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August 05, 2005
Gundam Seed Destiny episode 40 (review) - "The Golden Will"
OMG! Cagalli does something besides cry!
I'm sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself. It was just hard to get over the shock. Although, to be fair, she does cry in this episode too.
One of the most abused characters in GSD has been Cagalli. She morphed from the tough, tomboyish figure in SEED into a character who cries at the drop of a hat in GSD. I guess some people really do hit puberty late.
In any case, as expected, ZAFT moves towards Orb in order to ostensibly capture Djibril. Yuna (God, how I hate that character) announces that in spite of the photos that ZAFT has, Djibril is not in Orb. The Chairman rejects this, and we have the next major conflict for GSD. At least Orb has always put up a better fight than the EA, so I expect their forces should be well prepared. Shinn, Rey, and Luna receive awards for valor in the battle of Heaven's Base, and Shinn and Rey are promoted to FAITH. Captain Talia seems uneasy about this and about other events... it seems that she and the Chairman have some disagreements to work out. The Chairman announces that Orb must be crushed, because it has the ability to reach space, and they cannot allow Djibril to link up with the EA in space at Moon Base. I'm still not sure why the EA, or at least parts of it, are working with LOGOS still. That would seem to be a beacon to ZAFT to attack, and the EA doesn't do well in those events.
On board Archangel, the ship is still completing repairs. Athrun is trying to get up to help out, but he's still too injured. Meyrin is also up and walking.
Cagalli hears Orb's announcement and is filled with rage. You'd think Orb would learn that Djibril really isn't much of a military tactician so far.... he's lost every major encounter with ZAFT. Orb makes one foolish move, refusing to evacuate its citizens to shelters...
ZAFT launches its attack on Orb, and the Orb Defense Force fights back under Yuna's command. Cagalli is about to launch in a Murasame with the forces on board AA when she is informed by Kisaka and Erica that Cagalli's father (the former leader of Orb) left a "will" (why they didn't mention this earlier, when the ship and people were in trouble, I'll never know).
Anyways, the "will" seems to be a golden Gundam, called Akatsuki. I have to wonder how well a 3 year old (approx.) Gundam will hold up against the newest ZAFT can offer, especially with a Natural like Cagalli at the controls, but after a tearful voice message by Cagalli's father, she takes off. I don't understand why its golden... I guess it must have something to do with the reflective technology it uses.
Orb is in danger of falling when the forces from the Archangel arrive. Cagalli quickly communicates with Yuna at Defense Headquarters, and after several amusing scenes (Yuna is always good for a laugh), Cagalli is in command and is fully in battle. She even gets her own special song for this section.
Of course, ZAFT has an ace in the hole (or three), but Shinn decides to launch on his own (Why? They never thought about not needing to launch all the Gundams before!) Cagalli is warned about Destiny's arrival on the battlefield. She remembers that suit taking down the Destroys, but she decides that regardless of that, she is going to take on Destiny. The end of the episode comes with Akatsuki engaging Destiny.... who will emerge the victor?
Next week looks like a recap clip episode. I really hate those.
Posted by Drylnn at August 5, 2005 04:14 PM