LOL

I know that I had previously mentioned that I won't make any G00-related posts, but I couldn't help but put some awesome screenshots here XD

NOOOO Regene!! I couldn't believe that he's gone just like that (without accomplishing anything major).
A pretty "bloody" sight with 2 dead Innovators lying around.


Yum to our 0 Gundam! Retro-looking, but still smashing, especially when the pilot is Lasse ^^


Hmmm.. When was the last time a G00 episode ended with someone wanting to shoot another person?... And what happened to that person who started the shot? NOOO!! Tieria! Seriously I think Sunrise won't recycle the same plot, and I certainly hope so. Besides, I don't wanna Tieria to die (although I think I won't be too surprised if he did).


Ep 24 Preview
Crap.. Are those monsters behind Billy Automatons? Looks like he might just use them to finish Kujou off.. and get himself killed too during the process XXD



2 more episodes to go.. How will it end? Will everyone simply get killed??

On another note, I'm looking to FMA which will be replacing G00's timeslot!! I just found that MikiShin will be voicing Roy, and I bet he's gonna be a smexy one!! Woot!~~

It's my last year here in university, and since there's only one month left before I have to submit my thesis, I'll have to cut down on writing crap in my journal XD

Therefore I won't be posting anymore rants on Gundam 00 S2... I'll only make small comments back in G00 lj community.

Seems like Keyhole had serious lag issues this time around, so I guess this will encourage more people to wait for releases instead of wasting half an hour (or more) screaming at the PC and getting frustrated for missing all the action... Good thing that I had resisted the urge to tune in today :)

Today's episode is more relationship-centric, I guess, so it's not too interesting to me.

( Datte watashi wa Innovator nan dakara )

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( Episode 20 Preview )

To make up for the end of Gundam 00, Fullmetal Alchemist Season 2 will take G00's timeslot starting 5th April (5pm JST)!! This was shown at the end of today's Gundam 00.
楽しみ 楽しみ！

I have decided not to watch live streaming anymore. Not only I have to re-watch several times after that to better understand what the characters were talking about (since live streaming kinda sucks), I could also made better use of the time I spent while waiting for the RAWs etc.　In addition, what is the point of spoiling yourself by watching RAWs when I couldn't understand what the characters were talking about well?

I'm sick today, so I took time to sleep (at half an hour before the broadcast started) after taking my medicine.. By the time I woke up, it's all over. Wasn't sad or something, I expected that to happen before I went to bed.

Now on to this episode.　I'll just briefly go though since I couldn't understand most of what's going on, especially at A-LAWs end.

( Aishiteiruyo )

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( Episode 19 Preview )

I have second thoughts these days whether to continue watching Gundam 00 live... Streaming quality is bad (lags occasionally too), couldn't understand what the characters are saying well. Besides, I can always wait a while later when I can follow the RAWs at video-sharing sites (and watch it multiple times) rather than waiting for the live broadcast. Sigh.

Nothing much to say this time about the whole episode. I think this episode has little plot development but rather more on the characters' story and background (read: tons of Sergei's stuffs). Without further ado...

( Taisa!! )

( Caps )

Ep 18 Preview

• Hmmm. Fast-forward to 4 months later.. I was hoping to see what A-LAWs and the Federation explain to the public the falling of Africa's orbital elevator.. Well I suppose this will be explained nonetheless.
• My guess is that no major scenes are revealed in the previews. They're merely teasers to get us over excited for the next episode (but all of us are aware that this method to get us hyped up is never to work anymore..). Marina cooking for the kids, Anew blushing... whatever.

Plot-centric episode.. Got really disappointed with the trolling.. Was expecting some great Setsuna x Mr. Bushido battle, but it lasted for barely 5 minutes or less.

Perhaps part of the reason why I didn't enjoy this episode as much as the previous ones is probably because this episode went into great details of coup d'etat (read: tons of unfamilar Japanese terms) that I wasn't proficient enough to comprehend. As a result, I didn't feel that I got much from this episode. Action was kept to a minimum..

( Rants... )

( A couple of caps )

Next episode:

• Missed most of the footages, but I did saw someone in battle suit.. Was that Marie or Anew [Pic 5]? Her facial features and expressions told me she's Marie, but I thought she would wear her A-LAWs battle suit instead of CB's outfit (the shade looked quite close to Anew's uniform). Will she be piloting GN-Archer? Better not troll over us again, Sunrise!
• Who's that angsty boy and the end [Pic 6]? From the previous screenshot of the photos in Sergei's house [Pic 1, the photo furthest to the right], that might be Andrei?!? (What happened to him? He used to look rather pretty XD)

I think I haven't been thinking too much about what I'm expecting for the next G00 S2 episode. Looking back at my previous entry on Ep 14, there's something wrong with what I saw when I was watching the RAW version. Oh well.

Ep 15's more or less on-par with Ep 14, in terms of story development and battle scenes. And thank goodness for the actual ED for I couldn't really stand that "ごろごろいたい" song..

( Bushido!! )

( Episode Screencaps )

I couldn't recall much about next episode's preview but judging from the title "悲劇への序章" (which loosely meant "Prologue to Tragedy"), expect great action from Federation's end.

Quite an awesome episode, rather worth 1 weeks' worth of waiting. The most hilarious scene ever:




Okay.. These 2 screenshots didn't do the scene justice, so read on if interested (point 5).

( More rants )

Episode 15 Preview:
- Setsuna runs into Marina's welcoming arms Apparently, Setsuna's injury and that song brought him to Marina.
  

- Did I see Wang and Ribbons together? I think Ribbons should be smart enough to realise that Wang won't let him off that easily for that bitch-slap in Ep 12...
- Hmmm.. No major battles in Ep 15 I guess? I wonder if Setsuna would reveal his relationship to Ribbons to the CB crew when he's back at Ptolemaios 2 by the way... (But seems like he's not returning that soon.)

Action-packed episode that can almost make up for the lack of interesting things to watch for the past few episodes (and the sparkly moment from Ep 11..)!! Thank goodness that Memento Mori is destroyed! Awesome!!!! Banzai to Lyle Lockon, Setsuna, Tieria and Nena!~

( Detailed rants )

Gundam 00 S2 will be on a break for a week before Ep 14 resumes.. According to Newtype Dec 08, apparently it's a G00 special, but I wonder what exactly is that.. And what's the title for Ep 14 again.. Streaming skipped a little on me there, but I could hear something about "Uta no koe ga kikoeru" "Uta ga Kikoeru" (Something about hearing someone singing!?!)? :S

Streaming was a little laggy, especially towards the end of the episode (it just happened to stop working just before Alle activates his Trans-am -_-). I find the first half more engaging than the second half, with all the action, fighting and pants-shitting.

( More detailed rants )

Next episode: Looking forward to more action and also hoping that CB works together with Kataron :)

OMG!! Epic episode! It's so much better than the last 2 episodes! More fighting and drama!

• More on Marina babysitting the kids.. This time entertaining the kids with music. This is getting old.. But I really LOL-ed when Conan said he wishes to eat more XD
• Why did Nena still seem so happy with the Innovators when she got beaten by some guy who was hired by Innovators?
• Kataron found out the Seel and their regional leader was wiped out by the Deathly Beam (Wow.. I wonder how did they manage to get this news anyway). Terrible news for Kataron.. and Klaus. I wonder what will happen to Klaus and co. next with the Federation dominating Middle East and keeping opposition under control
• The last episode left us with a bathing Tieria and Halle.. Now with G00 reaching Trans-Am operation time limit, Tieria and Marie returned to normal, and so did Alle.. Aww. That's such a disappointment.. The previews and scenes after ED can really be deceiving, eh?
• Sumeragi x Lasse scene left me worried for Lasse.. He's really a side-character with good potential. Not much is still know about him, doesn't have emo-attacks nor have issues with other crew members... I know that he should had been dead back during S1, but please don't take him away.. By the way, why did they suddenly mention about this matter? Lasse did not appear to suffer from health problems in the past episodes (in fact, he always give us an impression that he's strong and healthy.)
• Tieria revealed the mastermind behind A-LAWS, the Innovators, to all of Ptolemaios 2 crew. Glad to see him make his decision! He wanted to reveal his relationship with Innovators when he was "stopped" by Sumeragi, saying, "You're one of us.". Aww.. how sweet. Sumeragi probably had some idea, but she's supportive of Tieria. That's encouraging! Hope Tieria won't regret this decision.
• Unable to contact CB, Kataron still decided to attack A-LAW's Memento Mori all by themselves?!? I think Klaus should think twice... Kataron got a little weaker after Federation's control over Middle East and death of a Branch Head.. Shouldn't they reorganize before planning future attacks?
• Ohhh.. Seems like Nena has second thoughts to her alligence to Wang after she found out that Wang is cooperating with the fellas who caused his brothers' death.. That's interesting. Will she tip CB off or something??
• LOL.. Seems like Lyle got interested in our Anew. Will Anew use this to her advantage to get collect more information? LOL. I wonder what he'll do if he finds out about Anew's true identity. Anyway, Anew will join Ptolemaios 2 as a bridge bunny after Ian's recommendation.
• Did Revive find out Ptolemaios 2's location after trying to connect with Anew using quantum waves? Her eyes didn't glow like Revival's though. Or was it Tieria (without him knowing)?
• Kati got news of Ptolemaios 2's location and launched attack. Kati really came up dominating the whole situation here, since they caught CB off-guard... But Kati did seem kinda evil and twisted here, wanting to teach Kujou the right way of ending a fight for sure.
• Everywhere in Lagrange 3 we saw explosions (= deaths D:) and CB members escaping. In any case, their base in Lagrange 3's totally destroyed.. Does CB have other hideouts? By the way, I didn't know that CB's that big.. I thought that it would be about 40 people or less?
• Saji, in a twist of fate, piloted 00 Raiser and sent it to Setsuna (Great manuveres.. That must be Red Haro's doing; Saji was even unaware that docking was completed! XD). There, Setsuna happily flew about in his enhanced unit (making Saji see stars) and activated Trans-Am during his battle with Bring and some sort of sparkling phenemon got activated. We could see Nekkid Setsuna, Saji and Lousie.... Is this a must in Gundam series? That's not absolutely necessary for them to be nekkid, you know...
• Anyway, Saji and Lousie finally got to meet in space, but only to find out that they belong to opposite fractions and they sounded disgusted with each other. I guess nothing much happened after that since they got to retreat at a later time (according to Ep 12 preview). I guess they'll get to rant and mourn more in Ep 12.

( Something puzzling... and Ep 12 Preview )

All and all, I can't wait to see how this whole battle turns out in the next episode. Until I get to catch the RAWs at a later time, I can't write more about other stuffs I heard from other fans (Halle disappearing and Revive in a bad shape or something).. Thank goodness I see nothing that tells me that Revive is in mortal danger.. I think it's too early to be killing off an Innovator, especially someone I quite like (after Regene! and Bring too).

Updated late as I couldn't watch it first-hand due to JLPT and friends.

• First scene: Pretty interesting to heard Kati speak in a femine and casual manner. Kinda makes people wonder what kind of person Kati is like outside the battlefield?
• Sumeragi seemed really bothered that she's fighting against Kati. Will that affect her performance as an analyst?
• I'm still disappointed with Marina as she has yet decided to do anything regarding Federation's plans on Middle East. Although her view seemed reasonable, can't she feel that she can try resisting this change by joining the fight? I don't necessarily mean a physical combat here, but the current situation calls for any action!!
• Whaaat's with that new A-LAWS MS??! It totally kicked ass! Crazy speed, mobility, ability to utilize GN-field and powerful beams that overpowered Setsuna and Double 0 easily. If not for Lyle (his "Setsuna, are you okay?" reminded me of Neil T_T), Setsuna might be gone or something. Dor a moment, I thought it was Graham Mr. Bushido, but the pilot's not wearing a mask and he looked different (although still kinda cool) from Hamu. Who can that be? It couldn't be Lindt, right? LOL (Or was it Bring? <-- Yeah, the red-hair guy)
• Tieria's still lost as to who to stand for... Can't blame him *awww*
• OMG, what exactly was that operation that Uncle Goodman is directly taking command of? Is that a satellite or some sort of a HQ? That must be something pivotal... <-- Memento Mori, and an awfully destructive weapon indeed
• Linda's seemed so much younger than Ian that Alle "joked" that this is a "crime". LOL. His tone sounded awfully similar to a particular person back in Ep 4. Ian's totally offended.. That couldn't be helped.. LOL
• OMG! Our red ranger's so pretty (then again, is there ever any characters with crazy hair colours not beautiful?)!! From her voice, we can safely assume that this is a confirmed female character. Obviously, judging from her out-of-the-world name, "recommendation" from Wang, light purple hair, perfect looks (okay, I'm getting out of point), this character is most probably an Innovators spy. That Wang, that's so fast of her to let Innovators infilitrate CB all the way back during their reorganization.
• Anyway, Ian was praising Anew to the skies.. It really sounded (1) as if he's interested in her (LOL), or (2) like it's the intro to arranged matching meeting XD
• 0 Raiser and GN-Archer.. Nothing for Tieria and Lyle? :(
• Memento Mori.. That sounds like a innovative restaurant dish or a new techno gadget.. LOL! I'm really facinated by how Innovators come up with names XD
• I think Patrick is already done with.. Before his debut in S2, everyone's really anticipating. Had a great enterance, but now he got abandoned by Kati. LOL. Actually, I found him quite irritating in the episode, appearing at the whole timing.
• OMG! Wang even betrayed Nena and as a result, Ali appeared in front of Nena!! What does he want? (Totally unrelated here, he's really a cool baddie here). Seemed like Ribbons sent him there to check up on Wang. Will Wang be smart enough to find that out?
• Double 0 seems crazy after equiped with 0 Raiser.. Wonder if Setsuna can fully utilize this power. Will he now able to beat Bring?
• Crap!! A-Laws simply couldn't be bothered to contact Federations troops to stay away from Seel!! Sergei!! Please don't die (although a lot of fans had already foresee this)! At the very least, I was hoping to see him die in a more memorable way, and in a battlefield.
• What's up with the shower scene. This is clearly a fanservice. This scene is unfit to be included in the episode! Told us nothing more about Tieria, except why the hell he bathes in long hair... Magic water lengthening his hair, eh?
• Oooh.. I thought the attack on Seel was the highlight of this episode, never did I expect that the third personality of Alle (Halle? Yalle?) would surface. Apparently, it's triggered by the high release of GN particles during 0 Raiser testing. In any case, I'm really interested in what our new H/Yalle brings.. How he interacts with Marie and his piloting skills.
• How will people view the attack of Seel by Memento Mori? Even if their government is opposing the Federation, it does not justify the total destruction of the whole country with all the innocent citizens. Besides, having a remote Deadly Beam which is able to target anywhere on Earth, does Federation intend to dominate all by maximizing people's fear?
• Next Ep Preview: Judging from the preview and the title, it seems to be focused on Double 0. Hopefully not a one-sided show. I'm hoping to see more action from Bring and Bushido with his new custom MS!

Didn't really expect too much from this episode yet again, but I was really glad to see some action after an episode of character development.

( Impressions on most scenes )

( Interesting episode caps )

( Ep 10 Preview screencaps )

Finally my exam has ended and after some "partying", I can now start to comment on Ep 8 in a more neutral manner.

Okay, I was a little too harsh to say that this episode is just an eye-candy and full of fan-service. Certain aspects did contribute to the main plot and story development.

( General rants of highlighted scenes )

 

( Major impressions and thoughts )

 

( What I'm not too satisified about )

 

Today is a wonderful day! Stream worked almost perfectly (as compared to the previous 2 episodes; I was so thankful for this.. I won't mind getting shitty streaming for Ep 6 & 7 in exchange for smooth streaming for this episode) and this episode is packed full of drama, crossdressing, appearances and some action!

I bet many minds had fallen to the gutter after watching this episode and I'm barely coping with this too!! XD
And.. This episode needs no long rants; the screencaps speak for themselves! I want my own screencaps...

 

( Screencaps, yo! (Image-heavy) )

 

Phew, now I really gotta hit my books for it's exams tomorrow...

Edit: Okay, now that I had calmed down quite a bit, I think this episode is certainly lacking some story development as compared to earlier episodes (too much fanservice perhaps?). More neutral rants to come after my exams ends in 5 days' time, here.

First impression: Hey, did I just watched a melodrama and not Gundam? Although it kinda feels sweet to see a happy tentative ending for Alle x Marie (too fast, too soon to me though), I just don't like to see this kind of love love drama in a Gundam series.

• I thought Saji will shoot in the end, but Lasse steered Ptolemaios 2 away and missiles were fired that hit Lousie's and Andrei's unit. Andrei shielded Lousie and ordered her to retreat. Such a disappointment, Saji. It would be nice to see a Lousie x Saji confrontation without either of them knowing whom they're attacking, but I guess it's still too early into the story to go into this.
• Setsuna nearly got owned by Mister Bushido... Serves him right for using Trans-am system, despite of Ian's warnings. He can't always depend on Trans-am whenever he got cornered (although he managed to take out an arm). This also showed that our Mister Bushido is really skilled and experienced and that might be the reason why he managed to obtain that special permit (I guess the high-ups expect him to take down Gundams using his own way, regardless of Mister Bushido's real purpose). Anyway, looking toward to seeing another GN-0000 x Bushido's Ahead clash!
• I'm really glad that Sumeragi returned to take over the mess! I bet the mess that CB got into really got her worked up and she had to crawl and make her way out of her resting pod. And our Katie also managed to detect the presence of a working strategy... Sumeragi & Kati reminds me a little of Murrue x Talia of GSD.. I'll love to see 2 strong females working together. Wonder if this will happen here.
• I had missed Soma-->Marie x Alle moments during the live stream, but I realized that I didn't really missed much when I managed to watch again at a later time (since I did catch some moments of Sergei's arrival in between the lagging stream). What fascinated me was how did Alle get his hands on a nice tent and other camping supplies... Anyway, I was surprised at how fast Soma managed to recover her memories of Marie and I got a little freaked out at her behaviour and speech style. These 2 people are being too gentle to each other and were profusely apologizing to each other for what they did in the past. Blah, blah, blah.
• Then the best part of the show came: arrival of Sergei. LOL at Papa bear seeing his almost-to-be daughter with a guy. Well, Papa pointed his gun at Alle and ordered him to get away from his Soma. Both Alle and Sergei were protective towards Marie/Soma but Alle kinda promised that he will take good care of her and make her happy. With that, our Papa pretended to shoot Alle, declared Soma MIA and left in his unit. Was so sad to see Marie parting Sergei and Marie speaking for Soma, "私の中ソーマ・ピーリスがこう言ってます。「あなたの娘になりたかった」と。", and Sergei returning Marie's hug and wishing her all the best (love the insert song, though I'm not exactly a Tommy heavenly 6's fan). Awwww... *sniffs*. Sergei's even nice enough to direct Lyle their location. I'm really feeling for Sergei and still worries for his standing in Earth Federation and his relation with A-Laws, especially Lindt. Will they locate Soma's unit and suspect that she wouldn't had died under that situation? And what will happen to Alle and Sergei if they were to meet on the battlefield in the future? Will there be Soma x Alle conflicts in the future?
• Saji said that he'll help CB when CB's helping Kataron... So what will he do after CB's job is done?
• Something's bad happened to Azadistan.. It had something to do with Earth Federation but I couldn't understand the details.. But at least I heard something about Azadistan will cease to exist. Now what will happen to our First Princess?
• It's obvious that Alle needs no love training from both Lockons to get the girls. I could understand the bond shared between Marie and Alle, but I didn't really expect their relationship to blossom THAT MUCH over a day...
• Love the crew's reaction to Alle's companion onboard Arios, especially Lasse, Feldt and Mommy Sumeragi. They must be thinking that Alle was having fun with the local girls and somehow got one of them to come along... XD
• Shocking twist at the end... Tieria x Regene encounter!!! This has to be the best part of this episode! Shocking revelation of sharing exact DNA and seeing Tieria's reaction... Now what's gonna happen?!?!
• Next episode's preview: Countless speculations on the identity of the Tieria/Regene-lookalike woman. Looking forward to seeing Ribbon x Regene and Tieria action! Ohh!! Eye candies! Traps ahead!~

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Time for dinner... (Although I kinda lost my appetite after watching this episode.)