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Aug 21, 2012 2:27 AM
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So its official, both the army and the militia are a bunch of idiots who can't follow orders and cause the destruction of everything.

Also Guin got reduced to nothing. I would have preferred a Brightslap to wake him up but as long as it works.
Dec 12, 2012 9:03 PM
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Instead of idiots, I'd say it's more like they are warmongers. Kind of worried about about Kihel and Dianna here.
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Feb 10, 2014 9:44 AM
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Looks like Guin wanted to get benefits from this situation but ended up broken. Nice!

I think that those negotiations could be solved easily, but those Militia guys and the Moonrace soldiers who can't obey orders are idiots who keep fighting and getting things worse.
May 28, 2014 7:02 PM
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I kind of wish that I should've watched UC Gundam last because in every AU Gundam that i'm watching i'm wishing there was a few good Bright Slaps around in order to straighten people out. ;__;
Jan 25, 2015 10:55 AM
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Needs more Bright slaps for sure.
Aug 19, 2015 2:24 AM
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WolfWood37 said:
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So its official, both the army and the militia are a bunch of idiots who can't follow orders and cause the destruction of everything.

Also Guin got reduced to nothing. I would have preferred a Brightslap to wake him up but as long as it works.

I'd also add egotistical self righteous ass hats to the bunch of idiots part. It's like everyone is suzaku
Oct 11, 2016 4:32 PM
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These episodes seem pointless. But I'm having fun.
Apr 14, 2017 3:10 AM
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I was expecting the separation of the look-alikes but didn't anticipate that it would take such a sudden escalation of violence.
Nice to finally hear of Guen's plan, typical industrial rich man I guess. The scene of his brutal realization was great despite being nothing original.

These episodes seem pointless.

This one had the clear purpose of increasing the distance between the switched look-alike and to make a step forward in the hostility..

4/5 And we learn the conspirator's name!

The demolition of the mountain cycle saddens me: no more chance of seeing them dig some Zaku or Gelgoog out...
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Dec 31, 2017 12:25 AM
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this episode was the definition of terror; specifically the terror caused by war. i was honestly shocked that the militia went against guin's wishes and launched an attack, much less expecting there to be so *many* wooden airplanes. amazing that they animated that amount of airplanes really. when harry kept telling phil to not venture too far, i was like hell no! smash those earth people to smithereens, especially sochie. they did indeed break the ceasefire first. i cannot say i completely can't understand their viewpoints for attacking though. found myself asking the same question: do they really want war this badly? the unexpected actual war action in this compared to the relatively lukewarm events of the past episodes instantly piqued my attention, very engaging. so kihel and diana are still switched? they are basically one person i would say, of course there is some acting involved but otherwise they do share similar beliefs and are on the same wavelength. i don't think i could tell if not for the skin color and slip ups in their alibis. i suppose it will be interesting to see kihel experience the sunbelt/moon planet if they ever get there. dumb of phil to order the destruction of the mountain, i mean there is much we can still excavate from such a area and now it is in danger of being destroyed. hasty to get rid of the opportunities for the barbarians to discover more mobile suits, eh?
Dec 31, 2018 5:53 PM

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Kind of a strange episode and it annoyed me that Kihel and Diana were still switched! WTF? You'd think after the last episode when they were done visiting Kihel's family, there would no point of them still looking like each other. Just weird.

I also concur with most here: the Moonrace and Militia are just dumb morons who just want to blow each other up.
Dec 28, 2019 5:51 PM
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That's what you get for selling the FLAT.
Apr 24, 2020 10:04 AM
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Kind of a strange episode and it annoyed me that Kihel and Diana were still switched! WTF? You'd think after the last episode when they were done visiting Kihel's family, there would no point of them still looking like each other. Just weird.

I also concur with most here: the Moonrace and Militia are just dumb morons who just want to blow each other up.


Yeah, I'm not doing so well with them swapped still. Nervous.

Kinda cool to see the militia take on the big, superior force. That city really got throttled, however the title of the episode really spoiled that.

Can't wait to see the Moonrace second phase. We'll be getting a second salvo of novel mobile suits.
Jul 11, 2020 8:33 PM

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The show really likes to play around with the idea of someone symbolically taking another's place. Not just with literal body doubles, but with military action as well. The people in charge seem to not have much control over their forces and they routinely take advantage of that fact. In general when an individual acts on their own (whether it's a rogue group in the Militia, that annoying dude in red, or those assassins during that banquet) there is almost always a way for those at the top to benefit somehow, and it leads me to question how much of a farce these negotiation attempts actually are. But it's interesting that it always seems to be the people on the periphery who want to fight the most, as the 'negotiations' reactively take shape around that. I suppose people on both sides have reasons to fight that go way beyond the politics of those at the center. As of right now, the Militia definitely gets more sympathy from me when it comes to their actions though. (and as the poster above says, it's fun to see them go up against a much stronger enemy)

It all worked perfectly for the Moonrace though in this episode, they get a chance to go to the 'Sunbelt' and take out the capitol of their enemy, and they have a ton of excuses to fall back on. Guess the people actually pulling the strings are still on the moon?

People here don't like Guin it seems. I think he's an interesting character.
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Dec 26, 2020 12:22 PM

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Seeing Soleil in the air finally made me recognize it as a giant flying turtle.

I hope Diana is fine after getting buried with Gundam during the attack (lol). Didn't expect the crossdressing thing to run for more than one episode, this looks even more promising than before.
Nov 19, 2023 7:16 AM

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Both sides are clearly wrong, idiots and warmongers.
The negotiations could have been completed if they weren't such idiots,including Guin who only thinks about money.
I hope to see more Kihel/Dianna/Loran moments
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