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gundam 00 season 2 episode 4
27 Oct 2008 10:00 pmThis new season has been so full with character development episodes that it almost feels like Gundam Seed in one of its slow boring moments.
But at least we ARE getting character development, even if it's all crammed together, and at least all the flashbacks we see are new flashbacks.
The episode is aptly titled "Reason to fight" and thoroughly explores the characters' views on this. A flashback with Soma/Marie shows her first meeting with Allelujah (brought on by a telepathic encounter) and her "baptising" him as Allelujah. His new reason to fight is to rescue her from A-LAWS, even if she might hate him for killing all of the other superhumans. Tieria doesn't say what his reason to fight is, but he no longer disagrees with the idea. Setsuna fights because that's the only life he knows, in spite of Marina's pleas for him to stop and join forces with her in rebuilding Azadistan. Sumeragi used to fight to redeem herself (unclear) but has now lost direction after another heavy loss. Lyle, presumably, joined Katalon for the same reason Neil joined CB, though we're yet to confirm that. Billy is spurned by his anger towards Sumeragi. Shirin is disillusioned with the Federation and joined Katalon in search of a new solution for Azadistan's turmoil.
Also, interesting aside - Mannequin seems to recognise Sumeragi's tactics style.
Saji is invited to work on CB's mechanics and tentatively asks Ian the technician about his reason for being in CB. Ian points out that everyone in CB is here because they have seen too much of warfare - whether they lost people to terrorism, were created for that purpose, grew up in a warzone, etc. They will do anything to end it, and after that, will take their punishment.
Unfortunately, the "end all wars" logic has always been pretty thin last season, and it's even thinner now with the world united under one Federation. Wars have not ended entirely (with the birth of new anti-establishment organisation, especially Katalon), but where does CB stand in all this? Last season they fought so (supposedly) all the anger were directed at themselves, which is the sort of philosophy Sunrise pulled again in Code Geass R2 with Lelouch.
As one A-LAWS member remarks, this time CB has gone personal, and for the first 4 episodes CB have yet to announce its ideology.
In other news, Lyle spends a lot of time training, which is so surprisingly mature and logical that it comes as a surprise (LOL). He forces a kiss on Feldt after catching her perving on him for the nth time and gets slapped for it - which apparently was his way of ramming in the point that he's not his brother. The guy's kind of growing on me. They have chosen not to make him radically different from Neil, or eeriely similar. He's making himself useful (I can't emphasise how much of a shock this is XD), but keeps his distance with that unnerving sarcastic cheer.
Graham Mysterious Masked Man now has a name. Mr Bushido. I have no words. The 24th century Japanophile. =__=
Oh yeh. There was a fight. A fight? It only lasted a minute. A scuffle. In which a new multi-million dollar equipment gets destroyed within seconds of its debut. Ahh money. So useful and so easily wasted.
( The weekly sarcagest )
But at least we ARE getting character development, even if it's all crammed together, and at least all the flashbacks we see are new flashbacks.
The episode is aptly titled "Reason to fight" and thoroughly explores the characters' views on this. A flashback with Soma/Marie shows her first meeting with Allelujah (brought on by a telepathic encounter) and her "baptising" him as Allelujah. His new reason to fight is to rescue her from A-LAWS, even if she might hate him for killing all of the other superhumans. Tieria doesn't say what his reason to fight is, but he no longer disagrees with the idea. Setsuna fights because that's the only life he knows, in spite of Marina's pleas for him to stop and join forces with her in rebuilding Azadistan. Sumeragi used to fight to redeem herself (unclear) but has now lost direction after another heavy loss. Lyle, presumably, joined Katalon for the same reason Neil joined CB, though we're yet to confirm that. Billy is spurned by his anger towards Sumeragi. Shirin is disillusioned with the Federation and joined Katalon in search of a new solution for Azadistan's turmoil.
Also, interesting aside - Mannequin seems to recognise Sumeragi's tactics style.
Saji is invited to work on CB's mechanics and tentatively asks Ian the technician about his reason for being in CB. Ian points out that everyone in CB is here because they have seen too much of warfare - whether they lost people to terrorism, were created for that purpose, grew up in a warzone, etc. They will do anything to end it, and after that, will take their punishment.
Unfortunately, the "end all wars" logic has always been pretty thin last season, and it's even thinner now with the world united under one Federation. Wars have not ended entirely (with the birth of new anti-establishment organisation, especially Katalon), but where does CB stand in all this? Last season they fought so (supposedly) all the anger were directed at themselves, which is the sort of philosophy Sunrise pulled again in Code Geass R2 with Lelouch.
As one A-LAWS member remarks, this time CB has gone personal, and for the first 4 episodes CB have yet to announce its ideology.
In other news, Lyle spends a lot of time training, which is so surprisingly mature and logical that it comes as a surprise (LOL). He forces a kiss on Feldt after catching her perving on him for the nth time and gets slapped for it - which apparently was his way of ramming in the point that he's not his brother. The guy's kind of growing on me. They have chosen not to make him radically different from Neil, or eeriely similar. He's making himself useful (I can't emphasise how much of a shock this is XD), but keeps his distance with that unnerving sarcastic cheer.
Oh yeh. There was a fight. A fight? It only lasted a minute. A scuffle. In which a new multi-million dollar equipment gets destroyed within seconds of its debut. Ahh money. So useful and so easily wasted.
( The weekly sarcagest )
