Gundam 00 — Episode 10
Eh. I think this is the kind of episode that most people would enjoy. It has some fighting (lame), character development (lame) and plot development (what plot?), all the jazz that people claim to watch Gundam for.
But I didn’t really like it. It’s boring and doesn’t really invoke any feelings. I almost fell asleep translating it. Give me episode 9 back!
Summary
Kyrios gets captured.
Texas chainsaw massacre
Virtue to the rescue!
Bondage
…Or not really.
Virtue gets bukkake’d
Virtue gets captured too.
It’s SEED mode all over again
But wait! It’s deus ex machina time!
Not pictured: Tieria pwning the enemies’ asses.
Virtue and Kyrios are fine. HRL goes home empty-handed. But everyone is crying.
T___T
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That pretty much sums it up.
Now to move on to the “highlight” of this episode… GN-004 Nadleeh! After being gang-banged by Sergei and company, Tieria is feeling a little sore. Pushed to the extreme edge of his limit, he does some kind of “awakening” sequence like SEED mode, except that it’s not as cool as when Kira did it.
GN-004 Nadleeh
His computer does a quick reboot and reveals its hidden operating system, GN-004 Nadleeh! OMG! What is “Nadleeh”? Well, a quick google gives us this:
Navajo origin stories embrace the idea of cross-gender identities. In some of these stories, men with feminine characteristics are known as “nadleeh” — they dressed like women and were considered important religious figures with a special role in ceremonies. They also shared in conventional female duties, such as cooking or caring for children.
Oh great. So we have Exia, Dynames, Kyrios and Virtue all coming from some variation of Greek mythologies, and suddenly out pops a Navajo transvestite? Sayonara consistency.
So yeah, even Sunrise acknowledges the fact that Tieria is transvestite/transsexual/whatever. I won’t be surprise if he starts having his period sometime in the next episode.
For further proof, this is how Nadleeh looks like:
The armour starts flying off Virtue like clothes off a cheap hooker and, before you know it, Virtue/Nadleeh bares it all! I guess it’s some kind of crappy analogy of Tieria’s gender duality. (Tough guy outside, little girl inside?)
I would like to make some witty remarks about its jarring crimson red “hair”, but I think the pictures speak for themselves.
In Turn A we had a Gundam with moustaches. Now we have a Gundam with hair. What’s next, Sunrise? Reproductive functions?
I hereby declare this entry to be the most sexually-charged G00 episode review to date.
On a final note…
MASS NAKED CHILD EVENT!
P.S. The second OP and ED for G00 are confirmed. The new OP will be “Ash Like Snow” by the brilliant green (booo) and the new ED will be “Friends” by Stephanie (yay!).
I just love Stephanie’s “Kimi ga Iru Kagiri”.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:49 am
Gundams should be monks and not have any hair. Hair on mechas would be OMFG freaking gay.
December 9th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Just for the record, the main reason im watching it for is the big shiny robots. No need to make up excuses :p
The other part is that i find the concept of space elevators and all of mankind being powered by solar energy fascinating. Especially since we are very very close to being able to pull it off in the real world.
December 9th, 2007 at 10:48 am
“Especially since we are very very close to being able to pull it off in the real world.”
…Except for the fact that there is no known material in the universe that even comes close to having the structural capacity necessary to hold up a 60,000-km high tower, not to mention the entire world’s economic resources combined would not even come close to being able to undertake a construction project of such magnitude. :P
December 9th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I guess he meant that it is technically imaginable and not so far off as to be indistinguishable from magic (i.e. the GN particles). >_>
December 9th, 2007 at 11:15 am
agree with Guner on the concept of the space frontier and solar energy.
but sunrise’s toying with gundam and hair??! can they just put out darwinism on this one? gundams gone down the wrong evolutionary track looks…. unsightly >.<
December 9th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Stephanie? I actually don’t like her at all. Is this really good new?
Anyway, I like the episode. I kind of spoiled myself with Newtype but still a good episode.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Oh this brings back memories of G-Gundam. All Nadleeh has to do now is put on a ribbon and get a magical staff for the first Mahou Shoujo series with an actual Gundam…suffice to say this was a decent enough chara change though no dancing?
SOB now were going to see a bunch of Exia x Nadleeh doujins though if this falls under yaoi or sis-con I dare not ask…
December 9th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Hey I like the Brilliant Green and Stephanie, but they are quite far off in style from the two rock songs we have had.
December 9th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
http://science.howstuffworks.com/space-elevator.htm
The concept seems to be that a space elevator will not be standing on the ground, it will be shackled to it so it doesnt fly away.
We just need to refine the nanotechnology, which could probably be done within a few decades if we decided to make it a priority. From there its purely a matter of production.
December 9th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
No matter what I feel that Gundams with hair is retarded… Gundam SEED would be even better IMO. 00 hasn’t got the beams nor the girls to beat SEED, despite the fact that both seriously lack story plots… (Destiny hasn’t got any)
Seems like Sunrise’s out to milk them Sunrise fanboys. =/
December 9th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Alright, I don’t have any of the issues most of the people have with plots, hair, or whatnot. Having said that…
What the HELL is up with Kyrio’s plastic-pellet-gun-excuse-for-a-beam-rifle?!! O_o;
Did you guys see how many times he hit the pink suit front and back and side AND front again! Nothing blew up, no scratches, nada. The pink one didn’t even have a force field or any such defensive system in place.
It was no better than a pink-colored water sprinkler! Someone hand the guy a decent weapon! >_<
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I like how they show that Setsuna can’t hit the broad side of a barn with his beam rifle to show the difference in their specializations or combat style preference.
December 9th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
the brilliant green ain’t too bad… they’ve got a couple of good songs. There could be worse ;P