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Nov 22, 2009 3:07 PM
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Epic battle between Whito Base and Zeon. It's nice to see the other crew members kick some ass every now and then.

Now we're off to Switzerland for some character development. Looks interesting.
Jul 25, 2010 10:06 AM
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I found my attention kept wondering during this one.

But that may just be the amount of sugar I'd consumed at the time.
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Jul 30, 2010 1:10 AM
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Great episode, epic battle in space~ I wonder why Char want to get revange against the Zabi family?
Oct 29, 2010 8:40 AM
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Another great episode! Slowly creeping towards the end now. 5/5
Dec 29, 2010 11:56 PM
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sayami said:
Great episode, epic battle in space~ I wonder why Char want to get revange against the Zabi family?

I would say something about killing his family...but.

His sister is alive so that doesn't seem likely.
Apr 6, 2013 9:16 AM
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They made a big point of saying that Side 6 is the only neutral side, but didn't they say earlier that all the other sides besides Side 3 (where Zeon is) were destroyed. LOL.

Mirai doesn't want to see her fiance it seems.
Aug 19, 2013 11:40 PM
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Ah, Amuro seems to be able to predict enemy moves just like X-Rounders could do in AGE. Can't remember if Innovators could do same in 00. Apparently Amuro is precursor for them. I wonder if Char has same ability or if he is just super pilot.

And looks like we are getting more charcater drama in next episode. Mirai hasn't got his backstory really explained yet but looks like it is time for it now.
Feb 18, 2014 6:32 AM
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Why do I suddenly enjoy watching these? I feel like it has something to do with the move to the space. I just love the idea of wandering around the big space with a small but sturdy ship, I guess. Like in Macross.
Mar 13, 2014 7:05 PM
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The battle was simply FANTASTIC. Amuro has gotten so strong it's ridiculous. Is he finally becoming a newtype¿
Jun 22, 2014 1:17 AM

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Another excellent episode!!!

Amuro is getting stronger and stronger!! First he destroyed that gold machine like it was nothing, and now he took 2 battle warships out of nowhere.

And lol i remember that kick he made from Blackstar machine. So that's where Kira from Gundam Seed got that from!!! He pretty much abuses it whenever he wants a out of the jail free card XD

Slegger performed poorly here. I actually thought he died because of the way he screamed when he was attacked!

Seems Sayla is having a hard time concentrating. So i knew it that Char isn't allied to Zeon. He just wants revenge to the current head which is the Zabi family! Maybe he and Sayla's kingdom were destroyed by them similar to what happened in Gundam Wing!!!

Even without looking at the preview, i can tell the way Mirai reacts that that's where her supposed arranged husband lives right now. I do remember last episode he currently lives there in Side 6!!!

Lots of references that was used by the future Gundam animes!!

Can't wait to see more!!!!
Mar 4, 2015 1:10 PM
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I can't believe it, the battle was what made the episode amazing!? That's madness!

But it did, these were the best battle scenes thus far! And, as always, Mirai is being cool :3

I wonder how Side 6 is remaining neutral, I do hope that will be explained.

Jul 21, 2015 2:14 AM

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A neutral Side? That sounds rather interesting. How "convenient" for them to end up going to the place Mirai's fiance lives.

I like how Sayla is still looking to improve her skills. All the skills in the world won't help her if she hesitates at a critical moment, though.

I find it a little sad when the White Base gets all fixed up, only to end up with more massive damage an episode or two later. Not that expecting otherwise is realistic, but still. xD

Also, I'm a fan of those particle cannons. Despite being the only big guns the White Base has, it doesn't seem like they're used very often.
Jan 13, 2016 10:25 AM
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Seems like the series made Kai into a more likable character and so needed to introduce Slegger to keep things spicy. A totally fine episode with some rad combat and good Sayla's bits, but seemed to be treading water a bit.
May 26, 2016 6:42 AM

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Amuro was ridiculously good in this one.
Jun 14, 2016 6:49 AM

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The thing that catches your eye so prevalent, is the growth of the entire group: Bright is sure of his choices, Mirai has become a skilled navigator, Sayla is a skilled fighter pilot; Amuro as the deus ex machina of yet another battle. The fight is really exciting, the White Base is its crew is increasingly able and accustomed to war. I'm curious to find out the secrets of Mirai, the story even now is similar to what I saw in SEED saga.
Jul 24, 2016 1:46 PM

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Greatly intense episode! Let's see what happens next.
Oct 7, 2016 7:57 PM

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Not that much to say about this episode besides sayla and the episode just being a badass fight.
Apr 25, 2017 3:49 AM

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This was one of the best battles in this anime yet. I'm going to give Amuro credit for killing the Musais because that was impressive. I'll also have the Dom he disabled with a kick count as a kill. I also want to say that this was Amuro's most successful battle yet.

Amuro Ray Kill Count:
1 Mobile Armor kill, 3 Dom kills, 2 Musai kills this episode; 6 kills this episode
46 kills total
Nov 5, 2017 9:36 PM
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This was one of the best battles in this anime yet. I'm going to give Amuro credit for killing the Musais because that was impressive. I'll also have the Dom he disabled with a kick count as a kill. I also want to say that this was Amuro's most successful battle yet.

Amuro Ray Kill Count:
1 Mobile Armor kill, 3 Dom kills, 2 Musai kills this episode; 6 kills this episode
46 kills total


Agreed. We're full on space battles now, awesome. Amuro is a Zeon destroying machine. Mobile suits, star ships. Blasting them all. Loved the epic animation of the ships lined up, showing thrusters going. Then Amuro with his entrance at the end finishing those ships. Loved it.
Jan 24, 2019 6:54 PM
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What the hell was with the first 6 minutes of this episode? Felt like they needed padded it with something, so they dug up whatever rejected design they found in their bin. The way the characters themselves spoke of the thing made the creators seem embarrassed of the thing and hoped everyone would forget about it.
Mar 16, 2019 8:32 AM

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Funniest part of the episode was Slegger's scream when his fighter was hit.
Nov 7, 2020 7:13 AM

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First half was kinda boring, second half was much better with everyone working together to win.
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Feb 19, 2021 1:11 PM
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The White Base crew are horrifyingly effective in this battle. Kai has gone from a snarky coward to a stone cold killer, babyfaced Hayato knows a good plan when he hears one, and Amuro in particular is a terrifying enemy. I know the Gundam is hardcore but he just made a seasoned spacial commander look like a chump, just before killing him by vacuum exposure. (Rather more deus in machina than ex.) They're still kids, for heaven's sake. Simultaneously glorious and disturbing, just like all the best wars.
Mar 1, 2021 2:00 PM
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Sayla: How do I get better. B.S.

In sport there is some thing a lot of professionals do to save face. They pretend they're injured.

And the medical team (who know what the player is doing and why he's doing it) will get get to the player or athlete. Apply a sponge or some thing and say are you alright, are you ok, how does that feel, does that feel better now, etc.

Then the player or athlete can stretch or jump up and down a little and return to the competition.. or not.

That's what Sayla was doing. Same as Mirai when she was reading those notes Bright wrote from his sickbed when she should have been speaking to and with the crew.

Amuro told Sayla: you're already a good / great pilot.

Sayla is Zeon and is a Federation Fighter piloting a Federation Gun Fighter when she just does not want to use a gun on Zeon.

No amout of reading books will change the fact hat most of the time she wants to be in a slice of life anime with her Char-chan where she's hands out milk and cookies to zeon pilots who are all really nice and fly ambulance rescue helicopters and stuff.

If Sayla is not going to point her gun fighters guns at the enemy and push her thumb/finger on the trigger then she should get out of that fighter and let Mirai or Fraw Bow get in there and go PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!

We've seen Mirai with a gun in her hand, see an Enemy and Shoot on Sight and Shoot very well from a long distance with a gun without a targeting mechanism.

White Base does not have endless replacement parts to keep repairing damage done to WB and the mobile units because Sayla doesn't want to stop people from shooting at WB and the mobile suits she is supposed to be covering when there is a battle in progress.

By the time Sayla finally stops trying to work out if the soldier(s) trying to kill her and every one in the mobile suits and everyone on WB (including the children) are her best friends ... the G-Fighter is severely damaged and WB has taken more hits than it should have... after Matilda's and her fiance both gave their lives to protectttttt from harm.

Mirai and Amuro need to stop covering for Sayla.
Mar 8, 2021 7:13 AM

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FT_anime_fan said:
What the hell was with the first 6 minutes of this episode? Felt like they needed padded it with something, so they dug up whatever rejected design they found in their bin. The way the characters themselves spoke of the thing made the creators seem embarrassed of the thing and hoped everyone would forget about it.


I felt similarly.
Apr 20, 2021 5:26 PM

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The series seems to be struggling to juggle its characters. Relena completely dropped off the map for like, 10 whole episodes. And now Zechs, Treize, and Quatre's sister have been completely missing for at least 10 episodes.
Aug 2, 2021 10:43 AM

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Sayla became a killing machine all of a sudden. Was that a fucking double kill from her? lmao

Sleggar on the other hand was straight up useless and cocky. Kinda expected that from a character who's written to be unlikable but it would've been nice to see him backing up his loud mouth. But eh, maybe later.

The Dimitri thing felt utterly pointless. It's like they just threw a random enemy with a random throwaway suit into the show to pad out time? He didn't even put up a fight.

Amuro was pretty badass in this episode. The way he just took out everyone at the end was great. He really keeps getting better.

Side 6 will hopefully be interesting. Judging from Mirai's reaction relatives of her are probably there. I didn't watch the preview, so I'm curious about that.
Aug 22, 2022 7:03 PM

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Good episode with great action
Nov 9, 2022 9:33 AM

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If Char is wanting revenge on the Zabi family why is he fighting for Zeon? Also, Sleggar is pretty annoying. Great fights and action in this one.
May 14, 2023 6:46 PM
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OKAY EP I GUESS
 NOTHING ELSE TO SAY
Jul 26, 2023 11:57 AM
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This is amazing, the combat was very well made. top stuff
Aug 2, 2023 2:38 AM

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amuro did a really good job in this battle
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May 15, 2024 10:40 PM

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big buff dude is actually pretty cool
Side Six is intriguing
Mar 26, 7:03 AM

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Space battles are the best. Amuro solo

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