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Rating: 8.5/10

Overall Series Rating: 8.8/10

Impressions:

To me, Gundam 00 never had a nice flow to it. It’s hard to find shows that actually do, and because of that, I can say that Gundam 00 is already quite the enjoyable anime. This episode ties everything up quite nicely, before throwing out heaps of new leads with the four years later aftermath/interlude. Because of that, I’m anticipating the next season a lot more than I would have if the show simply ended. I love how they decided to make a mess of everything (in a good way), by doing things like putting Louise in the same place as Tieria, or showing how Marie is actually an important person to Allelujah.

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

Impressions:

Uh oh, second last episode already. And yes, this is what I meant in my Shana post. Some more deaths to plague us with…the show seems like it’s going to throw in a whole new cast next time round. Ok, maybe a little exaggeration there, but I can definitely foresee plenty of new characters. And they really need to develop things with old characters, like Saji and Setsuna, or Marina and Setsuna. I’m only stating Setsuna because, really, he IS the main character here—can’t have him being a character with no substance and whatnot. But before all that, we have to see the finale of this first season, and I doubt there will be much closure…

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Popularity: 7% [?]

Rating: 9/10

Impressions:

I definitely wasn’t expecting Lockon to die, but it’s for good effect that he did. I’m not being a heartless person, but his death gives the show that much more substance, something which I fully endorse. This show really does just continue on with the same battle-after-battle pattern, but at least they throw in different variables each time to diversify things and make the show more interesting as a whole. There’s still no real mindbender twist in the plot or anything of the nature, but perhaps they can pull something out of their sleeves before the season is over. One thing’s for sure though; Gundam 00 has been more than just a pleasant ride.

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Popularity: 5% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

Impressions:

Finally, Setsuna gets the spotlight (though unfortunately not through his own prowess, but some function in the Gundams). It’s quite surprising that the Trinity siblings have been wiped out almost completely so shortly, as I had expected them to play a larger part in the overall plot. With the turn of events now, it doesn’t look like Nena is going to be representing the Thrones anymore, and I can see her either dying in an act of revenge, or siding with Setsuna and becoming more or less ‘good’. We’ll have to see though, and I wonder how this first season is going to end (obviously, it has to be pretty big).

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Popularity: 5% [?]

Rating: 7.2/10

Impressions:

With the inclusion of the Thrones, the story really should have started to harden, though at the moment, it’s actually weakening. It’s becoming progressively like a fight-rest-fight relationship that will only succeed in pleasing those hardcore mecha fans. Until now, we’ve only really seen a lasting war between CB and the rest of the world, and even the three worldly powers haven’t done anything really interesting. Unfortunately, if things don’t improve, I’m going to end up thinking that Gundam 00 is another anime that started with huge potential, but ended up wasting it.

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Rating: 8/10

Impressions:

Well, I wonder how the hell Celestial Being is going to combat the many new Gundam units that they are now pitted against, and whether they will actually work together with the Thrones (for the sake of easier blogging, I’m going to call the four Meisters we know best CB, and the new three the Thrones). Hopefully the four CB Meisters are fairly competent in their piloting abilities, and were not just chosen for their hatred of the world or something. Otherwise, CB will be out of the picture quite soon. I sure hope that nothing dodgy happens to ease the plot, like all the GN drives crashing at the same time or something.

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Popularity: 4% [?]

Rating: 8.5/10

Impressions:

It’s really refreshing seeing the Gundam Meisters fight as a team, a proper one that is, and actually do a fairly good job of it. I did hope that fighting in and amongst CB would cause more of a surprise in the superpowers’ political leaders, though it seems it was somewhat anticipated at least. I continue to assert that Nena really needs to die, and her brothers are no better. But Setsuna still needs to properly step up and show that he is superior to the others. If he’s not, it kind of defeats the purpose of having a main lead, and would make the show just a little more dull than what it might be. But oh well…

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Popularity: 5% [?]

Rating: 9.3/10

Impressions:

Holy f8ck this episode is good—best ep so far, without question. It’s been decided: Nena has to die a slow and paaainful death. Preferably at Setsuna’s hands. Her inhumanity astounds me, especially as her reasons for deciding to pull such a stunt involve a petty and childish sense of spite, and although this might be due to her being raised in a poor family, or something along those lines, the fact that she takes great pleasure from committing such crimes really makes it unforgivable. I didn’t think she would be such a psychotic girl when she first appeared, but it’s clear now that she’s an enemy to humankind.

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Popularity: 5% [?]