Yes, I agree the penguin was the only "happy" thing in the show. Most of the characters are beseiged with inner problems and all seems to be loners in some way or another. Shinji has to face up to his cowardice, Ashura (the read haired gal) has recurring nightmares about her mother and Rei(the cool blue hair babe) is not even human. The I love the part where the penguin raids the fridge and the funny expression it shows when it looked shocked! hahahaha, so funny!
Supposedly the last 2 episodes were the most "cheem" one, and to prevent any spoiler to angeldark, i shall stop here :p Suffice to say, it deals with evolution and the subtitles just couldn't deal with this topic, thus most people gets confused. Hell, even the Japs themselves are confused :p
Yo angeldark, go get all the Gundams series you can grab. That,is what Jap anime is all about and trust me, you ain't heard nothing until you watched Endless Waltz OVA.
That's why i loved anime so much, the mixed music with art and seamlessly and best part is, it conveys the mood so rightly.
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The Far East Pilgrim