You know, I don’t know if Gundam Seed Destiny was this
far along that it opted not to listen to any negative reactions. But then again, this show was apparently just
as popular as Seed so it managed to finish its 50 episode run intact. And every passing second I wonder how? How did this show ever succeed and yet the
original Mobile Suit Gundam and After War Gundam X get taken out before their
time? We’ll be getting to Gundam X later
this year. For now, we’re back to Gundam
Seed Destiny and if this set of episodes is any indication, the next five days
are gonna be a pure pain to sit through.
I at first thought things might start getting better in
the beginning. Lacus finally decided to
be a bit proactive and head into space with Waltfeld to find out what the hell
is going on at the PLANTs. This meant
Lacus got to “disguise” herself as Meer, with Waltfeld as her manager, to trick
a ton of ZAFT Soldiers/fans into letting her use a shuttle early. I loved Lacus’ Mission: Impossible style
infiltration, being able to find her way back into that early, aloof and bubbly
version of herself back in Seed to avoid suspicion. She didn’t have a problem dialing it up a
notch either, matching Meer’s more showy personality perfectly. Speaking of Meer, her disapproval of not
being met by adoring fans was interesting.
Is the power and fame now going to her head? I dare say even Kira got to have a bit of fun
with this plan, clearing a path for Lacus and Waltfeld while also engaging in
that time honored Top Gun tradition of “Buzzing the Tower” just for kicks.
But after Lacus was on her way to space, we came back to
Earth and got reminded of just how much things suck now. There were two major plots at play. The first was Shinn desperately trying to
save Stella from her deteriorating state.
At this point, I could care less about any Shinn storyline. I feel for Stella but I feel far less for
Shinn and we’ll return to that later.
Neo’s reaction to Stella being written off by Djibril was strange. They
haven’t explained why Neo is so close to Stella or how he came to be part of
the Extended Project himself. If he is
who I think he is under that mask, how the heck is he going to react knowing he
drastically damaged the lives of three youths, if not more? But Stella’s back in his hands now, courtesy
of Shinn giving zero F’s and going AWOL to deliver Stella back to the people
who can save her. And as much as I give
Talia credit for question WTF with the Archangel’s motivations lately, it is
disturbing to know she was alright with the order to hand Stella over to ZAFT,
as alive as possible, for further research on the Extended. Still, no matter who she ends up with, Stella
doesn’t have long and I’m gonna be expected to feel for Shinn when she does die
(spoiler alert: I probably wont).
The second storyline saw the Minerva experiencing a
dangerous case of Déjà vu as it was once again intercepted by an Earth Alliance
and Orb fleet. All I can say is, thank
God that ship has a battle bridge because the Minerva got torn to pieces and
yet somehow is still an intact ship. It
was a pretty brutal battle to say the least.
And it wasn’t helped that the Archangel decided, “If at first you don’t
succeed…” Only this time, people were
taking their crap. Even Athrun had to
step in and try to stop Kira from interfearing with the battle…a decision that
cost Athrun his Gundam at Kira’s hands.
And it only got worse. With the
Minerva beyond battered, Shinn got his Gundam sword and finally got his chance
to slay anything related to Orb. Mobile
Suits, Carriers, it didn’t matter. In fact,
it almost didn’t matter that he took out Aeul during his little berserker
barrage. What mattered the most was
Captain Todoka, the commander I spoke of a couple of last time. Sadly he was on the receiving end of one of
Shinn’s scream laden death blows and man…if only Shinn knew he just killed the
man who looked after him after his family was killed. Are we ever gonna see Shinn get that gut
punch handed to him? Probably not
because unless your name is Stella it probably will matter little. Anyway, Todoka stood by his wishes to fight
for Orb’s ideals and even sent his crew to the Archangel with the message that
he believes in them and that they’ll figure out what the heck they should be
doing right now. Hell, the man deserves
a medal for being probably the only person who doesn’t see Orbs current
predicament as Cagalli’s fault. It’s a
rare glimmer of hope in a show that has very little of that to offer because
the cast is getting dumber by the episode and the main character is a stuck up
maniac who is rubbing his bloody victories in Athruns face because there isn’t
anything anyone can or will do about it…screw Shinn Asuka.
Any other odds and ends from this set? We got some follow up to Lunamaria’s mission
to spy on Athrun last time. While I do
like that Talia didn’t send her out there to actually spy on the guy, but to
gather intel on the Archangel, I’m still leery of the Minerva Captain because
she’s in the know about some bad stuff behind the scenes. As such, I’m glad Luna has some seeds of a new
plotline going with her because she knows that Meer Campbell isn’t the real
Lacus Clyne and is deciding not to say anything. Will one Minerva crew member decide to do
something smart for a change? Also,
Miriallia is back on the Archangel and confirms that she and Dearka were
together but she dumped him…nuff said.
Damn, but I shouldn’t be shocked. Like I said when I theorized that
before, Seed Destiny is doing a bang up job ruining the reps of much of Seeds
cast so this shouldn’t be a shock. And
why are Durandal and Djibril looking at the same blueprint of a new
Gundam? I doubt theyre working together. Djibril is pretty peeved his plans to destroy
the PLANTs have gone disastrously ever since the beginning and now Logos is on
the verge of kicking him out. So is
there a spy in Logos feeding info to Durandal?
Twenty more episodes to go and at this point I’m not
expecting miracles. Most of the goodness
Gundam Seed Destiny had to offer was squandered in the first few episodes and
it has become a colossal train wreck of a sequel. Next time though, we’re gonna get our big nod
to Zeta Gundam as Shinn and Stella’s doomed romance reaches its climax…I think,
I can’t see her being around much longer.
I’d say it will finally push Shinn over the edge of no return…but he
crossed that line a couple dozen episodes ago so lets just see how he continues
to ruin every single aspect of this awful show.
See ya tomorrow everyone.
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