The time of revolution is at hand. As Tekkadan seeks revenge against the man who
crushed Naze and the Turbines, McGillis finally enacts his Coup d’etat on Earth
against Gjallarhorn and the Seven Stars.
With all ties to Teiwaz cut, Orga goes all in to assist McGillis, who
seems so assured of his victory.
However, that’s when an old friend returns to challenge McGillis’ claim
and reveal his crimes to the world. The
tide is changing and with it comes a storm even Orga, Mikazuki and Tekkadan
cant stand against. Is this the
beginning of the end?
So…yeah…Tekkadan’s in trouble, like big trouble…like come
the finale we’re looking at a Zeta or Victory Gundam level body count for the
central cast.
Everything I kind of
predicted for this pivotal set came to pass.
While I’m glad the boys did get revenge for Naze, Amida and Lafter,
they’re still in way too deep thanks to Orga blindly thinking McGillis could
make good on any of his lofty promises.
Actually, if it weren’t for the fact that we have five episodes left to
go, the end of this set couldve been the end of the series.
Makes me wonder if an even crueler fate
awaits Orga, Mika and the others once they get their asses back to Mars.
But before we talk about how everythings gone to hell,
let’s talk about how sweet it was to see Jasley fail so epically.
The guys had it out for Tekkadan from the get
go and now we learn he had McMurdo in his sights as well.
Guys ambitions were as high as McGillis’ but
Jasley lacked any of McGillis charms and even less than half of his
brains.
Just what did he think was gonna
happen when he had Lafter assassinated (at a Build a Bear workshop no
less)?
Well, he wanted Tekkadan to fight
and damn did Jasley get what he asked for…just not how he wanted it.
The battle with Jasley’s faction also saw the
debut of the Barbatos Lupus Rex and it’s a fitting final form for Mikazuki’s
Gundam.
Bearing claw, a tail whip, and
an even bigger mace, this is the most feral I’ve ever seen a Gundam and its
only got one purpose: to smash anything that gets in its way…something Jasley
saw first hand when Orga and McMurdo left him to die by Mikazuki’s hand.
Kind of wish Akihiro had gotten the killing
blow though because of the last moments he and Lafter had.
Back in Season One, I admired what they did with McGillis
pilling on the wit and charm of Char Aznable to maneuver his way to the top of
Gjallarhorn, double crossing those who trusted him all for the sake of settling
an old score.
We learned just how messed
up McGillis really is, least of all being his sexual abuse at the hands of the
Head of the Fareed family.
His need for
revenge is totally understandable after that.
However…unlike Char, McGillis buried his head so far into romanticizing
the founder of Gjallarhorn and the history of the Calamity War that he
basically banked all of his chances for success on all of Gjallarhorn and the
Seven Stars bowing to him once he unearthed the first Gundam piloted by
Gjallarhorn’s founder, the Gundam Bael.
Wow…I
almost hate to say it but McGillis was kind of a dumbass in the end and now
everyone is going to pay for his crimes.
And while Rustal had been outmaneuvering him thanks to
help from Gaelio, who finally took off the damn mask and confronted the man who
scarred him, it was the Seven Stars themselves who sealed torpedoed McGillis’
plans.
It makes sense that if they
couldn’t stand against him, they didn’t have to stand with him, taking a stance
of neutrality and being more than happy to watch McGillis squirm a bit.
Truth be told, it was good to see Gaelio back
sans disguise.
It makes me wonder if
this whole scenario was based on a “What If…” idea from the original series
where Garma Zabi somehow survived his assassination attempt on Earth and got to
fight Char again down the line.
Gaelio
isn’t the worst guy in the entire series, dude even apologized to Mikazuki for
chastising him for using the Alaya-Vijnana.
Oh and it looks like I was part right about Ein.
Dude is dead but his mind is now part of a
psudeo Alaya-Vijnana system installed on the Gundam Vidar, allowing Gaelio to
go toe to toe with even Mikazuki and the Barbatos Lupus Rex.
Equal truth, considering Tekkadan’s days are
numbered thanks to McGillis, I’m perfectly ok with Gaelio getting another shot
to take him down.
Which lead us into space where Tekkadan and McGillis’
faction made a final stand against Rustal and his Fleet.
I’m surprised that we only lost Shino in this
battle but man it didn’t feel like that was going to be the case.
By that I mean, this was such an overwhelming
and hopeless battle I kept thinking this could be the final episode that saw
all of Tekkadan go down in a tragic blaze.
Orga getting to punch McGillis was totally warranted.
Sure, Tekkadan wasn’t going leave him high
and dry but boy did Orga back the wrong horse.
And now, like McGillis, Orga was paying for lots of his decisions big
time.
It also sucks that, much like Naze
and Amida, Shino’s parting shot didn’t get anyone of consequence.
Rustal and Iok are still around and Tekkadan
might be on their way home but they’ve lost another of their most important
members.
Man this show is unfair…good
and heavy…but still unfair.
Feel like I’ve been doing this with a few reviews now but
I like having an Odds and Ends section to focus on separate characters and
plots in quicker detail, gonna keep that trend going here.
Atra and Mika admitted their feelings for one
another…awwww.
They’d better get to work
quick on that baby though.
It’s both
great and a little irritating to see Mikazuki being so comforting and open with
Atra and yet still be the freaking Terminator everywhere else.
It’s a see saw effect with his development I
suppose.
Apparently Iok has a fan club
that wants him back in action despite all the crap he’s pulled…how?
Did anyone not see how much of a deluded
idiot he was on Mars?
Julieta and Gaelio
clearly did and even Rustal knows he’s an idiot.
Sigh, come on IBO.
You gave us justice for Naze by getting rid
of Jasley.
The least you can do is let
Iok meet a humiliating end in the finale.
And can we give Yamagi a hug?
Poor guy never got a chance to tell Shino how he truly felt about him
but I wonder if, on some level, Shino always knew, guess we’ll never know.
Oh man, tomorrow we reach the finale and it is going to
be so rough, probably one of the roughest Gundam Finale’s I’ve ever had to sit
through.
I’m sure it’ll be one for the
ages though.
Plus, despite the character
flaws this show is sooooo much better than G Reco, so it’ll probably end better
too.
Check back tomorrow for the sure to
be epic Series Finale of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans right here at
the Gundam Anime Corner.
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