One thing I like about Gundam 00 is how it’s finally a war-story that doesn’t give Japan special treatment. Heck, it doesn’t even seem to be a member of the Human Reform-Leage, and if I had to guess, then I’d say that it’s just a tiny neutral country. Sortof like Switzerland in the twentieth century. The only link with Japan that seemed to be in the series (Setsuna’s name) also turned out to have nothing to do with Japan in the end (seeing as how Setsuna is just a codename) Take that, Code Geass.
Anyway, about the episode: I liked it a lot, because there finally is a high emphasis on tactics for this battle, and for the first time, the Celestial Beings are in real trouble. I must admit that this happened sooner than I thought. The fight was quite solid so far. There was a bit of angst, but that’s only natural, as for many members of the crew, it was the first time their lives were in direct danger. I’ve heard from all sorts of sides that Gundam Seed Destiny was a scream-fest, and now that there’s no threat that Gundam 00 will follow in Code Geass’ footsteps, my biggest fear for this series is the same thing to happen as with Gundam Seed.
The first half of the episode was quite light-hearted, and the creators did a god job of portraying how the characters spend their free time on such a small spacecraft. There’s hardly any moment for privacy! Meanwhile, we learn that Lockon grew up in Ireland, and that he has an evil twin-brother. Ishmael has finally found a party that can help Azadistan: the United Nations. Louise meanwhile gets picked up by her mother, who finds it too dangerous for her daughter to be studying abroad. Saji still remains a whimp.
Oh, and we also have a first for this series: for the first time, Setsuna didn’t feel annoying whatsoever. In fact, he was rather cute when he had his meal, right next to Tieria. Felt also gets a bit of development in this episode. Her parents were apparently second-generation Gundam Meisters. They died, but the reason why remains a mystery.]]>
Gundam 00 – 09
“and if I had to guess, then I’d say that it’s just a tiny neutral country.”
Nah, if you look at the map in the beginning of, like, every episode, its shown that Japanese are still USians lapdogs.
“he has an evil twin-brother”
… Seriously? As for the ep itself, it sounds like a good one if Setsuna’s not annoying ^_^
“an evil twin-brother”
Where did you hear that part from?
Again, Haro is the cutest thing ever!
And I was really happy to see bunch of different color versions of Haro…..
At the beginning of the episode, Lockon visits the grave of what I assume are his parents, and notices that somebody else placed a bouquet on it as well. We then see someone who looks just like Lockon watch him from behind a tree. seeing the nature of this show, that can’t be anyone besides his twin-brother, who probably doesn’t have the best intentions.
I’d rather it would follow the footsteps of code geass because I loved this show contrary to this one. I can’t get its aim. Could you explain what it is about? Is there any plot ? I haven’t watched all the episodes so far,so I’d like to know.
Well, the current aim for Gundam 00 is building up a solid setting. Most of the main cast and their stories are still in mysteries, but then again, this is going to be a 52-episode anime.
The aim indeed isn’t really as clear as with Code Geass, which clearly tries to show the struggles of a high-school student as he tries to take over Japan. I think that Gundam 00’s aiming to show what really happens if one party would try and stop all the wars around the world.
to psgels: thanks! now I will better understand what’s it about : I didn’t know they wanted to stop all the wars aroud the world.
Actually….about that scene with lockon, how were you able to tell which one is him and which one is his twin? o_O I initally thought the one behind the tree was lockon