Well this was a very dense episode. A lot going on everywhere, and many questions all around.
The biggest:
- What does Jupiter have to do with the development of Gundams? In what way does orbit around Jupiter necessitate the creation of a solar furnace, and why do the Throne engines look and function so differently? It seems like this is the key that enabled Professor Aifman to figure out what Schenberg's real goal is.
It makes me wonder if Schenberg's real goal was to unify the earth to get into deep space. One extension of the Fermi Paradox theory believes that a species has a high probability of killing itself off shortly (within a few centuries) after achieving spaceflight or will master those self-destructive tendencies and thrive for billions of years. (source)
To me, this seems like the most likely scenario.
It seems like Johan is a pretty cool-headed guy, and probably the only one of the Thrones worth giving a damn about. Nena is cute and all, a Rie Kugimiya (Shana) character with curves for once, but she seems incredibly psychotic. She plays off being cute, but becomes incredibly angry when Setsuna rebukes her. Then there is Michael, the easiest character to hate...ever. I don't even want to see him get blasted away in his mobile suit. I want Lockon to snipe his head clean off, the old fashioned way. Though I would settle for Hallelujah using the Nasty Scissors on his Gundam. Graham beating him down with his clearly inferior Overflag wouldn't be too bad either...
Though I did get a laugh when he said he stalk Tieria if "it" were a girl.
Then there is Nena inside Veda, something we only thought Tieria could really do. What was she doing in there? Sumeragi seemed to get the hint though, and recommended that he information on the Thrones shouldn't go into Veda, which seems to apparently be a public access computer now.
Finally, we get something useful out of the "normal" folks. Saji is still a pussy, Louise taking off gives us all an ominous feel (thanks to her crying in the ED, and the preview for next time).
But the real important thing seems to be Kinue (Saji's sister if anyone forgot what her name was). She seems to be onto something. Something big. I think that she will be the one to figure out what Schenberg's real goal is, now that Aifman is dead. Either that or she will uncover something about the Observers, or other huge things about the Thrones.
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Originally Posted by Ryllharu
