Loran and Diana finally return home to the Moon only to
find nothing but chaos waiting for them.
Dianna is powerless to stop the military factions left behind from
seizing total control and Loran is outmatched by the Turn A’s brother Gundam,
Gym Ghingnham’s Turn X. All signs point
to an inevitable, all out invasion of the Earth surface, with Gym leading the
charge. To save his own legacy and the
planet, will Guin Lineford betray the Militia?
And, at long last, the terrible truth of the Dark History and the Turn A
Gundam come to light as two Gundams clash on the surface of the Moon.
Well…to quote a smiling Dale Cooper from the first
episode of Twin Peaks, “Sheriff, we’ve got a lot to talk about.” Now I could start off from the very beginning,
like how im happy Moon’s Cocoon, aka Loran’s Theme, has become the new end
theme for the series (it’s much better than the new opening). I could continue with meeting the rather
disappointing Agrippa or discuss Guin finally becoming the punk traitor he was
probably always going to be and I will get to that and more…
BUT HOLY CRAP MY GUNDAM FANBOY MIND EXPLODED!!! I had
always heard that Turn A Gundam was hinted to be some giant connector piece to
the whole of the Gundam Multiverse…but I never expected to see what I saw. When Dianna, Loran and Gym all activated the
Dark History archives, at first I just saw the footage from the original Mobile
Suit Gundam series, a full run down of the One Year War. But then things kept going. We saw Zeta, ZZ, Char’s Counterattack, F91,
0083, Victory…THEN we saw G, Wing, X. So
if im reading things right, and im probably not but let me fanboy here, the
Universal Century (Mobile Suit Gundam-Victory Gundam), Future Century (from G
Gundam), After Colony Era (Gundam Wing) and After War Era (Gundam X) can all be
viewed as one giant timeline spanning the better part of millenia. In a way this revelation and theory seems
reasonable. I just recently did a binge
watch of the legendary Babylon 5 TV Series and they had an episode that
featured multiple flash forwards from 100 to 1million years into mankinds
future, each showing that things tended to hardly stay the same. It makes sense to me that humanity might
advance its technology, only to bomb itself back to the stone age and then have
to start over. Given the cataclysmic
events of the Universal Century and especially the After War Era (the period
itself almost an alternate version of the former with dozens of colonies
dropped onto Earth instead of one), it makes sense to me. Still the thought of the first 20 years of
Mobile Suit Gundam somehow being united under this one series was a moment that
invoked Keanu in The Matrix…whoa. This
lingered in my mind well after the end of the episode in which this all played
out. Oh im still a little sad we’re
leaving the Moon so soon but this info dumb of fun fan theory made everything
up til now worth it all…not that Turn A Gundam hasn’t been great until now
but…ok let me simmer for a sec and then I can continue.
Ok, back to the events on the Moon that weren’t about
uniting the Multiverse. We finally got
to meet the often mentioned Agrippa and…man what a disappointment. How the hell could a wuss of a politician
with no spine possibly be starting all of this crap on the Moon? I feel like he could’ve been overthrown in
five minutes (and he kind of was, im surprised he was shot and killed so easily
and no one cared). I just makes all the
hype around his character kind of a huge letdown. Still, Agrippa’s motivations for wanting
Dianna killed were his little saving grace.
He blamed her desire to return to Earth for reawakening the violent
warrior spirit of some of the Moonrace, i.e. Gym and his forces. And Agrippa didn’t just want Dianna out of
the way, he wanted to get Gym and his men to go to Earth to get their war on
and leave the Moon alone in general, thus ensuring an everlasting peace. I don’t think Dianna should kick herself for
wanting to return to Earth and bring those who wish to go back as well. I do think the planning should have been
carried out a lot more thoroughly…cause clearly it wasn’t a perfect plan when
you leave a sissy politician and a sword wielding maniac back home to watch
farm and not think they’ll mess up that simple task. It feels fitting that the minute the people
found out Agrippa was keeping the truth about the Dark History and the Dianna
Coutner’s war with the Earth secret, theyd riot and want his head on a
spike…and this guy thought he could rule, ha, ha, ha.
Well with Agrippa gone, Gym Ghingham can take his
rightful place as the true villain of Turn A Gundam. He’s itching for conquest and now he has the
allies and the weapons to make it happen.
The Turn X’s arrival was a haunting event. One glance at it and I knew Loran trying to
take it on wouldn’t be so easy. And it
wasn’t. To say Loran got an ass kicking
is a bit of an understatement. The Turn
X is a freaking monster of a Gundam (and looking as different from the norm as
the Turn A itself). Seeing Loran forced
to abandon the Turn A to save himself was a gut punch and a good setup for the
grand finale next week. This does,
however, leave two weapons of literal mass destruction in the hands of Gym
and…ugh Guin. I guess it makes sense that
with barely anything going his way this entire show, Guin would throw his lot
in with Gym. He says he’s doing this to
preserve the Earth with Dark History tech.
But its’ Guin, he’s been a selfish ass from day one, the second he first
called Loran “Laura” actually. He’s not
in it for the planet, he’s in it for his own power. It only sucks more that some of the Militia
actually agree with him and its selfish thinking like that which makes me hope
they all get whats coming to them next week (except Bruno and Jacop, they were
kind of in an impossible situation being forced to pilot the Willghem back to
Earth for the traitors on their ship).
Of course this leaves Loran without a Gundam and his friends without a
way back home…kind of, it’s the Moonrace, I’m sure they have a ship they can
spare.
I couldn’t close out this review without giving a
shoutout to some of the other stand out characters in this set. Seeing Dianna and Kihel unite against Agrippa
(and try to kill him together) was all the F Yeah you really needed in this
series. Their separate journeys have
strengthen both women. I’d say they’re
unstoppable together but then Gym is still an issue but im sure they’ll find a
way to stop him next week. And
Harry…HOLY CRAP HE IS CHAR INCARNATE!!! Ladies man (not using underage girls
for his own means…or at least Kihel consented to playing Dianna decoy again),
Best commanding officer ever and ARMY OF ONE!!!
Harry managed to take on Gym’s bloodthirsty Mahiroo squadron single
handedly, especially after they ticked him off and called Dianna an ass. Harry Ord mows down armies, slaps traitors
into oblivion with his Mobile Suit and still has time to let Kihel into his
love life…swag.
Whew, does that cover everything? Oh Chei Min (the daughter of Bright Noa and
Mirai Yashima from the original series) was name dropped, having been in cryo
stasis for who knows how long…man I could do a whole other article on
connecting the dots of the Gundam Multiverse.
BUT there’s the present to look to.
We’ve got Loran without a Gundam (and the tragic image of the Turn A
reaching for him while the Turn X stands triumphantly over its fallen
form). We’ve got Dianna, Kihel, Sochie
and those not on the Willghem stuck on the Moon. And Guin is leading Gym back to Earth…im
pretty sure fires are going to spread the second they land. Oh and there’s that bit I didn’t go into full
detail on about the Turn A and Turn X both containing a nano cloud weapon that
the Turn A apparently used to wipe out all life on Earth more than 2000 years
ago…and theyre both in Gym Gingnham’s hands.
This is great setup for the biggest Gundam finale in a while for
me. Alright Turn A Gundam…you’ve
impressed me so far, flaws and all. Let’s see how you wrap it all up. See ya next week for the series finale of
Turn A Gundam.
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