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Eureka seveN

Emo kid from a family prone to wanderlust amazingly enough goes off on an adventure, although it is mainly because he wants to bang this chick. Oh, and ofcourse the chick is really fucked up. Oh, i almost forgot. Giant surfing mecha. I fucking shit you not. After 13 episodes it seems like they realized 'fuck, we forgot an actual story in the first 10!' so they threw a little in. Too bad it is all trite and derivative. Yeah, never seen a religious group presecuted or a military unit (always elite) that rebels. I really need to stop listening to what people recomend because it always seems to suck.