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gundam 00 season 2 episode 15
19 Jan 2009 02:46 amThis episode continued to have way too much Marina, so therefore it stank. I mean a lot of people equate her with Lacus, but Marina just pisses me off so much. If Lacus is a Mary Sue - which I'm sure any good litmus test will confirm that she is - then Marina's the breed of helpless hopeless hysterical shoujo heroines that just get in the way of every rule of plot development and common sense.
And Setsuna X Marina has to be the least convincing/likeable couple since Shinn X Lunamaria.
But this episode was good because of one thing - we get a new ending - which is excellent for a number of reasons:
1) we don't have to listen to the hyena wails of the last ending
2) it's sung by Itou Yuna ♥
3) it sounds R&B-ish and yet sad and nice at the same time. A potential tear jerker when people start dying...although at the moment I don't really give a damn about anyone, except maybe Tieria-kun XD
4) it actually has continuity with the last ending sequence. The snapshots of Louise and Saji's hands becomes Saji pulling Louise after him; Tieria pointing a gun at his own image in the mirror becomes Tieria turning and pointing the gun at Regene; Allelujah and Soma lying side by side move closer to one another; and YES, the person behind the curtains with Lockon is Anew - and he drops his gun and moves in for a kiss. She also looks nekkid Orz
There was also a coup d'etat this episode (that was fast). Graham vows to make Setsuna have eyes only for him. No explanation as to why Mannequin doesn't recognise Billy when they went to the same college and both knew Sumeragi.
The whole "is Lyle a double agent" issue became a non-issue as everyone unofficially acknowledged Lyle as their Kataron liasons officer this episode LOL Tieria is being so thoughtful and nice it's so cute XD I'm tempted to say that Neil has more lines dead than alive, but that would be a minor exaggeration.
Marina's insert song is pathetic. I don't know if it's because I'm so biased against her, but it has none of the poignancy or emotion or style or beauty of any of the insert songs in Gundam Seed or - even - Gundam Seed Destiny. I mean in context it's like the "Fields of Hope" of G00, but that was such a pretty lullaby, sung so serenely as their shelter was bombarded with shrapnel.
Maybe if I were Japanese a bunch of kids singing "Boku wa ne, genki da yo" is much more moving ==; Mou wakannai.
And Setsuna X Marina has to be the least convincing/likeable couple since Shinn X Lunamaria.
But this episode was good because of one thing - we get a new ending - which is excellent for a number of reasons:
1) we don't have to listen to the hyena wails of the last ending
2) it's sung by Itou Yuna ♥
3) it sounds R&B-ish and yet sad and nice at the same time. A potential tear jerker when people start dying...although at the moment I don't really give a damn about anyone, except maybe Tieria-kun XD
4) it actually has continuity with the last ending sequence. The snapshots of Louise and Saji's hands becomes Saji pulling Louise after him; Tieria pointing a gun at his own image in the mirror becomes Tieria turning and pointing the gun at Regene; Allelujah and Soma lying side by side move closer to one another; and YES, the person behind the curtains with Lockon is Anew - and he drops his gun and moves in for a kiss. She also looks nekkid Orz
There was also a coup d'etat this episode (that was fast). Graham vows to make Setsuna have eyes only for him. No explanation as to why Mannequin doesn't recognise Billy when they went to the same college and both knew Sumeragi.
The whole "is Lyle a double agent" issue became a non-issue as everyone unofficially acknowledged Lyle as their Kataron liasons officer this episode LOL Tieria is being so thoughtful and nice it's so cute XD I'm tempted to say that Neil has more lines dead than alive, but that would be a minor exaggeration.
Marina's insert song is pathetic. I don't know if it's because I'm so biased against her, but it has none of the poignancy or emotion or style or beauty of any of the insert songs in Gundam Seed or - even - Gundam Seed Destiny. I mean in context it's like the "Fields of Hope" of G00, but that was such a pretty lullaby, sung so serenely as their shelter was bombarded with shrapnel.
Maybe if I were Japanese a bunch of kids singing "Boku wa ne, genki da yo" is much more moving ==; Mou wakannai.
