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menacingtrees said: Can someone please explain to me who the hell the random ass dead guy, bleeding in the fetal position on a yoga mat is at like 17:42 towards the end of the episode? has seriously no one else wondered this??? I'm wondering this. Aside from that... oh my gosh, what an extremely cathartic episode. T______T This was a fantastic finale; I can't say much else. The epilogue was great, the Exia vs 0 Gundam fight was great, everything was great. I guess I enjoyed both seasons about equally. I liked that the first season felt more relevant in its comparisons to the modern world, but all the politics became really hard to follow, anyway. Both seasons had great drama and great character development (for the Meisters, at least), but I suppose season 1 was better at being "climactic." I'm still bugged by how boring some of the character deaths in S2 were, and I wish some of the secondary characters got more development... but oh well. 8/10 for both seasons Oh yeah, did anyone notice Anew appeared in the crowd at the Earth Sphere Federation speech? O_o |
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menacingtrees said: Can someone please explain to me who the hell the random ass dead guy, bleeding in the fetal position on a yoga mat is at like 17:42 towards the end of the episode? has seriously no one else wondered this??? That guy's Homer Katagiri, Billy Katagiri's uncle. He rarely makes any appearance eventhough he's the acting head of A-Laws, hence not many people even remembered his existence. In that scene, he did seppuku due to A-Laws been completely decimated and might probably as well due to him realizing the reality of what A-Laws have done. Ironically, he's the one that re-inducted Graham back into military service after S1's finale, teaching the broken Graham the path of Bushi to reclaim his honor which in turn converts him into Mr.Bushido. ------------------------ Overall, 00 have the makings of a very good gundam series in S1; good plot, refreshing concept of 3rd-party peacemaker, UC-like atmosphere, nice MS designs and a good amount of pivotal/memorable characters. S2, it's like Sunrise suddenly got possessed by Bandai; more emphasis on MS (yes 00 raiser, you.) while leaving the story/character development in a jumbled up mess. Seriously, S2 is only good for the MS battles and the nostalgic feel that the final exia - 0 showdown brings. Here's my assessment of the series' weakpoints. The things under spoiler is how I'd personally deal with them if I got the right to reproduce 00; Lockon Stratos/Neil-Lyle: While Neil's death in S1 is very pivotal for Setsuna's and Tieria's character development and executed very well, their decision to shoehorn Lyle into Neil's shoe so nonchalantly make Neil's death feels forced. And not to mention Lyle's completely uninteresting, cliched tragic romance protag development. Azadistan/Marina Ismail: Bad character, as in, badly useless. If not for Azadistan being Setsuna's birthland and being one of CB's intervention target, she might as well have no appearance and topped with her extremely pacifist chara setting, she's better written off altogether. In S1, her role is so-so but the way she's involved with the whole Azadistan mess is too minimal. In S2, she's functions as a filler; giving Setsuna and Shirin a little something to talk about, providing cheesy monologues and serving 'stop the fighting' whine. Every single appearance of hers in S2 provides nothing to the story. Shirin, while being an even more sub-chara than Marina, feels more solid as she have her own development (leaving Azadistan and joining Katharon). Ali-Al-Saachez: Very good villain/sub-villain in S1; veteran terrorist whose mindset completely opposes CB, a history with Setsuna, hijacked a Throne and almost offed Setsuna just a moment later and having a great voice actor. In S2, he became confusing; his allegiance became very unclear and he simply looks like he's roped by Ribbons instead. His ideals from S1 still remains but the fact that he works under Ribbons's thumb and switched enemies so often (Setsuna-Tieria-Lyle) gave him a very wobbly character setting. Having him finished by Lyle, is just unsatisfying. *read my thoughts on marina's first* Team Trinity/Nena: For me, Team Trinity felt like a makeshift villain; their introduction in S1 is so sudden, and not much of their background is revealed. Despite these issues, their role isn't half bad, showing how CB looks like if they intervened with random brute force, while giving Louise and Ali their key development. In S2, Nena is just Wang Liu Mei's gopher and like Ali, keeps changing allegiance. While she managed to avenge her bros (well, kinda), the way she's offed very fast is pointless. Also, despite being the main reason for Louise's hatred, they hardly brushed against each other. Trans-Graham Aker: One of my favorite character in S1. Solid backstory, skilled normal pilot, interesting development at the end of S1. Initially in S2, seeing him dressed up as char variant excites me, thinking this guy's will be big in the plot. But what turns out later, is a major disappointment; he simply becomes delusional, with a birthday wish of dying while fighting gundam. And not enough with that, the only effort he shows in S2 is to persistently annoy Setsuna to no end; appearing like a wild pokemon and asking Setsuna for a duel which Setsuna don't even give a damn to till the final episode. From a badass normal, to possible char clone, to a wild pokemon. What a let down. 00 raiser: Yes, the suit. It's too OP, it's broken. As if having twin drive and GN burst is not enough, 00R is also given with that hugeass 'raiser sword' attack which might as well cleave Ribbons' HQ instead, ending the series by episode 20. Frankly, after 0 raiser is attached to 00, other gundam contributes almost nothing to the story and instead, become each character's personal plot device. |
zuouxarmSep 12, 2014 1:45 AM
| I liked the final Exia vs RX-78 0 Gundam showdown if not only for the symbolism (Twin Drive theme) and coolness factor. Also I kind of forgot but I know the plain 00 Gundam only compatible with original 0 Gundam's GN Drive and one other, I think the other is Exia's GN Drive? So Ribbons stole one of the Twin Drive and somehow it's actually 0 Gundam's Drive (talk about luck). Also I'm not surprised he got 0 Gundam working immediately 'cause we saw Exia R2 shortly after, ofc both of them could be BSing through. Also somehow liked the ending. Yay for Colasour! Raised one point for this episode alone.7/10 Good shit, but to me it's one-time only drug by 00 Raiser RAINBOW. |
| Too much Trans-am in the end. An alright anime and gundam show overall. I guess it gets a 7.2/10 from me. Could be a lot better, could be a lot worse. Season one was super boring for the first 14 episodes for me. And it took me over a year just to get the courage to continue it instead of dropping it. I think it was a worthy experience overall. But I could have gone without watching it. No comment on the final episode, since it was just meh overall for me. So many things left unfinished because of the movie. |
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| Sorry for digging this up but... Who is this dude? |
| I enjoyed the first season more than this one but it gets a solid 8/10 from me. |
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| I finally finished the 2nd season after 6 years....and I remembered exactly why I didn't finish it back then. It is a massive shame it didn't keep up with it's uniqueness created in the first season and just reverted to a standard Gundam series. All of the suspense and excitement built up in the first season was eliminated when just about everyone showed up still alive in the 2nd season...turning into a bit of a pseudo Destiny sequel, though still considerably better. What a shame, after re watching the 1st season I thought this would become my favorite of the AU series. |
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| This was the second time I watched the series ,the first time being while its second season was still airing and I felt like I didn't remember much about it so I decided to give it another try to see that maybe I undervalued at first. But after watching it again everything good and bad about it came back to me.The good being that it had a very strong start and a overall good plot,in its first season it had a strong focus on story as well as action ,while the character section was somewhat left behind. The second season however turns it around and decides that the plot is already set in motion so it decides it will focus on characters and action foremost. And that's where the problems occur :so many action scenes (you couldn't have 5 minutes pass without one happening),so many instances where characters are just left out to escape/the fight ends in a stalemate for no good reason other than to build up more tension for the end,some of the supporting characters from S1 literally had no place in S2 ("Marina you go and take care of those children since you cant do jack shit" ,"Saiji you go stick with them Celestial Being since if you go someplace else we cant find a excuse to give you any screen time" ,"Louise were gonna make you a pilot for some reason,even if you aren't very competent in doing that and drag on your revenge sub plot for as long as possible" ,"Al-Saachez were gonna rely on you some more to be the big bad villain of the series"... ) and its not like the characters themselves are to blame,its just that the series itself didn't know what to do with them. While S2 did have some good moments: the collapse of the space elevator, the ending... it basically boiled down to recycling the Titans plot from Zeta Gundam,all while throwing in some Gundam Wing elements for good measures and voila. Not the worst entry,but its nowhere near the best. |
amateurDec 13, 2015 10:49 AM
| A Gun Cannon as the final boss, REALLY?! I did like Exia vs the OG Gundam at the end though, that saved it for me. Pretty much a good end for all, with some exceptions. 6/10 still liked it but the first season built up so much more I thought. |
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| Great ending! and with the daybreak's bell song to finish it off. I loved every minute of it. Time for the movie to end this great series.. 00 |
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| Its okay series, I enjoy it until the end |
| wow I really liked the end of season 2! For me it was amazing! I enjoyed both seasons but I prefer second one Also the theme is still so actual My favourties are alive and healthy AllelujaX Marie ^_^ They are the cutest But still sad about Sergej Smirnof Ali Al Sachez finally got kicked-ass and Lyle got his revange. But anyway I feel bad for Lyle no happy end for him ...I would prefer Feldt to be with him but anyway want to see him happy Tierria is with Vader so he is fine. Marina seems to wait for Setsuna until he is fed up with fighting but guess this will still take a wile. Anyway he seems to be in love with his Gundam hehehe I hoped for more Billyx Sumaragi moments but there scene was beautiful and makes me hope for more Marriage of Kati and Patrick was the best. So hillarious. This was the Double PLUS for me |
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| I'm finally at the end of this series!! I liked it and I'm glad I chose to watch this. This is my first anime from the Gundam franchise and it's definitely making me want to check out others. I laughed at the bit shown of Patrick Colasour though... for a character that I expected to die since the 1st season, he actually made it all the way to the end and even managed to hook up with the woman he's been trying to impress for who knows how long. LOL |
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| OP should've put more effort in trolling when he posted the discussion -I like both endings of S1 and S2 -I can't believe patrick survived -The marie x allelujah moments were adorable |
LeonhartAugustSep 11, 2018 4:26 PM
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| Alright ending...to an alright season. I liked the first half but the last 5 episodes were a chore to finish. Ribbons was too uninteresting of an antagonist. Also, why was Marina even a character in this season? She really didn't need to show up most the time she was on screen. The music, I get. But every other time, it felt like she was just wasting screen time. By the end of this season, I just didn't care about anyone anymore. The characters ended up falling flat for me, despite finding them interesting earlier. People say 00 is like a modern version of Wing, and yes, to me it is, in a bad way. The characters weren't developed well imo. It's better than Wing in this department, but only a little. I usually write a lot for the last episode, but I'm too disappointed by how this second season turned out... |
| Too many characters to support as always in a Gundam series. Good conclusion to the story even though it lacked a bit of sense. The OP and ED this season was good enough compared to last season. Especially the second OP and ED bought out the character boldness to quite a finale. And finally Patrick gets the General. This guy was a total joke but not enough to be an eyesore. XD |
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| I'm pleasantly surprised by how consistent Gundam 00 was for both seasons. Even if the interesting geopolitical plot kinda lost relevance after the first 10 episodes of S1, it provided a solid background for the plot to revolve around. 00 really felt like an improvement of the failures of Wing and Seed, series that constantly tried to sound smart with their political conflicts while having non-existent world buildings. Characters were pretty great. Setsuna is one of the rare believable edgy protagonists and he matures a lot throughout the story. The Meisters grew on me a lot near the of S1 and S2 only reinforced the feeling. Support cast was great, maybe with the exception of some characters who could have died without problems in the big massacre at the of first season. Still, said characters weren't too annoying in S2 and didn't steal much time from the good stuff. As for Mr. Bushido... I don't know, he's silly, doesn't mesh at all with the themes of the series but he's also pretty entertaining when he's on screen. Ken-sama with a mobile suit. Epic (?). 8/10 |
| Lyle's little maneuver was the sickest use of the TransAm yet and the dude did it in a single second. The fact that Patrick's luck didn't run out after all makes me happy but the dude's conclusion with Mannequin was by far the most satisfying of everyone's epilogues. Also, kinda funny how they went with a dramatic shot of Jupiter for their movie teaser. |
| Kind of funny how legit no one talks about this show 10 years later with sunrise often ignoring stuff after the 1st season. This show hasn't aged well and just is bad |
| honestly i liked this season a lot, less than the first but a lot. The ending was very symbolic, i loved the fact that the last Battle was between the Gundam 0 (God) and setsuna in the exia, really an amazing scene. Seeing patrick alive made me Happy, marrying Katy, and I'm glad that saji and Louise ended up togheter, like the peaceful days but with more understanding of the meaning of peace and war. Lyle was on fire in this last episodes, absolutely amazing, and allelujah and Marie finally had the happy ending they deserve. I also found touching the change of Andrei, finally understanding his father and trying to continue his ideal of soldier helping and protecting the people. Overall, i loved this serie, the plot, the characters, the animations and the music. 9/10 for me. |
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| The ending reminded me a lot of the 1979 Gundam, but that doesn't matter. The final battle being between the Exia and RX-79 was incredible. |
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