Despite the length of the season, i found that the character development fell short just enough for me to struggle to care deeply about the emotional character beats. To avoid spoilers I won't describe scenes. Akane is the stronger character without question, but Kogami was still great. The themes also seemed like they weren't fully explored, which I attribute to it being the first of many seasons, but still it feels like it fails to hit the mark by only scratching the surface of what is admittedly one of the greatest sci-fi anime concepts if not just one of the greatest ever. In the middle season 2 and so far loving it as it is delivering on aspects I felt were lacking here and look forward to were it goes.