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Turn A Gundam -

Victory walked (well, more like drowned) so Turn-A could not just run, but go into space. The idea of using older technology and stuff like helicopters was wasted and not used to its potential in Victory. After apologising for that mess of a show, you can tell that Tomino had something to prove with this, and boy did he succeed.

This is a completely original and different series, not just for Gundam but for all sci-fi. I cannot think of another piece of fantasy media that has so seamlessly combined older technologies from the 1930s, like Biplanes, with futuristic mecha and robots. ... The stark contrast between the Earth inhabitant's technology and the Moonrace's makes for great visuals and an interesting world.

As the episodes continued, I kept pleading, please, Tomino, don't ruin this. Don't throw in some weird uncomfortable shit like in all of the 90s Gundam series. Please, no sexism, no woman-hating, no weird cuck arc, no woman who joins the opposing side and simps for a genocide enjoyer, etc... But it never came. The curse is broken. The only weird thing in this show is the protagonist being a femboy and some characters wanting him to be a girl but that doesn't take away anything from the show and is only a minor complaint thankfully.

Episode 8 was a turning point for me. I think this was when I knew, this show was going to be something special, something different. It was when the show started to really hone in on the ambiguity and just how morally complex humans are and war is. Instead of being robotic spies, the people who were sent to scope out Earth actually felt happy in their new home and grew attached to the people there. I don't know how else to put this except, the characters in this show all feel human. Whether it be the angry citizens for losing their homes, the soldiers going against their chain of command fueled by vengeance, the people who just want a place to belong, or those who want peace, every character in this world feels alive and complex, and has their own story. At the end of episode 8, Loran reveals who he is to the world and at this point I realised, this show was something special.

By the midpoint of the story, the cast has already grown an insane amount, especially the girls who swapped places. Both of them have faced many new harsh realities and had a major effect on those around them as well.

Universal Century has not handled nuclear weapons very well. Usually, they use other things such as gassing and the big Colony Drop, as more of a metaphor for Nukes. The nuclear-armed Gundam in Stardust Memory was hardly part of the plot, one was used in an episode of 0079 but was stopped by Amuro, and there was one in Zeta Gundam that was used in an impactful way, even if the build-up to it was a bit out of nowhere. But no UC Gundam had really focused and handled the topic with care before this point. Turn A does and it does it magnificently. We really get to see the terror up close and watch it divide people, scare people and change people. And bring to light humanity's true colours. The only other Gundam series to do this is surprisingly, SEED.

Gundam SEED's entire war was started after a rogue extremist faction of Earth used nuclear missiles to destroy a colony. And its conflict in the second half becomes a fight of two radicalised factions in an arms race with each other, while many create a third faction wanting peace, and rebel in their respective armies. I believe the main inspiration for this was Turn A Gundam. It's fitting that the last Gundam to be painted on cels was to be followed by the first digital-coloured series (SEED), which would also inspire it in a big way. The discovery in Turn A Gundam that the end to the war was nuclear weapons (later to be revealed to also be the Gundam), that caused damage so irreparable that many people fled to live on the moon for 2000 years to let the Earth heal, assuming most had gone extinct, and the people who remained on there would have to start from the beginning again. At the start of this series, you see everyone on earth is in technology that barely compares with the early 1920s of our time, and the revelation is this is because the damage from the war long ago was so devastating it sent humanity's progress back in time is an extremely powerful and well-written message.

There's another thing Turn A handles better than the rest of UC Gundam too, small tribes, religion and their people. Gundam ZZ massively failed with the Moon Moon episodes, and we don't even need to mention Reconguista in G, but Turn A succeeded in this and was handled with care. Because the Dark History (the history that led to Earth's initial ruin) is mostly unknown, it led to many smaller groups and factions forming their own beliefs and systems. Our protagonist was part of one that worshipped a statue, not knowing the statue itself was a Gundam the whole time. In episodes 32 and 33 we are introduced to the Adeskan people, a small tribe of people who built a religion based on the Orbital Elevator, calling it the 'Ades Tree.' These people have survived since before the catastrophic world-changing war started, their goal is to prevent another calamity. Based on the giants (mobile suits) lights in the sky and the sky turning red (all of the explosions including nukes) that brought ruin to Earth. The designs are original too, the Adeskan king wears a crown which is a Mayan take on an astronaut helmet. This arc also allows us to see even older technology like spears and archery used vs mobile suits, something you will not see in any other Gundam series.

This arc is one of many that have showcased how differently war affects everyone in this living and breathing world. At this point in the story, Guin is becoming more ambitious and ruthless, Dianna Counter has been overtaken and the queen has lost her power. The people in this world are all driven by their own goals and have their own stories.

Episodes 43 and 44 in which the Dark History was finally revealed to the people of Earth and the Moonrace gave me chills. Seeing all these famous events and conflicts from the Universal Century, and showing that the Turn A nearly wiped out all of mankind on Earth. And from then on it becomes a battle to try and stop history repeat itself and break the endless cycle of human conflict. The Climax of this series is so insanely good it gives Unicorn a run for its money.

The action is some of the best in all of Gundam and to be honest for me personally, all of anime. The contrast and difference in machinery and eras is something you won't see anywhere else. And seeing mechs and soldiers fight on the moon in a limited fashion trying their best to limit casualties and damage to the city isn't something we really see focused on in most shows of this genre.

In the final episode, we cut to a time skip, showing us how everyone is living their lives now that everything is over. Very little dialogue is said from this point, just music as you watch the conclusion. And I don't know why but just seeing everyone together, had me crying until the credits rolled. Unicorn is the only other Gundam to have an ending that leaves me this happy and complete. The conclusion to this show is one of my favourites in all of anime. This is without a doubt, the best thing Tomino has ever worked on, and is a show I will remember for the rest of my life.

(Make sure you still watch the original series first. As these movies do miss out a lot. However, unlike the first two, I can recommend you watch this one afterwards as it presents us with an alternate ending and some better action. And maybe watch the new scenes from the second movie but skip the rest of it too).

The meeting with Axis and Haman is cut short. Char already had barely any screen time in the previous two movies, which makes this a poor choice. The second meeting with Haman is also worse as the moment of Char having to beg Haman for help is ... cut short, once again, making his character less developed than in the show.

Similar to most characters, Reccoa got much less time in this trilogy than the anime so her change to go simp for the Scirocco on the opposing side seems even more dumb than it did in the original. She still goes on to the conclusion of 'I hate all men, men are bad' blah blah, what a waste of a character.

There is a character who is handled better in this movie trilogy though, Fa. In the previous film, they gave her and Kamille some much-needed relationship-building moments. And in this film, they are closer than in the anime as well. This makes their relationship at the end of Zeta and during ZZ onwards a lot more believable, as Kamille is less cold to her and she is more affectionate to him. They also remove the sexist weak woman subplot in which Bright refuses to let Fa pilot things because she is bad at it, and this is a change for the better in my opinion. Along with that, Fa is given more time to shine in the action as well.

Sarah is even less of a character in these movies than she was in the anime. However, I think giving Sarah and Katz less time was intentional, as rather than taking on the task of trying to flesh the characters out they purposefully gave them less screen time. However, this does make Katz's and Sarah's deaths even more comical than they already were.

Thankfully, Zeta's epic finale is still intact, with a great showdown in the theatre and then in space. In fact, we get new animation and a longer fight that makes Kamille's final fight with Scirocco a more fun and pleasing spectacle.

After the war is finished, we are given new scenes showing us how other characters such as Mirai, Amuro, Sayla and Kai are doing, as well as all the survivors from the battle. We are then treated to Tomino's alternate happier ending to Zeta. Rather than getting PTSD, going into shock and becoming disabled for half of ZZ, Kamille is fully intact and we get him and Fa reuniting after the battle is over. An emotional happy moment of the two of them together, floating and crying in space with joy. I absolutely adore this ending and much prefer how their relationship was treated in these movies. As a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Gundam and the 20th anniversary of Zeta, I acknowledge and appreciate this happy alternate ending.

DO NOT WATCH THIS, WATCH THE ANIME SERIES.

And we are back again, and the skipping from the first film continues here and is just as outrageous. Beltrochika's introduction was extremely condensed. Her relationship and introduction to and with Amuro are basically not there, which is an insult considering she is the canon mother to his child in Char's Counterattack novel. It also skips a lot of Amuro's internal struggle to decide to fight again.

Kamille is once again given less time to shine and develop versus how he did in the anime series. And Katz, who was already one of the weakest written characters in the ... show, gets even less development here. Sarah suffers a similar issue and is even less developed than before. In fact, they give her more moments to make her appear even more like an asshole and less human, which is a completely wrong decision in my opinion. They give her a new scene where she is kind to the children and says she will protect them, as she then proceeds to abandon them to join the opposing force. Making an already unlikeable character whose one personality trait was she was a simp for one of the antagonists even more unlikeable, what a bold writing choice.

The trip to space as well as the trip to Tokyo all happens in the first 10 minutes. Beltorchika's initial dialogue with Kamille is not here. Mirai's introduction and meeting with Amuro is completely skipped, as is meeting Luio & Co. Stephanie Luio is just on board the ship and with the crew now and it is not explained as we never got her introduction. Mirai's kidnapping is also completely removed. Four and Kamille's introduction is also short and their relationship gets less time just like Amuro and Beltorchika's.

The Psycho Gundam Tokyo climax was also shortened and less impactful. We barely see any of the impact or repercussions of what happened. Instead, we cut to the next confrontation with the Psycho Gundam. We also skip all the crucial dialogue with Amuro, Char and Kamille explaining Lala, Newtypes and the special connection Kamille has with Four.

There is one more major change in this arc, Four's death. She is shot in the head and dies immediately instead of the shoulder and slowly dying while trying to keep going. This removes all the moments of her struggle, her final words and her conversation with Kamille. This makes one of Kamille's main turning points much less impactful and is a disgrace. Making her death more violent would have been fine in theory, as long as we still got to see her fighting for him and believing in her feelings for him, but we got none of that.

There is, however, one change that is for the better. Fa and Kamille's relationship is given some much-needed scenes that the original show was lacking. Their relationship feels more believable. Instead of hugging after reuniting they awkwardly try and kiss but both have helmets on so it is a mess and they laugh about it together. This change was nice and one of the changes fans actually asked for. If the whole film was giving us what we wanted instead of removing key story moments then it could have been great.

Captain Bright's breakdown in his room alone in reaction to his video message from his kids was completely removed and instead, we get him watching it with headphones on in a meeting for like 2 seconds and then it cuts off. Just like with the first movie, and like most of the cast, his character arc is mostly missing from this film.

The combination of new and old animation was also a lot more noticeable in this film. A scene where some mobile suits showed up happened and then in the next frame they were completely different colours and different details and I had to pause because it caught me off-guard.

Watch the scene of Fa and Kamille reuniting, and skip the rest of this film, a waste of time, please watch the anime series instead, the anime is iconic and is one of the most beloved in all of Gundam.

DO NOT WATCH THIS, WATCH THE ANIME SERIES.

I was not going in with high hopes, as I was told this compilation trilogy is jarring and adds new animation to some parts but doesn't remaster the full thing, so it was going to be inconsistent. But it wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be, at least in this movie anyway. That being said a lot of the action sequences seemed rushed and it felt like they added even more camera shake effects (when there was already too much in the original). 80% of the action has your screen shaking and it is offputting ... to me.

I also wasn't prepared, for just how much is skipped. And this film skipped and cut A LOT. Kamilles' introduction is missing vital parts that cause Jerid's hatred for him. Fa, Captain Bright and Emma's introductions were also shortened, none for the better.

Kamille's parents have even less development and the death of his mother is extremely rushed. Which adds to his rivalry with Jerid being even less believable. The plot with his dad was completely changed to a much shorter version, which also makes his dad out to be even more evil than before. Removing this subplot also means Emma's character is basically skipped entirely. We miss out on her struggle and moral compass, on her going against orders and joining the AEUG.

The scene where Char's name is first mentioned to Kamille is also changed, less impactful and then cuts to characters going to get lunch.

The heaviest part of Zeta's first act is also removed. The one where they visit a colony that had been wiped out and see all the remains of the inhabitants. Instead, they show Emma a video of it on a laptop for 2 minutes. And then they move on.

The entire Jaburo arc is cut down to 20 minutes and so much is skipped I honestly don't know where to start. Not only does this miss out on giving Kamille and Char development, but it also gives us a weaker and shorter introduction for Amuro, Katz, Kai and Hayato.

Kamilles whole struggle as a character throughout the first quarter of the show is about whether he even wants to be a soldier or not and how he is hesitant to join the war, but in this, he proudly deems himself one to Fa and has no struggle at all, a complete change in character.

The music was okay but I have 0 other things to praise. The final sequence changes with Amuro and Char were neat, that's about it. There is no reason whatsoever to watch this recap movie, it is an inferior and far worse version of the original show.

A lot of the complaints from the previous movies and the original anime series are still present here.

The Towasanga faction characters are still underdeveloped and we do not care about them. There's a character called Rockpie who dies in the first 15 minutes and we know literally nothing about him whatsoever outside of he had a girlfriend called Mashner. Mashner is another character we also know nothing about besides the fact she wore big earrings and loved Rockpie. She also dies later on in the film, along with the crew on her ship, who we know nothing about. These characters were given too much ... screen time for characters with 0 backstory or substance whatsoever. This applies to every character from Towasanga except Raraiya (even then, she is pretty underdeveloped and is mostly just a trope character).

The G-IT Laboratory characters don't really get any story or extra moments too. All of them are flat and I don't even know their names. I remember one had pink hair and that is about it. They smile and enjoy their first battle as they slaughter a ship of Towasangans,, and they hang around Captain Mask now, but that's about it. There is no actual personality there.

Once again, time is also wasted on Bellris love for his sister. He freaks out when she calls him 'Bell' and the other girls freak out about it too. You'd think after the other film where he cried in the forest after finding out his crush is his biological sister, they'd drop this weird stuff and instead flesh out and give more screen time to his relationship with Nodero. But no, as with tradition in UC Gundam, he has to have a childhood friend who loves him and he ignores and treats her like shit. Whether it be Victory, 0079, Zeta or ZZ, it seems they never stop this trope.

However, there is a relationship that gets more focus in the film version. 'Captain Mask' and Mannys is slightly more developed, they get a few more moments together and lines of dialogue. We get more reasoning behind Luin Lee's hatred for Bellri, even if it is mostly stupid. Even Manny says he's being unreasonable and jumping to conclusions but he doubles down. I understand he is supposed to be from a race of people that have faced discrimination, but it is handled poorly and he just comes across as the type of angry hater who would leave mean comments on someone's YouTube video. During his confrontation with our protagonist, he basically calls him racist or classist and makes an assumption he is 'looking down on him' even though at 0 points in the series has Bell ever done anything to come across that way. And Manny is still another dumb girl who will go around and kill people she doesn't know, in a war she doesn't care about just to impress the guy she likes (just like Quess, Katejina and the other poorly written UC girls before her).

This is the final arc and the final film, and SU-Cordism is still hardly touched upon. I know Gundam in general has not had much success when handling religious and cult themes (outside of the Thunderbolt manga which is amazing), but I would have liked to see them at least try. The concept was introduced at the start and not really used since, outside of the Pope who is constantly passed around through every ship just sitting and doing nothing. We could have given time to focus on humanity on Earth's reactions to the taboo being broken and the truth behind the photon batteries and the Venus Globe. But like the overwhelming amount of characters, factions and ideas introduced, it is underused and just adds more to the list of things in this show that are lacking in depth. It feels like they tried to add way too many ingredients to the pan, it was overflowing, but then hardly cooked any of it at all.

The action is still plagued by constant camera or screen-shake effects that make you dizzy and are offputting. And the G-self is still the most overpowered Mech in the universe so there is never any concern for the protagonist losing in any capacity.

The characters are so aware of the protagonist being overpowered and 'lucky' that Captain Mask and Manny literally complain to him in battle that they are tired of him winning and everything going his way. Sol was I, the viewer. At one point Bellri was about to get shot and die but he's so 'lucky' that a bird flew in the way and made the gun miss.

The finale is still as stupid as in the original show. He talk no jutsus and ends all war in the universe by just asking people to stop. And just like the show it skips to everyone immediately being happy and okay with each other, like nothing happened. No explanation. 500 years of war ended with a kid saying 'please stop fighting' and everyone is friends now.

The only change real change in the ending is post credit sequence that shows Bell doesn't abandon Noredo and actually comes back for her. You know, that relationship that we got barely any time on cuz they wasted 80% of the story of him chasing after his biological sister instead of his childhood sweetheart. That being said, the ending of him with Noredo was nice and shows what we could have had if this series wasn't a complete mess.

And the cringe continues. Just like the last movie we once again see our protagonist crying over the fact he fell 'in love' with his sister.

And just like before, we still have a really underdeveloped supporting cast, with too many factions and characters to keep even trying and care about them as a viewer. I was hoping the G-IT Laboratory and Towasanga characters would get development this time around, but that was wishful thinking. We still know very little and do not care about half of the cast, and they keep introducing more characters even at this late point in the series.

The stupid fight ... by the Ocean Ring is also unchanged. All parties are required to avoid gunfire and using weapons near its exterior, as it could endanger hundreds of thousands of lives. Despite this, a character does and causes a hole in the colony which could wipe out all the inhabitants. He then decides he did a bad thing and sacrifices himself to fix the hole, the hole that HE MADE, he is the one who put everyone in danger in the first place. Who is this man? And who are his companions? I have no idea because they get 0 development or backstory.

However, it is not all doom and gloom, the latter half of this movie is entirely original. A big change from the series which gives us a much more cohesive and interesting battle than what was going on at this point in the anime series. The action itself still isn't anything special and is plagued by the camera-shake effect but it is still the largest-scale battle in the series and slightly memorable.

Unfortunately, it ends abruptly as the G-self is given a new weapon that just Thanos snaps everything it touches and disintegrates them with his new weapon called 'photon torpedoes.' So just like usual, the battle had no stakes because the protagonist's mobile suit was too overpowered.

That being said, this moment gives us the best scene in the series. We watch Bellri our 'hero' just wipe from existence an entire force by himself and he gets to see all the remains of the mobile suits and hear the echoes of all the people he has killed and have a breakdown. This is the only part of Reconguista that had emotional weight to it and it sucks that we didn't get more moments like this.

We also get a new and improved fight between Bellri and 'Captain Mask.' The beam saber usage is visually appealing and this is by far the best fight in Reconguista as a whole. We also get slightly more time dedicated to Manny, but both herself and her love interest are still lacking in development.

The last third of this film is new and different and for the better. This is the only film so far to be a major improvement on the original. That being said, it is still Reconguista and not on par with any other UC Gundam series outside of the other famous low points (IGLOO, Victory, ZZ etc).

The pacing in this film is greatly improved from the original show. But that is about the only praise I have.

It still suffers from the same issues this part of the anime had. Introducing too many new factions and characters, all of which, get barely any backstory whatsoever. 'Captain Mask' and his crew still are underdeveloped, and the same goes for the Towasanga faction. Honestly, at first, I thought they were part of the Venus Globe with how poorly they were explained in both the anime and the films.

That's fine, maybe they will fix some of the dumb plot points from the show with this ... one? Right?? No. We once again have to experience the plot point of our protagonist and his crush that he is 'in love' with turning out to be his biological sister. In fact, they make it EVEN WORSE in this film. In Episode 16 of the anime, after he finds out she is his sister, it cuts to them alone having a conversation and trying to be normal about it. For this movie? that scene is replaced with an entire new sequence. In this scene, we see him crying in the forest and having a mental breakdown, shouting to himself that he was shown DNA evidence, and crying that his crush is his biological sister. He then proceeds to Naruto run in anger in the forest on his own and falls over. Noredo his childhood friend who has been in love with him for years finds him crying in the forest and says these lines "You're disgusted that she's your sister" and "I thought this meant I'd won" and then walks away. She calls him out for being upset about his crush being his sister and then makes a comment about how she has won vs Aida and can keep Bellri all for herself. And then walks away. You cannot make this shit up.

In the last 5 minutes of the film our protagonist randomly goes "Sis, you're pretty." She headbutts him and says "Indeed I am." Reminder that he killed her boyfriend at the start of this series....

Do you know what else didn't get changed and is still just as stupid as in the show? The part where 2 factions are fighting in space, literally shooting and trying to kill each other - and then a space cleanup crew shows up to clean debris, so both factions immediately stop fighting, pull out nets and settle their differences by who can collect the most garbage in space. Yup, we still get this part from the show and it is just as goofy here as well.

Definitely the worst of the compilation movies so far. The pacing and order of things are slightly improved, but all the worst points are still here and one of them is made somehow even worse in this version than before. Disappointing.

Also, pretty much every mecha in Reconguista looks awful outside of the G-self (base form) and the Grimoire. All the others are uninteresting or stupid. One of the 'Mack Knife' units even shoots missiles from its crotch area. And the way half of the mobile suits basically have a screen with a smiling face or some symbols as the head design is lame to me. Mech designs are more subjective, so I won't subtract any points from this for that - oh wait, I can't because it's already a 1/10 regardless.

This movie starts with a major point of contention from the original show, and I was praying that it would be changed as this is the so-called 'better' version of the story. I was too optimistic. Bellri our protagonist shoots and kills his high school teacher on the battlefield and his justification is 'It's because you're piloting a new mobile suit' - which he says while piloting the most advanced mobile suit in the universe. He sits down and is a bit sad afterwards and he feels sick, which is handled slightly better than in the anime - but he still gets over it and ... gets back to his cheery self and happily shooting people left and right not long after. Once again, the tone of this show is still all over the place.

That's fine though, maybe they will fix other things, like making Luin Lee/Captain Mask an actual character. Maybe we will see how he became Captain Mask? Nope. He was a random cadet in film 1 with like 1 minute of screen time and now he is Captain Mask, has a secret identity and is commander of an army. I guess I was expecting too much. Manny (his girlfriend) isn't changed as a character from the original either, both of them and their relationship are still underdeveloped in this film.

Also, the characters still make jokes and comments about Bellri being 'in love' with Aida (even though, in the movie versions just like the anime she turns out to be his blood-related sister). I feel like this is a waste and they could have used this time to develop his relationship with Nodero instead.

Maybe the action is better? Maybe the action isn't still uninteresting with no flow and an overuse of screen-shake effects? Nope. It's still mostly the same. However, it is still better than the original show, the Night Fight in the Jungle was much better in this version than the original.

I was told the movies would be better. And maybe the later ones do fix some things but for this first one? No. 90% of the issues with the first part of the show are still present in this movie.

Our protagonist still gets a whiff of a girl's hair and falls 'in love' with her after his first smell of it. And characters still openly talk and joke about his love for her (later on in the series it's revealed she's his biological sister by the way).

The tone is still all over the place. After 'accidentally' murdering his crush's boyfriend, we are then cut to ... cheery music as he acts silly and goofy with his childhood best friend like normal. All the other kids who saw the person die were unphased and saw no issue, even though none of them had seen violence or death before. However, more time is given throughout the runtime to the internal monologue and struggles of the male and female leads. This makes the tone a bit less dumb than in the show, and is an improvement, albeit a small one.

While a lot of art has been redrawn, the only main consistent difference is that the eyes on the pink Haro thing called 'Nobell' light up green consistently. This Nobell by the way, is by far the ugliest Haro-type design in the entire franchise.

The environments are nice, but they were in the show too. They do give us birds and wildlife which is neat, but again, that was in the original show. Unfortunately, the action itself is still just as mediocre.

The fights are still uninteresting, and silly-looking and are plagued by a lot of camera shake effects that will make you dizzy.

Some stuff is reordered, some art is retouched, and the pacing is slightly better. Character motivations are a bit clearer. And Aida is better characterised in this film than in the show. If the following films keep up this pace, Reconguista's story might become watchable.

I didn't know what to expect going into one of the lowest-rated Gundam shows. Nothing could have prepared me for this mess. This show is all over the place, as is the tone, and as are the factions and characters. The protagonist is this happy-go-lucky always smiling kid who fell in 'love at first sight' with a captured pirate after smelling her hair. He then murders her boyfriend in front of her and feels nothing and then continues obsessing over her while all the other characters tease him about his love for her as if he didn't just shoot someone.

What's weird is you don't ... even get to see the pilot die, in fact, in all of the fights, it is heavily censored so half the mechs are never shown to be piloted by anyone - but after a battle, a character says 'I lost 7 of my men' and then starts dropping names even though we were never shown them and only shown mechs have their heads and arms cut off (the cockpit is in the body).

Our protagonist defects to the Armerian army after a few episodes, for no reason. Maybe he saw them bombing where he lived and was like 'that's cool' or maybe he did it because he's into the girl with the hair. After defecting he also kills his old school instructor by accident and gets over it in the same episode.

Later, in episode 16 it is revealed that his love interest (who he killed her boyfriend in episode 1 and both moved on from immediately) is actually his sister, by blood. You cannot make this shit up. Imagine falling for your biological sister after you shoot her boyfriend, INSANE.

At one point two factions are having a space battle and trying to kill each other, but then a third faction shows up (a space cleanup crew) and they stop fighting and decide to settle their differences in who can clear up the most debris and catch the most junk and rocks in their nets.

Later there is a fight outside an area in space called the Ocean Ring, in which all parties are required to avoid gunfire and using weapons near its exterior, as it could endanger hundreds of thousands of lives. Despite this, a character does and causes a hole which could kill the entire colony. He then decides what he did was bad so sacrifices himself to fix the hole, even though he is the one who created it and put everyone in danger in the first place.

The mask-wearing rival in this series might be the most underdeveloped in all of Gundam, with even less backstory than the antagonist of Gundam Narrative. I am not joking when I say his main reason for wanting to kill the protagonist is that they went to school together and he hates him for skipping a grade. And of course, like our stupid mask-wearer in Victory Gundam, he comes as a set with a girl who used to be friends with the protagonist but would happily kill him for the masked dude she loves for no good reason, in another underdeveloped relationship.

The last episode of this show and its ending genuinely made no sense whatsoever. It felt like parts were simply cut out and missing. The war suddenly stops, and all the hate anger and death ends because the protagonist, his sister and the crew of the Megafauna ask everyone to stop fighting. And now they all live peacefully together. There was nothing in between this, it skips directly from fighting to the 'happy' moments. The masked man who tried to kill him 2 minutes ago suddenly no longer hates him and is now living happily camping in the mountains with his girlfriend. Raraiya (a character who I haven't spoken about until now, but the short version is it was another case of the trope of the adult body with the mind of a child) suddenly vanishes from the last episode and is not talked about. Everyone is just living happy lives now and all conflict around the world and in space has ended, absurd. Think about how much shorter Unicorn or SEED could have been if it was as simple as that.

What a joke. What a waste of time, do not watch this show. Do not bother.