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Episode Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Episode 5 discussion

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, episode 5

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u/LegendRazgriz May 06 '25

Drinking newtypery juice usually has different reactions depending on the individual.

A neat little detail we didn't know before is Machu is apparently pretty well off and doesn't seem like she's struggled for survival much, which reflects in her optimistic and bright piloting and how she sees the world through the Omega-Psycommu.

On the other hand, Nyaan is bitter, beaten down, and vengeful. The Gundam gives her the power to lash out against everything that caused her grief, and now I think she's started to wonder why she has to put up with any of that at all anymore - and, moreover, why would she give that power up to anyone now that she has it.

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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc May 06 '25

We kinda knew Machu was well off.
Nice school and her mom works for the gov and only cares about securing machus future (which she finds suffocating).
But yeah the trios dynamic is going to be very interesting from now on.
I don't think Nyyan would relquish her new place easily

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u/mekerpan May 06 '25

>> I don't think Nyyan would relinquish her new place easily

Is the former general requisitioning another Gundam unit (Kikeroga) that can be "accidentally" allowed to fall into the hands of our trio?

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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc May 06 '25

Oh thats an interesting idea I haven't thought about
Yeah lets get that disaster trio another gundam, there is a 0% chance this could go wrong!

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u/mekerpan May 06 '25

>> there is a 0% chance this could go wrong!

Right. :-)

That (former) general seems to be a secret behind-the-scenes co-conspirator. I like him (so far, at least).

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u/fdsa4321lbp22 May 06 '25

The Kikeroga is actually a mobile armor (more traditional spacecraft) that Challia piloted when he was Char's boyfriend MAV, it was shown in the Beginning Movie and Episode 2 from what I remember

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u/LegendRazgriz May 07 '25

The MSN-01 Kikeroga was basically a prototype Zeong, it was meant to be the mid game boss before that. Eventually it was canned because the show runtime for cut short, and the design itself was written out of canon, with the Mobile Suit for Newtype project being retconned into the MS-06Z "Bishop" and the MSN-01 Psycommu System Zaku High Mobility Test Type, which became the predecessor to the Zeong. I guess Anno dug up that little factoid for himself

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u/thara-thamrongnawa May 07 '25

Wrong one, in this universe Kikeroga is name of the (formerly known as) Braw Bro.

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u/LegendRazgriz May 07 '25

The giant dumb looking thing? Now that's no fun

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u/EmberOfFlame May 06 '25

I hope that it ends with Nyaan and Machu piloting together somehow, maybe with Shuji riding delirious shotgun

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u/Mr_Zaroc https://myanimelist.net/profile/mr_zaroc May 07 '25

If this were a trigger show he would be the villain 1000%
And then the match up makes sense again

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u/EmberOfFlame May 07 '25

Nah, the matchup makes the most sense if it’s a triad

I mean, to have a mind-merge and just use it for two people feels wasteful, you know?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

I don't think Machu was particularly well off. I think it's just that her mother has a well-connected government job and got her into that school.

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u/Working-Spell-7024 May 08 '25

Well, she doesn't seem to be risking hunger, losing the roof over her head or anything like that. Compared to Shuji and Nyaan, the contrast is huge.