Overall Rating 7.0 out of 10 - Somewhat overloaded show, that is somewhat saved by Horizon-chan.
I can still recommend watching.
Horizon-chan is very silent and hardly says anything for almost the entire duration of the show. However, I like silent and obedient girls and that is the main reason I like this show.
Another reason is that female uniform design here is rather nice, the kind I like. There are some nice female characters here beside Horizon-chan. Selection is somewhat worse than in Neptunia, but they are alright.
In general show tries to showcase all of their characters in one way or another.
Now to somewhat less interesting parts. Story is overloaded with some rather irrelevant and borderline confusing details.
Premise is that some old guy in mortar board hat have started a war by almost blowing up his own ship for no particular reason other than being bored and wanted to test the students. A group of students had to sort things out. Then "thinly veiled west" wanted Horizon's life as a settlement for the mess the mortar board guy created, but students start another war to save her. There are more details to that, but that is the key idea.
Dialogues to discuss it all sometime take more than half episode. This show possibly reflects Japanese cultural sentiments on social interaction, but simultaneously blatantly represents some foreigners as silly stereotypes. I later watched Nobunaga the Fool that has similar feel to it, I wonder if creators are the same.
Overall, it is not too bad even if Horizon-chan is not your type. I can recommend watching.
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