A kid obsessed with war as entertainment watches it stop being entertainment. The Zeon soldiers he idolizes become real people making impossible choices, and Alfred's innocence doesn't protect him from what happens next, it makes the ending worse. Six episodes is all it takes to destroy you because the show never wastes a frame on anything that isn't about watching a child learn that excitement and tragedy wear the same uniform.

A ten-year-old boy named Alfred lives in Side 6, a space colony meant to stay removed from the brutal war between Earth Federation and Zeon forces. Bored with school and hungry for excitement, he follows the war closely and collects military memorabilia like any other kid might collect baseball cards. When whispers surface that his quiet colony harbors a Federation mobile suit development program, Zeon commandos arrive to investigate. Alfred sees them not as a threat but as the adventure he's been waiting for. After a clash between the two sides, he comes across a downed Zaku flown by Bernie, a young Zeon pilot, and the pair strike up a friendship: Alfred wants to learn about the war, while Bernie wants inside information for his team's mission. As both sides grow desperate, their conflict closes in on Side 6's neutrality, and Alfred may end up seeing far more of real war than he ever bargained for.