I've always thought that one sadly unexamined aspect of mecha is how incredibly vulnerable pilots are outside their machines, and how incredibly dangerous they

I've always thought that one sadly unexamined aspect of mecha is how incredibly vulnerable pilots are outside their machines, and how incredibly dangerous they become once they manage to get in. AOT did make some strides there, by spending a lot of time focusing on how crucial to the shifters' effectiveness their ability to actually shift in a given circumstance is (and how much damage they do once their containment, both physical and strategic, is inevitably breached).