No matter how many times it gets wasted, no matter how badly it's annihilated beyond belief, even if all that remains is a 100 foot crater in the earth, Tokyo will be able to rebuild itself into a massive techno-advanced metropolis in under 20 years. Everyone you know has a psychic power but you. That, or you're the most powerful one of them all. If you're under 17, you can pilot the mecha of your choice. In fact, you're obligated to pilot it.
Naughty tentacles are a fact of life.
Live with it. If the situation looks bad, simply jump to an eyecatch. That'll give you more time to think up an ingenious plot device to escape and save the day. Trained soldiers working for the villains still can't aim. I guess some things never change.