Gundam 00 - 23
This episode made Gundam history I’d have to say. The highlight of this episode was Lockon’s death. We see him go out with a bang. We find out that all of the flag fighter pilots are killed besides Graham who hasn’t shown up lately. However, we are shown that Aeolia is in fact dead and cannot live to see the changed world. You’d think he’d keep his body in some better container.
Another interesting fact is that Trans-Am mode only lasts for a short time period and it also decreases the Gundam’s capabilities to fight. Something I didn’t like was that the Zwei was repaired very fast. How did they make more fangs in that amount of time without prior knowledge of the Gundam? Maybe we’re not supposed to think too much on it.
The remaining GN-X units gather and attack the Gundam Meisters. Setsuna hasn’t arrived back yet to help with the fighting sadly. The Zwei, now piloted by Ali is seen within the enemy units and causes Lockon to go out into space to fight.
We see Kyrios finally get a new upgrade, the tail-booster. However, its quickly destroyed during the battle. Soma also messes with Allelujah’s brain waves again. This time though, Hallelujah stops them. Allelujah goes Trans-Am mode putting the much needed smackdown on Soma and Sergei.
Lockon leaves in Dynames determined to take revenge. He uses the GN-Arms to destroy some GN-X units before he heads out to find Ali. He even takes out 2 carrier ships. Lockon totally gets a medal for destroying the most enemies thus far in Gundam 00. He meets the Zwei and is able to cut off its arm. However, a GN-X unit gets in the way and causes Lockon to be vulnerable to the Zwei’s fangs. The Dynames is now totaled and Lockon is still determined to kill Ali. He heads out to a broken cannon of the GN-Arms and hooks his rifle to it. He is able to successfully land a deadly hit on the Throne. However, Ali pulls the trigger at the last second to hit the GN-Arms. I’m surprised that one GN-Arms cannon was able to do that much.
Lockon’s final moments are him saying "Are you satisfied with this kind of world?" … "I hate it." He then points his finger Cowboy Bebop style at the Earth. That had to be the most emotional character death I’ve seen in any anime for a long time. He’ll be remembered throughout the series I’m sure. Now we need to find out if Ali survived that blast or if he in fact did die. Also, what the hell is Nena going to do?
As for me, Lockon is dead, Ali Al Sarshes is alive (ala Gauron), but will die on Setsuna’s hands and fianlly, Nena will join the HRL and die as well.
Comment by Syaoran Li — March 19, 2008 @ 12:49 am
RIP Lockon. Guy fought a good fight considering he was going in with a handicap. Really let his revenge drive him and it cost him his life. But can’t say many would have let the guy responsible for your families death go like that.
Ali is just a guy that won’t die for a while I think. So many have a ticket on his life though. He’s killed so many characters its pretty surprising.
Not sure about Nena. She is finally getting a taste of what it means to lose those you care about. Maybe will understand what she did to Louise’s family. Will probably use that Chinese girl (no clue on name) to get back into space and to her ship. Otherwise I’m not sure about her. Is really lost right now with her brothers dead.
Comment by FlareKnight — March 19, 2008 @ 1:01 am
Yeah, Ali most likely lived. Almost makes me think Lockon’s death was cheapened since he couldn’t get his revenge in the end.
For Nena, I’m hoping they flesh her character out a bit more. I’d be one of those people who want to see her change her ways and reflect on what has happened. She definitely does have potential if she’s used correctly.
Comment by Tales — March 19, 2008 @ 8:44 am
I think they are able to reconstruct zwei either by:
1. Going back to the leaked Throne-CB bases that we saw in the past episodes and get parts from there
2. Using “GN Fangs for dummies” from Zwei itself or just analyzing the past known armaments from the unit OS
Comment by Subarunyon — March 22, 2008 @ 2:09 am