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[Gundam Build Fighters] - 3
This was a pretty great episode. It developed both our main characters, and even some side character as well. We got to see a whole new design for the main Gundam and there were 5 separate battles in this episode with a ton of cool looking robots.
The episode begins with some backstory for our red-haired protagonist:
In a manner typical for this series, Reiji explains his tale in a remarkably forthright fashion but even though Sei witnessed Reiji's teleportation he still can't buy it. This leads to what I can only describe as classic reaction faces:
One thing this episode does a great job demonstrating is that while Sei and Reiji are very different people characters with very different skills but both are equally important to the storyline. They are also independent people who have their own separate arcs to resolve.
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Sei, driven by the memories of his father's success, pursues his dream of building the great Gunnpla in the world. This is largely accomplished through a deftly shot, if rather conventional, montage. We see how long and how hard Sei works on his Gunpla both in terms of design and actually building the machine. A brief flashback of Sei's father reinforces this idea.
Reiji, on the other hand, strives to come the greatest Gunpla fighter. First he tackles Mr. Ral, but later on he has to find new sparring partners. In one of the most hilarious sequences in the show, Ral leads Reiji to an underground Zeon Gunpla bar. In classic Gundam form, Reiji demonstrates how much of a badass he is by chosing to fight all the adults in the bar using the weakest robot, the Federation Ball. He even boasts that he'll fight them 5 on 1.
Later, he trains with Ricardo in 200 practice matches. Not only do we see that Reiji's determination is equal to Sei's, we also see his flaws. Only a fool would chose to battle 5 on 1 in a Ball but Reiji gets too emotional for his own good.
At the end of the episode both Sei and Reiji are united and their strengths complement each other perfectly which help them win the 1st round of the qualifiers.
On top of all that this episode features a number of scenes with Yuki, who has already been established as the main rival to our heroes. A lot of work is done to remind you that he's their 'worthy equal'.
Furthermore we spend some time with China and we even get a flashback explaining how she became infatuated with Sei. Rather than just sit passively by she actually choses to go to the Gunpla qualifiers to further understand how Sei thinks and produces his 'art'. At the end of the episode she even goes to Sei's store to by a Gunpla (along with her brother). She's kind of the token 'girl who wants to understand this Gunpla thing' but it's still fairly well done.
One thing that stood out to me watching this original series was how good the music was. I had basically forgotten that this series has a really good score that's implemented very effectively by the director. It's something that you only notice by it's absence in Try.
Oh, it's also worth pointing out this episode features 5 battles none of which featured magic bullshit. In fact, it's many episodes before we see any stupid punching nonsense.
Stay losing, Gyan-kid.
This was a pretty great episode. It developed both our main characters, and even some side character as well. We got to see a whole new design for the main Gundam and there were 5 separate battles in this episode with a ton of cool looking robots.
The episode begins with some backstory for our red-haired protagonist:
In a manner typical for this series, Reiji explains his tale in a remarkably forthright fashion but even though Sei witnessed Reiji's teleportation he still can't buy it. This leads to what I can only describe as classic reaction faces:
One thing this episode does a great job demonstrating is that while Sei and Reiji are very different people characters with very different skills but both are equally important to the storyline. They are also independent people who have their own separate arcs to resolve.
IMG]http://abload.de/img/gbf3eajfzf.png[/IMG]
Sei, driven by the memories of his father's success, pursues his dream of building the great Gunnpla in the world. This is largely accomplished through a deftly shot, if rather conventional, montage. We see how long and how hard Sei works on his Gunpla both in terms of design and actually building the machine. A brief flashback of Sei's father reinforces this idea.
Reiji, on the other hand, strives to come the greatest Gunpla fighter. First he tackles Mr. Ral, but later on he has to find new sparring partners. In one of the most hilarious sequences in the show, Ral leads Reiji to an underground Zeon Gunpla bar. In classic Gundam form, Reiji demonstrates how much of a badass he is by chosing to fight all the adults in the bar using the weakest robot, the Federation Ball. He even boasts that he'll fight them 5 on 1.
Later, he trains with Ricardo in 200 practice matches. Not only do we see that Reiji's determination is equal to Sei's, we also see his flaws. Only a fool would chose to battle 5 on 1 in a Ball but Reiji gets too emotional for his own good.
At the end of the episode both Sei and Reiji are united and their strengths complement each other perfectly which help them win the 1st round of the qualifiers.
On top of all that this episode features a number of scenes with Yuki, who has already been established as the main rival to our heroes. A lot of work is done to remind you that he's their 'worthy equal'.
Furthermore we spend some time with China and we even get a flashback explaining how she became infatuated with Sei. Rather than just sit passively by she actually choses to go to the Gunpla qualifiers to further understand how Sei thinks and produces his 'art'. At the end of the episode she even goes to Sei's store to by a Gunpla (along with her brother). She's kind of the token 'girl who wants to understand this Gunpla thing' but it's still fairly well done.
One thing that stood out to me watching this original series was how good the music was. I had basically forgotten that this series has a really good score that's implemented very effectively by the director. It's something that you only notice by it's absence in Try.
Oh, it's also worth pointing out this episode features 5 battles none of which featured magic bullshit. In fact, it's many episodes before we see any stupid punching nonsense.
Stay losing, Gyan-kid.
