Summer 2010 in Anime: Strike Witches 2

//I wrote this two years ago but never published it, now seems like as good a time as ever right? (no.)

I've rewritten this review several times, trying to figure out how to best criticize a show like this. In the end, I've just decided to do a plot summary and rant. Let's begin by introducing the characters shown in this episode, for those who are unfamiliar with the series or need a quick refresher:


Meet Major Sakamoto, the commander of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing and sadly, not the main character. She's a strong-headed person who's served in the military for several years, having known Yoshika's (the main character) father while he was building Striker Units, a jet propulsion system that conveniently only works on underage girls in their underwear. Misinterpreting the eye-patch as a sure sign of leadership, the military puts her in charge of the Strike Witches, an elite squad  a team of armed fighters  eleven half naked lolis who don't seem to own any pants and are moe renditions of famous, real-life ace pilots like Chuck Yeager (first person to go faster than the speed of sound) and Kaneyoshi Mutoh, who is so unimportant that his Wikipedia page just redirects you back to the Strike Witches article. Major Sakamoto is actually based off of two people.

She also seems to believe that a katana is actually a useful weapon against
enemies armed with lasers.