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.
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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 11th, 2007 at 12:24 am
Sorry if this ruins anyones illusions, but Louise and her girlfriend represent the normal person. They are important to the story no matter how annoying they are.
December 11th, 2007 at 6:22 am
Kyrios was still in plane mode after he was captured. He didn’t magically transform, that’s just how he looks on the underside. You can see him transform when he’s getting up.
December 11th, 2007 at 7:05 am
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I was just wondering … how come the HRL soldiers can keep talking to each other with all those GN particles coming out of Virtue ? In the first episode we can clearly see that just a few particles from Exia are enough to jam communications from a long distance, and let’s not even talk about Virtue …
Too bad that by the ninth episode they’re starting to forget those little details that could had changed the plot (it’s difficult to come up with a strategy if you can’t communicate) or just had kept the universe of G00 realistic.
December 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am
hmmm….interesting comments…dlling the ep..
December 11th, 2007 at 8:27 am
damnit i dlled the mkv version…..this suks it wont play on divx #!#
December 11th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Wow, good point about the communication while Virtue was emmiting max GN particals. They said Kyrios wasn’t emitting them but Virtue was maxing out.
I think Lockon’s missing was due to the fact he was located on one side of the ship, and then they just flew under the ship in his “Blind spot”, you can’t really hit enemies below your ship if you’re on top of it unless you want to shoot right through it.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Not just that. Dynames was standing inside the catapult, which meant his vision would be restricted somewhat compared to if he was mobile and in the open. All in all, Lockon has the worst job, and he did his best ^^ So cut him some slack.
Now, Hallelujah is just an annoying prick while Man-woman turns out to really be a confused person and insecure person.
I think the point that sunrise is trying to put forward is that the people who end wars are nothing special. They have flaws like everyone else. Bit cliche, but i can deal with that.
December 11th, 2007 at 11:41 am
vince:
You can’t. I am the one who subs it. :P
December 11th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
loved allelujah’s voice in this episode….psycho mode woot. actually, come to think of it, at the end of the episode, they all had good reasons to cry. tieria because he thinks he made a serious error as a meister. allelujah because his “monster” side showed up again and he wonders if that is his true nature. sumeragi because she got outsmarted so to say and almost caused the loss of lives and gundams.
louise and saji are fillers to stall for time or something….
it was a good episode for me, call me a fanboy or whatever but thats what i feel.
December 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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December 12th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
Everyone guesses louise will die…Ill place my bets on Saji dying instead then louise goes pilot some gundam….
December 13th, 2007 at 3:02 am
I don’t know why everyone wants Louise and Saiji dead…
Personally, I just want them to learn a lesson so that Saiji becomes more manly and Louise less annoying. : )
This episode made me a little more disappointed, now that Tiera’s also got some weird stuff going on.
…why is it so hard for sunrise to do a good Gundam anime nowadays without the freaky/weird stuff? : /
And as a final note; I don’t mind Nadleeh’s red hair ON THE BACK. Now, the front side is a completely different story. It does however remind me of the one from FMP and that one was pretty cool.
December 14th, 2007 at 12:10 am
I want more Graham and Ali. And maybe Patrick.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
I know it! Tiera is transexual!!
December 14th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
For some reason, Tiera got the “rainbow flash” in his iris when he activated Nadleeh. And for some reason again, he didn’t even seem to realize he was activating it much too early into the “game”.
Understand your sentiments, TehShien. I believe Saji and Louise are meant to represent part of the citizens of the Earth, who are not directly involved in war. Looks like the director is giving us a look of every point of view, from citizens to reporters to politicians and those who are fighting in the battles.