Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray

Story: 8 This is an interesting gundam story cause the main gundam's purpose is to hold a giant camera. We focus on our MC who is a journalist who always seeks to find the truth of the world. Usually this could come off as too cheesy of character trait but in gundam there are a lot of philosophical arguments on war and this series makes sure to use that to make our MC have difficult choices.
Art: 8 The good thing is that the design of the gundam when it's in recording mode is very pleasing to look at and all the other character's support gundams also has great design. All the characters look very distinct and the action for a mech manga is surprising good, probably cause the mc is constantly in fights.
Character 8: I really found all the characters in this manga to be quite charming, our MC and his partner have a really fun relationship and the main people our MC is reporting on are always interesting. This very much is a manga where you get to see what everybody else is going during these great wars of the main series.
Enjoyment 8: I surprisingly liked it, it's a fun, interesting take on the gundam series but still has a good amount of robot action.
Overall 8: I would definitely recommend this series if you are wanting to consume more interesting gundam side stories, the manga is full of fun characters and has lots of interesting gundam designs in it with a fun overall story.