Episode 3 - HS




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A strong episode indeed. There's pretty much nothing I wouldn't have liked here. Char is really establishing himself as the robot cold manipulator with high charisma. It's funny the Zabi family are all satisfied with themselves imagining their needlessly brutal and wasteful way of getting rid of one person was an incredible success, while in reality Char is right in the middle of them building his own plots and using the Zabi clan members however he wants to. It is quite resfreshing to watch the rise of a villain, well, relatively speaking considering there seems to be a bad shortage of decent people with power in this world's setting.

The lower tech battles and fights were damn nice to watch. I usually find things to complain about in anime battles, but I can't say I'd have been bothered by anything here. The tank crew member sticking his head out might not have been overly smart or professional, but it was certainly depicted so that the Federation soldiers were always looking down on the Colony cadets, thinking them nothing much, and on the other hand the Federation folks themselves actually weren't that professional in the first place. They had never had a real enemy and were always fighting against civilians or some pesky rebels with no equipment or tactics to speak of. So, how could they be real pros?

In the next ep we ought to see the combat mobile suits in action, I imagine, and more of Char's brilliant tactics. Or at least I hope so. It would be a pity if there are no more tactics and the mobile suits will simply destroy the enemy at leisure.

I feel sorry for Artesia, though, all the time.