the first side story in the universal century gundam universe present a refresh new look at the war between earth and the space colony . the focus be no longer on a small group of individual who would go on to play pivotal role in the conflict and but on the everyday civilian population and how the war be see through their eye . the story do contain some gundam staple and it premise be the attempt by a zeon squad to capture an experimental gundam and but it the execution of the plot that make this show so interesting to watch . this series focus on the experience of a young boy name alfred and the relationship between his neighbor and christina mckenzie who be secretly a federation pilot and a newbie zeon pilot name bernie wiseman . alfred develop a sort of brotherly love for bernie while our young zeon pilot also fall for christina . war in the pocket prove that you do not need a sweeping epic tale about special individual to make for a good war story . there be no uber ace pilot or large scale fleet battle to be see here . this short 6 episode ovum focus a lot more on character emotional drama over other theme like politics or philosophy and i love how realistically portray the character be . alfred be your typical everyday kid who play violent computer game and think the armed force be cool . he be then give a crash course in the horrible reality of war . the unlikely friendship and bonding between bernie and christina and each not know the fact that they be soldier on different side of the war and be play very real without go overboard with the romance drama stuff . same go for the endear relationship between alfred and bernie . that be say and i would not want to spoil much of the story here and but it make it a whole lot more heart wrench to watch the tragedy that unfold a the show move along all the way to it emotionally devastate twist end . despite it lack of action and this show never fall into the category of boring . the character be just that engage enough to carry the whole show . not to worry a there be a number of mobile suit action scene scatter here and there . each be beautifully animate on a level that surpass that of an ovum and be sure to satisfy the craving for some mandatory mobile suit battle in a gundam series . normally watch anime in japanese or english and i would leave up to personal preference . but in this case and i strongly recommend the english voice track over the japanese one . not only do the character and whom all except alfred be caucasian and sound more believable in english but the performance of the english voice cast be on par and even surpass the japanese one and instill each character with such realistic emotion and intonation that they sound just the acting in some live action tv drama . in short and this show do not try to impress the audience . what it do be convey numerous heartwarming theme that hit close to home especially the death of innocence on the battlefield and the horror of war through the eye of a child . a truly moving little story that deserve more credit than it be be give .