You know, the Nadesico movie would have been so much better had they ditched the whole Akito/Lapis/Hokushin storyline completely. A few tweaks here and there, and it could be removed with little detrimental effect to the rest of the story. Granted, it would have required cooking up some sort of future for Akito (have him die of food poisoning or something), but anything would have been better than what the existing script had to offer.

Otherwise, it’s a very cool film. That’s why it’s such an awful waste to see so much time devoted to a half-baked, half-coherent, and half-finished plot thread. Ruri deserved better!