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Jan 1, 2009 10:00 PM
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"Puru Two's Descent"

Another heavy and action packed episode. Its obvious that Puru Two is head and shoulders a better pilot & Cyber Newtype than Rosamia or Four were. She handles the Psycho Gundam Mk. II very well, but without all the screaming, pain & wierdness that usually accompanies whoever pilots it.

Eventhough I Puru to be an incredibly annoying character early on, she had really grown into a helpful member of the Argama & I'm sad to see her go.
May 6, 2010 5:43 AM
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PURU!! NO!!
May 6, 2010 7:28 AM
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u.u puro dies
Dec 16, 2010 12:26 PM
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Dark and intens episode again....I can't believe Puru died.... Despite she was annoying at first I kind of liked her in the recent episodes.
Seeing Kamille at the end just put more pressure on the entire episode~
Jan 3, 2011 6:25 PM
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Gosh darnit, couldn't they at least wait till the last episode to kill off my new favorite character? I'm sad she died, but I hope Kamille dies like that, in the rain. It's just such a perfect way to finish him off. But I feel like that's the wrong mindset. Wasn't this suppossed to be the positive feel-good antidote to zeta? Instead, it feels like kill-em-all Tomino is once again raising his head. I'll miss goofy Tomino :(
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May 9, 2011 1:37 PM
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At first it was sad because of another meaningless death, but then Puru two started talking again. Am I the only one who cannot take her seriously? She acts like a prepubescent Haman.

Lazing around in hospitals made Kamille fragile. He has trouble running. Since it seems nobody but Char has plot armor in Gundam, I wouldn't put it past Tomino to kill the poor kid in the dirt.
May 25, 2011 10:01 AM
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Now this is the Gundam stuff I love. definitely a 5/5 episode for me =)
Dec 3, 2012 4:39 PM
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Awww, I really liked Elpeo Ple so it's pretty sad to see her go like that. She could be annoying at times but she was also very cute. Puru, puru, puru~!

Mashmyre was in charge of dropping the Colony? So that's where he has been all along.
Dec 26, 2012 2:49 PM
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I wanted Puru dead since she joined the Argama, but in the last few episodes she became a better character. It's sad she died like that... Poor Judau, lost Leina and Puru :/

Well, Puru Two is way coller than the original one. As someone said already, she's like a young version of Haman. I hope she turns into a deadly villain.

The last scene with the black rain was very touching.
Apr 28, 2013 12:06 AM

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This is full of shitty deaths T.T

Fa needs to keep Kamille within her sight..
Sep 9, 2013 1:13 PM

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Which do you think is more evil?

A colony drop or filling a colony with poison gas?
Feb 17, 2014 9:01 PM
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I have to say that while I expected Puru's death I did not expect it this early.

Ah Kamille in the rain.

It took ~35 episodes but we're going full speed ahead now.
Mar 16, 2014 11:02 AM

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Puru nooooo ;_;

Kamille lying in the rain was a tragic scene. I hope he doesn't die, at least. :/

This whole colony drop -arc has been fantastic so far.
Apr 15, 2014 1:53 PM

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I thought she was extremely annoying but i was sad to see her die especially since judah had gotten so close to her

kammile in the rain was quite tragic, that kid has been through so mcuh im hoping by the end of this him and fa can just live out their lives in peace, key word on the live cause kill em all tomino is definetly back in full action these past 2 episodes, hayato an entire city, and now puru all dead in an instant

MyLonesomeCowboy said:
Which do you think is more evil?

A colony drop or filling a colony with poison gas?
colony drop definetly, cause at gasing a colony only takes out the colony, dropping one destroys 2 places and with much more destruction to the land, its kind of bizzare to say this seeing how this was a comedy series at first but these past 2 episodes may have been the darkest battle in the entire series cause this involved thousands of civilian deaths as well as a death of 2long time characters

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Jun 16, 2014 9:23 PM

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Wasn't expecting Puru to die this soon. I expected more Cyber-Newtypes battles between her and Puru Two. I guess that's too much of a good thing.

Ignoring the whole I'm-not-quite-sure-that's-how-it-works colony drop, this was a good episode. Psycho Gundam Mk II is such a silly name, though.
Nov 1, 2014 1:08 PM
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Puru T_T . she was my favorite character since the moment she said "purupurupuru"
Mashmre is coming back .
Dec 12, 2014 8:37 AM

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Puru two>Puru, I'm glad she's finally dead and Puru two is instantly less annoying and I like her deeper voice and cold personality more.

I also hope Kamille and Fa will just have a happy ending...sometime. Poor guy.
Feb 7, 2015 1:15 AM

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Wow what an episode!!!

Definitely one of the best episodes of the series! Even darker than some of Zeta's episodes!!

And Puru died!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

I feel like Judau should have screamed more when she died, but then again he didn't cried intensely when Leina "supposedly" died.

I also feel that Puru should have said something to Judau before dying like "I love you" or so.

And wow Judau made Double Zeta turned on his awakening mode!!! Even the big saber was straight from Zeta!!!

Guess he's becoming more Kamille now!!!

Wtf is Fa doing and not looking after Kamille like that!?! He better not die in that rain!

And wtf are we back to Gundam 079 PVs!?!?! What they spoiled the next episode like that!?!?!

That's it, if this keeps up i may have to skip the PVs just like what i did to Gundam 079.

Can't wait for the next episode!! We're almost at the end T___T
Dec 11, 2015 8:23 PM

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RIP Puru.
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Kamille in the rain was quite tragic, that kid has been through so mcuh im hoping by the end of this him and fa can just live out their lives in peace, key word on the live cause kill em all tomino is definitely back in full action these past 2 episodes, hayato an entire city, and now puru all dead in an instant
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Apr 26, 2016 6:05 AM

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whoa wtf Puru died, didn't think that would happen, especially not so quickly. Leina was in the episode preview though!? Is there a chance Puru will have somehow survived too? Karaba seemingly has no more survivng members, so who knows what's going to happen to them. And poor Kamille, he's distraught and alone in the rain. Hopefully this ep was the last we'll see of the psycho mk ii too...
May 19, 2016 9:30 AM

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For a moment the wrecked psycho Gundam looked like a terminator. There may be a bunch of Puru's in that storage room. And finally we get to see a more Zeta-like tone shift from the bullshit comedy and goofing around.
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I hope Kamille dies like that, in the rain. It's just such a perfect way to finish him off.
Oh hell naw!

Turning him into a vegetable was bad enough: if he fucking dies on top of that I'm dropping this shit like Snoop Dog.

Puru was an overall terrible character and no noble sacrifice will ever change my mind on this, but her death was very sad and unexpected. I'm glad that in her last moment she found the strength to let go of her selfishness and stand up to Puru 2 not just for Judau, but for her(self) and for a greater purpose.

Kamille lying on the ground in the black rain fucked me up, man.
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there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
May 24, 2016 7:53 AM

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What?
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Gosh darnit, couldn't they at least wait till the last episode to kill off my new favorite character? I'm sad she died,

I was certain Ple had escaped her death chance until this episode. As soon as she tried to go to her machine, I had almost no hope left.
I read every critic on her and often agreed but don't know why, I rapidly came to like this character a lot, What is this idea of killing the two youngest ZZ characters (I don't count the Zeta pair) ??
Now I wish Ple Two to die soon enough. After all, little girls don't seem to be allowed to survive in this show.

Judau being now able to raise a defensive Newtype aura and use his energy to empower a beam saber comes pretty fast. No wonder Haman saw his potential.

0/5


Forgot it before but I like the Zaku-3 model.
The Psycho Gundam Mrk.II reminded me of the Evangelion Unit-1 because of the color and "jaw".


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edit 22/09/2017: just why did I do that to myself. Thanks BANDAI/Gundam.info. XC
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Rei366 said:
Forgot it before but I like the Zaku-3 model.
The Psycho Gundam Mrk.II reminded me of the Evangelion Unit-1 because of the color and "jaw".
Oh right, I also forgot about it for some reason, but I really like the design of the Zaku-III. Neon Zeon's mobile suits have been surprisingly nice to look at so far, especially compared with how ridiculous every new model Zeon engineers came up with was in 0079.

Good catch on the Eva 01/Psyco Gundam Mk II comparison. With the similarities you and other people found between Four and Rei, this MS could have been yet another source of inspiration for Hideaki Anno.
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Kellhus said:
GuusWayne said:
there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Mar 31, 2017 1:34 PM

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Good episode, but i found Puru's death to be very anti-climatic
Mar 31, 2017 3:24 PM

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Rei366 said:
What?
Seabury said:
Gosh darnit, couldn't they at least wait till the last episode to kill off my new favorite character? I'm sad she died,

I was certain Ple had escaped her death chance until this episode. As soon as she tried to go to her machine, I had almost no hope left.
I read every critic on her and often agreed but don't know why, I rapidly came to like this character a lot, What is this idea of killing the two youngest ZZ characters (I don't count the Zeta pair) ??
Now I wish Ple Two to die soon enough. After all, little girls don't seem to be allowed to survive in this show.

Judau being now able to raise a defensive Newtype aura and use his energy to empower a beam saber comes pretty fast. No wonder Haman saw his potential.

0/5


Forgot it before but I like the Zaku-3 model.
The Psycho Gundam Mrk.II reminded me of the Evangelion Unit-1 because of the color and "jaw".


edit @SakurasouBusters Oh my God ! Welcome back!!



Haha thank you! Im gonna be honest, im having a hrd time finishing this one so i needed to take a break from it.
Jun 26, 2017 10:52 AM
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Puru's death was sad, but she was beyond selfish to point where it made no logical sense and for most of show she was just a crazy yandere being cute. Though the last few episodes she was in she there was improved in her character.

Puru 2 definitely seems more interesting hopefully she doesn't turn become Puru behaviour wise .
Jan 3, 2018 3:29 PM

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Wow.. what a dark, incredible, excellent, tragic episode and one of the best Gundam episodes I've ever seen from the franchise.

I cannot believe it.. but I loved Puru in this episode! Amazing that was even possible, but she was not annoying at all and really stepped up. I know people are saying it was too soon for her to die.. but that never even crossed my mind. Why was it too soon?

The animation was remarkable, with the ash from the colony coming down while the mobile suits fought, to the great rescue of the refugees, from Puru 2 being a straight up badass, to Bright getting his balls back, and the sad ending of seeing Kamille laying down in the dirt with black rain coming down. It did cross my mind that this probably should have been the finale since I'm not sure they can top this. Just fucking epic.
Feb 28, 2018 12:38 PM

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Elpeo Ple sacrificed herself??? Damn, just when she was getting a fresh start... this was sad to see. Judau has lost two precious sisters... R.I.P. Puru.
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Now Puru is gone too? This is getting darker, fast.

Judau is suffering greatly, but ironically, it's making him stronger.

Oct 23, 2018 12:03 AM

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Puru at first, although she was cute, but was an annoying girl.. But she was growing with Argama's members, especially for the last few episodes ...
Glemy Toto is really a terrible human being because using childrens like that ...
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Uff, as expected, the dramatic kill count went up at this stage.

Really, really sad...

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Yes no more elpeo puru !
Puru Two seems to be better.
Mar 3, 2020 8:11 PM
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Good episode but I felt that Puru's death was anti-climactic just like Hayatos
Jul 1, 2020 3:45 PM

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According to Glemy, Mashymre had something to do with the colony drop? :o "Now he should be satisfied" or something

Ple noooooooooooooooooooooo ;_; How dare you do that to me Tomino? She was almost my favourite character in ZZ. I will retain useless hope that somehow she magically survived. Though maybe she's better off dead, if it's Tomino's decision. I wanted her to grow up with Judau and adopt war orphans

Ple: "Myself, die!" - dies. But her other self did not :-[ Judau got a power-up, but it still wasn't enough to defeat Ple-two. And the ceremony at the end...it's so rare. Remember when Matilda died in 0079?
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and so it happened, i had a feeling Puru was gonna die soon.... to many death flags just showing especially when puru 2 appeared

it sucks she was the best character of ZZ but just like with most gundams especially the U.C. series gundams this always happens so was pretty prepared for this

with that said only a few more eps left lets see how things ends
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PURU NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Apr 9, 2021 7:24 PM

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I didn't expect Puru to die soon. Her clone is evil.
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Wait, Elpleo Puru died? When? One moment, she redirects the funnels toward the Pschyo Gundam, and the next moment Judau is saying Puru is dead. Seriously there isn't a shot of Elpleo dying or the Qubeley being destroyed. Judau didn't seem very upset about Puru's death.

There seems to be three cryopods on Glemy's ship, so there are two other Puru clones beside Ple and Puru Two. I'm guessing one of them becomes Marida. What happens to the last one? Unless one of the cryopod's was Ple's, in which case Marida will be the last one.

Mashymre being behind the colony drop seems extremely out of character, given how idealic he was earlier in the show.
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Another tense and dark episode. I really loved this one. We directly continue from the last episode, and the rubble from the crashed colony continues to fall throughout the whole episode, giving a really cool effect. I'm actually sad Puru died, I agree she was kind of annoying early on, but I kind of accepted it because she's young and what not.

Puru two has a completely different more malicious personality, and seems extremely skilled at piloting. I remember the Psycho Gundam really well from Zeta, but I don't remember if I have seen the Mk II yet or if this was the first time. Either way it looks like it was destroyed by Judau and the spirit of Puru already. I always did enjoy the newtype energy effect for some reason, that showed up a lot in Zeta. It looks like Judau's powers have fully developed now or at least reached a new level.

I'm glad everyone else are mostly okay, and based on the preview for the next episode it looks like my favorite character from early ZZ Mashymre is finally coming back! I missed him. I can't tell if he got a haircut, a new outfit or both.

Either way, ZZ is shaping up to be another great Gundam series. Oddly enough I enjoyed the lighter half too, but this darker half really represents what I love about Gundam and it's message on war.
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Did puru really died and judau didn't have any kind of reaction
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My one complaint about ZZ is this character's death.
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I wasn't expecting puru dying. Character was annoying but lately she was more likeable, so im kind of sad. Sure, without her Judau would be dead, still it was an extreme move from Puru...

We have again that newtype shield effect, like with kamille vs yazan, only this time judau used the beam sword, supposedly out of energy but possibly newtype energy / sword, but it didn't do a thing to Puru 2 lol.
With factors like these, battles as cool as they might look, are totally random, lol

I agree that Judau's reaction to puru was underwhelming, he's not happy about it, but he was pretty calm

Kamille in the ending.... X_X

I'm honestly impressed with the random puru 2's nudity; sure i know 80s classics weren't like nowadays animes where they don't show nipples no matter what, but it was still a bit random, especially on a character of puru's age, she would be around 10-11, or 12 at best, lol
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rip puru :( i really liked her
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Another tense and dark episode. I really loved this one. We directly continue from the last episode, and the rubble from the crashed colony continues to fall throughout the whole episode, giving a really cool effect. I'm actually sad Puru died, I agree she was kind of annoying early on, but I kind of accepted it because she's young and what not.

Puru two has a completely different more malicious personality, and seems extremely skilled at piloting. I remember the Psycho Gundam really well from Zeta, but I don't remember if I have seen the Mk II yet or if this was the first time. Either way it looks like it was destroyed by Judau and the spirit of Puru already. I always did enjoy the newtype energy effect for some reason, that showed up a lot in Zeta. It looks like Judau's powers have fully developed now or at least reached a new level.

I'm glad everyone else are mostly okay, and based on the preview for the next episode it looks like my favorite character from early ZZ Mashymre is finally coming back! I missed him. I can't tell if he got a haircut, a new outfit or both.

Either way, ZZ is shaping up to be another great Gundam series. Oddly enough I enjoyed the lighter half too, but this darker half really represents what I love about Gundam and it's message on war.
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Either way, ZZ is shaping up to be another great Gundam series. Oddly enough I enjoyed the lighter half too, but this darker half really represents what I love about Gundam and it's message on war.


exactly what i think.
also poor ple, i was starting to like her a lot... :(
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I already watched all of ZZ and loved it. The Animage Grand Prix actually has a list of fan rated greatests episode of anime up to 2011. THis episode was on that list so I too reaffirm to myself about how peak Gundam Double Zeta often is. It's been awhile since I rewatched this ep but 35 and 36 are the peak of this anime. Everything from Earth on is comparable to Zeta in quality imo. This episode tho.

Biosensor shenanigans, beautiful artwork and music, great story points that become more relevant later on and most of all, the finale of the only wholly good group in all of UC. RIP Karaba/AEUG. You will be missed.
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Im honestly dislinking this emily girlshes annoying. Anyways illia is a hot womna we need a new hottie since chara died not that mashymere aint a hottie himself.
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People weren't kidding when they said ZZ gets good towards the end!

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