Gundam 00 S2 – 08: Guess who’s back…
Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside.
Two trailer park girls go round the outside, round the outside, round the outside.
Guess who’s back, back again
Patrick’s back, tell a friend
Guess who’s back, guess who’s back,
guess who’s back, guess who’s back,
guess who’s back, guess who’s back,
guess who’s back…
In my dreams I hear again the crash of Mobile Suits, the rattle of beam weapons, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield, they terrible cries of my comrades long lost who never returned home. But in the evening of my memory always I come back to Katie. Always there echoes and re-echoes: Duty, Honor, Federation, Katie. Today marks my first roll call with you in this uniform. But I want you to know that when I man my cockpit, my last conscious thoughts will be of Katie, and Katie, and Katie. I will never bid you farewell for I believe that in your heart I will live on forever. What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone? How else can we put ourselves in harmonious relation with the great verities and consolations of the infinite and the eternal? And I avow my faith that we are marching towards better days. Humanity will not be cast down. The Federation will endure. My love for you shall never perish from this Earth. We are going on swinging bravely forward along the grand high road and already behind the distant mountains is the promise of the sun. I will follow you into the jaws of hell my dear, my love, my Captain. You stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by you when you were in mourning, and now we will stand by each other always. – Patrick “The Immortal” Colasour
(Note: Calawain claimed that he was busy this week with RL and sports games to attend to because his local team isn’t weak sauce like mine and he has tickest while I do not. So he called in sick this week…he’ll be back next week. Feel free to maki maki the Giants though, at least that will rob him of excuses.)
I’ve created a monsta, ’cause nobody wants to
See Patrick no more, they want Ali,
I’m chopped liver.
Well, if you want Ali, this is what I’ll give ya
A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor
Some vodka that will jumpstart my heart quicka
Then a shock when I get shocked at the hospital
By the doctor when I’m not cooperating
When I’m rockin’ the table while he’s operating “Hey!”
You waited this long to stop debating
‘Cause I’m back, I’m on the rag and ovulating
I know that you got a job Mrs. Katie
But your Patrick’s heart problem is complicating
So the Wang Liu Ming won’t let me be,
Or let me be me so let me see
They tried to shut me down on Fed TV
But Katie feels so empty without me.
The loss of Soma has proven to be a grievous blow as Louise in her grief asks Katie for the honor to pilot Soma’s Ahead to carry on her memory, However Katie senses in Louise a pilot not yet up to par and denies her request. However Lindt supports Louise in her quest for yuri vengeance and is willing to appeal to Brigadier “KFC” Goodman to save Soma’s Ahead from the scrap yard. Lindt adroitly attaches some conditions and forces Louise to got a party with Andrei for some much needed R&R so that Louise might sooner get over her grief over the loss of Soma and to prevent Saji from coming back into her life. Katie is worried about the loss of two pilots from her CAP, Lindt being the excellent chief of staff that he is informs Katie that they will be reinforced by three units one of which is Gadessa, and that they would be joined by an old friend of hers. Lindt secretly takes pleasure from all this because now the circle is complete and Katie once again has her Patrick at her side.
So come on dip, bum on your lips
Jump back
Jiggle a hip, and wiggle a bit,
And get ready ’cause this shits about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, “Fuck you Sumeragi!”
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
Katie, I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause you feels so empty without me
Despite Lindt’s thoughtful gesture Katie is not terribly happy that Patrick has come back citing that he will have to fight the Gundams again. Katie fears that this time Patrick will die, but Patrick points out that he has survived seven battles with them and takes pride in his combat nickname of “The Immortal” Colasour. Katie tells him that it was an insult Patrick simply laughs because he doesn’t care what other people think, all that matters for him is that he can help Katie. In the mean time 00bama sets in motion the liberation of Kurdistan and a much needed peace plan to stop Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Sunni-Shia split reformist-conservative split. Jihad-kun is mad because the A-Laws are arbitrarily killing people, though Prince Ali and the Innovators have pointed out time and time again this is precisely what Jihad-kun and his cronies have been doing for the majority of the first season.
Little hellions, CBs feelin’ rebellious
Embarrassed, their parents still listen to Elvis
They start feelin’ like prisoners, helpless,
‘Till someone comes along on a mission and yells “BITCH!”
A visionary, vision a scary, could start a revolution,
Polluting’ the air waves
A rebel,
So let me just revel and bask,
In the fact that I got everyone kissin’ my ass
And it’s a disaster, such a catastrophe
For you to see so damn much of my ass, you asked for me?
Well I’m back (Da Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) fix your bent antenna
Tune it in and then I’m gonna enter
up and under your Gundam like a splinter
The center of attention back for the winter
I’m interesting, the best thing since wrestling
Infesting in your CBs ears and nesting
Unlike CB who not only kills arbitrarily the Federation is very utilitarian and has build a society without poverty with security that gives the average Federation citizen a decent standard of living and freedom from fear. Sadly the absence of poverty does not sit well with Kataron and CB they consider the decent standard of living for all under the Federation umbrella to be worthless. CB and Kataron want conflict for without either their existence is meaningless and given how poverty has been eradicated in the Federation no one wants to listen to their ideas of Mammonism and efforts to overthrow the beneficent Federation Government that has brought prosperity and security to a world that was once wracked by conflict. Even while CB and Kataron tout Princess Poverty as an ideal ruler, the Federation has chose 00bama instead and that is something CB and Kataron cannot abide by. Having an African as the leader of the free world is anathema to them regardless of 00bama’s success as a leader.
“Testing: Attention Please!”
Feel the tension soon as someone mentions me
Here’s my 10 cents, my 2 cents is free
A nuisance? Katie sent, you sent for me?
Now this looks like a job for Katie
So everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
At the party Ms. Wang is quickly overshadowed by Titeria, Tieria’s female alter ego who has a rather smexy voice, in addition Louise having be forced to go by Lindt also eclipse’s Ms. Wang. Ribbons gives Louise Soma’s Ahead to complete her revenge and asks her to greet the other party goers. After that is over and done with Louise and Andrei leave because the party was filled with middle aged people and old folks. Louise it seems has been bank rolling the A-Laws with the Halevy fortune that was left to her after CB intervened on one of their weddings and she still bears the scar from the loss of her left arm. Furthermore Louise seems to have undergone a form of super soldier program similar to that of Nena, otherwise she might be manifesting newtype powers. Jihad-kun pretends to help, but is quickly recognized by Billy who calls for security as Andrei swoops in to take care of Louise as he raging hard as he sat in the car watching Louise talk with Jihad-kun alone.
A tisk-it a task-it,
I go tit for tat with anybody who’s talkin’ this shit, that shit
Jihad-kun, you can get your ass kicked
Worse than them little Dylandy bastards,
And Saji?, you can get stoned by Ali,
You 36 year-old bald-headed fag blow me
Feldt don’t know me, you’re too old
Let go, it’s over, nobody listens to Haro
Now let’s go, just give me the signal
I’ll be there with a whole list full of new insults
I been dope, suspenseful with a pencil
Ever since Marie turned herself into a bimbo (knife scrapes)
Titeria also has a bit of fun as Ribbons asks him for a dance, seems that Titeria was so lovely that they cleared the dance floor and Brigadier “KFC” Goodman went soft and remarked that it was lovely. Ribbons proves to be quite the dance and saves Titeria from embarrassing himself, not that anything would have topped a dud in drag, but just as well. They go out back like all star crossed lovers do and Titeria rages once he finds out that the Meisters were meant to be destroyed 4 years ago and that now they are obstructing Aeolia’s plan. Titeria goes into denial, but Ribbons points out that now he has put revenge above the grand plan. Titeria can’t shoot for shit and gets pwned by Hiling Care. Ms. Wang thinks that things will change, but Prince Ali stops Titeria and Jihad-kun dead in their tracks as they try desperately to escape. Prince Ali invokes the name of his country and his title and calls out a challenge to his hated foes. Both Jihad-kun and Titeria tremble and cower in fear despite having a 2 to 1 advantage, but because Marie and Feldt like having a lame cat fight along with Desu-tard Yellow making a nuisance of herself that the ass kicking was postponed. Saji is still not over the fact that he got dumped and was not invited to the party along with Princess Poverty. Mariana is unhappy because Jihad-kun did not take her out and had to console her self with some fat kid. Also the deposed Mariana decided to steal food from said kid…Indeed Klaus thought it was most dignified of Mariana to be barred from a party and stealing food from fat kids.
But sometimes the shit just seems,
Everybody only wants to discuss Louise
So this must mean I’m disgusting,
But it’s just Louiise I’m just obscene
Though I’m not the first queen of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley,
To do A-Laws music so selfishly
And use it to get myself wealthy! (Hey!)
There’s a concept that works
20 million other yuri pilots emerge
But no matta how many fish in the sea
Soma’s Ahead’s so empty without me
Impression:
Well the so called development for Marie and Feldt was rather lame since it was over and done with in a rushed manner. This leads me to believe that Soma is truly dead and that Marie will be Haptism’s morality pet for the rest of the series given how hardly any blossom of tension between them seemed to occur and even if it did Feldt forgave Marie depite the fact that it was the Unknown Soldaten, Prince Ali, and Corner who took out her friends. Even if Soma was awesome she was not that awesome. I still find Desu-Yellow to be an annoyance and the sooner she dies the better. Still overall it was a good episode despite the Marie “conflict.”
While I am sure that we are supposed to find this re-alignment of the Middle East to be horrible it’s not that different from what has been going on intermittently with the Israelis and their Arab neighbors. I see little to worry from the establishment of buffer zones between hostile nations being enforced by a military with some actual teeth, we all know the UN troops in Africa could use some help in keeping hostile populations apart and preventing them from killing each other. All in all it’s not very evil for them to do this, sure the Federation might be stepping on some toes but honestly the alternative of having them duke it out across a border is not much better by any stretch of the imagination. Azadistan was eliminated as a failed state and Kurdistan was liberated in a way as well, again given how Azadistan was hell on earth having the Federation take hold seems better given how as Sumeragi pointed out that everyone in the Federation has enough to eat and enjoys a decent standard of living. Even the threat of forcibly relocating one of two opposing populations hardly sounds terrible given how the Balkans suffers from ethnic conflict that started in the Middle Ages. At least unlike the Indian Partition the gulf of space prevents any two opposing ethnic groups from clashing along a border. All in all this is again hardly excellent evil, anyone who thinks that this is terrible and monstrous is certainly foolish as there are plenty of examples of ethnic groups fighting for decades and even centuries, with no end in sight.
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow Louise
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy,
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
Lindt’s created a monsta, ’cause nobody wants to
See Marie no more, they want Louise,
Marie’s chopped liver.
Well, if you want Louise, this is what I’ll give ya
In the end CB just seems to be there for the sake of their own egos, the people of the Federation are happy and not suffering and yet this is some how unacceptable because the A-Laws fight against those who threaten paradise. I am still not sure what Kataron’s beef with the Federation is but by Jove if Azadistan is the kind of place they claim to defend then the only complaint they seem to have is that they want poverty for all. Given the success of the 00bama administration unless they could have come up with something better then what cause is so great as to reject paradise? If it is “freedom” then Kataron only wants to have the freedom to starve, they are supposed to be protecting places like Azadistan but they did not face Ali and now rely on CB to protect them from the A-Laws who are willing to fight and die to protect the peace of the Federation. As decrepit as Mariana is now she has not been of much use to anyone, as she spends most of her time in front of a television. Given how Ribbons is manipulating everything and Wang only wants to see things burn I fail to see how the A-Laws who are willing to kill those who threaten paradise to be that bad, they aren’t denying it to the people outside the Federation, but Kataron whose goal is the elimination of the Federation are hardly looking like the good guys given their shady motives for fighting. Utilitarianism treats people like stomachs for the most part, but it is hardly evil to maximize happiness. It is hardly wrong to defend a society that has brought so much benefit for the average person, nor is proclaiming freedom as a cause give license to a man to destroy a society of those who do not wish to have the freedom to starve. The A-Laws might be tools of Ribbons, but at least they are trying to defend a society that is better than the Azadistani alternative, and CB is hardly nobler for dancing to Wang’s tune and continuing the fight for the sake of their own egos. Marie is Haptism’s reason for fighting but I fail to see how it is so very “just” for Haptism to parade Marie around as his reasons for killing other people and seeking to destroy a military whose operations have been limited to the elimination of a hostile group that seeks to demolish all that they have built. Jihad-kun is just still spewing out bullshit as he thinks that beacuse there are unhappy malcontents that no one ough to be well off or happy, it’s pretty much saying that because Saji is unhappy that we all have to share in his misery.
A little bit of Lindt mixed with some hard liquor
Some vodka that will jumpstart my heart quicka
Then a shock when I get shocked at the hospital
By doctor Revival when I’m not cooperating
When I’m rockin’ the table while Ribbon’s operating “Hey!”
You waited this long so stop debating
‘Cause Lindt’s back, I’m on the rag and ovulating
I know that you got a job Mrs. Katie
But your Patrick’s returning is complicating
So Fucking CB won’t let me be,
Or let me be me so let me see
They tried to shut me down on Jihad TV
But it feels so empty without me.
Louise is at least developing nicely as a character and is all the better for it given how she was a nuisance in the first season. Here she is now wishing to uphold Soma’s legacy and is using her wealth not for herself, but for the defense of the Federation against the people who killed her family. I hope that Louise forgets about Saji and focuses on her love for Soma given how Saji is undeserving of any affection. Poor Andrei trips and fumbles at the sight of Louise in her dress, which is understandable, but I hope that if there is to be a relationship or longing on his part that it will be done well and not be a repeat of Marie and Haptism. Ribbons was all round suave for his handling of Titeria and crushing Titeria for his impudence at putting revenge for Lockon as his top priority. I guess this confirms for the most part that the Innovators are cylons, but alas I doubt we shall have a Six and Eight equivalent. Sumeragi was an idiot for letting Jihad-kun go back into public given how Jihad-kun had blown their cover in front of Billy. It was a sign of her continued ineptitude if she failed to keep tabs on a man who knew her secret and Jihad-kun’s identity as he burned with the thirst for vengeance. Some plan that was, nevertheless Titeria looked smashing and Louise looked so hawt with her new haircut and dress. Ms. Wang was a let down, but I suppose now that the years have taken their toll and her anarchist outlook makes her all the more unappealing.
Yes Feldt is useless, didn’t have a proper cat fight or nothing…
This is what the A-Laws and Feddies are fighting to protect and Kataron and CB seek to destroy. As you an see Kataron and CB hate babies and heterosexuals.
This time Patrick arrived on time…
The Innovators seem to have their act together though Renge seems keen on betraying Ribbons, so there might be some infighting to be had later. Ms. Wang is just being a shallow anarchist with little done to shed light on her motivation for being such a bitch. Seems poor Hong Long was passed over by the Wang family in the line of succession. With any luck the destruction of the Wang Family will be complete when Louise goes to town on Wang when she finds Nena cowering there. For some reason seeing Brigadier KFC have a soft spot at the sight of a man and what he thinks is a woman dancing makes him less menacing. Same goes for Homer who is mildly proud of his nephew even if he is a bit hard on him. Lindt is just the epitome of what an XO should be, while Katie gets to look like a good person it seems that Lindt’s ability to be an asshole balances it out in order to run a tight ship. In most units you are supposed to dread the XO since he/she has to be the bad guy and be the one cracking the whip. I am sure that Lindt was put back by Katie’s sentimentality in rejecting Louise’s request out of hand, sure Louise was not on Soma’s level but Louise is eager and may yet prove her worth. Besides it was a clever way to get Louise to go to the party and drag Andrei along, he also gave himself as escape plan by putting the onus on Brigadier Goodman rather than promising Louise anything. Lindt only sent a chit up the chain if it was going to be rejected it would have been Goodman and not Kaite or himself that would have earned Lousie’s ire. Like any good XO Lindt kept himself well informed and had all the ammunition he needed to answer Katie’s reservations. Popping the Patrick surprise on Katie was well played and playing the Gadessa card was also well done. Again Lindt is a hardass and a prick, but that is what makes a good XO, and we have yet to see him do anything horrible to a person who did not deserve it. Given how Marie and Saji turned out I still can’t say Lindt was totally in the wrong for slapping Wild Bear.
I see Louise has good situational awareness…
Come on Andrei you got busted…
Except for your oozing hawtness…
Patrick was just awesome and his coming out party was fairly well done. Even if Patrick gets to be the one who suffers the most humiliation at least he is one of the most decent blokes in the series. He makes up no excuses for what he is doing and his motives for being a pilot are better than most of the rebels in Kataron and CB. He’s not dragging Katie into the war, but rather he’s following her out of a sense of love. Haptism is dragging Marie around like a morality pet and justification for his continued killing of people, but Patrick makes no pretense that he is doing this for anything or anyone else other than Katie. Haptism and CB make excuses while Patrick makes clear he doesn’t give two shits about anything other than his love for Katie. Neither Katie nor Patrick was dragging the other into the war, and at least now we know that Patrick is just hiding behind his stupidity and has some glimmer of intelligence. At least he loves a woman who can make up for his lack of intelligence. While every one else in the series seems to have some emotional baggage Patrick is happily free of any and has zero potential for angsting. Hoepfully now that Patrick is back that he will be giving Lindt and Bushido Bob a hard time, Ginin will probably mutter a few complaints along the way but I doubt Ginin will go back on his grunt sensibilities. Prince Ali will hopefully deliver the ass kicking he failed to give back in Azadistan I cannot wait to see Prince Ali back in action with any luck Titeria will be reaped in short order and jihad-kun will once again be humiliated.
Genderbend 4tw?
Yes KFC bawwwwing is so terrifying…either it’s his flab or Kataron is just populated by sissies.
I see Ribbons knows what gets Titeria all hawt and moist.
Dude looks like a lady…
Ribbons is smooth…
Real smooth…
Billy is Legion, he does not forgive, he does not forget and he has over 9000 Flags all of them killing terrorists.
So come on CB dip, bum on your lips
Jump back
Jiggle a hip, and wiggle a bit,
And get ready ’cause this shits about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, “Fuck you Lyle Dylandy!”
A tisk-it a task-it,
I go tit for tat with anybody who’s talkin’ CB shit, that shit
Titeria, you can get your ass kicked
Worse than them little Kataron bastards,
And Setsuna?, you can get raped by Saji,
Sumeragi, you 36 year-old bald-headed fag blow me
You don’t know me, you’re too old
Let go, it’s over, nobody listens to Yellow
Now let’s go, just give me the signal
I’ll be there with a whole list full of new insults
I been dope, suspenseful with just pencils
Ever since Bob turned himself into a symbol (knife scrapes)
But sometimes the shit just seems,
Everybody only wants to discuss me
So this must mean I’m disgusting,
But it’s just me I’m just obscene
Though I’m am the first king of controversy
I am the best thing since Elvis Presley,
To kill stupid infidels so selfishly
And use their deaths to get myself wealthy! (Hey!)
There’s a concept that works
20 million other Jihad-kuns emerge
But no matta how many fish in the sea
This show is so empty without me
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setsuna is in your house, stealing your womanz
and he would’ve gotten louise too if it weren’t for billy goat cockblocking him, the coward, jesus billy, just because the guy stole your hootchie is no excuse to call him out on his job, if you have beef with someone, you settle it like a man, which is taking him to on side and attempting to beat the shit out of him (i say attempt, taking billys lack of upper body strength into account)
btw crusader, in all honesty regarding brigadier KFC a mug like his would frighten all but the most hardened of combatants
This episode was definitely tons better than the last one (may it be erased from our memories) with more plot about Aeolia’s true plan and stuff about the Innovators.
Nonetheless, my favourite scene was definitely the continuation of “When Patrick Met Katie”. When Patrick laughed off the ridiculousness of his nickname as “Colosaur the Immortal”, which caused Katie to feel that she was able to let her mask of hardness fall, I went :3
Out of randomness and for the love of Macross F… there were many VERY good Sheryl cosplayers with some Alto, Klan and Michel at the Anime Festival Asia held in Singapore. I unfortunately did not take pictures of any Rankas though they were quite well done.http://pics.livejournal.com/lishan1988/pic/0002pg93/
http://pics.livejournal.com/lishan1988/pic/0002s2qk/
http://pics.livejournal.com/lishan1988/pic/0002t36c/s320×240
and a random EXIA
http://pics.livejournal.com/lishan1988/pic/0002xxpr/s320×240
nice rap, Crusader! Eminem style!
Katie can’t live without… Patrick.
FTW!
Yup, Saiji’s so pathetic that Setsuna, who only met Louise once, pulled out a wedding ring upon seeing her with short hair… and she didn’t immediately blow him off, but instead went into a Newtype flash.
… Sunrise fails again to make the A-Laws the dreaded evil org that were the Titans. Sure forced relocation is pretty bad but the thing that people will over look is that it’s not A-Laws doing the relocation, it’s the Federation. Any way you slice it, A-Laws is a small anti terror strike force that wouldn’t have the resources to make a huge under taking like relocating a whole region. Add to that they probably even talked about how the average Federation citizen probably voted and approved this move, then all they’re doing is setting up the Federation’s citizen as the oppressor. Which is directly opposite of CB’s “oh we only want to kill the evil A-Laws” way of thinking.
Patrick… the guy’s pretty competent in a fight, at least give him an Ahead. Though with Patrick’s luck he’s probably better off in a Jinx. But seriously, did Katie really think he’d stay at home while she rushes off to war? :3 I just hope if he does bit the dust he does it in epic manly fashion that shine like a bright sun exposing the sham of the CB lie causing them to emo so hard they actually implode from the emotional black hole it will cause. I expect him to be flippant to Ginin for at least one mission till he can earn his stripes.
Yeah, Linct is kind of growing on me more and more. Sure he made mistakes in the beginning when he was given command, but he’s going out of his way to provide everything Katie needs and makes sure the keep the mission in focus.
After watching this ep, it’s obvious that CB has a technology even more dangerous than the gundams. It’s their unmatched transgender technology. It’s so advance that it not only can masks Teira’s voice but hides his adams apple and gives him insta curves that can fool the naked eye at “dancing” range.
Ribbons… ok he was really smooth, but still lime green will never be menacing.
I actually just fast forwarded through all the CB soap triangle as there could have been nothing said that would make me even remotely care.
Oh, Billy’s back, so he’s working on a new suit? Makes me think it’s either a mass production version of the Green suit or it’s something totally new. At least he has mission in his heart and was quick to act when he saw Setsuna. Maybe this will convince him to start carrying a gun. Actually, when i think about suits, the Ahead has specs that can match up pretty well with the Gundams. So this new suit will be needed when the Gundam 00 gets it’s HAXZ 2.0 firmware upgrade.
@blind_dead_mcjones
Bullshit we all know the only thing Jihad-kun loves is Gundam, and has mild homolust for Saji. First rule of making a pass, do not ever mention the name of the other guy, Jiha-kun did so I think not. Besides we all know Louise has given up on men has hawt yuri love for her long lost Soma.
KFC is ugly I’ll give you that but terrifying? Naw…if you have a gun KFC ain’t so terrifying at all, Kataron had plenty of AKs just not the sense to use them properly…Otherwise old folks would be used as psychological weapons.
@Li Shan
You Singaporeans and you AFA, braggarts all of you…damn my lack of moneys. T_T
This episode gives us reason to hope, and I hope it continues.
Katie4 got her Patrick back and the bloke is about as harmless and well meaning as ever, at least he keeps the damage limited to himself. Th Immortal Colasour will win his Katie some day not matter where ever she goes, whatever she does, he’ll right there chasing after her.
@rollchan
Patrick is the only good guy in this series, he’s the only warrior of love in this morass of guys with baggage.
@Haesslich
Wait no Jihad-kun was not so gentlemanly or hetero to give Louise a Ring, I did not see an exchange. However Louise did get more attention from him than Poverty Princess who missed the ball and got fat on food she stole from some kids. Hopefully Louise will be a hero in this series and kill Nena with her newtype powers and the Ahead she inherited from her yuri lover.
Still Andrei got the shaft and was caught ogling Louise, not that any of us blame him for looking. Saji also missed the ball as his fairy godmother told him to fuck off. All in all it was a fairytale for Tieria who met his Prince Ribbons, but sadly at the stroke of midnight the spell was broken, as were a couple viewers.
@Square
Yeah the A-Laws are just looking like a bunch of professionals who are being taken advantage of by Ribbons, sort of a darker version of the Free Planets in LOGH only Ribbons is more overt than Trunhit. Still given how long some ethnic groups have been feuding and killing each other mass relocation might not be a bad idea, the Palestinians and Israelis certianly could use a few centuries apart.
Lindt is an XO he’s supposed to be a mean spirited fellow, and at least he is getting the job done and granting Katie more free time by working his ass off. In fact Lindt is pobably a softie at heart, after all he was pushing the Katie and Patrick ship along, he was also promoting two Louise ships too. We ought to be grateful that Lindt is doing his best to avert a Saji and Louise ending. Soma and Andrei are far better matches for Louise.
Ribbons looks silly but he’s the “villian” while that ugly lookin Ian is a “good guy.” Maybe CB is carrying a heft sack of shit after all if Utilitarians with attitude are the “evil” empire. I never imagined how feeding people and maintaining a stable economy was bad government…
I hope BIlly upgrades Bushido Bob to a GN Flag III so Acre might show up again. Other than that Ginin has earned himself a better Ahead…I hope the Grunt of Grunts gets a new MS for all his hard work.
@Crusader
WHAT LIES! I am a Malaysian!
random comment is randomAnyway.. in terms of moneys and such.. this is the first time we South East Asians have had the opportunity to have a convention on such a international and large scale. Usually this kind of things and the bigger artists tour in Japan (duh) and America which costs us tons of cash as well.
‘a fairytale for Tieria who met his Prince Ribbons, but sadly at the stroke of midnight the spell was broken, as were a couple viewers.’ This is so wrong.
Immortal or not, I still think Patrick will die this season.
MAN, that sword is phallic. Ah, who am I kidding, they always are. Anyway, sidestepping the Marie thing, I fail to understand why exactly Tieria was so shocked at his chick-double’s explanation of Ribbons’ plan. I don’t get it. What’s he shocked about? Sounds like exactly what he was fighting for. Except better thought out.
@Li Shan
Sorry about that, I forget that both groups go hand in hand given geographic proximity.
@elvadrieng
Oh but Titeria looked oh so right…should have made Tieria a girl, stupidt sexist Meisters.
Patrick will live, he’ll get shot down a lot but he’ll live because the luck of the Irish is with him.
@skoll
Aren’t they always though?
Vowels is schocked because Ribbons and Renge have a brain to back up their actions, Tieria has his mind clouded by Robolust for Lockon, and besides like any rebelfag the idea that his cause is little better if not worse than the opposition’s never crossed his feeble mind. Avenging Lockon is poor justification for seeking to tear down the society of hard working folks who struggle to make a living instead of having free time to rage about stuff that hardly concerns them…
Only difference is that the only ones not in on CB’s dirty little secret is Jihad-kun’s cell.
@crusader
whoever said stealing someones woman was about love? besides, considering that a housebrick has more social skills and tact than jihad-kun, i doubt he knows the first rule of making a pass.
I may have overexaggerated regarding KFC, but i still believe that he would be a fearsome opponent, i doubt he got to his present rank by just twiddling his thumbs.
still at least we finally have team patrick with us, and despite her objections katie’s is probably thankfull that he’s under her watchfull eye, god knows what would happen if he’s left to his own devices.
You’re the last person I would expect to fap to b00bies!Tieria, let alone shipping him with Ribbons.
@blind_dead_mcjones
Perhaps, it would explain why Gundam 00 seems to hate Jihad-kun and love Bushido Bob enough to power down.
KFC is probably fearsome when roused after all he planned the ambush that Klaus walked right into despite the intel telling Klaus that KFC knew what play he was going to make.
Without Katie Patrick would have been picking fights with the other pilots, at least when Katie is around he’s much more tolerable and his piloting skills go up. We all know how the power of LOVE allowed Patrick to cripple Lockon Mk I…
@Jayers
I blame Mako-cakes and Alto-hime for this…
In any case since Tieria is utterly useless as a pilot given how no names in GN-XIIIs can humiliate him and Patrick of all people pwned him once last season I think it is time to declare Tieria as un-salvageable. Better that we use Ribbons technology to genderbend him permanently and have Ribbons the Dark Lime haired Prince of CB whisk Titeria away to his fortress of doom than have any more of this robolust for Lockon Mk I. Titeria is mecha it was built by cylon technology an we all know properly designed cylons like six and eight are simply hawt, though Grace was better. Besides TiteriaxRenge might be the first instance of wincest in this show.
Ultimately I want to see Ribbons break Tieria’s heart like he did with Corner with similarly lethal consequences. What more fun can you have in putting together a ship and watch it sink…
@Crusader
I don’t think it’s a good idea to compare Grace to any other cylon cause it’s like comparing a Saji driven Jeep to a Ali piloted Gundam. It will only end in total phail.
Plus, it’s not the Meisters fault that they have lots of androgynous people on board… If you want to blame anyone for being sexist, look no farther than Sunrise itself (see Cornelia)
Out of curiosity.. is Regene a trap or a reverse-trap? And how soon can Ribbons use Aeolia sponsored technology to make sure he has a FEMALE harem or Innovators?
I’m glad Patrick’s back, I just hope he doesn’t became emo or anything. We need to have some positive idiots once in a while =)
This show mystifies me. I don’t understand the opposition between plucky CB and evil transhuman CB. Is it because transhuman CB are horrible liars and kill people? That doesn’t make sense, I mean CB has killed so many hapless, country-serving soldiers its ridiculous, barring all the poor technicians and factory workers in the arms factories they bombed. Both believably and morally. I really don’t get it. I think I may be missing something.
@Li Shan
Grace is SUPER SPECIAL but a cylon is a cylon but there is only one Caprica Six, amirite?
No the Gundam 00 seems to be less misogynist this time around they aren’t going out of their way to nerf Katie like they did Cornelia-hime just yet and they are making Louise so much more likable. CB is just full of pricks is all A-Laws do not discriminate based on gender, race, or creed. CB seems to think the only place for women is on the bridge and not in a Mobile Suit.
Only Ribbons knows how far his technology can go let’s hope he tries…
@shirokiryuu
Patrick is the only genki person in this show, even if he’s dumb at least he’s not being a prick or a self righteous punk.
@skoll
The only difference is the plucky CB touts idealist propaganda while the Innovators are just being honest about what the plan was from the start. So far the only allowed killing is that of A-Laws guys since the Kataron blokes and their kidde meat shields are oh so innocent…
Like the real world I guess deluded idiots can justify any amount of killing so long as the goal is for a “better” world than the one granted by the established order of things. CB seems dumber than Patrick at this point given how Patrick is marching to the beat of his own drum even if he loves Katie. Again it seems the revolution will not be vilified, if only people realized that revolutions being always good was pure horse shit.
Caprica Six?
Hello Patrick! You made me smile.
Every Patrick’s sentence screams that he will die. He is the only one who can make Kati smile, so even if he dies at least Kati will rape that person or organization.
What an interesting plan to make humans go to live in space. What an idiot could think that humans will not do it by their own will and when they would want it and would be capable to do it. I don’t get what for was created these Innovators.
Lindt this time looks like he is doing his job.
I still don’t get what for A-LAWS invited Kati.
Could it be that A-LAWS invited Patrick as the tool to control Kati(that she would be loyal to A-LAWS)?
Even army makes fun of Patrick with such a nickname – “Immortal”.
As noted here already, Sunrise makes a poor job of trying to make the A-Laws look bad, and this is something I feel weakens the story because I cant feel anything for the protagonists if they are actually trying to fight against the stability the Federation represents. This is frustrating.
However, the gundam battle will probably be nice and it’d be great if in the chaos of this meaningless battle CB fights we might see some positively interesting plot developments.
Hell, I feel more for Louise than I could ever feel about the CB cause. And she is not even suppose to be a major character.
Wow this episode is very fun to watch.
Patrick welcome back, glad to see u again…
Still patrick the immortal ready for taste some humiliation AGAIN. i cant wait to see what gonna happen to patrick in next battle with gundams…
Since infamous episode last week, now every meisters looks so stupid also simple minded. That Setsuna so shameful his cover was blown and immediately recognized by Billy the goat…
louise ojou-chan prove me once again that she never become nuisance in this show (Still hoping louiseXsoma forever), Now prince Ali ready for action, lets get the party started between Prince ali Vs Setsuna the infidelXTieria
@Li Shan
Google it for image results, I am sure we can agree that she is one of the more sexy mecha to come out of the west.
@lilu
Let us hope that Patrick can pull off an Ozma and beat the death flags. In any case if Patrick dies then we better be headed for GRIMDARK territory with lots of dead CB and Kataron members. Perhaps Old geezer Aeolia forgot about human curiosity…
Lindt was doinghis job and shipping three ships at the same time. Lindt does work hard for the money. Katie has experience but since Katie cares about her troops Lindt was brought in because they need a hardass to make sure everybody is listening to Katie and doing their jobs. I bet Patrick used the power of LOVE to score top marks on the simulators, and Lindt was being sly and shipping KatiexPatrick.
@kanzaki
I hear ya, fighting against paradise seems rather stupid, replacing it with poverty like Azadistan makes CB seem either dumb or evil. Ms. Wang is not helping things by wanting to burn the world for lulz, if only Jihad-kun and his cronies could figure out that Wang was up to no good, things would be very different.
Louise is the only one who has much to bitch about in this whole series. Still at least Louise is trying her best to get her revenge and isn’t crying about how she falls on her face from time to time. Stupid Marie just had to rob Louise of a yuri pal, with any luck Louise will avenge Soma.
@Dark messiah
I don’t think Patrick is going to try and kill steal from Prince Ali, after all Prince Ali could take them both on since Gundam 00 hates Saji and loves Bushido Bob. I can see it now Bushido Bob will swoop in while Prince Ali kicks the crap out of Tieria and their useless reinforcements from Kataron and CB.
Sumeragi was dumb for sending in some one who already had his cover blown should have sent Lasse instead as no one knew his face. Still Jihad-kun was a loser for getting busted by Billy.
I like this new Louise with short hair much less annoying than her last version, she gave up on men and now longs for Soma. May Louise do great things in Soma’s name. If nothing else this time she is less selfish and whinny.
Has anyone here besides me dropped this? I only read the blog entries a this show. It’s really pathetic how slow and non-sensational the show has become. It’s almost episodic in nature. There’s no direction to this show. It just goes hither and thither and nothing really changes.
I think the problem is character. The protagonists are just so boring!!! They are neither deep nor complex or have any real motives beyond making the world a better place by force. It’s pathetic.
Like the whole Soma/Marie thing, I really don’t care. The show hasn’t given me a reason to care. Even the Gundam fights are boring – They’re too short and there’s like no tension.
So is it just me, or am I the only one having feelings of detachment about this shows and its “experience” it tries to create for the viewer?
@Crusader
Sorry to disagree but Caprica Six isn’t really my type (I do find D’ANNA BIERS is hotter in terms of Western cylons though). However, Grace is still my number 1!
2 things will forever stick to my mind if i ever remember this episode…
how and why the hell Patrick survived and still kicking around without loosing anything and OMFG Tieria!!! i mean what the h@ll? i only ever thought that he looked feminin and had female tastes in clothing… this just bites the cake
The cockpit of GN-X is in the crotch. Patrick wasn’t dead, because his cockpit was intact. In season one last episode you can see Patrick behind Kati in the line up of federation army. And look at the scenes with Sergei and GN-X.
From season one episode 25:
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http://ca.geocities.com/maxspace@rogers.com/images/patrick.jpg
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/image/Gundam%2000/Gundam%2000%20-%2025%20-%20Large%2033.jpg
In the side-story manga Mobile Suit Gundam 00F, Fon Spaak, from the Fereshte branch of Celestial Being, is shown kicking the bottom half of the suit – with Patrick alive and well – down from orbit.
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Season two opening:
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http://pics.livejournal.com/lilunara/pic/00006f4q
My copy – paste ends here.
The best part of the episode was when Patrick realizes the “Immortal” nickname was an insult and just goes LOL. I also went LOL along with him.
I see Kaioshin hasn’t made his regular appearance yet. *sits back with a Coke*
@Crusader
I could use a little GRIMDARK in my Gundam.
In the Grim/Dark Future of Gundam 00, There Is Only WAR!
Couldn’t resist that any more than Billy could resist Louise. My bad.
@lubczyk
Supposedly according to spoilers this arc should be the one where things pick up and we go full throttle, I heard from some gentle/m/en that we are bout to have an invasion of sorts…so it might be worth it to stick around for this arc at least, now that the Marie BS is over and done with.
If nothing else Louise could use some love, it seems she can only attract creeps and was denied her yuri lover…
@Li Shan
I guess it is a difference in taste then.
@Tenryu & lilu
Yeah it was confirmed that Patrick did survive, /m/ was dissecting the evidence as soon as we thought Patrick was gone, the last segment of last season proved that the POWER OF LOVE can shield one from death. Besides it’s not like death could stop Patrick from following his Katie.
Titeria is moddable.
@Ascaloth
Patrick is probably smarter than he looks at least he is aware of his faults this time around, Katie has at least taught him a measure of humility.
Last note though, you wait in vain.
@skoll
If so I hope they kill off the happy people on the good guys team, like Desu-Yellow, Ian, Lasse, and Marie.
@Haesslich
Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for there is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter and the laughter of thirsting gods.
But the universe is a big place and, whatever happens, you will not be missed…
Why does poor Louise only attract the scum of the Earth? T_T
The poor girl lost her whole family and has dedicated her remaining years to reap a fearsome toll on those who wronged her. If only Soma were still around and not Maried away then Louise might have a sliver of happiness with Soma nee-sama. Alas for this criminal lack of yuri! If only that LouisexBushido Bob art work were true…
Titeria. Absolutely the best nickname ever.
Also, while I believe that Patrick deserves an Ahead, maybe a lower-tier suit would benefit him more as it would make him a lesser-priority target.
Above all, I hope that annoying fucking yellow fucking pseudo-loli recieves a death more gratuitous and unpleasant than her predecessor Sierra. Such as a piece of space debris impaling her brain via her eye. They are fucking big enough, should be easily achieved. And preferably, could this please happen in, say, episode 9? Double tragedy with daddy FTW
ROTFL. The translators are so kind, it dont say “The immortal Colasour”, it say “The Cockroach Colasour” and Katie ask if is not an insult.
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I’m not surprised will return. But I’m surprised that he still wants to be with the Colonel. Maybe he needs to get to a counseling session with her one of these days. XP
I’m not going to hide my fangirl excitement: Titeria has made MY YEAR. 8DDD No seriously. I can’t believe this is a canon episode and not a fanfic. I can’t believe he danced the vals with Ribbons. God, this is too much!!!
But back to the relevant-to-your-interests stuff, I’m happy Pat is back. He may be an idiot, but he certainly kills all that angst I’m so sick of. Welcome back, Lucky Pat!!!
Pat/Kathy ftw. I want to see a wedding in this series.
And it’s only me, or did Milenna’s boobies grow all of a sudden? o__o
great review as always, Crusader
keep it up!
@schneider
Fan nicknames are awesome perhaps it will stick in canon like it did with Bushido Bob…
Patrick probably should stay in a GN-XIII to up his chances of surviving. We already have three Ahead Pilots, Ginin, Bob, and Louise, I guess some one has to show the GN-XIII some love. Andrei might not last long enough.
@sugarhorse
Indeed if we are going GRIMDARK Yellow ought to be first to go, she’s so innocent…what better way to make the A-Laws evil than by killing her in front of Ian for some geezer rage…
@mareo
They are speed subs afterall.
@Ominae
No Patrick needs to take Katie to a ball because they weren’t invited to this one. I am sure Katie in dress would be quite a spectacle.
@Yamila
Well if this was the realization of fanfiction at least it was one of the better ones, unlike last week.
I am sure Katie will marry the poor guy after he proved his loyalty over four plus years. Patrick can have pineapple cakey since he’s no longer a womanizer.
They are speed subs afterall.
Actually, “fujimi” is “immortal”. Speedsubs doesn’t automatically mean they’re inferior to slowsubs.
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I am sure Katie will marry the poor guy after he proved his loyalty over four plus years. Patrick can have pineapple cakey since he’s no longer a womanizer.
Crusader
In other words you think that Pineapple Cake is what women are less interested than us. Your words seem to hurt me man.
@chisel
I think that speedsubs sometimes fail to translate the joke. The comrades of the amazing survivor Colasour call him in a way that can be understand in two ways, because he is a little arrogant he think that is called Immortal, but because Katie see him kind of low, she think that means Cockroach. Thats why Katie inform to him _That is an insult!_ Summary: is a sound-based Word Play.
Argh… I mean orthographic word play. I need to study more english. Anyway, both sound translations are correct, but the point of the scene is if we really can understand the joke, right?
@chisel
Indeed in may ways a good sub today is better than a perfect sub next month.
@Highman
What why shouldn’t Patrick join Ozma in the Pineapple Cakey club for badass normal pilots with waifus?
@mareo
I guess somethings just get inevitably lost in translation.
Stop saying the word “cakey” its too fruity and your making GAR Pilots look like lesser bad-ass.
@highman
real men use the word cakey, for they are so GAR and badass that they don’t need to show their masculinity in the stereotypcal way
@lubczyk
What if you don’t look at it from the same perspective? What if you said, hey, the main characters are the A-Laws! What then? CB was bound to be boring from episode 1 season 1. There’s nothing wrong with siding with the heels, and in fact, Japanese media has been losing that type of format where the mains aren’t the good guys. It’s also refreshing that for the longest time ever since before Gundam X that the enemy pilots are friggin amazing. Bob and Prince are pretty much the reincarnation of Char Aznable split in two with polar opposite attitudes but with the same drive for battle that even makes Char look like a pacifist.
Though I say Ali takes the cake over Bob simply because he won the coin flip on who gets to adorn the color of Red. I mean, the guy is probably the first character on anime or perhaps on media that made a middle-east TERRORIST turned Warmonger look awesome since 9/11.