Sometime in the near future, humanity discovers the Inflation Drive, which allows a ship to punch a hole into a parallel dimension and travel instantly to any destination. Standing watch over the Inflation Hole is a military space station known appropriately enough as Watcher’s Nest, where Misaki Kureha and her fellow cadets are tasked to fight a secret war against an unknown enemy for unknown reasons – an enemy whose origins, apparently, lie within this unstable dimensional locus. Misaki, whose father was killed years go while stationed at Watcher’s Nest, finds herself involved at the center of a conspiracy staged by sinister square-jawed Frenchman Jean-Luc LeBlanc and his singularly over-endowed subordinate, Prim Snowlight.
Given character designer Yamashita Toshinari’s involvement, I expected both more and less of Divergence EVE. Much more fan service, certainly, and much less plot. However, once you've managed to swallow the baffling first episode, which showcases all the series’ worst points (dull space battles and stunningly bad CG that would have looked like crap ten years ago), you'll find a complex storyline with more than a few nasty surprises. Fan service is present and accounted for, but generally confined to the occasional shredded uniform or casual bounce. Divergence EVE is far from perfect, but it is entirely watchable.
