I am not going to address the most obvious, disappointing element of this episode. it in no way merits any comment.
Sergei... questioning his duty... If he wasn't so remarkably committed I'd be clamoring about how he'll be with CB soon... maybe it'll just wait until the last battle... or before they have him do something stupidly heroic before getting waxed...
Enjoyed the animation in the first part of the episode. Actually felt like a space battle, not just a series of mini-duels.
Saji and Louise is, without a doubt, the single most compelling aspect of this series for me. Yes, this coming from the same guy who ranted about them all last season. I was absolutely shocked when he decided not to take the 00 Riser.
Andrei is creepy, but I can see how he just unconsciouly let the sight of Louise's suffering stoke his feelings for her and made him want to console her (even if it was insulting what he said). That guy is such a sacrificial lamb in waiting it's not even funny.
Ribbons. You still the man. Although I can't help but feel that he's losing his grip quicker and quicker. Something about Regene makes me think he might end up on the short end of the stick in an ironically similair way to how Alejandro went last season.
I really enjoyed the scene with Setsuna and Saji talking after the battle, and then New Lockon coming in. These characters actually do something for me. Which is amazing considering the massive amount of silly techno model kit hawking going on around them.
The title for the next episode says "the mission to capture Memento Mori". Also, the Innovators are ordered to "capture" the 00 Gundam? I can see three reasons why the Innovators are about to screw their last chance to destroy CB by trying just to capture the 00 (1. they're anime villains, thus covetous beyond logic 2. Ribbons has some major envy issues going on whenever Aeolia's secrets are involved 3. It would probably really enhance their final plan blah blah blah). But I can't for the life of me, figure out what it says that CB is going to try to capture Memento Mori... That just makes no sense at all.
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Go play with your model kits, nerd
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