Gundam 00 S2 - 01: Awesomeness.
I won’t give any summaries, but that was a most wonderful first episode. It was already chock-full of action and mecha battles, and the conflicts were already forming. I was absolutely enthralled with the struggle of Louise as regards her driving the mecha; I was also enthralled with the manliness of Setsuna.
She's cute!
In a nutshell, Saji was placed in a prison colony (?) [I don't know much Japanese.] where Gundam Exia was also located. In a mission of stealth, Setsuna sought to retrieve the Gundam. There were hitches, however, namely A-LAWS. Louise was part of the invading A-LAWS force, yet it seems she still struggles with live battle. I believe she only forces herself to prove something to herself, but from what I’ve seen, she still has a hard time dealing with killing.
Setsuna is almost defeated, with parts of his Gundam being torn with the A-LAWS’ attacks, but Tieria comes and saves the day, with wonderful and beautiful fighting. After being rescued, Saji pieces the puzzle together and realize that Setsuna is a Gundam meister. He then blames Setsuna, not knowing it was that bitch Nena who killed Louise’s family and Ali who killed his sister. Tieria approaches Saji afterward and tells him that he should be thankful to Setsuna for saving him.
What an awesome first episode. It totally drove my withdrawal for Geass out.
P.S. The OP by UVERworld is just so damn awesome.
P.P.S. For the TV-size mp3 of the OP, click here.
Tags: Anime, Gundam 00 S2
October 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
That was the Exia in the colony, not 00.
October 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Corrected. Sorry! I am on a high.
October 5th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Setsuna’s few inches of new grown hair made him that much manlier.
October 5th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Yes, he’s so much more manly now!
October 5th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Hawt chick in picture is hawt. I’m glad you found something new to enjoy ;P! I think i’ll have to take a look at a couple of the first few eps.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I concur with everything above.
October 5th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I preferred Sumeragi’s long hair.
October 5th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
@mellow_bunny, MARATHON S1!!!
AND WHAT!? I have to watch! ASAP
October 5th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
What an awesome first episode. It totally drove my withdrawal for Geass out.
WHAT ? WHAT ?
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT MICHAEL ? HOW CAN YOU ?
October 5th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Cathartic continuation of Geass? This is Sunrise still, right? I want Code Trainwreck to blog this so we have, as Owen called it, a “memetic quality that [encourages] people to spam line after line” about the awesomeness of stuff.
October 5th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
also, the OP song sounds really Bleach-ish, maybe one of its OP songs has the same band?
Daybreak’s Bell pwns it though.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:07 am
@lelangir
UVERworld sang D-tecnolife. Yes.
@Nergal
I’m still fervently waiting for the OVA, but I won’t be depressed any longer.
@Smerpy
Back then, she also had bigger boobs.
@Valmanway
Thanks!
@Ryan
You NEED to watch ASAP.
@mellow_bunny
Thanks! I try to keep my word most of the time.
October 6th, 2008 at 3:50 am
I think I prefer ‘D-technolife’. Something about the choruses in this one lacks impact, though that’s just a gut reaction. Not bad, though.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:17 am
So what did you think of Geass, Daniel?
October 6th, 2008 at 9:48 am
This definitely helps, though I still classify Gundam and Geass in different columns.
A great way to start the new season, but let’s see if I can grow to like the cast of characters this time around. That was my main problem with season one…the characters were used well, objectively, but I didn’t really them interesting, subjectively, with a couple of exceptions, and mostly stuck around for the mecha battles and (eventually) the overall plot.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
>UVERworld
Sage.
On a serious note, though, I did think the general background music was pretty awesome. To be expected really. Also:
SOMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~
October 7th, 2008 at 2:18 am
I’m working through what I thought of Geass, since you ask - there might be a post on it. If I can get enough closure.
October 7th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
CLOSURE.
FFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
I’m experiencing Geass withdrawal because it’s not around.