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.
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!