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People are likely to disagree with this review and that's fine but I did not like what this episode did with Kamina's character. And considering Kamina being a likable character is a major part of what makes the story of Gurren Lagann work I am glad they cut this episode out of the original version. The audience has to like Kamina and look at him as a cool mentor figure in order to identify properly with the protagonist Simon for emotional impacts to land as well as they do later in the series. We have all seen the comedic pervert characters in anime and I ... get it's a major trope that Kamina falls into (even in the original) and that's fine but using comedic tropes to the detriment if the story or themes of an anime is what really bothers me. In this case they significantly harmed an aspect of Kaminas character that made him incredibly likable in the original version. That being his willingness to always fight and risk his life never backing down for the sake of other people including his friends. So to have him give up on a fight so easily for the sake of getting to see breasts when in this case it meant putting the lives of not only himself but his friends on the line felt like such a major betrayal to what his character is supposed to be and it makes him significantly less likable. The only thing it does is create an opportunity for overused tropes/jokes and fanservice. But it's not worth it at all when this anime already has plenty of fanservice and the joke is simply not very funny. It honestly pains me to write this a bit as Hiroyuki Imaishi is one of my favorite directors but in this case I am glad he did not get to put this cut of the episode into the final show. If I have anything positive to say about this episode it's that I do simply appreciate seeing more Gurren Lagann animation that I previously never got to see. This show has by far some of the best visuals of any anime out there and this is absolutely no exception. Loved the animation hated what they did with Kamina's character in this. 2/10. Only watch it if your curious to see more animation/art from this show but don't expect to like the story of the episode.