knights ===
-The Orbital Knights are 37 clans((:fn:>Although, it may be more accurate to call them nobles with their own subjects. The series calls them clans though.)) that all live in what is left of the Moon in the Orbit of Earth. In theory, they are loyal to the Imperial Family of Vers, but in practice, they are only loyal to themselves, and will willingly betray the family if they feel like it.\\
-They are highly militaristic, violent and trigger-happy. To be fair, sitting on the Moon for about 20 years far from home and close to the enemy would drive anyone insane. Doubly so if the enemy has easy access to water, while Martians constantly deal with water shortages.\\
-Why would they stay on the Moon? Because they couldn't get home after the Moon had an unfortunate accident. That, and they want to be ready for another invasion of Earth.
-== Slaine Troyard ==
-Unusually, he's a Terran who had defected to Mars together with his father (who we never see) because his father wanted to study Aldnoah((:fn:>From what I remember, his father ended up becoming incredibly important to the Martians. He discovered something related to Aldnoah that expanded their knowledge of it.)). He mirrors Rayet in this way, although I haven't done much analysis here yet((:fn:>I'm also assuming it's intentional, but there is a tiny chance it wasn't intentional.)). Due to being saved by the Princess, he has a crush on her.\\
-He had been continually abused by the Martians around him for being a Terran, so he entirely logically decided to become their leader.\\
-He goes from staying with Count Cruhteo to staying with Count Saazbaum because <wrap spoiler>the latter murdered the former</wrap>. However, Saazbaum angered him after he <wrap spoiler>shoots the princess</wrap> so he <wrap spoiler>pledges his allegiance to Saazbaum</wrap>? After a brief time <wrap spoiler> staying with</wrap> him he <wrap spoiler>murders Saazbaum after he had adopted Slaine</wrap>, as a result <wrap spoiler>Slaine inherits all of Saazbaum's things and becomes the leader of the Martian invasion</wrap>.\\
-When you actually think about it, Slaine was pretty insane((:fn:>I also don't understand what his plan was at all. It's difficult to figure out.)).\\
-His story ends when <wrap spoiler>Inaho captures him</wrap>. So he gets <wrap spoiler>imprisoned and blamed for</wrap> everything. The media <wrap spoiler>declares him dead</wrap>. It's depressing until you realize that he's a bastard, and death probably would be what he deserves.
 === The Moon ===
 The Moon fucking exploded and now, it's controlled by the Martians. The parts of the Moon that were blown off now form a ring around the Earth. That ring contains a number of stations owned by Martians and Terrans((:fn:>Although, If I remember correctly, the majority are owned by Martians.)), which then fight against each-other.\\