The Megafauna arrives at Towasanga, where a life changing
revelation is waiting for Bellri and Aida.
But theyre not the only new arrivals.
Envoys from the Capital Army and Ameria are close behind, both looking
to curry favor with Towasanga. A new
discovery points to the mysterious Hermes Foundation and Aida is determined to
face them in person. However, one
critical problem emerges, an ultimatum from Towansanga: whoever brings them
Bellri and the G-Self will gain their full support. Soon an all out war is on with Bellri and the
G-Self as the ultimate prize.
Throughout my life, especially in the last few years,
I’ve come to appreciate the 1980’s classic hit “Land of Confusion” by Genesis
the more I listen to it.
Not only is it
a freaking awesome song but the lyrics feel pretty timeless.
When the world starts acting less than sane
or some catastrophe happens, I turn to this particular part before the main
lyrics, “There’s too many men, too many people making too many problems.
And not much love to go around, tell me why
this is a land of confusion.”
This quote
alone sums up everything about Reconguista in G.
Nothing makes sense and everything is just
loud noise and a ton of posturing.
In
short, it’s a land of confusion and we’re at the penultimate chapter of this
cluster cuss of an Anime…it hasn’t gotten better since the beginning and it
probably wont as we near the end.
Our visit to Towasanga was very brief but not much stood
out from it as opposed to every other place the Megafauna has been.
They show up to a new location, schenanigans
happen while serious exposition is trying to be explained…and then a big fight
scene happens.
In this case: Bellri and
Aida are siblings, scions of the Rayhunton Family, who have been at odds with
the Dorette Fleet over…stuff.
It’s a bit
ironic that even though they were sent to Earth separately, Bellri and Aida
still became children of two warring nations…so good work there Parents, one of
whom bears a striking resemblance to Clarke Gable from Gone with the Wind.
The two take this news about as well as
they’ve taken everything else in this show…with initial dull surprise with a
couple brief freak out scenes to follow.
Bellri’s the more worked up of the two: whether or not because he now
knows he comes from Towasanga or that Aida’s his sister so he has zero chance
with her now (ok, ok, it was never implied he was ever romantically attracted
to her but it had to be there).
The
shows trying to morph Bellri into a more typical Gundam protagonist now: sick
of Adults bullcrap that’s been thrust on the youth of tomorrow.
There’s also attempts to give him a bit of a
Loran Cehek arc from Turn A Gundam where Bellri intends to fight against his
homeland because he’s grown to love Earth so much.
Problem is: Loran is one of the very best
protagonists in all of Gundam…Bellri is sharing a room with Shinn Asuka at the
bottom of the list.
Oh and Bellri wants
to bring a “Sea to Space”…more on that later but whatever, you do you dude.
At one point, a character classified Bellri’s generation
as “The Generation that views War as Fun and Games.”
In a show where the head writer is trying to
be prolific and failing super hard, this is the truest statement in all of
Reconguista in G.
There are no serious
minded politicians or tactical geniuses.
There’s no suave and in control Treize Kushrenada’s or charming and
ruthless Scirocco’s.
There’s just a
bunch of young guys screaming and yelling about how theyre all “Geniuses”
and how theyre gonna change the world and
take over their respective forces like its already happened.
Mask, Klim, Rockpie, theyre all just teens
whining about accomplishments that they haven’t earned and everyone is humoring
for their own secret agendas.
At one
point, Towasanga basically says they’ll ally with either the Capital Tower or
Ameria…if they bring them Bellri and the G-Self.
Suddenly it becomes a big competition to
catch the Mobile Suit that SOMEONE FINALLY CALL A GUNDAM 16 EPISODES IN (and
that’s coming from a guy who hates the G-Self, its so ugly).
This isn’t war, it’s a game and theres little
sense anyones in danger.
At one point
everyone starts making a freaking competition out of cleaning up an accidental
colony blow out that happened OFF SCREEN.
This. Isnt. Gundam.
And as you
can clearly tell, it’s pissing me off.
Eventually Towasanga got put in the Megafauna’s rear view
as Aida directed everyone to head for the Venus Globe: the main HQ of The
Hermes Foundation, the group responsible for instilling the big Taboos everyone
is breaking.
This involved hoping on a
giant Space Ark that only Bellri and Aida could activate to its true potential
because why not?
Also we got one
character turning traitor suddenly because this show loves its randomness.
And lastly, to prove nothing is ever going to
change with this show, we got another little civil war at the Venus Globe
between The G-IT Corps…, and Rosario Ten, the central control group of the
Venus Globe I guess.
The G-IT Corps were
just a bunch of pompous roided out new loud mouths to deal with, talking about
capturing the G-Self and proclaiming they’ll defeat the Megafauna at any cost…only
to freak out when their actions damage the Venus Globe and unleash a literal
ocean into space (isn’t this what Bellri wanted?).
Oh no, someone broke another Taboo…screw this
series and its characters hypocritical way of thinking.
The Taboo was bull and everyone knows it and
everyones going to be yammering about it until the show is finally over.
Mercifully, depending on your point of view, that’s only
one more review away.
I could just call
it here and mark Gundam: Reconguista in G with the score is so deserves…but 6
episodes need to be watched in order to give this dumpster fire a 1% chance of
making it to a 1/10.
Friday cant come
soon enough so that I can get this thing done and finally move on to,
hopefully, better things with Iron Blooded Orphans.
Side note: Does anyone actually understand or like
Reconguista in G and do the Compilation Movies fix anything?
I honestly don’t know if i’d review
them.
Sure I did that for Gundam AGE but
that was one OVA and it focused on the only of the four major arcs that
actually worked.
I don’t see G Reco
having the same miracle story there.
Anyway, Friday, finale, see ya then for one more assured rant about
Gundam: Reconguista in G right here at the Gundam Anime Corner.
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