“Not the Best Way” To borrow real world adage, this is the moment you could call the first curl of the Gundam Monkey’s Paw. Everything is now coming together, with enemies new and old making moves, aspiring heroes put in their place, and the final battlelines emerging from their foreshadowed slumber. There’s a major twist or two yet to make a play, but the endgame is now fully in sight. Much as repeated over the past couple of episodes, Miorine and Shaddiq were in store for some serious hubris and finally got the first taste of that here. Miorine of course is the less deserving of the two, but still probably warranted a bit of slap to the face: in pride she forged ahead without serious consideration, in ignorance she pushed away those who would’ve stuck with her because of past bonds. The girl basically got the introductory lesson to Gundam treachery in the usual fashion, with the only thing really missing being a full descent into despair before the inevitable recovery. At least for now – still plenty of time to Miorine to learn just how severe the consequences of defeat will be. As for Shaddiq, well, did anyone really expect him to not get discovered and have Guel latch onto his trail? Shaddiq’s plans after all were always predicated on him being the only smart one in the room and not having an even shrewder player in Prospera one-upping his schemes of total control. To have both his army and his powerbase overtly threatened so quickly is (no matter his moxie) a serious gut punch and the sort of thing which will invite brash and ill-thought moves. I’m still uncertain whether to expect Guel to survive the outcome (personally half expect the kid to die in the process as atonement for his patricide), but Shaddiq isn’t likely to wind up the victor no matter what transpires. Unlike Nika and her own actions there’s no hiding for Shaddiq; he’s going to get the full Gundam villain treatment one way or another. And that then brings us right back to Prospera. Honestly just like with Shaddiq it’s easy to know where this one is going: Prospera will activate Quiet Zero, something wicked this way will come, and someone – potentially multiple someones – will catch up in time to put the brakes on the Medea tinged variety of Singularity. For all the growing issues I have with certain plot tangents and rapid developments (irks to elaborate in detail later), it’s hard not being curious seeing exactly how this plays out, especially in light of Eri seemingly not be on board with everything Prospera is getting up to. That little line of thought after all has established Suletta as the key for solving whatever Quiet Zero’s activation kicks off, and potentially even causing Eri to throw off the control Prospera currently thinks she possesses. Kind of makes me think we’re gearing up for something out of Gundam 00’s final act. Not that I fully expect that – but it sure looks like a 00-esque season finale. Just a matter of what final twists emerge before the fireworks kick into overdrive. Preview End Card){kind=link}
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「一番じゃないやり方」 (Ichiban ja Nai Yarikata)
“Not the Best Way”
To borrow real world adage, this is the moment you could call the first curl of the Gundam Monkey’s Paw. Everything is now coming together, with enemies new and old making moves, aspiring heroes put in their place, and the final battlelines emerging from their foreshadowed slumber. There’s a major twist or two yet to make a play, but the endgame is now fully in sight.
Much as repeated over the past couple of episodes, Miorine and Shaddiq were in store for some serious hubris and finally got the first taste of that here. Miorine of course is the less deserving of the two, but still probably warranted a bit of slap to the face: in pride she forged ahead without serious consideration, in ignorance she pushed away those who would’ve stuck with her because of past bonds. The girl basically got the introductory lesson to Gundam treachery in the usual fashion, with the only thing really missing being a full descent into despair before the inevitable recovery. At least for now – still plenty of time to Miorine to learn just how severe the consequences of defeat will be.
As for Shaddiq, well, did anyone really expect him to not get discovered and have Guel latch onto his trail? Shaddiq’s plans after all were always predicated on him being the only smart one in the room and not having an even shrewder player in Prospera one-upping his schemes of total control. To have both his army and his powerbase overtly threatened so quickly is (no matter his moxie) a serious gut punch and the sort of thing which will invite brash and ill-thought moves. I’m still uncertain whether to expect Guel to survive the outcome (personally half expect the kid to die in the process as atonement for his patricide), but Shaddiq isn’t likely to wind up the victor no matter what transpires. Unlike Nika and her own actions there’s no hiding for Shaddiq; he’s going to get the full Gundam villain treatment one way or another.
And that then brings us right back to Prospera. Honestly just like with Shaddiq it’s easy to know where this one is going: Prospera will activate Quiet Zero, something wicked this way will come, and someone – potentially multiple someones – will catch up in time to put the brakes on the Medea tinged variety of Singularity. For all the growing issues I have with certain plot tangents and rapid developments (irks to elaborate in detail later), it’s hard not being curious seeing exactly how this plays out, especially in light of Eri seemingly not be on board with everything Prospera is getting up to. That little line of thought after all has established Suletta as the key for solving whatever Quiet Zero’s activation kicks off, and potentially even causing Eri to throw off the control Prospera currently thinks she possesses.
Kind of makes me think we’re gearing up for something out of Gundam 00’s final act. Not that I fully expect that – but it sure looks like a 00-esque season finale. Just a matter of what final twists emerge before the fireworks kick into overdrive.
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