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Pretty solid and until the end it was very un-Gundam, which is a plus. It feels like Orga thinks he's meant for something bigger than his poo poo life but hates having to rely on Mika for it, while Mika just goes along with it because he has no hopes of anything better: no anger or resentment when he told Kudelia they weren't equals, it was a just so thing. But it also means that he's never second-guessing himself, which is why he owns at robot combat and shooting people dead for money.
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Mika didn't even change the tone he was using for the guided tour. "This is the reactor room. This is the sleeping room. You and I are not equals. Kitchen is over here."
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Oct 7, 2015 06:11
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Oct 9, 2015 17:30
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Plus, they made no attempt at retrieving the Gundam even though they hauled rear end with all of their loot. It's entirely possible that they didn't even know the Gundam could be made operational as something other than a glorified power generator.
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Oct 10, 2015 14:28
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Holy poo poo, that fight. Mika is a beast, but they made it so that the Gundam actually felt vulnerable if caught in a bad position, and this was just against two of the setting's Zaku equivalents. Here's hoping they continue using physical weapons because goddamn if it didn't feel like poo poo hurts. I dig how Kudelia is both smart and naive, and willing to learn and grow up. She's got the handle on the macro-scale reasons for Mars' misery but obviously she isn't clued in on the blood that will need to be shed before this is over, and yet she doesn't feel like she's going to become a gently crying pacifist princess. And then the way Mika picked up the pistol. This show is  as gently caress.
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Oct 11, 2015 15:22
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That's also really cool - the 'lovely' Gundam, I mean. Crank isn't impressed by this powerful and undefeatable white devil, he's impressed to watch Mika wreck house with an ancient piece of crap. The upclose shots of Barbatos show dents and pockmarks all over, appropriate for an old relic pulled out of a generator room as a last-ditch weapon.
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Oct 12, 2015 02:41
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muike posted:Mikazuki and Orga's relationship is bad for both of them. Orga seems decent enough to realize this, but he needs Mika's mad skillz and ice cold blood too much.
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Oct 12, 2015 03:54
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Schubalts posted:Orlis is dead, man. His cockpit got Bernie'd, but with a Mobile Suit killing chunk of metal instead of a beam saber. If Ganji didn't survive his Worker "only" being kicked, there is no way Orlis survived the Graze's chest cavity being smashed and torn open like that. The lack of beam weaponry (and may it last until the end of the series!) makes for some pretty brutal fighting. There are no clean explosions here, just metal giving way to metal and getting to the soft flesh bits inside cockpits. That and the shot with the CGS boys salvaging the battlefield make me think of Battletech, so I now expect fights where pilots are reprimanded for spending too much ammo or destroying too much of the enemy robots 
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Oct 13, 2015 17:28
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On second view I really like that the exposition on the Whiskers reinforces the disconnection between Kudelia and CGS. She flips out at the use of technology known to be cruel and inhumane, then is cut off by the engineer calmly explaining what it does and how it helps Mika. Yes, lady, we need these to work, we know full well just how cruel they are. To top it off she tries to call Mika out on not valuing his own life and he simply replies that he does - his life, and that of everyone else. No one gets Whiskers by choice.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:02
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His midseason upgrade will be literacy.  Actually since we've seen that machines can send information back (like Mika learning Barbatos' name) I expect him to learn stuff he couldn't possibly know about the Calamity War and the roots of the situation in Mars.
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Oct 16, 2015 17:38
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I'm not sure if I'd call a moment that shows how destitute Mika is and hammers home the kind of shithole he lives in is 'neat' but sure.
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Oct 16, 2015 19:32
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McGillis does seem to have his own deal going on in the OP. Gaelio is fighting and having a blast, but he is standing on a ship deck in Earth with the old guy's reflection on his sword. And he isn't striking me as a true believer in Gjallarhorn from his exposition on how Earth's economy depends on Mars.
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Oct 17, 2015 19:27
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Mika continues to be the  est lead. At the same time, I love the little touches of humanity. I was afraid he would ignore Atra's bracelet but he appreciates it for what it is and keeps it with him. Oh, and he loves snacks.  It just makes his moments as a stone cold killer just that much more stone cold.And now we know who Nobliss is. But wasn't the Mars branch boss counting on his support too? I think he's backing both horses in this race.
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Oct 18, 2015 16:02
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It's neat how they bulked up Barbatos with Graze shoulder armor for the duel.
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Oct 18, 2015 21:30
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Phobophilia posted:Orga is kind of like Big Boss, he's angry about the system and how he's been abandoned by adults. Unlike Mika, he can rationally look at the system from the big picture, which explains his unwavering support of Kudelia. Mika only cares about his direct relations. I' m not sure if his support of Kudelia goes beyond "sending a girl to die for us is hosed" and "she's going to fork the money so that we don't starve on the streets" at this point. But just as she is getting exposed to the real world rather than a sheltered analysis of it, so is he going to see the true causes of Martian misery through her and come to support the independence cause on his own. But for now, she is a client and they've got a job to do.
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Oct 18, 2015 23:09
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Mobile Suit Gundam: No Country For Ramba Rals
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Oct 20, 2015 04:50
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Yeah, no. You can pile up the reasons all that you want (the First Group were abusive assholes, they got kids killed by not standing up and fighting, they were going to get the rest killed eventually because they don't know poo poo about actually running CGS, etc.) but executing them in cold blood was hosed up no matter how you slice it. Even Orga's group kept things quiet rather than making an open trial: it was a coup with attendant murders. As for having Mika do it, I am of the opinion that Orga's hands would've shaken and he didn't need that at the moment. The flashback makes me think that he tried to pull the trigger, back then, hesitated and got shot in return, and then Mika stepped up - perhaps at his own panicky request. ("Just loving shoot him!") And Orga still hasn't gotten over that.
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Oct 21, 2015 17:26
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I don't know if Orga comes out as professional more than just plain numb to the situation. And, for that matter, the rest of his inner circle: we talk about Mika and Orga a lot but fact is that the other Third Group guys in there don't even flinch at Mika killing bound prisoners. Not even Biscuit, a guy with two little sisters that he loves and cares for. Resentment alone doesn't cover for it: the previous meeting they had makes it clear that they're removing the First Group because they have no confidence in their skills at running a business, not for simple revenge.
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Oct 21, 2015 17:35
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  Mika, jesus gently caress. And the people around him aren't even fazed by his outburst, aside from the little girls. Mars remains a shithole. I'm kind of sad that they will be leaving Mars already, I wish we could've gotten more painful looking ground fights.
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Oct 25, 2015 15:59
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tsob posted:It'd be great if McGillis and McGarma (whose name escapes me right now) turned out to be allies rather than enemies, even if only allies of circumstance with their own goals. McGillis seems as if he's doing things because he has to, rather than because he wants to. In his expo dump in the very first episode he explicitly states that Mars is being exploited by the Earth blocs, and it didn't seem like he was too hot on being forced to marry a 9-year old for political purposes, A CHAR jokes notwithstanding. Also, we know now that Nobliss is some disgusting fat slob and not white hat guy from the opening. Wonder what his deal is.
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Oct 25, 2015 16:22
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From Twitter it's confirmed that the name of Biscuit's grandma is Sakura Pretzel, to the relief of us all.
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Oct 25, 2015 16:46
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Orga's motivations for going through with the Kudelia job are still pretty mercenary. Deliver a VIP under Gjallarhorn's noses all the way to Earth so that the Tekkadan's reputation increases and they get access to more lucrative jobs. I'd like to see what other mercenary organizations exist in Mars and what they usually do - are there bandits and outlaws between the larger cities?
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Oct 26, 2015 01:04
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And she takes showers, most likely. Serious Frolicking posted:Keep in mind though, she is from a rich family but her personal assets are probably very limited. Kudelia certainly can't hire a pmc with her own money, assuming she has any at all after her father tried to have her killed to curry favor with gjallarhorn. Which is why she contacted the gross fat sponsor to send her funds to support Tekkadan. Said fat sponsor seems to be also backing up Gjallarhorn Mars, incidentally.
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Oct 31, 2015 21:16
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Yeah. I don't really see Gjallarhorn Mars wanting Martian independence. Coral states everything openly in the second episode: kill Kudelia, radicalize the independence movement, crack down on them and look good for Gjallarhorn Earth's review. Only Mika hosed that up completely for him and now he's in an incredibly awkward position where he can't act openly against Tekkadan with McGillis and Gaelio sniffing around, made even worse by his botched bribe attempt.
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Nov 1, 2015 02:18
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Tae posted:I think the only thing better about Barbatos is that it's being piloted by someone that is basically using G-Gundam's system when everyone else is using sticks and pedals, but also apparently has super tough armor no one in the modern era uses (Probably for cost reasons). Grazes are also using nano-laminate armor, which is why while they could trade potshots with Mika all day long everyone needs to get close and personal to deliver a killing blow. And geez, if you needed any confirmation that Ein is the series' Jerid. McGillis is a cool cat.
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Nov 1, 2015 16:12
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Tae posted:I'm actually kinda confused if mustache is still pretending to be a fool, or what because what was his original betrayal plan if he didn't expect the Gallhorns? Hitler-kun wanted Orcus and his goons to clear out the kids so that he wouldn't end up with another Gjallarhorn visit. He wasn't counting on Orcus leaking the details to Gjallarhorn, and that's why he flips his poo poo when the others notice Gjallarhorn right next to them.
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Nov 1, 2015 17:02
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I like how in every closeup Barbatos looks worn-down and aged. Wait, if Barbatos is tooling around in space, does that mean the boys that stayed in Mars are out of power for the base? 
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Tae posted:I'm wondering if the scope of Orga's original plans aren't so grandoise, if he's willing to sell a mobile suit over keeping it, especially since that seems to be a super rare thing in Martian merc work. He's sympathetic to her but his motives for going through with the job are purely business-related, if reckless. Pull a really tough job like delivering a VIP right under the noses of Gjallarhorn, and get enough fame to score better paying work. Note that even his coup against the First Group was motivated solely by business decisions - he had no problem with taking punches from them, but he didn't trust them with running CGS properly without Maruba in charge.
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Nov 2, 2015 02:29
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Oh god those kids are adorable.  This loving show is going to kill them, isn't it.
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Nov 8, 2015 15:19
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You laugh at Takaki berating the kids as if he were their babysitter, and then they say that yes, that is Takaki's job in the outfit. And the poor kid is only now learning to read.
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Nov 10, 2015 02:24
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tsob posted:but it gets a lot of play on /m/ for what that's worth. /m/ is really awful. Even the /a/ IBO threads are better.
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This loving show had me at the edge of my seat holy poo poo
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Nov 15, 2015 17:25
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Kanos posted:Also the Yamagi segment made me I hope neither of them die now Again, IBO gets that physical damage that does not immediately lead to a kill raises the tension of a fight scene. Barbatos and the Graze Kai got shot and hit to shreds and kept going at reduced capabilities, same for the Turbins suits. There was a real sense that things could go wrong at any second. edit: I thought that was just the Human Debris red strip Akihiro and his dudes have on their uniforms.
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Nov 15, 2015 20:47
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Kanos posted:I had assumed they had given in and added an AV system to his Graze but hadn't specifically mentioned it, since it would be a pretty big and weird leap from "barely able to float in place and fire a gun" to "engage in high speed melee combat against two highly experienced enemy pilots, at least one of them an ace, and not immediately die" in such a short time. In the previous episode Akihiro mentions how he wants some more simulator time with Mika, so it's not entirely out of nowhere that he can fly the Graze Kai well. He is Tekkadan's second-best pilot after all. Though yeah, I expect another mobile worker to get cannibalized so that he can jack in properly.
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Nov 16, 2015 19:28
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Plus, what exactly is Todo going to tell Gjallarhorn? CGS was officially reformed as Tekkadan with Orga at its head, and he sent Akihiro ahead to take legal possession of the Isaribi. They already know that Kudelia's escort is made of children and teenagers.
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The Isaribi switches to mobile armor mode and the Barbatos combines with it. Everyone with an AV system jacks in to provide sufficient processing power.
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Nov 20, 2015 14:45
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Orga didn't have the word to express how he felt about his crew. "Family." And Mika feels he's failed Orga and the gang by going up against an enemy he couldn't kill off.  The reactions to the harem reveal were all amazing. The Turbines definitely look like a Tekkadan that "made it": feared, cool as gently caress, close-knit. Which makes me fear for everyone now And now we know the blocs and Gjallarhorn aren't exactly seeing eye to eye, which makes the Arbrau leader wanting to meet Kudelia make sense. He's setting up the groundwork to get rid of Gjallarhorn.
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Nov 22, 2015 18:10
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Just to fuel speculation: in episode 1, Kudelia goes off with Mikazuki for a tour of the base. It's Fumitan who actually negotiates the contract with Maruba and CGS.
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That would be really cool, watching the indecisive, fish-out-of-water Kudelia get back into what she really knows how to do and become an ice-cold political operator that doesn't flinch with metaphorical (or even literal) guns aimed to her head.
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