Quote by CagariIn some aspects,
GSD is worse...correction...in MOST aspects it is worse...but one great thing that came out of it was more scans for us
to see. =D
Let us start with the good news first....
-We got to see a sequel.
-Nice art.
-More characters.
-Another anime for us to watch. =)
Here is the bad:
-Weak, weak, weak, and sucky storyline for the most part. Ninety percent of the episodes were fillers...heck...the whole
series was very close to being a filler series!
-Too many characters for us to even get to know...sure, most of them looked pretty(and that's probably why we
remember them), but most of them died before we got to know them. It is very important for us to bond to the characters
in order to feel the true effect of a great series...(I am sure half of you didn't understand that...>_<)
Even when they brought oldies back, they were given totally new personalities! Okay...I know war makes you a totally
different person when you get back...but...uh...that dramatically? We were left wondering, "...Hey...is that really
Athrun?" It's as if they were given the same bodies but they were a totally different character inside.
-Many relationships did not have the time to develop. AthrunXCagalli(Loves them to death) was pretty good in the
beginning, but slowly went...no...rapidly went downward. Why...oh why...Cagalli has a country to run, and gets stressed
out, but maybe that is why she decided to break up with Athrun. If they got married or something, then it would be SOO
much responsibility for Cagalli. She's only eighteen too folks. Would you be able to run a country in the middle of
a war, with no former experience, and not expect to go through Hell and back? Shinn and Luna....eh...if somebody killed
my little sister I would find it near impossible to fall in love with him...the producers probably needed a new
relationship to replace the AthrunXCagalli one. ShinnXLuna do not look bad together, but they got together so
quickly...it reminds me of KiraXFllay. And now for the biggie...LacusXKira. Yes, they are cute together, but Kira has
matured to the point of seeming as if he is a twenty-six...or even...thirty year old. Lacus too. Yes war matures you,
but do you guys have to let your teenage years fly out of the window? They are very boring and too perfect put together,
and have do not have any personality...very little, but it is barely there. Kira is modest and shy, but maybe he does
not want to kiss Lacus because Lacus reminds him of Fllay. (And if you don't believe me go watch Episode 47 of
SEED. There are two parts in there that show Kira thinking that Lacus is Fllay). It is very hard on him, and I feel
sorry for him. Lacus flirts, but does not do anything much. It is as if she expects Kira to do all the work!
"Kira...I'm going up into space, so make sure nothing shoots my shuttle". "Okay Lacus!" "I
am not afraid of you Gilbert because I have the Ultimate Coordinator, Kira, by my side, and if that is the case, I CAN
DO ANYTHING!" "All what I have to do is talk because Kira will destroy things for me". Sounding a bit
like Fllay? Sounds like it to me. Lacus does use Kira, although Lacus admitted. The difference is Lacus DID admit, and
Fllay DIED BEFORE she could admit. It is not fair to poor Kira and Fllay.
-WHY DID THEY HAVE TO MAKE KIRA GOD?!?! For two years he did not pilot a Gundam, and when he goes back, it is as if he
has been training the whole time. Yes, he is the Ultimate Coordinator, but after two years, when there is better
technology, (Supposedly) better pilots, and better mobile suits, you would expect him to get scratched, but he
doesn't. Not at all. Nada...well, except for that fight with Shinn. Rip off of the fight with Athrun though. When
he goes to fight at Jackin Due for the second time, the first time, he nearly got killed(he was floating ouside of his
Gundam when the fight was over, and his Gundam was in pieces), and when he goes back the second time, he has his near
invincible Strike Freedom, equipped with METEOR, and starts blasting the living heavens out of everything he needs to
shoot down. Athrun was practically unneeded during that last fight. Not to mention over half of Kira's dialogue in
that episode was, "Athrun!" "Athrun!" "Athrun!"
Athrun's dialogue: "Kira!" "Got it." "Kira!" *nods* *Agrees* *Nods again* Lacus is
like a god's wife or something. She knows everything, she knows how to get to everybody, she looks perfect, she
knows what to do, she knows this and that and blah blah blah. Short translation? Perfect/boring/no character/ no
development whatsoever. In my mind, Lacus wasn't needed half of the time. Most of the time she was just flirting
with Kira anyway...or staying by his side, or doing something else with him.
-They killed most of the good characters. I see why they killed Stellar off. To make things sad, add some more stuff we
do not get much of in this series=PLOT!, and because she would have died anyway...unless if the scientists and doctors
at PLANT could have found something to help her survive, for without the pod she would die. Meer....she did not have to
die at all. Many people hate her because she was pretending to be Lacus, but she needed to. Let me repeat, NEEDED TO AND
SHE WANTED TO HELP. While Miss Lacus was on Earth helping Kira out and wanting to be around him and staying away from
"danger", the people on PLANT did not have anybody to encourage them and to inspire them. Lacus left a WHOLE
NATION behind for one person. Sad, but romantic, but selfish as well. So that is why Gilbert found Meer, not only
because she sang like Lacus, but because he knew Lacus was very important to politics and to the people of PLANT. She
tried her bes to support her country, to act like Lacus so the people wouldn't question and get confused, and
influence politics for the good of the people. Yes Lacus was her idol, but she was happy to be her to help the people
out as well. When Lacus just stepped out of nowhere and said, "Do not believe her. She is a fake. I am Lacus
Clyne", it made me angry because Meer did so much for the people, and then Lacus just steps up like that and says,
"She is a fake...therefore, she is bad. She is influencing you in a bad way." Hello Lacus, YOU WERE NOT THERE
THE WHOLE TIME. Meer had to do everything, and all what Lacus had to do was tell the people that she was a fake.
Heine was awesome. They had to kill him off though, because T.M. Revolution was busy and had to finish up some
albums....shame though. Gundam SEED is one of his favorite animes. I bet he was thrilled to have played a character,
even for a short time.
-They put characters with great potentials in the back. Yzak...oh my goodness...he was a Commander, and we only get to
see him every once in a while. SO much potential for him, but he doesn't even get a really cool Gundam like
Athrun's or anything! Luna could have been better, but they did not give us enough options with her.
Meyrin...eh....cute...not really needed too much though. Too many characters in this series were needed, but only for a
very small and short purpose, most of the time.
I am sorry this is so long, but I wanted to get all of my thoughts out. I hope you enjoyed my rant. =D
