I finally watched this a couple of days ago and wanted to thank you for the rec! Very enjoyable (although the second cour/season felt a bit rushed, I wish they have had more time to explore the Earth subplot), I also noticed a lot of thematic continuities and narrative similarities to Utena (which I just recently watched as well). If you know of any other similar wlw stories send them my way!

I am a bit wary of diving deeper into Gundam because I'm terrible at watching long shows, but I will keep them in mind.