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 25th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Mechanical merlions? that fires missles?
Whatever it is you’re smoking, i want some too!
November 25th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Oh you mean you felt nothing about Setsuna revealing his secret identity to a new-found friend? I thought that was ludicrous.
“My name is Cryal or whatever they told me to call myself in front of strangers.”
“Ok Cryal-san…”
“Fuck you, I’m not Cryal! I am Setsuna F Seiei the GUNDAM MEISTER!!”
This is actually a funny parody of the long-running Gintama joke where Katsura always says “Zura ja nai! Katsura da!” even in disguise.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Well there’s really not much to talk about. I guess he wants to impress the chick.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Just to post my opinion on this episode of Gundam 00. It appears (as obvious) that someone is literally manipulating the Celestial Being, as what you said, DarkMirage. “Leaking” information about the terrorists are certainly not what a country or organization would do to the Celestial Being.
And just to mention in the first Exia picture: it has the same mirage ability as Blitz from Gundam SEED?
I don’t quite understand this episode until I see it myself (looking forward to it this week).
November 26th, 2007 at 12:06 am
The Merlion got cut into half by terrorist mechas in Super Robot Wars Original Generation OVA:
http://textfiend.net/zerohero/?p=260
November 26th, 2007 at 1:44 am
lol candies
November 26th, 2007 at 2:26 am
I think that one picture where you say “Setsuna with a wig on” is actually a young Lockon.
November 26th, 2007 at 2:42 am
lol Setsuna tried to impress Marina with Exia in the end “Hey look at me, I have a gundam~~”
November 26th, 2007 at 2:43 am
lol the holes on tht plane… makes no sense…
well neither does giant humanoid combat battle robots. so whatever.