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Apr 2, 2017 5:11 AM
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Although part of the main cast died in the last episodes, this gundam series is truly the best I've seen up until now.
The whole ending of the series leaves a bittersweet taste in my mouth and tears in my eyes. The whole series, including the first season, just shows a far more realistic version of how a Gundam serie would take place.
There is shown oppression, slavery, greed and the many ugly forms humanity can show. Many people die in it and even the seemingly invincible characters die. Still, there is much beauty and love in it.
I just don't have the words for it. Some people say that they were let down, but in my own eyes it was just their own expectations weren't reached.

10/10
Apr 2, 2017 5:11 AM

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The ending felt like a mixture of Code Geass and MSG :Seed

Basically, Tekkadan's achievements and their deaths led to massive changes in the world (CG), and Tekkadan had to keep on doing it even after their 'leaders' had died (similar to Three Ships' Alliance in SEED where the two ideologically founding leaders both died during the cause, Athha and Cline, but the organization eventually became a major powerplayer, and Tekkadan might not do that much on their own, but with Kudelia as the public figure they can rule the Mars Union, which is actually what they teamed up with McGillis to achieve).

Akatsuki looked like a Mini-Mika except for the hair color, so I wouldn't be surprised if someone wrote doujinshi between him and his mothers, just because of it.
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Apr 2, 2017 5:11 AM

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Ictius said:
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Overall even though i hated the progression of season 2 but I'll still give them the credit for having the balls to make the villain ultimately win in the end.


How is Rustal a villain? Mars is now independent, Human Debris were banned, Gjallarhorn is now democratic. All thanks to this magnificent man.


Well basically the entire series started because of how corrupt the Gjallarhorn is and he's literally the face of that said organisation.

The end result could have been achieve if Mcgillis won because his ideal was to end corruption, along with Kudelia of course.
Apr 2, 2017 5:13 AM

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Iok died, that is enough.

Dammnit though, Rustal is now gjallahorn leader? OH well, at least Nobliss died too.
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Apr 2, 2017 5:17 AM

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ArcanaTrace said:
Ictius said:


How is Rustal a villain? Mars is now independent, Human Debris were banned, Gjallarhorn is now democratic. All thanks to this magnificent man.


Well basically the entire series started because of how corrupt the Gjallarhorn is and he's literally the face of that said organisation.

The end result could have been achieve if Mcgillis won because his ideal was to end corruption, along with Kudelia of course.


And yet they did nothing. McGillis was also a scheming bastard but no one is blaming him. Kudelia was sitting in her office almost throughout the entire series, what a Maiden of Revolution. In the end, it doesn't matter who won, because the "villain" did what the heroes were supposed to do.
Apr 2, 2017 5:20 AM

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Guts killing Iok was most satysfying scene in entire series

Cake-Kudelia's new hair was awful.
Apr 2, 2017 5:25 AM

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Ictius said:
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Well basically the entire series started because of how corrupt the Gjallarhorn is and he's literally the face of that said organisation.

The end result could have been achieve if Mcgillis won because his ideal was to end corruption, along with Kudelia of course.


And yet they did nothing. McGillis was also a scheming bastard but no one is blaming him. Kudelia was sitting in her office almost throughout the entire series, what a Maiden of Revolution. In the end, it doesn't matter who won, because the "villain" did what the heroes were supposed to do.


You clearly didnt read what I said about Kudelia at my original comment. And yes Mcgillis was a scheming bastard that killed his best friend but he did it to ultimately end the corruption. Yet Rustal basically just did it because he opposed to that ideal.
Apr 2, 2017 5:26 AM
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I've seen almost all gundam series, although some of them showed an ending where the protagonist lives but suffered heavy injury (mentally or physically) like camille bidan (Z Gundam) or certain death like Amuro Ray (CCA), the story never ends so sad you're angry and start to doubt the writer. Gundam is a symbol of hope against tyranny and corruption, and not to end in such a sad broken condition.

IBO Season 1 showed that with vision, planning, and boldness, one can achieve his goal without using dirty tricks like mcgillis (this guy is worse than char, at least char is forced to do what he did becuz he was hunted constantly).

IBO Season 2 showed that many sides got their own ideas about right or wrong, well welcome to life. But in the end it's just a season which told us, if you're not "Shady" enough to take on the world, you will never be successful. And those pilots killing were unnecessary.

To sum it all, Season 2 is like destroying your own foundation which is the first season, especially when mcgillis started those bael shitty rule no one's gonna give a fuck and tekkadan follows.

If Only Mcgillis seize all power on earth politically or through assassination and truly went on par with rustal then the story would be evenly balanced and not simply ended up killing almost all tekkandan's key characters.

Season 1 9/10
Season 2 6/10
Apr 2, 2017 5:37 AM

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wasnt the best ending but the ending we got was good enough to end the series with glad they decided to have mika dying as him living would have been dumb iok finally got killed and Atra had her kid and her and Kudelia are taking care of him which is nice

though one thing i wish that Julietta would have got killed really hate the fact that she thinks she beat Mika but w/e

all in all it was a good enough end to end the series with and now Mika and Orga are back together forever

now to wait for the next gundam series

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Apr 2, 2017 5:38 AM

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the ending turned out pretty alright

but still the final battle and build up into this kind of ending is really bad and anticlimatic. Rustal suddenly become rightful man with all these reformation. julietta is really weak character, she doesn't deserve shit and shouldn't be allowed to be this important. all this could be prevented if mcgills is a competent guy who can actually fight rustal back and give us at least entertaining final arc, instead of this meaningless pathetic tekkadan bullying by god-rustal.

bonus Iok death and Ride F. Seiei as fanservice

s1 9/10
s2 7/10
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Apr 2, 2017 5:40 AM

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at least Iok die. And I don't why but it's like Ride will make another season of this lol.
Apr 2, 2017 5:44 AM
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One of the best gundam series ever, what a ride.
Apr 2, 2017 5:45 AM
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I literally shouted "hell yeah!!!!!!!" when Iok died thanks akihiro and that scene where ride got his revenge for orga

they thought that bitch julieta was the one who killed mikazuki when in fact she didnt get to fight mikazuki in his full potential. she just fucking ordered those scaredy men in a fucking mobile suit to back off. shitty rustal elion to take opportunity of the matter. thanks to teiwaz kudelia became the mars representative.


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mikazuki is more handsome than his child (pft hahahaha) atra is still ugly as ever. i like how yamagi and ride looks now, theyve become handsome ihihihihi
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Is it me or is Rustal wanting to implement those policies came straight out of nowhere?.. It just seems out of character that after seizing Gallahorn, he would relinquish control of Mars and put a democracy in place, considering before this we only know that he thinks its necessary for Gallahorn to be in power and that he doesn't really give a shit about the corruption.
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My rating for last season was 9/10.
This one was 7/10.
Overall, the show is still a solid 8/10 *shouts in Angry Joe tone* BADASS SEAL OF APPROVAL!!!
Yeah, as much as how I was extremely disappointed by the previous episodes, the finale was actually very satisfying to me.
Both Mikazuki and Akihiro's last stand was pure badassness. I was already expecting them to die with their heroic sacrifice.
Seeing both Iok and Nobliss die in their own ways was also fine enough for me.
Julietta doesn't deserve to die. Her last statement about Tekaddan somehow make her redeemable for me. However, I'm still skeptical about Rustal's goals in the long run. His actions to make Kudelia becoming a more powerful leader of Martian Union was indeed legit. But like they say, you can't hide your skeletons in the closet forever.
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Apr 2, 2017 5:48 AM
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IS IT JUST ME OR YAMAGI BEGAN TO DATE THAT BLACK SKELETON CALLED CHAD??
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-Abyss_Walker- said:
Is it me or is Rustal wanting to implement those policies came straight out of nowhere?.. It just seems out of character that after seizing Gallahorn, he would relinquish control of Mars and put a democracy in place, considering before this we only know that he thinks its necessary for Gallahorn to be in power and that he doesn't really give a shit about the corruption.
it's a fanservice to make the ending not look that bad. "hey at least the bad guy is not so bad after all" that kind of impression
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Apr 2, 2017 5:52 AM

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finally its finished. ending was predictable (except for ride's part) ever since death flags were raised so fast and enemies having impenetrable plot armor(well for some so that they could be milked for the sake of plot). but i was really disappointed that for the first time a GUNDAM doesn't really make any difference esp since half way of this series. their MS is basically just a normal MS with a gundam skin. well yeah they've killed a lot for fodders here and there but there's really nothing much to it, other than these gundam have some overclock power and only mikazuki can only do it. I guess what they lack in their mechs in this series compensated us with a lot of likeable and some detestable characters.

7/10 for me, the series had a really promising start but it just went downhill in terms of plot and characters being out of their character. im not saying im not liking it because its not my desired ending but the reason is they could've done it better, ever since they showed how they could milk Iok to make the plot move everything became predictable. and its so funny how they try to please some fans by killing Iok, i mean seriously whats the point??? its already too late the dmg has been done
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Apr 2, 2017 5:52 AM

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No, just no. The epilogue was quite good, but the first half was not.

So Rustal was a good person, I haven't noticed all this time, how ignorant I must have been.
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Apr 2, 2017 5:54 AM

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Finally one of Alternate Universe Gundam series where the MC died because fuck Plot Armor.
This ending feels like i'm watching the ending of War in the Pocket all over again.
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-Abyss_Walker- said:
Is it me or is Rustal wanting to implement those policies came straight out of nowhere?.. It just seems out of character that after seizing Gallahorn, he would relinquish control of Mars and put a democracy in place, considering before this we only know that he thinks its necessary for Gallahorn to be in power and that he doesn't really give a shit about the corruption.


Not sure why members even think Rustal is evil in anyway, at most he is a schemer. And yes he use some shitty forbidden weapon, but thats his own way of ending the problems. Plus We only officially knew Rustal's personality in a few episodes, he just came out to oppose McGillis's ideal together with Tekkadan who is working with McGillis. In our real world logic, Rustal is the guy with vision and McGillis is simply just dreaming.
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Apr 2, 2017 5:58 AM
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despite Rustal winning, this was probably the best main series gundam ending in the last few decades.
overall 9/10. i would've given a 10, but some parts were either rushed or slow-paced
Apr 2, 2017 5:59 AM

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This episode was such a wild ride!I still have goosebumps.
So.... Mika and Akihiro died noble death, Tekkadan died as organisation, but as family they still live. At least it's good. And Mika and Atra son is so cute.
I understand that this season wanted to show us that stronger wins, no matter if you have good cause or not.
I liked this season, even if was a little worse than first.
8/10
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wasnt the best ending but the ending we got was good enough to end the series with glad they decided to have mika dying as him living would have been dumb iok finally got killed and Atra had her kid and her and Kudelia are taking care of him which is nice

though one thing i wish that Julietta would have got killed really hate the fact that she thinks she beat Mika but w/e

all in all it was a good enough end to end the series with and now Mika and Orga are back together forever

now to wait for the next gundam series



Why the hatred for Julietta? She never use underhanded tactics against anyone. She just doesn't understand/know what Mika is actually fighting for.
Whatsmore she never thought of herself beating Mika at all. The scene where she "defeat" Mika the devil, was just part of a propaganda.
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valvravetruth said:
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wasnt the best ending but the ending we got was good enough to end the series with glad they decided to have mika dying as him living would have been dumb iok finally got killed and Atra had her kid and her and Kudelia are taking care of him which is nice

though one thing i wish that Julietta would have got killed really hate the fact that she thinks she beat Mika but w/e

all in all it was a good enough end to end the series with and now Mika and Orga are back together forever

now to wait for the next gundam series



Why the hatred for Julietta? She never use underhanded tactics against anyone.
Whatsmore she never thought of herself beating Mika at all. The scene where she "defeat" Mika the devil, was just part of a propaganda.

agreed. everybody hates her for being a lacky, but she's actually a decent person
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Nobody is born evil, its such conditions which make them so.
RIP Mika, Akihiro.
And fck IOK!!!!
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Everyone seems to be forgetting one line Rustal said late this season about Gjallarhorn not being just about one man alone but is instead about all of its members. That carries to here. Neither MicGillis nor Mika is the messiah that will miraculously end the war. Instead, it would be the effort of all the parties involved. And considering the time skip, it took several years and considerable effort by those in political power to enact the change.

Also Rustal suddenly switching from "bad" to "good" might not be so sudden after all. Remember what he said last ep when Julietta mentions that Tekkadan was just victims being used by shady people? He points out that that he himself is also one of those shady people. The man is well aware of his own "evilness" and thus able to use it to his favor. Thus, him disbanding the seven stars council and instituting democratic reforms might be his way of maintaining his own influence., instead of suddenly becoming "good".


Sometimes, it really helps to pay close attention to the dialog aside from the fight scenes.
Apr 2, 2017 6:11 AM

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Iok kujan how does it feel to be dead...damn it was good...Mikazuki died damn it my god the feels and also akihiro..atara was able to get pregnant(the magic of anime) nevertheles Love the series and very satisfied with the ending
Apr 2, 2017 6:13 AM
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I loved this series until the last 8 or 9 episodes. Ever since Lafter died they've had some strange plot choices that I suppose were meant to be realistic takes on the results of constant conflict.

That the piece of scum murderer of children Rustal Elon survives without a scratch and gets to get his hand shaken by the princess is upsetting. But not as much as having Ms. "I'll talk non-stop while fighting " Julieta killing our MC and been celebrated for it. That is just plain trolling the viewer. Are you kidding me? What kind of viewing experience do you think people get from this? Yeah, it might make for realistic storyrytelling but is about as pleasurable as having my nosehairs burnt with a blowtorch.

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Is it me or is Rustal wanting to implement those policies came straight out of nowhere?.. It just seems out of character that after seizing Gallahorn, he would relinquish control of Mars and put a democracy in place, considering before this we only know that he thinks its necessary for Gallahorn to be in power and that he doesn't really give a shit about the corruption.


You're absolutely right. I guess someone told Okada that having a child murderer come off so scott-free wouldn't do so they had to show that it was all for a good cause all along.
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Apr 2, 2017 6:14 AM

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crushed Iok/10

despite the shortcomings of season 2, this show was still really entertaining. at least it is still one of the better long Gundam shows in years. and i think they can make another series in the same universe. they still haven't showed the remaining Gundams/Demons. i think there's supposedly 72 of them...

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Apr 2, 2017 6:19 AM
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mad kids are mad because they didnt get the 100% happy ending they wanted.

at what point was the show EVER about friendship, justice, and "yeah, we defeated you cuz yer bad!" ?

seriously grow up, having the good guy win is such a crappy cliche.

i'm happy that the show creators channeled their inner Z Gundam.
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Apr 2, 2017 6:22 AM
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mad kids are mad because they didnt get the 100% happy ending they wanted.

at what point was the show EVER about friendship, justice, and "yeah, we defeated you cuz yer bad!" ?

seriously grow up, having the good guy win is such a crappy cliche.

i'm happy that the show creators channeled their inner Z Gundam.



I guess the lack of beam rifles and beam sabers should have already tipped everyone off that this isn't going to by your typical Gundam shounen hero story.
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-Abyss_Walker- said:
Is it me or is Rustal wanting to implement those policies came straight out of nowhere?.. It just seems out of character that after seizing Gallahorn, he would relinquish control of Mars and put a democracy in place, considering before this we only know that he thinks its necessary for Gallahorn to be in power and that he doesn't really give a shit about the corruption.
this is something a lot of people seem to misunderstand
it's not that Rustal suddenly became a humanitarian guy who cared about the martians, he was just a utilitarianist that either had no choice but to concede Kudelia's proposals or had ulterior motives like gaining political capital (something Kudelia herself noted this week) or simply didn't really stand to lose anything either way and just went with the option he kinda liked more, the starting effort for the bill was the work of the mountain beard guy and Kudelia anyways.
i mean, after 2 seasons of ghallahjorn pretty much getting his shit kicked in, which culminated with almost half of the 7stars families getting fucked over, it was kinda riddiculous to expect him to restore ghallahjorn at its peak influence
it was also stated prior that he didn't care deeply about pedigree (that's pretty much the whole reason why julietta exists) so him being against martian discrimination doesn't seem far off

also he's now the prime minister of the earth democracy or whatever, that beats being one of the 7 heads of the ghalahjorn thing imo, so if you think his only goal is personal political power, shit still makes sense
(did they even had many human debris on the earthern sphere anyways? that seemed more like a martian/space pirate thing)
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And yet they did nothing. McGillis was also a scheming bastard but no one is blaming him. Kudelia was sitting in her office almost throughout the entire series, what a Maiden of Revolution. In the end, it doesn't matter who won, because the "villain" did what the heroes were supposed to do.


You clearly didnt read what I said about Kudelia at my original comment. And yes Mcgillis was a scheming bastard that killed his best friend but he did it to ultimately end the corruption. Yet Rustal basically just did it because he opposed to that ideal.


Rustal oppose McGillis, because he didn't like the way McGillis did to change Gjallarhorn. At several episode he show us, that he want to change Gjallarhorn too. At the end, we see the happy ending (although it's sad to see Mika's dead). The finale show us it just a matter of perspective to see good and evil of someone. McGillis want to evolve it power (Bael) and blinded by the ideology of power. That's what Rustal oppose. So, he just want to make McGillis back to reality that power means nothing for the new era. Because if an era ruled by power, then it means Tekkadan ended up helping the dictator to take over the world.
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new season maybe...with ride revive tekkadan and mikazuki son become the mc???


Never let em' dirty hands get away for long. Ride is doing it so I hope Akatsuki will be even more invincible than his father (Mikazuki) with the care of Atra in any possible movie or sequels.
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We can learn something from this series, which is "Antagonist =/= Villian". An antagonist is not necessarily evil, he merely has opposing actions and thoughts. Best used in the case for Rustal.
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I had some problems with the plot of S2 so it wasn't as good as S1. Overall still enjoyable. 7/10 and S1 was 8/10
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Its been a long time the death of a character statisfied me so much. Thank god Iok died.

Slightly weaker season but a pretty solid ending for what they've been doing.
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So I am assuming Akatsuki and his two mommies, they are more than just friends. Anyway great finale, Gjallahorn going from bad to good, okay I guess they really hated McGuillis, once he was out of the picture we can reason with him.

I don't know about you guys, the thing that was most important to me was Iok getting his. We knew they were going to die in this battle, but I was pleading killing Iok before you do, take him with you.

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Well when Rustal and Julietta are decent persons, this anime did a truly bad job at portraying their characters and showing us their view on things clearly enough.
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The quality is the same with season 1, but it felt less satisfying probably because the ending left me with mixed feelings. That Rustal Ellion should have died ....
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We can learn something from this series, which is "Antagonist =/= Villian". An antagonist is not necessarily evil, he merely has opposing actions and thoughts. Best used in the case for Rustal.


I think a sequel is still possible as I think Rustal got away from a lot of trouble. Ride is the real thing to uncover new plots. Another 10 years onwards, Akatsuki can go revenge for his dad maybe.

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Well when Rustal and Julietta are decent persons, this anime did a truly bad job at portraying their characters and showing us their view on things clearly enough.


Still believe that what Ride did back there will make Rustal as the true pilot villain in a movie or sort to end it for all.
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A few other things to note: the restored Gundam Bael in the storage vault now has restraints locking its joints and Mace-chan still lives on (as it did in the finale of the previous season). Intriguing symbols.
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valvravetruth said:
We can learn something from this series, which is "Antagonist =/= Villian". An antagonist is not necessarily evil, he merely has opposing actions and thoughts. Best used in the case for Rustal.


I think a sequel is still possible as I think Rustal got away from a lot of trouble. Ride is the real thing to uncover new plots. Another 10 years onwards, Akatsuki can go revenge for his dad maybe.

Fabienne said:
Well when Rustal and Julietta are decent persons, this anime did a truly bad job at portraying their characters and showing us their view on things clearly enough.


Still believe that what Ride did back there will make Rustal as the true pilot villain in a movie or sort to end it for all.


I don't think Akatsuki's mothers or anyone else from the big Tekkadan family would allow him to.
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leo_AA said:
new season maybe...with ride revive tekkadan and mikazuki son become the mc???


Never let em' dirty hands get away for long. Ride is doing it so I hope Akatsuki will be even more invincible than his father (Mikazuki) with the care of Atra in any possible movie or sequels.


it kind of there are high probility of sequel... ride still live on tekkadan, bael still exist, and mcgilis fiancee probally want revenge... the show is so good till at the half of the anime the plot went quite not what we hope for... i think the production purposely do this in order to attract the IBO follower for the next sequell... come on anime is everything about money actually
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The ending is bittersweet as hell, possibly the most bitter ending in Gundam because of how the writing got screwed up around the middle of the second season. Yes, the system changed. But to do so most, if not all, the characters we empathized with had to die.

Part of McGillis ideals were realized by Rustal. But only after the bastard got into the highest possible position after doing everything dirty in the book to get it (illegal weaponry and massacres) and McGillis was demonized in history with the incident named after him. He never pretended to be anything other than a man willing to do anything for power (unlike McGillis who hid it until Season 1’s end), and once he got it, he started making changes that made him look good PR-wise but also benefited Mars.

Gaelio wanted revenge more than anything else, to where he let all of this go on until he managed to kill McGillis. However, he lost the use of his legs and feels regret now that he’d done it, wondering if things could have changed if he’d understood McGillis just a little sooner. He probably would have remained loyal to McGillis like how Julieta remained to Rustal despite knowing he was corrupt. And I imagine his little sister doesn’t even talk to him anymore.

Julieta, quite frankly, should have died when she blocked Shino’s shot and got impaled on the end of the mace. But she survived and basically got that last victory handed to her and is now in a position to run Gjallarhorn. Since she had no noble-standing and is a woman, this could be seen as progressive movement on their part.

Nobliss got assassinated in an undignified manner, stopping him from further profiting off the deaths of innocent people, and Iok’s finally died in a gruesome manner for everything he’d done. But it would have been more cathartic if it was done much earlier.

I think that the writer was trying to point out how change comes at a heavy price, but this is where the writing gets clunky. You see, despite Tekkadan’s actions at the end of Season 1 being viewed as heroic because they were fighting against a frankly corrupt system, they made things worse for everyone else by showing the value of Child Soldiers and the amount of Human Debris increased. So to contrast this, they tried to show things improving for everyone else by killing Tekkadan off as a scapegoat through corrupt and illegal means.

Except sometimes the ends really don’t justify the means. To reach this conclusion, they gave Julieta and Iok far too much plot armor, having them survive things that should have killed them up to the very end. Julieta was meant to be a contrast to Iok, in that she came to sympathize with Tekkadan through their battles but do her duty as a soldier from common birth while Iok used his family name and pride as an excuse to do things that were quite frankly stupid and lethal to Naze and others. He didn’t change, so he died as a symbol of the Seven Stars also dying out, whereas Julieta is set to be the new face of the organization.

However, all the sympathizes in the world don’t change what they did. They still killed characters we loved. Characters who weren’t as privileged as them. It sends a message that only those in a position of power already can change the system for the better, while those who aren’t serve as the foundation by dying.

I won’t lie, I get what they were going for with Season 2. But its just not satisfying. It was clunky and there were too many needless deaths. I’m going to say that it was good up to the mid-point of the season and call it there.

That being said, it still beats the ending of Valvrave Season 2.
Apr 2, 2017 6:58 AM

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why should the main villain reach retribution though, he may of done bad things but so did tekkadan and mcgillis, rustal was a necessary evil to keep stability in the world before he could move to capitalize on his endgame found in this epilogue. The show was gray as shit, probably the most morally gray in the entire franchise but tekkadan and mcgillis arguably would of done more harm to the world with their anarchistic power goal.
You're comparing a high official of what essentially the space police that are supposed to uphold order and justice, committing war crimes left and right, orchestrating massacres like in Dorts, starting bloody wars just to tarnish his rival's reputation (SAU-Arbra), shitting on the laws he's supposed to uphold, using illegal weapons twice, making deals with war profiteers to let said profiteer sell his weapons (Nobliss), with a bunch of kids who mostly were forced to kill to survive in the world full of shit because of people like Rustal running it? Even in the kill count, Rustal's schemes killed magnitudes more people than all of Tekkadan combined ever could. Are you even serious...? If you are, then something must be very wrong with you and your morals.
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Apr 2, 2017 6:59 AM

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I loved this ending, its going to divide people no doubt but this is a very ballsy shot at idealism and self sacrifice being portrayed as a greater good and the crushing realities of war that contradict them. Its nihilistic and depressing but I can only applaud this decision more than anything even if I am sure some people are just going to feel the show is weaker because of it. Rustal nor tekkadan were evil, they were both routes to corruption or a negative impact on the world, they have both done messed up things and killed but it was a fight for existences.

I do wish things in the finale were handled better, it was kind of rushed and should of been spread out across an entire cour, but I am still gonna give this a 8/10, probably up there are one of my favorite au gundams, it went from a generic row row fight the power action show to something much more critiquing and criticizing the glorification of violence in media with this depressing finale.


Couldn't have said it better.

I got almost everything I wanted out of this ending. Pretty much reached the potential I thought it had, which is very rare for shows like this.
Apr 2, 2017 7:07 AM

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Essentially this series was a gundam version of game of thrones. For game of thrones fans they will enjoy it. So many favorite characters killed off in both seasons. It was a solid season but not as good as season 1. But the epilogue made me feel a little better. The way it ended makes it possible to Make a 3rd season or just end it there. There is still some trash that needs to gotten rid off. But Ioks death made me feel so good. I can give this Gundam season a 8/10.
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