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Episode Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Episode 5 discussion

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, episode 5

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u/Skyreader13 May 06 '25

Did she actually kills the pilot?

Did shuji killed another one as well, considering explosions?

I wonder if there's some kind of penalty if the match ends up with someone died. It should have the penalty, right? idk how to make sense of clan battle in-universe if there's no prevention of life loss in its match

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u/Saucefest6102 May 06 '25

The vibe I’m getting is that killing in Clan Battle isn’t illegal as much as it is frowned upon. Pretty much everyone walks into an MS expecting anything up to actual death because there are no safety measures involved, unlike the Gundam Fight from G Gundam or the MS duels from G-Witch

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u/AkhasicRay May 06 '25

There’s no penalty, they even mention a few times that these things happen. Clan Battles are basically illegal underground (outer space?) free for all battles where essentially anything goes. Kill your opponents? Well it could maybe hurt your chances of getting future opponents but it seems like as far as the rules go (what little there are) a win is a win

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u/[deleted] May 06 '25

In ep3 they said there were no rules besides you win if you destroy your opponent's MS's heads, pretty much implying killing is allowed.

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u/il-Palazzo_K May 06 '25

Which confuses me this episode, since Shuji only cut off the Dom’s head but it exploded anyway. So even the head isn’t safe!?

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u/darthvall https://myanimelist.net/profile/darth_vall May 07 '25

Yeah I was surprised at this scene. Feels like a clean cut, but somehow it also blew up the suit.

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u/Tora-shinai May 07 '25

01 Gundam as well in episode 2.

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u/Financial-March-3158 May 10 '25

I feel like this is the first time we saw it being cut by beam saber which might cause the explosion. Before that, it was always the axe that chop off the head. 

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u/Mathmango May 07 '25

Could be because they're older suits. Or it looks cool

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u/BasroilII May 07 '25

Did she actually kills the pilot?

Her saber went right through the cockpit.

As for Shuji's his head apparently thought it was the bridge of a federation battleship. Hit it and the entire mech exploded. In spite of decapitations rarely being that severe with most MS.

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u/anonymous_space5 May 06 '25 edited May 06 '25

Im thinking the same thing. this is just a muck battle for money. costing the lives...last two episodes I feel a bit depressed to watch...

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u/BosuW May 06 '25

For now I feel like Machu doesn't want to kill, but she would if she had to. Shuji doesn't care. And Nyaan... "Well y'know for me, the action is the juice."

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u/TeaAndLifting May 06 '25

Yes to both.

There doesn't seem to be any penalties though. It appears to be 'accepted risk'