Gundam 00 Season 2 Episode 03

[ChaosK]

I don't think Soma is as unstable as Hal, since Al/Hal seemed to be a failed Super Soldier (because of Hal's psychotic nature) and Soma is the shining example of a good one. She takes orders and remains calm, so long as Sergei or mind rape isn't involved.

Now I personally consider the fusion of Allelujah and Hallelujah the complete super soldier. Soma's mind can't keep up with her advanced reflexes and we saw at the end of season one how when working together, Allelujah/Hallelujah can destroy her. At the moment, both of Allelujah's eyes are showing with no indication that Hallelujah exists (which sucks). However, if this means his combat abilities will always be as high as they were in ep 25 of season 1, he is probably the strongest Gundam Meister/pilot in the series. Then again, the voice and bloodthirst we heard from the fused Allelujah/Hallelujah in episode 25 belonged to Hallelujah who had greater combat abilities/reflexes to begin with so there's a chance that Allelujah is unable to use the power that was shown in episode 25. Hallelujah's reflexes + Allelujah's thinking was what they claimed made him perfect. So far season 2 shows signs that Hallelujah is gone so have they merely combined permanently so that Allelujah's mind is stable and his reflexes are just as sharp? Or is Allelujah back to the way he was in the beginning of season one.

I liked that they showed Allelujah huffing and puffing, struggling to get around on foot after being cooped up for so long, but then suddenly he's out-dodging Andrei and HRL soldiers with Storm Trooper aim... Let's try to stay consistent folks... Also, you have got to have better defenses lined up at the base holding the one remaining Gundam pilot...

Yes but eventually Allelujah had to make it to Arios anyway so I'm just glad they had him cover that distance in as little time as possible and didn't show him doing fancy footwork or anything of that nature.

Best parts of this episode, for me, were Setsuna laying the smack-down on Saji, Neil continuing to be loyal to his Kataron boys, and Ribbons being evil.

Lyle?

I think it'll mirror the first season, as far as mech upgrades goes. But I'd really like to see Ali, Graham, or even Soma out there. I don't think we've had a decent pilot go up against the Gundams yet (that Ahead leader so doesn't count, although he's not bad, he's remarkably ineffective).

They're still building up for it. We're still undergoing the gundams-are-completely-overwhelming phase. I assume the Ahead leader will have to be one of the better pilots and they'll develop his story further because for the entire federation to only have 3 competent pilots (this is counting Ali) is pretty sad and will make this series boring. Then again, at some point Libbons might jump into a suit and fight as well.

Oh Sunrise how clever you are. You continue to never kill people but you did it in a very sly way.

Lockon and Lyle
1. Same VA
2. Same face
3. Sniping ability is genetic (lolwut)'
4. "Haro, did my brother have a catchphrase?" leading to "Lockon Stratos, Cherium, sniping the targets!"
5. Eeeeverybody <3 Lockon, old or new (except Tieria, no buttsecks from him, subject to change though).

Lyle strikes me as incredibly sketchy, especially due to what was shown in the preview with him and Feldt. That's definitely a recipe for disaster and confusion for Feldt. Lyle himself is an enigma for the most part. He has zero combat experience in a mobile suit yet he downs around 6 ALAWS. WHILE MOBILE. This is not something anyone can do, so I assume Lyle himself is an experienced sharpshooter (I feel like just because he's related to Neil (lockon) doesn't make him a viable replacement. Celestial Being must have other reasons for picking him to be Lockon's replacement.). Furthermore, he is loyal to Kataron and we'll see most likely isn't going to be 100% devoted to Celestial Being which may cause some conflict in the future.