Impz: Hey Crusader Nadleeh’s wearing a wig.
Crusader: No kidding…
Nadleeh: Oh it s THAT! Oh forgive the pun.
Impz: What pun?
Crusader: Shut up it thinks it’s witty.
So other than a significant waste of time that Louise and Saji were Gundam 00 certainly did surprise…
(Song originally by Mel Brooks)
I am desperately hoping that wither Lousie becomes a doll for Ms. Wang or dies a horrible death for stealing time. At least Saji was prevented from commenting on world affairs.
Soma: Listen, Louise did you get a chance yet to read Springtime for Nadleeh?
Louise: Read it? I devoured it! I for one, for instance, I never realized that the Union meant United States.
Soma: Yeah, how ’bout that? Then you’ll do it?
Lousie: Do it? Of course not. The Gundam’s so obsessed. With Gundam’s so depressed. It’s hard to sell a ticket on Broadway. Shows should be more stripy. Shows should be more witty. Shows should be more… What’s the word?
Soma: Gay?
Thank goodness Leutnant Soma was not humiliated before the Gundam onslaught. Allelujah is allergic to women so he screams incessantly about not being touched to the point that he blacks out. I can see the exact same thing happening once Christina tries to approach the apple of her eye. I hope when that day comes his screams will haunt her dreams until the day Christina dies. I was glad that the HRL made some progress in cracking a Gundam open. Even if they walked away empty handed, they at least learned a couple of things. Most important of all was that Virtue was not as virtuous as its name implies. Apparently once fatty vomits or strips it becomes Gundam Nadleeh who is most definitely one of those rare women Gundam and a direct descendent of Noble Gundam from the house of G-Gundam. Already comrade Amuro1X has found that Dynames and Nadleeh are very close…
Louise: Exactly! No matter what you do on the stage. Keep it light, keep it bright, keep it gay! Whether it’s murder, mayhem or rape. Don’t complain, it’s a pain. Keep it gay!
Saji: People want laughter when they see a show. The last thing they’re after’s a litany of woe.
Louise & Saji: A happy ending will pep up your play…
Lousie: Oedipus won’t bomb…
Saji: If he winds up with Mom! Keep it gay!
Louise: Keep it gay…
Louise & Saji: Keep it gay!
The capture of Gundam Stripper/Reverse Trap was fraught with S&M over tones and apparently hentai conventions as well. Still having Tieria cry like a baby was most rewarding. Kyrios just pwned everything in his path as expected and thankfully Exia and Dynames were still handicapped this round. I like Hallelujah more than Allelhujah since Hallejuah seems more bent on taking the initiative, as Rommel said once, “In the absence of orders, find something and kill it.” At the very least it was better than crying. I think Hallelujah needs to come up more since only he can serve as commissar. I liked the way he toyed with that wimpy Allelujah. Clearly Hallelujah is the seme and Allelujah the uke.
Soma: Couldn’t agree with you more. And you have our blessings, Louise, to make Springtime for Nadleeh just as gay as anyone could possibly want. So, c’mon, do it for us, please.
Louise: No, sorry, Soma, but it’s simply not my cup of tea. Still, fair is fair, perhaps I should ask my production team what they think.
Soma made me proud. her handling of Gundam Reverse Trap was masterfully done, and she can work as part of a team, unlike those damned solo glory hound Gundams. I was saddened by how Soma was impotent in the face of the Hallelujah onslaught though the fight against Virtue was worthy of song. I am glad she survived and Sergei did not cry like a loser was a nice addition too. Poor Ming died in his delaying operation, though his saving of Soma from Hallelujah the Rapist was commendable. Just because Hallelujah was a failed experiment doesn’t mean he can blame poor Soma. It’s not her fault the bloody lab rat escaped before the conclusion of the project. Still I think that the HRL has proven that a pink paint job is proof against CB weapons.
Louise: This is my set designer, Tieria.
Tieria: Keep it glad, keep it mad, keep it gay!
Louise: And here’s my costume designer, Allelujah.
Allelujah: Hello…Keep it happy, keep it snappy, keep it gay!
Tieria & Allelujah: We’re clever, creative. It’s our job to see. That ev’rything’s perfect for Mrs. Louise!
Sumeragi continues to weep while Christina is still fearful of battle long after it has passed. I am beginning to think that Tieria was banging Veda all this time, given how much trauma he/she experienced while using Nadleeh. Not sure what the hair is for other than a dramatic effect, but I guess Sunrise is trying to reach out to female viewers with an obviously female Gundam, though I suspect there might be another set of hidden parts in that one too. Soma finally broke out her deadpan persona and we can all agree that a genki caring Soma is an improvement.
Louise: Next, Christina, my choreographer…
Christine: Hi there…
Louise: And, ah, finally, last and least, my lighting designer, Sumeragi.
Sumeragi: Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay
Sergei: I don’t think we’re getting to them, Soma. What do we do now?
Soma: Watch this. Louise, listen. I think that Springtime for Nadleeh would be a marvelous opportunity for you. I mean, up to now, you’ve always been associated with frivolous fanservice and Saji.
I underestimated how much Mr. Hong saved up for his Ms. Wang time dayto. Seems that he bought more than five minutes, and forced a costume change to boot! In other Ms. Wang news it seems our Bond villain aspirant is enamored with perfect machines and wonders why humans are so imperfect…I guess she hasn’t looked in a mirror lately. I bet she can’t even look at herself given how many times Corner has come for a paid visit. Thanks goodness Setsuna did get to say much this time around, though I suspect that Gundam Reverse Trap is soon going to be a fan favorite around here. I hope that Gundam Nadleeh upgrades her pilot to Leutnant Soma somewhere along the line. Who knows maybe they will paint it beam proof pink and make Nadleeh a maho shoujo Gundam with three combat forms one red, one blue, and one green?
Louise: You’re right. I’ve often felt as though I’ve been throwing my life away on silly little entertainments. Deopy showgirls in gooey gowns. Two-three-kick-turn! Turn-turn-kick-turn!
Saji: Oh, Louise.
Louise: It’s enough to make you heave. Nonetheless, sorry, Soma. I just couldn’t do Springtime for Nadleeh.
Soma: Why not? Think of the prestige.
Louise: No.
Soma: Think of the respect.
Louise: No, no, no.
Soma: Think of … the Tony!
Saji & the Team: Tony…Tony…Tony…Tony…Tony!
Well next episode is basically some history about the HRL’s super soldier program. I can’t wait to see how adorable loli-Soma was back in her youth.
Louise: But maybe…it’s a wile idea, but it just might work…I see a line of beautiful girls. Dressed as gundams, each one a gem. With leather boots and whips on their hips. It’s risque, dare I say, S & M!
Saji & The Team: Love it!
Louise: I see Gundam Meisters dancing through France. Played by chorus boys in very tight pants. And wait, there’s more – they win the war!. And the dances they do will be daring and new. Turn-turn-kick-turn, turn-turn-kick-turn. One-two-three-kick-turn!
Saji: Keep it sassy, keep it classy, keep it…Gay!
Louise, Saji & The Team: If at the end you want them to cheer. Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay. Whether it’s Hong, Wong, Lockon, or Seiei. Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay!
Saji: Comedy’s joyous, a constant delight. Dramas annoy us…
Louise & Saji: …and ruin our night.
Louise, Saji & The Team: So keep your Strindbergs and Ibsens at bay…
ALL: Keep it gay!!
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Is this the hallmark of Gundam 00? I never cease to amaze the disdain for sense of coherence in their storytelling, let alone these weird transformations the Gundams are doing. Good job, Sunrise. I’m trying to unsee your predicted demolition of Code Geass 2 now.
Oh man, last episode was so good and then they go and do this. They totally ruined Tieria, he was the guy with the biggest sack on this show. The man wore a pink shirt like nobody else, told everyone else to fuck off, pulled a gun on emo boy, and blew people up with his long, hard, “gun.” In this episode he plays the submissive one in some bondage, getting all wrapped up, strips down into a positively gay looking super Gundam, and then cries about it. For the love of god what have they done to the manliest character on the show.
Although it was nice to see batshit insane Hallelujah, I hope he goes crazy and shanks a lot of people. Alternate personality people are always fun to watch. Oh, and Allelujah was crying and so was Sumeragi again, what is this, Gundam SEED? We don’t need to start any business like everyone cries every week like in SEED.
For an organization that exists by maintaining a large advantage in material sciences, Celestial Being sure leaves a lot of equipment around, what with half of Virtue’s body being ejected.
I hadn’t considered viewing this episode’s Virtue/Nadleeh sequence as an exercise in hentai tropes. Also, is there an ‘At least one bon mot from a general per post’ rule?
@ TP
Don’t lose all hope; Code Geass 2 won’t be directed or written by the same people (from what I’ve heard).
This has to be one of the most amusing posts you’ve ever written. Note to Sunrise: Need more Hallelujah the Rapist, less Emo-boy Setsuna.
Ha! Thanks for the mention. That pic sort of just blew my mind when I saw it. I just had to share it. Anyhow, these last two episodes have by far been better than previous ones. The highlight certainly was Soma. She blew away all expectations I had of her. Sinister Hallelujah was also pretty fun to watch. Certainly need more of him.
@rollchan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvlh72ZOBWU
@TP
Sunrise has fallen a long way from the heydays of Crest of Stars and Escaflowne. All that is left it so enjoy the trainwreck.
@Calawain
Well the loss of Commissar Tieria was more than made up for with Commissar Hallelujah. At least I can take solace in the fact that Soma can credibly fight the Gundams. Sergei did not disappoint as a commanding officer, unlike Sumeragi he did not cry during the battle. If nothing else at least the foes of CB are not given to tears.
@Eirias
Yeah, that’s probably why Tieria was crying, because he had to clean it all up…
@IKnight
There is no such rule, its just all too easy at times and hard not to mock it. As for teh violation of virtue, the ropes and the gel seemed like a very contrived solution…
@Caraniel
Yes, Hallelujah the Rapist should be the main character. Thanks.
@Amuro1X
No thank you for finding it. Glad to see that some else admires Soma for being the only woman in the whole damn show.
- Perhaps its an impressive feat for Gundam00 to be the only Gundam series where you can mock every single freaking episode. Nah.
- They were setting up Tieria for the shounen breakthrough, the PSYCHO CRUSHAAAA!!!, the “Who the hell do you think I am?!” declaration before the inevitable death-by-massive-fucking-drill attack as is mandated by Kamina, our Lord and Savior. But instead it turns into a girly Gundam. Whoa. That is like the biggest letdown ever.
- Although I shouldn’t be surprised by CB’s competency level at this point, I was caught off guard by the incessant bitching and crying and screaming by the girls/traps/multiple-personalities. Perhaps this is some form of homage to the Metal Gear Solid series: just as the Patriots organization employed the Sons of Liberty to meet their ends, it will be revealed that Ms. Wang’s Celestial Bang employed the Sons of Shinji. Yes, I dare say that Gundam00 takes place 100,000,000 years after the end of the Evangelion movie, that Shinji’s bloodline has survived to haunt the 23rd century.
- Maybe our beloved Bond villain, Ms. Wang, meant to hire such incompetent crybabies on purpose. What is a Bond villain without incompetent personnel who will screw because of the intervention of one man/loli-supersoldier? Why, he is not a Bond villain at all!
You know, I never cease to be amazed at the ability of Crusader to churn out one funny post after another ~_~
@Crusader
puh-lizzz…….I hate gays… -____-;
Tiera Erde is gay. He loves to shop girlish accessories and always brings a women’s bag with him. For cripes sake, even his Gundam is gay.
anyway, thanks for this post Crusader. =)
This ep is so ridiculous (the screamfest) that I was laughing the whole time. Gundam 00 has a 2-episode arc system like DtB. The first parts build cliff hangers, and the second usually fail to deliver (like Setsuna vs. Graham, Setsuna vs. Ali, and this one).
I admit though I enjoyed Hallelujah craziness. I wonder if he didn’t save Virtue because because he enjoyed watching the S&M scene from afar. Poor Ming, apparently having name and different hairstyle does not save him from being cannon fodder, must be the hair color. His death really makes you wonder where is the trusty self-destruct mechanism when you need it. And he didn’t even struggled when pinned by Kyrios – he might be a closet masochist.
Sergei should have secretly nabbed some Nadleh’s weapons/parts so he didn’t need to go back in vain. Well, at least he has some lead about Allelujah now.
@Crusader, amazing post, you make this ep even funnier that it already is XD. I think Escaflowne is not that good (vaan has no personality and the romance has no chemistry).
Anyone that reference The Producers and W40k in the same blog is full of win and awesome…
can’t wait for your post on episode 11.
Great, more Psycho Allelujah
Nice way to kill a person though, only setback is that it takes so much time. Fine if it´s the last enemy, but in comparison to fighting a lot of enemies that way isn´t really good…
And since when did someone sticking pieces of metal into a robot chest cause the pilot, which is unarmed to become totaly helpless and can´t do shit?
For Tiera, finally he´s(she?) showing us his true colors, he blames everyone else but he´s the most fucking lunatic on the team…
And why aren´t Meisters perfect? Simple answer: They are humans and thus they have feelings, which will make them make misstakes and what not.
Episode 10: Operation Inconsistency
Since when did Kyrios gun get different power levels? He couldn’t kill Soma with a dozen shits while those same shots powned entire armies on previous episodes?
Where did those Tieren holding Virtue’s shoulder cannons go, when Virtue transformed and let those things drift in space? They should have gone “Zomg, Noob! Ninja l00t his weapons!”, instead they dissapeared. I would have just loved to see those Tieren blast Tieria with his own weapons.
Well all other stupid things about this episode probably already have been said, so Ill leave it at this.
The only reason I am still watching this anime is because I can easely pick a team to root for. Go AEU! XD
Nah, that’s obvious. Virtue’s weapons are bound on equip, so they got an error when they tried to get away with them, and just joined their friends in time to get wiped out by Drag Gundam.
On a serious note, I kinda like the explaination for Virtue being so huge : it just needs room to hide its I-Field generator. That explains Virtue being stupidly big, and it being wow-thats-convenient protected from all attacks.
@Soulshard
Homage implies that Sunrise reveres the source material, but their butcher of it indicates that he have no love for Metal Gear…damn heretics. Though the Meisters could also be part of the Sons of Shinji. I agree that Ms. wang has become quite the bond villain. All she needs to do is tie up Soma and leave her to die by some contrived laser and fail. I wonder if Soma likes her martini shaken and not stirred…
@Impz
Well boss if you bothered to watch you’d understand why it were so easy.
@rollchan
Keep it Gay!
@Anon
Hey leave poor Ming alone, everyone loves a martyr, especially one that saved Soma. As for Escaflowne VanxHitomi worked out better than SetsuanxExia. Besides the score for Escaflowne was awesome, and we all know that Dilandu is way better than Tieria and Allelujah.
@Cobrafire
Yay another fan of Mel Brooks and 40k! Thanks for reading.
@managa
Hallelujah was broadcasting his rape waves accorss the universe, no doubt it would make any man shudder at the thought of being his uke…
The meisters suck because they are good, and good is dumb. =P
@Gideon
Good to see that the AEU has some supports, I am a Union and HRL fan myself. So long as CB sucks its all good.
@Phy
I don’t mind the fat as much any more though I still can’t fathom why they needed hair…
@Commander Crusader:
you like gays, right? =P
also, can you blog Blue Drop for us? It’s about to end now. But, I want to see some reviews for it. Thanks!
Hah, I just started watching this series, so now I’m trying to catch up. Your critic is really fun to read. Thanks a lot for it!
The “Hallelujah the Rapist” part is the best. I wish he wasn’t MPD though, just bipolar. I don’t really like the whole split personality thing. I’m surprised no one has commented on how the Wild Bear is named after a vodka… or how apparently the only name Russian males ever have is “Sergei”.
What I don’t really understand is why Christina was flipping out so badly. I mean, their ship has a super special magic barrier-shield-thing. It’s not like they even got damaged somehow, just rocked a bit.
Soma is just awesome, being mature, competent and having emotions all at the same time.
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