Review of Full Metal Panic!

Story- Full metal panic is a multitude of things all rolled into one show. it is a school, romance, comedy, military, Sci-Fi, mech, action, drama-ish show. the only way all these genres can possible fit into one show is by it's premise. where Sagara a young soldier working for a private military is sent to protect Chidori a "Whispered" who are people who somehow have vast hidden knowledge inside them, and their knowledge is also the reason to have mechs and other Sci-Fi objects in their world. because of this, they are valuable targets even though it's never explained how they became whishered or howthey are able to be located. the first few episodes are pretty much sagara protecting Chidori, and getting into situations because he doesn't know how to integrate/blend into civilian life. over that time they grow fond of each other. after that comes the more action-y part of the show named Gauron, as a group of people including the main antagonist of the entire series hi-jack a plane chidori and her class on in order to kidnap her and unleash her inner whispered. the situation ends with a mech battle between the Sagara and Gauron, as Sagara beats him with Lamba drive a machine powered by emotions and Chidori being able to tell the weakness of the enemy. thus the arc ends and Chidori learns that sagara is a soldier

all following arc/storylines in the series pretty much follow the same pattern. where a situation arises usually with Gauron pulling the strings or is the antagonist of the arc and usually ends with Sagara winning via the Lamba drive or through Chidori's help. in between the arcs are pretty much the slice-of-life part of the story but never serve much of a purpose other than filler with the of the first episodes. when it comes down to how the story is structured and flows it feels rather flimsy as things are contrived for the sake convenience of the story to move somewhere rather than to stagnate in the school setting. the tone shift between the action and the comedy school life feels weak, most of the comedy isn't really funny with more misses than hits, and there wasn't much of an impact that any of the story lines left on the season as a whole.
3/10
characters
the main characters of the show are Sagara a young soldier tasked with guarding Chidori, and getting into mishaps as he fails to integrate into civilian life. and Chidori the class rep in her school as well as a whispered containing special technological knowledge, as well as her having a blunt and tsundere attitude. other characters are the people from mithril namely Mao a soldier that likes drinking, kurtz a try-hard womanizer, testarossa the captain of the submarine that they are stationed on, and many other people on the sub. the main antgonist of the show is Gauron a person who just won't stay dead throughout the entire season and some lesser antagonist who are connected to him but are mostly bland and not worth noting. they don't really develope much as characters other than Chidori growing fond of each other and meeting the people from mithril. oh, and chidori also has a friend with glasses if that's worth noting.
4/10
art/animation- the art and animation for the show are ok-ish. i'm not really fond of the character designs in the show. it's decent for it's time, but feels bland now a days. there is a lot of use of CGI when it comes to machinery mostly for the subs and the helicopters that when shown look very off putting. the mech fights are decent enough, but nothing amazing; same can be said for the regular people fights. a lot of the violence is omitted for a show that has military and mechs where it doesn't feel like there is a lot of impact in the fights.
6/10
sound- the voice acting is par for the course good. Chidori's voice does sound a better annoying at first but after a little while sounds pretty good. the soundtrack is ok with a lot of military like themes for the acion parts and generic music for the school life part, with the military soundtrack being the most memorable of the two.
6.5/10
enjoyment- mostly bored abd hoping the next two season are going to be better than this.
4/10
overall- the story is a bit bad , the characters are mediocre and underdeveloped, the animation and sound are ok.
4/10