“Unrelenting Tenderness” Ahh there’s nothing like a Gundam finale to really shake things up. You love it. You hate it. You love it and hate it; all the various emotions swirling around as things go boom and conflicts are resolved. And the best part? There’s still one episode of the chaos left to go. The one thing I really got a kick out of this episode were how close to the mark my predictions wound up being. Eri for one did wind up sacrificing herself for the sake of Prospera and Suletta – but to save both from the quintessential other threat rather than saving them from each other. For all the hamfisted hilarity of yet another superweapon on the down low (it’s truly the Gundam way), it does mesh with everything which has happened to the eponymous family to date. Eri was never going to see herself “reborn”, Suletta was always going to be around, and Prospera was only missing the push needed to realize Eri still technically lives within her other daughter. Of course we still have yet to see said push materialize and there’s the possibility that Eri still somehow lives, but for the moment the ending for this particular family looks fairly conclusive. As for the other running prediction in Guel going out in a blaze of glory, yeah, damn near got that too. Honestly not much to say for this, Lauda got hotheaded, Guel sought to cool him down, and both got saved thanks to supporting crew who obviously came around in the nick of time. While there’s room for debate over Lauda’s argument about Guel’s pride and unwillingness to share the burden, it too is basically just a reason for the whole fight: had to give Guel something to do once he revealed Shaddiq’s treachery, so why not let him close the book on that patricidal guilt? Plus it has the benefit of solidifying Miorine as Suletta’s girl first and foremost, because there’s no way Guel would be hiding his intentions that easily in the midst of a duel. Gundam fights all serve a purpose in the end after all. And all that then leads to the new and emergent threat in the Space League’s Death Star big giant telecommunications laser. Again, easy to predict such an outcome, albeit the devil is in the details because it’s also not immediately clear how this situation gets resolved. Can big giant laser immediately fire again and nullify Eri’s sacrifice? Will yet another third party (a la Delling) manage to get cooler heads prevailing? Or has Quiet Zero found its true purpose in helping bring peace and stability back to the inner solar system – i.e. unleashing another data storm on the big giant laser? Honestly quite a few ways for this particular fight to play out, and given there’s a special live-stream following the final episode next week, a not insignificant possibility of a cliffhanger leading into some sort of sly continuation. Best keep the popcorn handy boys and girls, it’s going to be a very interesting finale. Preview End Card){kind=link}
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「譲れない優しさ」 (Yuzurenai Yasashisa)
“Unrelenting Tenderness”
Ahh there’s nothing like a Gundam finale to really shake things up. You love it. You hate it. You love it and hate it; all the various emotions swirling around as things go boom and conflicts are resolved. And the best part? There’s still one episode of the chaos left to go.
The one thing I really got a kick out of this episode were how close to the mark my predictions wound up being. Eri for one did wind up sacrificing herself for the sake of Prospera and Suletta – but to save both from the quintessential other threat rather than saving them from each other. For all the hamfisted hilarity of yet another superweapon on the down low (it’s truly the Gundam way), it does mesh with everything which has happened to the eponymous family to date. Eri was never going to see herself “reborn”, Suletta was always going to be around, and Prospera was only missing the push needed to realize Eri still technically lives within her other daughter. Of course we still have yet to see said push materialize and there’s the possibility that Eri still somehow lives, but for the moment the ending for this particular family looks fairly conclusive.
As for the other running prediction in Guel going out in a blaze of glory, yeah, damn near got that too. Honestly not much to say for this, Lauda got hotheaded, Guel sought to cool him down, and both got saved thanks to supporting crew who obviously came around in the nick of time. While there’s room for debate over Lauda’s argument about Guel’s pride and unwillingness to share the burden, it too is basically just a reason for the whole fight: had to give Guel something to do once he revealed Shaddiq’s treachery, so why not let him close the book on that patricidal guilt? Plus it has the benefit of solidifying Miorine as Suletta’s girl first and foremost, because there’s no way Guel would be hiding his intentions that easily in the midst of a duel. Gundam fights all serve a purpose in the end after all.
And all that then leads to the new and emergent threat in the Space League’s Death Star big giant telecommunications laser. Again, easy to predict such an outcome, albeit the devil is in the details because it’s also not immediately clear how this situation gets resolved. Can big giant laser immediately fire again and nullify Eri’s sacrifice? Will yet another third party (a la Delling) manage to get cooler heads prevailing? Or has Quiet Zero found its true purpose in helping bring peace and stability back to the inner solar system – i.e. unleashing another data storm on the big giant laser? Honestly quite a few ways for this particular fight to play out, and given there’s a special live-stream following the final episode next week, a not insignificant possibility of a cliffhanger leading into some sort of sly continuation.
Best keep the popcorn handy boys and girls, it’s going to be a very interesting finale.
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