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August 05, 2005
Gundam Seed Destiny episode 39 (review) - "Kira of the Heavens"
I've seen the title translated as "Kira of the Heavens" and "Kira of the Skies". I think that "Heavens" is the closer translation, but I'm not entirely certain.
Lacus and the Eternal are still hanging around in orbit, and now we find out a bit about what they've been trying to find out. It seems they've been doing research into the Mendel Genetics Lab (where Kira was born) and trying to find out what Chairman Dullindal is up to. This uncovers some references to the "Destiny Plan", which isn't described in any detail. As of yet, I'm not sure what the Chairman is doing wrong. Lacus indicates that Dullindal will attack Orb regardless of what goes on, but we'll never actually know if that's true since Djibril goes to Orb, giving Dullindal a perfect excuse to attack.
Meanwhile, Cagalli and Athrun have a bit of a heart-to-heart chat, playing the "No, *I* was more wrong" game. I'm not sure how Meyrin fits into this, as Athrun and Cagalli seem to have forgiven each other for their actions and harsh words. They both seem to realize that they wanted to keep the peace, but had they worked together, perhaps they could have done a better job than working seperately towards that goal. It's not clear, but I think that Athrun believes that Shinn might be a key to the "solution".
Unfortunately for our heroes, the Eternal is discovered by ZAFT while they discuss the "Destiny Plan". Eternal launches to protect the Gundam factory, and Andy launches in his new Gundam, Gaia. It seems the plan is to get as near to Earth as possible and launch the "2 new units and information" towards Archangel. However, on Earth, Athrun calls the bridge (via Neo, who it seems somehow knows how to use the controls to contact the bridge... is there anyone out there who doubts that he really is Mwu?) and informs Kira that Lacus is key to stopping Dullindal. This forces Kira to launch in Strike Rouge (based off of his original Strike unit) on a booster to get into orbit.
In space, Andy is holding his own, but then things start to not go so well. But Kira arrives on the scene and quickly uses Strike Rogue, repainted in original Strike colors - guess Kira can't fight in a pink Gundam. At this point, I was wondering how well an old Gundam could really hold up against more modern suits... luckily, the show answered that pretty quickly. Kira proceeds to Eternal to get his new unit.
Meeting up with Lacus in a tearful/joyous reunion, Kira is taken to Eternal's launch bay to receive his new unit. Along with the angellic chorus music, it was good to hear "Kira Yamato.... Freedom.... launching!" again. Needless to say, I'll let you guess who wins between a sparkling new Strike Freedom with its own special theme song and a wave of ZAFT grunts in generic suits. The grunts, right?
Anyways, Eternal and Strike Freedom are off towards Earth.... I wonder if they'll make it in time to save Orb? (this is Gundam, if they didn't make it, I'd probably have a heart attack) Still no real information on what the Destiny Plan is, but I'll guess we'll find out all too soon.
Posted by Drylnn at August 5, 2005 03:35 PM