The problem with Darling in the Franxx is that there's too many characters.
Episode 9 of Franxx reminded me heavily of episode 10 from Evangelion (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_episodes)
Basically a rescue mission, but I felt nothing, I don't give a shit about any of the characters.
There's so many meaningless main characters and all of them feel very shallow, how am I supposed to give a shit about what happens to any of them?
I felt like I cared if something happened regarding the main characters of Evangelion, Asuka, Rei, Misato, or Shinji.
But boy I really don't care if Klaxosaurs kill the entire main cast of this show.