Gundam 00 — Episode 8
I’ve been busy with various things since Saturday morning and only just managed to watch episode 8. Off topic, but everyone should watch Freedom. Jiyuu wo tsukame!
Fanservice dissemination at maximum output
I like this episode. It keeps everything I hate to a minimum. Namely: Saji’s ignorance and Setsuna’s angst.
Summary
A certain terrorist organization does not like Celestial Being’s unilateral actions and decides to bomb innocent civilians as a threat, which is totally ironic.
Celestial Being’s intelligence network desperately tries to locate the terrorists responsible for the bombings, but it’s too late as the terrorists have already cleared out their hideouts. The various national intelligence agencies (NRO, BND, DGSE) lend Celestial Being a hand by “accidentally” leaking the biometric data of the terrorists involved.
The responsible party turns out to be an European terror network called “La Edenra” (transliteration may be incorrect), a radical environmental preservation group. (This is totally wtf since Celestial Being isn’t exactly destroying the environment.) The AEU is making use of Celestial Being to remove a long-time threat to its own security.
“Anything you say, my mistress.”
Thanks to the leaked intelligence, the Gundams successfully wipe out the major operating bases of the organization. Surprisingly, La Edenra has bases all over the world, including Marshall Islands and South America, even though it is supposedly an European group. Liu Mei-sama suspects that the organization has financial backings from certain nations and instructs her sex slave Hong Long to investigate.
Paedo alert!
And on the sidelines, Setsuna meets with Marina in Scotland and they have hawt passionate discussions over their differing views of war and peace. Also, we learn that Azadistan was the country that fought a war with Kurdistan six years ago. And that Marina is a very lonely woman desperate for human interaction and probably a closet paedophile to boot.
Thoughts
Beach! Fanservice! Scotland! Ijou desu!
Screencaps
Setsuna bought a wig!
“This ship is in such a sad state without the girls around.”
“Not true. I’m actually gay.”
Dear Sunrise: Please make Liu Mei-sama the main character
She looks troubled. As usual.
Australia — kangaroo stalking
HRL territory — Gobi desert or Beijing in 300 years?
Union territory — generic rainforest
Scotland — generic mountains
“Hey kid, I’ll give you a candy if you follow me into my car…”
“Sorry lady. My mother told me not to take candies from strangers.”
“Right before I shot her in the head.”
OMG! Exia is being eaten up by a virus in the Matrix!
“Touch my breast.”
Mmmm…
Damn fishes.
Meanwhile, in another ocean.
Are the holes cost-saving measures…?
Heh. I wonder if they will ever come to Singapore? I want to see mechanical Merlions that shoot missiles.
November 27th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Don’t know about the holes, but I imagine that the wings would be able to change their shape in response to atmospheric conditions. And if it were sufficiently advanced there is no reason why it would need to be visually noticeable at all times. And I would assume that most of the time only very small variations would be necessary.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
You have two possibilities…
Either atmospheric flight has already been perfected to a point where nothing much is going to change to the basic design of aircrafts for the next 300 years. (I find that unlikely.)
Or the change is as radical as biplanes to modern jets. Possibly flying wings.
Cutting two jarring holes in what is otherwise a generic jet design is just being lazy.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Talking about the case of a 1-week delay of SnSS (Shakugan no Shana Second), I feel they are having certain problems, either with the subbing or the RAW version. Otherwise they could be too busy.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Setsuna seems to have some sort of crush on Marina. Remember when kids would teasing their crushes just to get their attention, Setsuna’s equivalent of teasing here is scaring her almost shitless and showing off his Gundam to her.
An observation I made seems to indicate that Azadistan is probably the only Middle Eastern country left, I got this from Marina when she generalized that all people with similar features as her are from Azadistan. The other would be the former Kurdistan.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:55 am
This episode had some interesting elements to it, why in hell would Setsuna tell that witch he as a Gundam Meister this makes no sense at all. Any one get the feeling Queen Marina is similar to Relena from Gundam Wing?
By the way Setsuna doesn’t need a wig, That was probably Lockon Stratos in his younger days.
This episode didn’t add too much to the suspense!
November 28th, 2007 at 6:05 am
The Vedas are the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism. Given the series appropriation of religious terminology (and the deus ex machina way that Celestial Being operates - hence the unbalanced fights) and the role of the Vedas as ‘revealed’ texts, I would imagine it’s Veda not Vader (the word ‘veda’, not as a proper noun but as a standard Sasnskrit word, means ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’ - so sayeth Wikipedia).
Yes, Setsuna could have at least used spoiler tags for Marina’s benefit. Not very gentlemanly.
16-year-olds are legal in the UK. Presuming that that remains unchanged for 300 years into the future (!), Marina isn’t (legally speaking, at least) a closet paedophile. In fact, in the UK you can legally have sex two years before you can legally consume pornography.
Didn’t Tomino direct Space Runaway Ideon? That has lots of death.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Something else i have noticed. It always seems to be Setsuna who gets in over his head. Shot into the ocean without destroying the offending attacker, losing the first half of the fight with Serges, gasping in shock over being shot at by the guy he was attacking in this episode (after being dragged away by complete surprise)… the others just kind of blow their enemies away without giving them a chance.
I wonder why they didnt just make a second Virtue with its seemingly complete invulnerability and ridiculous firepower.
November 28th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
I might drop this show. Damn it, I was enjoying it a lot too.
November 28th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Why on earth did Sestuna tell the girl who he really was? I totally missed that…
November 28th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Just commenting, Marina is more of a political person (the Queen, duh). Regarding Setsuna’s telling her of himself, he seems to think she can keep his secret. But then again his going over his head. He’s been doing things wrong isn’t he? But hope he don’t get shot by his comrade (it almost occurred in Episode 7).
November 29th, 2007 at 8:18 am
I have a simple answer for telling that he is a Gundam Meister. Setsuna was pissed at her and wants revenge. Thats it. They are of two different religions and backgrounds and he suffered a lot at her people’s hands. He simply warned her that she is next. Thats all there is to it.
November 30th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Yeah, he did get pissed off by the Queen of his enemy state. I was surprised when he spilt the milk at the last moment before he left. But was the name he said a while ago his real name?
Looks like things are getting bad for episode 9 this Saturday japan time.
November 30th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Why did Marina think Setsuna a compatriot?
Was it because of his attire?
November 30th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Well in the flashback it showed his name as Soran.
December 1st, 2007 at 6:44 am
where do you get these gundam 00 episodes
December 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am
Hey boys nothing wrong with a big age gap trust me ;) They’re so much more mature (unlike that annoying Louise) and more experienced.
And even if Setsuna is too young… well, give it a few more years XD
December 2nd, 2007 at 12:29 am
On the most basic pyschological levels, a young person (Setsuna’s age counts) who knows something that makes him better than the person he dislikes would be very tempted to rub that fact in that person’s face.
It’s similar to kids always saying “I’m better than YOU because of *blah*”. Maybe he just couldn’t resist. I think it’s a realistic, albeit impulsive and unwise reaction, given the situation. :P
December 10th, 2007 at 9:16 am
Boobs? :)
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 pm
That kurdish guy will end up with peacekeeper because the writers are twisted.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
LOL!