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The Gundam |OT2| Another 5 years of Gunpla, Origins, and GUNDAMUUUU!

Only a few episodes in but I don't mind ZZ so far. Judau could be an interesting change of pace, nice to see the main character not be a genius at piloting the Gundam right away for once.

Amuro wasn't exactly great at first either.. I mean, he could at least stand but his first few battles were luck + the gundam was too beast.

Judau is something else though lol. He's a pretty cool dude in his own right. I don't think he's as poignant as Amuro or Kamille... but I don't think he's supposed to be either. He's fun.
 

ramyeon

Member
Amuro wasn't exactly great at first either.. I mean, he could at least stand but his first few battles were luck + the gundam was too beast.

Judau is something else though lol. He's a pretty cool dude in his own right. I don't think he's as poignant as Amuro or Kamille... but I don't think he's supposed to be either. He's fun.
Haha yeah, he seems like a breath of fresh air. Seems to have a decent relationship with his parents and family, not too many troubles beyond money and wanting to support his sister. Doesn't seem as passive and socially awkward as early Amuro or as hot headed and aggressive as early Kamille. I'm interested to see where they go with him.
 
I really want to see your opinion of Flit now Jaded.
I guess I'll have to lick that toilet seat when I clear hunter x hunter.
Haha yeah, he seems like a breath of fresh air. Seems to have a decent relationship with his parents and family, not too many troubles beyond money and wanting to support his sister. Doesn't seem as passive and socially awkward as early Amuro or as hot headed and aggressive as early Kamille. I'm interested to see where they go with him.
Judau is a street punk, I don't hate him but he's not my favorite. Dude pushed Fa's buttons so hard that she had to smack him. Most of the cast gets better with time but they just seemed unruly until they had to stop acting stupid so they wouldn't die, except for Beecha and Mondo. Bright should've kicked them out of the air lock. At some point hit up Victory Gundam, it's different. I like it others don't but it's not a nice enough show to allow for too much dumb fuckery.
 

ramyeon

Member
I guess I'll have to lick that toilet seat when I clear hunter x hunter.

Judau is a street punk, I don't hate him but he's not my favorite. Dude pushed Fa's buttons so hard that she had to smack him. Most of the cast gets better with time but they just seemed unruly until they had to stop acting stupid so they wouldn't die, except for Beecha and Mondo. Bright should've kicked them out of the air lock. At some point hit up Victory Gundam, it's different. I like it others don't but it's not a nice enough show to allow for too much dumb fuckery.
I wouldn't mind seeing Victory. Pretty keen to watch F91 at least and that's a sequel to F91 right? Can't wait to eventually get to Turn A too... shit, I'll probably end up watching everything I can.

5 episodes into ZZ and honestly I was hoping it would have picked up a bit by now. Episode 5 with Geman the junker especially felt like really ordinary anime filler. Okay sometimes but this early into a series is disconcerting.

Fa being TOTALLY useless against some nobody while in Zeta was kinda of disheartening as far as her character progression goes.

I also really miss the OPs and ED of Zeta. So good.
 
I wouldn't mind seeing Victory. Pretty keen to watch F91 at least and that's a sequel to F91 right? Can't wait to eventually get to Turn A too... shit, I'll probably end up watching everything I can.

5 episodes into ZZ and honestly I was hoping it would have picked up a bit by now. Episode 5 with Geman the junker especially felt like really ordinary anime filler. Okay sometimes but this early into a series is disconcerting.

Fa being TOTALLY useless against some nobody while in Zeta was kinda of disheartening as far as her character progression goes.

I also really miss the OPs and ED of Zeta. So good.
Zeta had like the best OP's Anime Ja Nai is cool though since it goes with the tone of ZZ, but the second OP is more traditional Gundam OP. The first 20 of ZZ aren't great watches. I keep telling people the best viewing of ZZ is the second time you've seen it, for the first time the pacing is just borderline deplorable. Yeah Victory takes place after F91, I can never remember if Crossbone is after Victory though, in fact I actually think Crossbone is before Victory, but don't quote me on it. Turn A is so good, but it more focussed on the actual characters instead of the action. Turn A has two of the best female characters of the franchise in it though.
 
Crossbone takes place 20 years before Victory, 10nyeara after F91.

If you take into account Ghost and the new Dust, it's during the beginning of Victory and 15 years later respectively.

At some point, suit designs got weird. Like they all got high and had an insect fetish.

Jupiter tech is da bestes!

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5 episodes into ZZ and honestly I was hoping it would have picked up a bit by now. Episode 5 with Geman the junker especially felt like really ordinary anime filler. Okay sometimes but this early into a series is disconcerting.

Fa being TOTALLY useless against some nobody while in Zeta was kinda of disheartening as far as her character progression goes.

honestly it gets worse... i really almost gave up if it weren't for this thread. it does get better by 20 but yeah i kept asking myself how in the world will this series recover =P


Jupiter tech is da bestes!

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when did jojo stands become gundams?
 

ramyeon

Member
honestly it gets worse... i really almost gave up if it weren't for this thread. it does get better by 20 but yeah i kept asking myself how in the world will this series recover =P
That's... worrying. At the pace I'm going I'll be up to episode 20 in a few days so hopefully I can keep it up to get the first half over and done with.
 

CBTech

Member
That's... worrying. At the pace I'm going I'll be up to episode 20 in a few days so hopefully I can keep it up to get the first half over and done with.

If you make it to Moon Moon, just know you are at the worst of ZZ. Push through since after those episodes it turns for the better. The second half is significantly better.
 

ramyeon

Member
If you make it to Moon Moon, just know you are at the worst of ZZ. Push through since after those episodes it turns for the better. The second half is significantly better.

Oh god Moon Moon....

Who's idea was that. Also the Beecha and Mondo bullshit was strong here too.
I've heard this name a few times now and it scares me haha. Gonna do my best to watch this through without skipping stuff though so I'll soldier on.
 
I've heard this name a few times now and it scares me haha. Gonna do my best to watch this through without skipping stuff though so I'll soldier on.
You could sleep through Moon Moon and come out of it a better person. It just doesn't fucking matter. And fuck Beecha and Mondo. Should've been launched through space without a normal suit.
 
Ran into an old coworker the other day. Found out he opened a comic shop. Checked it out today and found an entire wall of dragon ball, sh figurearts, manga, and to my surprise gunpla. Pretty good variety of origin, IBO, and thunderbolt kits.


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ramyeon

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ZZ Episode 10.

Did they seriously just leave Fa in space to drift off back to Shangri-la?

Some of the ways the Zeta characters act in this makes no sense.
 
ZZ Episode 10.

Did they seriously just leave Fa in space to drift off back to Shangri-la?

Some of the ways the Zeta characters act in this makes no sense.

She didn't want to be on the argama anymore and wanted to be with kamille. They basically gave her an "out"
 

ramyeon

Member
She didn't want to be on the argama anymore and wanted to be with kamille. They basically gave her an "out"
I mean, they could have done a little more than "Oh I'm sure she'll be rescued by someone else".

Leaving a crew member to drift in space with a half destroyed mobile suit while the enemy is clearly in the area doesn't seem like something Bright would do.
 
I mean, they could have done a little more than "Oh I'm sure she'll be rescued by someone else".

Leaving a crew member to drift in space with a half destroyed mobile suit while the enemy is clearly in the area doesn't seem like something Bright would do.
Do you remember my post where I said Bright doesn't give a shot in this show? I wasn't joking when I said tbat. Fa was better off in space than dealing with the idiots on ZZ.
 

ramyeon

Member
Do you remember my post where I said Bright doesn't give a shot in this show? I wasn't joking when I said tbat. Fa was better off in space than dealing with the idiots on ZZ.
Haha yeah, he really does seem to have just checked out.

Up to the first episode of Moon Moon. Here we go.
 

ramyeon

Member
Fucking Bright isn't even sitting in the captain's chair straight in ZZ. If you feel like falling asleep don't fight it.

By ZZ, Bright is beyond done babysitting brats, especially newtypes.
Haha yeah, I notice he's even given up trying to "correct" people, dude just doesn't give a crap anymore.
wow, you made it so far so fast ... ]
Haha yeah I've been cramming in episodes literally whenever I can. I think I did around 7 a day in lunch breaks and before bed.

First episode of Moon Moon was... not as bad as I expected, I guess my expectations were really high (Low?). It was just another boring filler episode but I guess my biggest issue with it is that it doesn't fucking make sense.

Like how does this colony regress so far technologically in such a short time? I don't think it's been that long since colonies were created. It just feels really misplaced in this universe.
 
Never bothered finishing ZZ , all my friends keep telling me that it gets good at some point, but by the time
judau's sister "dies"
I was sick of the cast and concluded it wasn't worth it.
 
Haha yeah, I notice he's even given up trying to "correct" people, dude just doesn't give a crap anymore.

Haha yeah I've been cramming in episodes literally whenever I can. I think I did around 7 a day in lunch breaks and before bed.

First episode of Moon Moon was... not as bad as I expected, I guess my expectations were really high (Low?). It was just another boring filler episode but I guess my biggest issue with it is that it doesn't fucking make sense.

Like how does this colony regress so far technologically in such a short time? I don't think it's been that long since colonies were created. It just feels really misplaced in this universe.
I actually have a theory that the Moon Moon people end up living on earth in Turn A Gundam, but I think that has been rebuked here already. In ZZ Bright probably just wants to fucking go home already.
 
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