Eva’s First Impression
Gundam is back in action, and this season starts off with highlighting the ripple effects of Tekkan’s success. Since Fareed had exposed the corruption of Gjallarhorn, the ‘police’ of the world has lost it’s grip and instability is on the rise. With instability comes war, and as result of Tekkadan’s success with being a military group primarily made up of child soldiers (otherwise known as Human Debris), the interest in the potential of such had involuntarily contributed to a dramatic increase of child soldiers in certain areas. But it’s not just the children who has eyes on time, the development and use of Mobile Suits are on the rise once again after being recognized for military value. Many are working to restore and upgrade the ones from the Great War.
On the flip side, Tekkadan is now official military advisor and even has an Earth Branch. Kudelia partnered with Teiwaz to establish Admoss Company, responsible for mining, processing and shipped half-metal of Arbrau colonies. She has already created an orphanage on Tekkadan’s Sakura Farm and realize Mars’ economic and independents.
With a new season comes along with new recruits. We didn’t see a whole lot of them, but there are three who are likely to become more active in the future. However the one I am keeping my eye on is Hush Middy who I just hope won’t cause too much trouble and be a pain in the ass like some other character in a other Gundam series. (Take a guess who I am referring to!). He doesn’t seem to have too much respect for his superiors at Tekkadan, even called Mika an industrial waste.
The new recruits are fresh blood who never experienced what the founding members of Tekkadan had to go through before they had set themselves free. The Alaya-Vijnana System doesn’t scare them, but pipes their interests as they watch the veterans performing mock drills, awed by the power the system provides. In fact they go as far as describing the process as a ‘little surgery’, ignorant to just how dangerous and painful it is, and fail to get a clue why their boss (Orga) won’t let them have it. Shino and Eugene were quick to jump on them to clarify the ones who were performing do not use the system and that they never willingly had the surgery. Unfortunately for them, it doesn’t look like the new recruits get it. They also fail to understand the behavior and actions of many of Tekkadan’s original members, such as why they are so willingly to go into the battle of Mobile Suits with merely Mobile Workers. For the original members, this is a regular routine for them, they had to do this everyday to survive. But these new recruits, they clearly come from a society where they didn’t have to fight to to live another day.
As for our veteran friends, it seems as if everyone but Kudelia has grown. Of the entire main cast, Kudelia is the only one who looks far more mature. Perhaps it has to do with her outfit and hairstyle, I am not entire sure. She bears a more experienced and wise expression on her face, and has become sharper in catching suspicious behavior of those who may create trouble later on. She was quick to catch on that the owner of Terra Liberionis (who looked like trouble from the get go) had too much information and wanted to use her spotlight to gain some exposure on his failing company. Surely enough she was right as Terra Liberionis hired the Dawn Horizon Corps, (infamous pirates that even Teiwaz has trouble dealing with) to stir up trouble.
Mika remains partially disabled, but similarly to Ein, he is able to fully function with his body while inside and using Gundam Barbados. As for Mika’s lifespan, that remains up in the air as we don’t know if any new discoveries or development have been made to help address that.
Orga is playing the role as the boss for Tekkadan, and that means sucking up to paperwork. He has shown he is ready to send them back into the dangerous route as what they are doing right now isn’t enough. He shown concern of what Biscuit would have thought of such idea, but will press forward with the plan anyways.
And then we have Fareed. The guy who tells his assistant he has no friends. (Geez, no shit Sherlock, you killed them off!)
Although Gjallarhorn’s reputation is unfavorable right now, and don’t have the power they used to have, they still exist. Fareed sits at the table among the others, many new faces of those we have not seen before, along with the man who leads them Lord Rustal. Fareed sure had the nerve to go on about how he is aware of his past’s burdens, and being responsible for exposing the corruption in Mars’ Branch. He now wants his Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Join Fleet to enter Mars’ Affairs to be granted permission to intervene within Mars territory. And one thing that was made clear, Fareed does not like Lord Rustal, and vice versa. In fact Lord Rusta knows exactly what he is trying to do, but is up to the challenge (or rather I think he considers it as a game). With whatever Fareed is trying to do, I can’t imagine it’s going to do Tekkadan any favors.
With that I am psyched to begin the new season! What will the story and struggle be this time? The Opening shows a new masked buddy entering the field, I wonder who that will be?
Possibility of Blogging: Guaranteed
PS: This came out a bit later than I wanted to, sorry about that!
Was sick yesterday. 🙁
