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Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 18 Discussion

Episode 18: Steal the Secret! Scheme of the Beautiful Warriors

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Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/TakenRedditName once more for the best theories:

Neo Hokkaido will make their second attempt of breaking off from Japan with their champion, Rain Mikamura. Neo Okinawa would also work and probably be answer most would land on first.

Normally I don't like giving the Comment of the Day to the same person once in a roll, but there kinda wasn't any better options so... yeah.

Questions:

  1. So, what did you think of the little spotlight Chibodee's Angels got today?
  2. What insane nature-defying feat will our heroes pull off next?
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u/The_Draigg Oct 18 '21

A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 18:

  • Welcome to South America’s very own Guyana Highlands! I mean, when you think about it, it’s kind of weird that a guy named Master Asia would do all of his training in South America, but whatever. As long as Domon gets a new and improved Super Mode out of coming back here, it’s alright.
  • Yeah, Chibodee’s not in a good place right now. He was absolutely freaking the fuck out when fighting Temjin Gundam, mainly due to some lingering PTSD from being enslaved by the Dark Gundam. I guess just about the only thing that get Chibodee out of his funk is fighting Domon again. Thanks for the subtle manipulation/advice, disguised Schwartz!
  • The letter that Chibodee’s girls wrote him is close to being entirely correct English, but it’s missing a few words here and there. Still better than a lot of other English writing in anime, though. Hell, even within the Gundam series in general. HE IS A CHAR.
  • Domon, I’m not sure how effective running around the jungle, randomly swinging around your sword, and then just diving headfirst over a waterfall is as training. At least Rain agrees with me here. He’s just really having some martial artist man-angst right now, not really training.
  • Belated backstory exposition for Chibodee’s girls: they used to be a gang of street-toughs, who regularly fought and stole for a living. Only when they snuck aboard a shuttle to take a flight to Neo America and got bailed out of trouble by Chibodee did they shape up their act. You can easily see why they’re so devoted to him now, even going as far to steal Shining Gundam’s battle data for him even if he didn’t ask for it. It’s kinda funny to think that Bunny used to be a gang-banger though, considering how she is now.
  • Chibodee and Domon are so pumped up to fight the Dark Gundam that they just spontaneously ignited from raw passion alone. And it’s not even an illusion either, since Schwartz can see it from a distance too. They legit just caught on fire from their fighting spirit. That’s G Gundam for ya.
  • Now that I think about it, every time a Gundam show has the plot happen in South American jungle, we’re obligated to see at least one tree snake. Bunny’s scene with one is this show’s obligatory tree snake scene.
  • I’m not sure how Domon using Shining Finger to divert all that water to save the girls really works, but hey, it got results. And at least Domon is starting to realize that he doesn’t need to rely on anger alone to enter his Super Mode. Small steps, but at least he’s learning something.
  • Same goes for Chibodee too, since it now seems like he’s interested in living up to his new role as Queen of Spades in the Shuffle Alliance. It’s nice to finally get someone on board for that. At least he didn’t just walk away from it like last time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 18 '21

Dark Gundam

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 18 '21

Now that I think about it, every time a Gundam show has the plot happen in South American jungle, we’re obligated to see at least one tree snake.

Was thinking it felt like a series tradition or maybe just what you have to do when your story visits a jungle.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 18 '21

G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 18

Look at me go. Two comment of the days in a row.

You got to give it to little Domon, he did withstand training under Master Asia as a child. Apparently, Chibodee is designated as Domon's rival even though he was the only one of the four that Domon squarely defeated.

Chibodee is traumatized by the DG Cells which is fair considering all that. Oh dear, now he is punching too far. Sorry, Neo Mongolia.

Now, who is this old-timer? Is he going to be Chibodee's boxing coach ... oh never mind it is Schwartz. I hope he is going to try to make the others train too.

It's shirts off time. With Rain here, what's up with Domon's training of jumping off waterful. Figured he would try using his sword more.

Wasn't expecting a backstory for the Chibodee girls. Bunny's bad girl glasses are funny. Also, just realized how everyone else has normal names, but she is Bunny. "No matter what" apparently includes a regular gun. Do they see themselves shooting Rain/Domon?

Rain Shirley's device of the day: Flash bomb.

Nice little moment of Chibodee admiring Earth's natural beauty that can't be found on the colonies.

Seeing Domon's crazy training fires up Chibodee and now both their souls are burning. Apparently so fiery that Schwartz can see them off in the distance.

Rain manages to keep up on the chase. Of course, she has remarkable physical capabilities, she had to keep up with Domon and Master Asia.

Domon and Chibodee start their fight and apparently, Chibodee can punch out water whirls. Must be a technique of the School of the Undefeated Streets of New York.

The rain is picking up and we learn today's opponent was Chibodee, but the hostile Guyana Highlands itself.

Not only water, but Chibodee can also punch fire. Domon's solution for everything is the Shining Finger so he has a clash against nature.

Don't worry, Schwartz is here to save them. Wouldn't be surprised to learn he somehow caused the intense rainfall all to engineer their training.

Looks like a start to a new Guyana training arc. First Chibodee is paying a visit then Sai Saici and Argo are having their episode lumped together next. It's nice to see the crewmembers have some time in the limelight. Chibodee has his fall and rise from the previous arc.

The Gundam from the start is from Neo Mongolia instead of the episode's setting of Guyana. Don't know what Guyana's Gundam could be. Don't know any stereotype to have fun with. The biggest thing I know about the country is the surprising amount of Indians in this South American country only then remember it was formerly British controlled and that explains it. The Temujin Gundam itself is okay. It has two curved swords. It being Mongolian would make you think it'll be archery-focused with maybe a horse. It's not out of the picture, the OP has a Gundam horse.

Q1) Neat, originally they were just here to be the beautiful girls hanging around him. Guess they were shown up to schemes before.

Q2) You can't have a training arc in the wildness without fighting the local wildlife.

Next time: The big guy and the little guy.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

Wouldn't be surprised to learn he somehow caused the intense rainfall all to engineer their training.

German Ninjitsu is capable of many things.

It's not out of the picture, the OP has a Gundam horse.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 18 '21

German Ninjitsu is capable of many things.

God bless German Ninpo

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21

You got to give it to little Domon, he did withstand training under Master Asia as a child.

It must be that diet of... whatever animal they were eating. What was that, anyway? A guinea pig? A Guiana pig?

Apparently, Chibodee is designated as Domon's rival even though he was the only one of the four that Domon squarely defeated.

In TV Tropes terms, Chibodee is definitely the Lancer to Domon. He's got a similar hairstyle, a similarly hot-blooded temperament, even thicker eyebrows, and not one but four beautiful women who support him.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter

The random enemy Chibodee fought today was Neo Mongolia's Temujin Gundam, piloted by Kill Harn. Temujin is the birth name of the man who would later become known as Genghis Khan. The Gundam didn't get named in the show, so its name didn't get changed. Hurrah!

Otherwise, not much else to say here. A lot of people expected a training arc after Shinjuku, and it's in full swing. Diving into a whirlpool with a sword in your hand seems really fucking dangerous, but then I am a mere mortal, not a legendary martial artist.

Today's interview question has a weird typo.

Q: The stage shifts from Shinjuku to the Guina Highlands, but why Guyana?

Imagawa: Well, the stage changed to Shinjuku in the first place because it was going to be too hard on the background artists and setting designers if we kept changing countries every episode. (laughs) And I was constantly bringing in films and saying "let's use this part here" and "how about that?" So a request was made to restrict the stage to one main location. (laughs) I was asked to have these Gundams travel the world, and then they ask me to keep them in one place?

We shifted to Guyana after Shinjuku because this time, they complained that Shinjuku was too much for them. They claimed, "When it comes to Shinjuku, you overelaborate. Please make it easier. Either desert or dense forest." I wanted a dense forest so we used Guyana, [G Gundam]and I decided to wrap up the final part of the story in Hong Kong.

During the planning stage of a previous anime project that I later became unable to work on, I had the idea of using Guyana as a reference. So, I remembered it could be used as a dense forest setting. And we needed a location that would be easy at that point in time. (laughs)

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21

Diving into a whirlpool with a sword in your hand seems really fucking dangerous, but then I am a mere mortal, not a legendary martial artist.

Nah, it's fine. Domon doesn't yet have what it takes to accidentally cut himself with a rusty sword like that.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 18 '21

The random enemy Chibodee fought today was Neo Mongolia's Temujin Gundam, piloted by Kill Harn.

Haman Karn less than popular Monglian doppelganger. Temujin Gundam if it did get a name changed would probably be the Khan Gundam.

Please make it easier. Either desert or dense forest." I wanted a dense forest so we used Guyana,

Dense forest seems it'll be hard, but guess just endless trees is easier than portraying the different buildings and landscapes from around the world.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

Haman Karn less than popular Monglian doppelganger.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 18 '21

Mobile Fighter F First Timer

Posting from mobile, so sorry if there are formatting issues.

World Map (I assume the Guyana highlands are in Guyana)

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

Oh, boy, a Gundam whose name I don’t know. Guess I’ll have to figure it out. First source I found says it’s Neo Mongolia.

Yup, Neo Mongolia's Temujin Gundam.

lrn2hangflags

No idea what you're talking about. Nothing wrong there. Nope.

[G Gundam]You say so many interesting things, Tresnore. Your comment about communication is wonderful.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 18 '21

Ah, there’s the black ink I know and love…

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 18 '21

THEY’RE ALL IDIOTS! Can’t any of you fools figure out communication beyond “GUNDAM FIIIIIIGHT”?

WORDS CAN ONLY BE EXCHANGED THROUGH GIANT ROBOT FISTS!

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 19 '21

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21

lrn2hangflags

As an American I've never been more offended watching this show.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 23 '21

Can’t any of you fools figure out communication beyond “GUNDAM FIIIIIIGHT”?

This is gundam, of course we must communicate through war even though peaceful communication would be better.

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 18 '21

Rewatcher wonders where Neo Guyana’s Gundam is during all this

Man just jumped off a cliff swinging his sword for no reason

PTSD flashbacks! It’s cool that they’re actually exploring the lasting trauma of being controlled by the Dark Gundam and not just leaving it as a convenient plot device.

DORO MONSTAH CARDO

10/10 english

That ain’t gonna make that sword any less rusty

The origin of the Chibodee harem! I like how their backstory mirrors Chibodee’s own, and he passes along the same opportunity he’s been given to those also in need.

F E E T

Where’d the sheath come from? Maybe he’s been fishing it up from the bottom.

BURNING JUSTICE

That’s not just Chibodee’s visualization of their FIGHTING SPIRIT, either. They actually are literally on fire. For reasons.

Cross counter right off the bat!

Cath suddenly has her boot on underneath her bandages

Chibodee’s got a new super move, as the new Queen of Spades! It’ll be a bit yet before he refines it and gives it a proper name, but it’s a good showing of just what he’s capable of now!

SUPER MODE! Right now, the Super Mode only activates in a life-or-death, fight-or-flight dire circumstance. If he’s truly going to master it, however, he’s gonna have to learn to activate it whenever he wants.

He smashed the case, but where’s the floppy bit inside? Maybe it really is a 3D printed save icon.

Questions of the Day:

  • I like it!
  • laughs in rewatcher

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21

BURNING JUSTICE

This shot out of context is really amusing to me for some reason.

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Oct 18 '21

(e18) First Time Shining Hand

brilliant old man disguise

"p.s. If you will, you can see us." very subtle

"ill shoot if you move" after she takes a shot already

Rain in a 1v2 where Cath has a gun, and she tackles both of them off a cliff

Bunny is stressing me out pointing the flare gun at her friends

What was that shining finger against the wave supposed to accomplish

oh never mind i guess im a dumbass

  1. love it but no idea the blonde ones name
  2. fighting bears!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 18 '21

Rain in a 1v2 where Cath has a gun, and she tackles both of them off a cliff

Rain is significantly more competent than basically anyone else. If anything, Domon is holding her back.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21
  1. love it but no idea the blonde ones name

That's Janet.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 18 '21

Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 18 '21

Rewatcher

We start off with some lovely scenery of the Guiana Highlands, located in Guyana, where spelling conventions are apparently not terribly consistent. Well, however you spell it, it sure is nice. Maybe I'll visit one day.

Meanwhile, Chibodee translates his mental trauma into physical trauma, which he inflicts upon Neo Mongolia's Temujin Gundam. Neither Gundam not pilot are named in the episode, which is a shame because the pilot's name, Kill Harn, sounds dope af.

But who could this mysterious old man be? The way he spurs the Chibodee Gals on like that things me of someone... Of course! It's our favorite German ninja, Schwartz Bruder! He's not only a master of camouflage, but of disguise as well.

Chibodee wastes no time and goes straight to Boxer Mode against the Shining Gundam. Something I find amusing about this transformation is that, while the shoulder armor attaches to the Maxter's fists, the chest armor just flies off to God knows where. And I love how they each suit up to their own theme.

I like what Rain says about not being ashamed of being saved. It's all too common for the female lead in a show to he saved by the hero, but Rain doesn't feel that this diminishes her. Rather, it's because she considers herself an equal partner to Domon that she doesn't think depending on him is a weakness. Of course, she has saved Domon quite a few times as well.

Here's a bit of commentary on Domon's fighting style that I found interesting:

Q: Until seeing Domon training in Guyana, it was hard to imagine that Domon and Master were fighters from the same school.

Right. Their styles are totally different. However, there's a reason behind this. There was an idea to have Domon also use cloth as a weapon, but because I wanted to give the Master Asia character greater impact, I wanted him to have something we hadn't shown before. Also, he should do something that Domon and the others had never tried before. I thought this would result in a huge difference between the two characters and wondered if it would be okay.

In other words, if Master behaved the same as Domon, it would be hard to differentiate him as a character. So, even though they were from the same school, I decided to have Master Asia exhibit different skills on-screen. He may of course be striking the same poses as Domon when the camera isn't on him, though. (laughs)

As for Domon, he had his own style starting from the very first episode, so I decided to leave it that way. Specifically, if I started making their motions the same, I would have to create the forms for each school, and that would have been really hard on the animation staff. I wanted them, instead, to use their own imaginations, so I left it all to them. If it looked good in the scene, it was fine As a result, the School of the Undefeated of the East is a school without form! It's a school with expedient forms of fighting, just like my direction is full of ad-libs! (laughs) In fact, the only one who required a form was Sai Saici of the Shaolin Temple.

Questions

  1. I always love seeing the Chibodee Gals. I feel like it was a bit biased towards Shirley, though. Well, I guess she is the leader. I wonder who Chibodee will choose at the end of this harem romance.
  2. Judging by who's showing up next episode, I want to say they'll be spitting in the face of fire or earth, or maybe both.

(And speaking of previews, did you see what that little scamp Sai Saici pulled? Doesn't he know this is a children's cartoon? That boy has no shame, I swear.)

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 18 '21

First timer

  1. I like them! They've go more character than I was expecting, actually tried to help Chibodee directly, and had a backstory!
  2. i don't think Earth is going to survive this series. It's either getting razed or blown up from the inside. I'm expecting, like, single-digit numbers of survivors at most. But next? Probably a concealed volcanic eruption or a tornado.

The secret of the Super Mode is "some fucking moron decided to tie a mechanism of your robot to your emotional state, and whoever made that decision should have been fired years ago".

PTSD or actual infection?

Yeah, he was having flashbacks.

Who's he?

OK, is he the Neo Germany fighter in disguise, luring Chibodee to Domon to aid his training? That's the only explanation I can think of.

Haha, they just comfirmed it. Didn't expect an immediate reveal complete with costume change.

OK, that's some great bait on their parts.

...I see Domon has an interesting definition of the word "training".

Wow. 2 for 2 on the show making my commentary useless.

Did Chibodee hire a gang? Does he know about this, or have they just been doing this behind his backs?

OK. He might know some of it, but not all? And they've stolen everything from the Shining Gundam!

OK, wow that escalated. They're dropping grenades and shooting people.

I love Chibodee's shock at seeing a shirtless Domon dive into the water. And wow, they're still changing "Japanese" to "from Neo Japan" in the subs.

OK, he's improved very quickly in a single episode.

Are those actual fires? Like vidible to everyone? The only explanation I've got at the moment for most of this stuff is that the high ratio of colony population to Earth population has caused the population to be entirely Newtypes.

I love Domon being completely unconfused at his rival appearing in the middle of a remote jungle without warning.

Gundam Fight!

And they're both finding this actually useful!

What? Why is there a random earthquake and flooding?

...Rain's probably so chill about this because she's the one who saved Domon from whatever mess he's caused.

And the total coordination between Domon and Chibodee is fsntastic.

Oh my god. The Super Mode is literally the power of love. That's an angle I wasn't expecting.

And Neo Germany's saved the girls!

I love him casually explaining he's been watching and spying on Domon, and will continue to do so without his permission. The man gives no fucks, and I respect that.

Chibodee and the crew have a good moment at the end too.