It doesn't get "better" because it's not a "good" thing. Nothing in IBO is to be viewed from a lens of "these are really good guys and everything they do is good just because they fight the good fight". In fact, IBO really surprised me with how it progressed with the story and how it ultimately ended. One of the strongest non-UC Gundam stories when taken in totality. Especially from a character perspective.
That's reassuring. My issue with the harem ship/loli marriage/Mika is definitely broken in some way awas that it seemed, for the moment, like it was super uncritical of it, bordering on endorsing. Which dripped down to a number of other things too. But if I know it is at least aware enough to address it, I can continue plowing through.
Naze's harem ship doesn't really change, but it is recontextualized later on in a way that I ended up being okay with.
Yes. The writing in IBO is very deliberate and doesn't pull any punches. It can be pretty upsetting when you realise that these are all kids, and they didn't CHOOSE to become this way entirely on their own. A broken system makes broken people - not heroes. It's a theme that Gundam almost confronted when they did Gundam Wing, and again when they did Gundam 00, but they couldn't resist making the protagonists into real heroes in the end just to sell more toys. Their lack of emotion or empathy were played off as them being damaged but cool dudes who ultimately don't actually do what they say ("I don't care", "I'll kill you", etc). IBO takes this concept and runs with it in a way that never made me think of Orga or Mika as heroes. And by the end it is clear that they were never meant to be, which made me really respect the series.
That's right, the pilots of the Calamity, Raider and Forbidden. But I always felt like they were kinda one dimensional? Like I was never meant to sympathize with the dudes gleefully tearing through the protagonists' friends the moment they showed descent.
This exactly, I feel the closest I've otherwise seen in recent Gundam was Thunderbolt (I've only watched the first movie), and the fact that the FA-78 pilot is... a colossal dick. Like, plays with a lot of the 'cool guy' tropes like being super chill, and playing jazz while he fights, but taking an uncharacteristic glee in killing off the Deadman's Crew members, who are otherwise clearly victims of their circumstances. I don't know if the rest of Thunderbolt addresses him, but I definitely felt icky supporting him in any way, vs. Darryl who felt a lot more sympathetic in how he was dealing with his trauma.
Sincerely the Federation Jazz Pilot (I don't remember his name) is placed as a straight up villain, the Deadman's Crew and Darryl were victims of war forced into a shitty situation, Darryl dealing with his situation, particularly on season 2, just puts him as the hero of the story. Jazz Pilot just feels like some random asshole.
I'm glad that you could remember his name, because I couldn't. It's just that he is an complete asshole that is all, and between our two protagonists, the injured soldier that sacrificed his own body to be able to continue to live and help a person he cares about and the rich kid asshole pilot who mocks the Deadman's Crew pilots for their disabilities, between the two, it's just make for quite some contrast.
Well, the upcoming Master Grade Gunner ZAKU Warrior (Lunamaria Hawke Custom) needs some promo so, obviously, they would stream Seed Destiny during the days leading to its release.Dude! Its time to relive the goodtimes with Shinn Asuka and Athrun Zala [Again]!
https://na.gundam.info/news/video-mu...90724_004.html
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED DESTINY HD REMASTER will be streaming on GUNDAM.INFO from July 24, 2019 - November 22, 2019!
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED DESTINY HD REMASTER will stream for free on GUNDAM.INFO!
- Streaming : July 24, 2019 - November 22, 2019
- Languages (sub): English, Chinese (HK/TW), Korean
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I was using the S Gundam in SD Generations Genesis this morning ^^
Fun fact, the Zeta anime can never settle on the color of Pallas Athene's twin beam guns. Sometimes they will change from grey to green in different cuts of the same fight.
At first I thought the figure you just bought was the one on the left and I was gonna say that Bandai swindled you. The one in the right looks miles better. That is true.
You made me check the wiki for Moon Gundam and I just learned that the idiots from Moon Moon are somehow involved. Something I suspected could be possible, given the name, but I didn't really know for sure.
Dude! Its time to relive the goodtimes with Shinn Asuka and Athrun Zala [Again]!
https://na.gundam.info/news/video-mu...90724_004.html
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED DESTINY HD REMASTER will be streaming on GUNDAM.INFO from July 24, 2019 - November 22, 2019!
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM SEED DESTINY HD REMASTER will stream for free on GUNDAM.INFO!
- Streaming : July 24, 2019 - November 22, 2019
- Languages (sub): English, Chinese (HK/TW), Korean
Don't miss it!
Idk how much to say if you're intending on seeing it, but Destiny is kind of a train wreck. Let's just say Shinn isn't the main character for the whole show.
The story is a mess because they had to condense something that was going to be a series into a film with a length of a couple of hours.
A guy at the shop said as much about the series-come-movie, but didn't talk about the quality other than "had no idea what was going on" lol.
Why you gotta say stuff like this. Shinn is human and responds in the same way most normal humans would respond. Its why hes such an awesome character.
Shinn is Kamille without the nuance or actual growth. Also no, Destiny never gets better. You either stop watching or just learn to revel in the fuckery and recycled stock footage.
The re-used animation in SEED is just absurd, the amount of times they keep the re-using the exact same shot over and over in the same goddamn episode is so absolutely horrible that it just leaves me impressed, how the fuck do you get away with such blatant use of it, it feels like there's ZERO effort in hiding it. And although it's cool each show gets four openings, first Gundam show to have so many, all of them look like the exact same, and they all look terrible.
