The destruction of the Memento Mori is short lived as the
Innovators attack Celestial Being at their weakest and send them crashing to
Earth. Setsuna tries to catch up but
ends up lured into a confrontation with the one who saved his life as a boy,
Ribbons Almark. But as a confrontation
grows and forces gather to eliminate Celestial Being once and for all, a new
development emerges to potentially throw the Federation government into chaos. The Federation turns to Sergei Smirnov to
resolve this new conflict…never letting on that they might have their own far
more destructive solution to this little uprising.
Well, that’s one way to kick off the second half. Ian waking up from his injuries last set and
discovering there’s a hole in Ptolemios with a full mountain view produced the
right reaction…what the hell happened?
Setsuna’s search for the Earth stuck Ptolemios led to
some strong story for our lead Gundam pilot.
First, he met Ribbons face to face and discovered this glowey eyed,
green hair menace is in fact the pilot of the Gundam that saved Setsuna’s life
as a child during the war in Krugess.
Thankfully this didn’t shake Setsuna’s resolve and even with a bullet in
his arm, he took on Ali Al Sachez with 00 and kicked his ass. However, the 00’s Trans Am allowed Setsuna to
hear something unexpected…a song that soothed him. Turns out Marina and the children she’s been
fostering have written a song of peace and it’s kind of cute and catchy and
capable of piercing Setsuna’s heart. It
made a knocked out Setsuna look into his past and tryto stop his child self
from killing his parents only for the ghost of Neil “Lock On” Delandy to remind
him the past is the past, the future is what matters. This also allowed Setsuna and Marina to bond
and grow closer while Setsuna healed up.
Even if the kids are mistaken about their “Lovey Dovey” ness, it’s a
beautiful relationship those two have.
The song of peace isn’t new to the Gundam mythology. Now it might not have the same effect as
scaring aliens as in the original Macross saga (that or it being sung by a
horribly voiced singer), but Marina’s song “Tomorrow” is just as
important. She wrote it based on the
wishes of the children, all of which involve some form of peaceful activity
like playing or eating dinner. Marina
even admits to Setsuna that she’d always wanted to be a singer…something he
supports for her (GASP). Could Marina
end up being to Gundam 00 what Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell were for Gundam
Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, songstresses of the war time? As far as role go, I agree with Setsuna, it
does seem like a better suited role for Marina than being a diplomat.
Speaking of being a diplomat, Sergei was called back to
action when a military unit led by an old friend of his finally had enough of
the A-Laws crap and decided to stand against them. Id say this was about time as I cant believe
the A-Laws would be allowed to do so much and without a lot of backlash from
the main military forces like Sergei.
Luckily, Sergei wasn’t as gullible as his superior wanted him to
be. He knew going up there meant that
the A-Laws already had a plan in motion.
And thankfully he isn’t the only one seeing sense as Mannequin notices
some irregularities from the plans to deal with this. So why don’t these two side with Celestial
Being or even start their own team for the purpose of finding peace their own
way and stopping the A-Laws? Maybe that’s yet to come.
Sumeragi’s former would be flame, Billy, seemed to care
less about the events at hand so long as Celestial Being was dealt with, still
sore about the woman he loved playing him for information last season. But sadly, Graham Bushido Douchebag also made
a return this week to challenge an injured Setsuna. Graham’s selfishness his a new low as he gave
little than two cares about the coup d’etat at hand. All he wants is Setsuna and his Gundam. So what he can pull off Trans-Am with his new
mobile suit, Graham’s idiot level keeps rising with every appearance and I
firmly believe that if the A-Laws do what I think theyre going to do next
time…Graham would just let it happen so long as he can get his Gundam defeat in…what…an…A-Hole.
At least the Innovators finally took some losses this
time…from one of their own as Tierria got bad ass MVP of the set shouting his
humanity to the world and unleashing his Gundam’s secondary form to destroy his
opponents. If the Innovators believe
themselves immortal, Tierrie Erde put that name to the test…and they failed.
Look to the skies, something big is hitting Gundam 00
next time and it looks like it could change everything.
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