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Episode Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Episode 5 discussion
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, episode 5
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u/CosmicPenguin_OV103 https://anilist.co/user/CosmicPenguin May 06 '25
So kira kira. So doki doki. (again if a certain girls band vocalist wanna join next week I would not be surprised) What a freaking episode that smells of shiny teenagers. Heck while it's completely different in the plot, this has faint FLCL vibes for most parts of the episode too, the smell of wild youth and strong feelings all around. From Machu chilling out on the balcony to them three all wearing just underwear lying on G-Quacks (what a strange taste this Gundam has, I wonder if (cough) has been blended into it...), to all 3 fixated on going to Earth, this story really has the distinct aura that you can only find from teens,
(of course there's one more major plot that also fits with that aura, carry on reading...)
And this episode absolutely nailed that well, with a rich world background to boot and main plot still advancing! I must admit 3 years of time between my watch of the original Gundam 0079 has me almost completely forgotten who the Black Tri-Star Dom are (I vaguely remember the name, can someone remind me who they are and what did they do in the original story?), but with the exception of that one retired guy who had exceptional luck to climb to the mayor's position, the other poor two ends up as the latest fodder for these 3 crazy kids zooming around outside Side 6.
And of course today's MC is Nyaan. I have always thought she's strangely chugging along in the previous episodes and I was sure she has much more than just that. Well then, is she a New Type or something after all? Because, wow, after forced to take over G-Quacks with Machu pinned down in that locker (more on that later), and spending the initial seconds of the battle being pinned down, it seems her Yui Ishikawa powered fighter instinct (TM) has fired up in one of the fastest ways I have ever seen in Gundam (Something to do with Haro maybe? Definitely worth pondering by Gundam fans) and she just went just as straightforward crazy as Machu did last week, grabbing Red Comet and still-in-a-fever-
adoring-Nyaan-maybeShuji on the hands and saved that initial first enemy shot. Looks like Shuji really understand what she's doing immediately too and that was a brilliant MAV combo turn-around (Nyaan dodging that blank range head shot was the moment of the match)!All that happened while poor Machu was stuck in that locker trying to outsmart top-of-the-class Xavier Olivette (who's a poor guy in himself, G-Quacks literally rejected him LMAO) - and failed. Though it seems Xavier was confused too and he probably has let the evidence he once grabbed with his hands slipped away too. Oh well, this is not them two's day...
And suddenly Nyaan can see that kira kira and feel Shuji - and even more importantly, FREEEEEEDDDOOOOOOMMMMMMM too. All with her fired up like those rocking band girls next door this season. Yippeeeeeeeee - that's a romance triangle that I really want to see.
But the best moment of this episode is definitely at the very end. Machu's heart is absolutely broken. Look at when she thought "I thought I was the one who can understand Shuji!" And look at that shocked face! Like she's saying "DON'T TAKE SHUJI AWAY FROM MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" As if it's [a certain Winter 2025 Girls Band anime]that Uika (Hatsune) committing "murder" scene but in Gundam! That's absolutely spicy, I love this sooooo much and I really am fully interested how their relationship will evolve. Be it no romance in the end, someone get their heart(s) broken or even what happens in the ED really happens (Who knows, maybe girls fighting for the same boy got trauma and ending up liking each other really can work...), I will be glazing my eyes into the future episodes to see how kira kira this is leading up to!