@Shin
Thus we now know who is going to get goo all over himself first. Thanks for the observation comrade.

Also spam filter PLEASE don’t eat my comment ._.

Gundam 00 definitely had issues with its plot and characterisation, but in the end, I reckon a majority of us watched this purely for the mecha action… I know I did. And as a side note, the second OST for gundam 00 has nice arrangements of the main theme… it’s a vast improvement on the first OST.

@rollchan
What Ali was born from pure win and awesome.

@Tofumaro
Yes their screams of terror as they died were music to my ears. Mwahahahaha.

@Calawain
Then Ali will be a martyr to the cause and ya know what he will kill more named characters than your “hero.” Ali wants to die in a war leading brave men, just like Patton. Prince Ali Mighty is he.

Okay, I laughed at that. Though even you have to admit the large piece of shrapnel sticking out of Corner’s chest might have had something to do with it too. Oh and..

“Perhaps they forgot about the [trial] system, like how they almost forgot all about Graham.”

It’s not that they forgot about it, they couldn’t use it at all when they were disconnected from the Katamari on the moon. But this is nitpicking at details, so I digress.

@rollchan
Ali was born from pure win and awesome not some cowardly bastard with a towel on his head who hides in caves.

@Setsuna-san
The GQ freebies wre sweet…

As for Kurdi kid kicking Corner…bah reasoning below.

@Amuro1X
I did not see Haro come back to life did you? So I presume that Haro is KIA until proven otherwise, besides it changes nothing the Unknown Soldier is still ranked third. If Orange Haro comes back then we can make the changes, but until then Haro is dead to me.

As for the Kurdi Kid, bah he wasted time sticking blades into areas that were not Conrner’s cockpit. We all know why Corner died, he died of a broken heart when Ribbons revealed himself as a traitor. Exia merely cremated the corpse. Besides ribbons set up Corner the bomb Corner never would have come out to play had not Ribbons convinced him so. Ribbons needed to be devious to off Corner and spent more time working on his kill, sure Exia helped but that was all according to plan. Sadly Ribboins was unable to convince Corner to use a golden Ball instead, so a GM vs a Gundam was still showed how Ribbons was making everyone dance to his tune. Ribbons worked harder for it while the Kurdish brat just pressed a button.

@Narrator 1
They rolled 1s by the way.

Celestial Being ran out of Fate Points.

I give the series a B for failing to deliver on the politics. it was a rather interesting ride though.

Ali al-Sarshes’ great2x grandaddy.

*glasses off*

For all its underdeveloped themes, hanging plot threads, and other obvious flaws, I still found Gundam 00 enjoyable, since I never came into the show with pre-set expectations (aside from, of course, expecting it to be a Gundam show). And I suspect many of the ‘casual’ viewers did as well, but for the more ’serious’ type of anime fan, who prefer plot coherence, tight pacing, and developments that don’t come out of thin air, well, the show’s mileage might vary.

However, it would also be amiss to call it perfect (I’m looking at you, sir Kaiohshin, since you seem to love to look at Gundam through the colored lens of a longtime fan). It’s a far cry from Turn-A — what non-fandom aligned ‘old hands’ like me consider Gundam done (mostly) right — that’s for sure. I’m awaiting the second act, and see if the production team can fix what needs fixing… As well as the inevitable stream of snark and rounds of debating it’s bound to generate.