Last time on Gundam Win~er...Gundam 00, we left Setsuna in a precarious state. Having finished his first sortie as a terrorist for Celestial Being, it hit a little close to home for our non-emo emo. Suddenly from a Union carrier comes the Union Flag piloted by MSWAD ace Graham Acre, ready to "put the moves" on Exia. So how was this episode?
The most interesting thing about this episode is that it exposes the weaknesses of our "heroes". Setsuna is obviously not a very stable person and his piloting skills to this point may be more attributed to his excellent technological advantage than his potential (of which he's bound to have something up his sleeve a la Newtype). Graham is my favorite of all the characters, he fights Exia with a skill level that previous cannon fodder hasn't shown in the series. I hope his reign as the new "Gundam-rival" isn't a miserable one.
We actually get to see the faux-Wing boys in civilian moments this episode followed by a revelation about their aforementioned inherent weakness as a unit. Still, it seems Celestial Being is determined to succeed with their asinine "war to end all wars" plot. It's kind of telling that this mentality hasn't given the fandom on various boards a reason to cheer for Setsuna and crew, in fact like me a lot of people seem to be rooting for Graham to find his "golden ticket" and hopefully defeating at least one of the plot protected yaoi-crew.
Plot protection not withstanding, Exia runs into trouble again as an obviously more well trained pilot exposes more of Setsuna's weaknesses as a pilot. Though both battles in this episode he surprises the enemy using the oft used beam saber, it's refreshing to see that the Gundam Meisters (ugh...I HATE typing that...) are not as invincible as you think. Setsuna himself seems to have an issue with people touching him which might indicate a real link with his Kurdish child soldier background (read a tiny bit about that irl, it's not pretty).
Next episode should be the debut of one silver haired gal whom we've all observed in the intro. My guess is she's the new Lalah Sun / Four Murasame / Stellar Louisier (ie. she's dead meat before ep. 35). However given that this is an all new director without ties to the original series...he might avoid that. Maybe...
Last time on Gundam Win~er...Gundam 00, we left Setsuna in a precarious state. Having finished his first sortie as a terrorist for Celestial Being, it hit a little close to home for our non-emo emo. Suddenly from a Union carrier comes the Union Flag piloted by MSWAD ace Graham Acre, ready to "put the moves" on Exia. So how was this episode?
The most interesting thing about this episode is that it exposes the weaknesses of our "heroes". Setsuna is obviously not a very stable person and his piloting skills to this point may be more attributed to his excellent technological advantage than his potential (of which he's bound to have something up his sleeve a la Newtype). Graham is my favorite of all the characters, he fights Exia with a skill level that previous cannon fodder hasn't shown in the series. I hope his reign as the new "Gundam-rival" isn't a miserable one.
We actually get to see the faux-Wing boys in civilian moments this episode followed by a revelation about their aforementioned inherent weakness as a unit. Still, it seems Celestial Being is determined to succeed with their asinine "war to end all wars" plot. It's kind of telling that this mentality hasn't given the fandom on various boards a reason to cheer for Setsuna and crew, in fact like me a lot of people seem to be rooting for Graham to find his "golden ticket" and hopefully defeating at least one of the plot protected yaoi-crew.
Plot protection not withstanding, Exia runs into trouble again as an obviously more well trained pilot exposes more of Setsuna's weaknesses as a pilot. Though both battles in this episode he surprises the enemy using the oft used beam saber, it's refreshing to see that the Gundam Meisters (ugh...I HATE typing that...) are not as invincible as you think. Setsuna himself seems to have an issue with people touching him which might indicate a real link with his Kurdish child soldier background (read a tiny bit about that irl, it's not pretty).
Next episode should be the debut of one silver haired gal whom we've all observed in the intro. My guess is she's the new Lalah Sun / Four Murasame / Stellar Louisier (ie. she's dead meat before ep. 35). However given that this is an all new director without ties to the original series...he might avoid that. Maybe...
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