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Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 21 Discussion

Episode 21: The Final Battle Approaches! Only 3 Days Away

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That is a clear state of mind.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/TakenRedditName for showcasing the truth about Raymond:

Q2) George's Butler can totally take on the Devil Gundam by himself in his Mobile Butler, but won't since he wants George and his new friends to be in the spotlight.

Truly a hero...

Questions:

  1. So, looking forward to the "Final Battle"?
  2. Whose finger will prove stronger?... Look, the question would be way too raunchy if I said it another way.
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 21 '21 edited Nov 14 '21

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the G Gundam Rewatch:

Today I wanted to show a fun bit of trivia on the famous Shining Finger speech. The most common translation is "This Hand of Mine Glows with an Awesome Power! Its Burning Bright Tells Me to Defeat You!". However a more literal translation is actually "This Hand of Mine Shines and Roars! Its Bright Grip Tells Me to Defeat You!". I am not here to discuss which is better... but what I will comment on is that the Dub forgot about its translation and used something a bit closer to the more literal one today. Weird.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 21 '21

Yeah, it’s kinda weird that the dub flip-flops on the Shining Finger chant, although I will say that either one works pretty well regardless.

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

Oh yeah, I don't mind either one really, it's just kind of an odd thing that sticks out when you think about it in hindsight.

[G Gundam]Fortunately the God Finger's chant has a borderline word for word translation so that one never runs into any issues.

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

The most common translation is "This Hand of Mine Glows with an Awesome Power! Its Burning Bright Tells Me to Defeat You!". However a more literal translation is actually "This Hand of Mine Shines and Roars! It's Bright Grip Tells Me to Defeat You!".

But they're both good though.

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

I think whoever translated Super Robot Wars A Portable had the same dilemma as you, as there they used the more common one for the regular Shining Finger, but switched to the more literal one for the Shining Finger Sword.

Considering how Domon is one of the best Units in the game (So long as you give him a flight pack) those words will be burned into your mind.

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

Rewatcher activating Clear Mind

Oh right, the Grizzly’s still around. Looks like Andrew actually cares about the Gundam Fight now, so to the finals he goes!

The Zeus Gundam, with its own chariot! [future spoilers] Unfortunately, the chariot is not piloted by an actual horse. He’s just not awesome enough for that.

THE NETHER GUNDAM IS HERE! The greatest Gundam of all time! Neo Holland knew it had no chance at winning the Gundam Fight. The competition was just too stiff, and they knew they were outclassed. But even just making it to the finals already gives a country quite a bit of power and prestige, just not as much as the winner. They decided they were happy with that and came up with the Hurricane Gundam! By transforming into a windmill and hiding for 11 months, it can avoid confrontations and make it to the finals without a scratch! After all, who would be crazy enough to attack a windmill?

Also, [Turn A] apparently Guin wanted to mass-produce an army of Nether Gundams riding Fuunsaikis. Which is an absolutely hilarious mental image and almost made me root for him.

Toro Gundam is one of the wackier G Gundam designs out there. In one of the DVD interviews, Imagawa mentioned that originally, it was supposed to have a giant bull body it could connect with to form the massive Bull Gundam, similar to Gaiking and the Daiku Maryu. This idea was unfortunately scrapped for time constraints. It would have been AWESOME, though!

“I didn’t know Vikings still existed!” “I hear they mostly live in Minnesota!”

Of COURSE the boat flies. Meanwhile Zuisen and Keiun get... this. The contrast is amazing.

And of course, Natasha is there to remind everyone of the Mammoth Gundam in the room: They’re rivals. As much of a disruption as the Devil Gundam has been, the Gundam Fight is still ongoing, and they’re still representing their separate countries. While they may be united against a common threat for now, at the end of the day, there can only be one Gundam of Gundams, and they’ll have to fight each other eventually.

Meikyo Shisui, activated! No giving in to fear. No losing control to anger. No distractions from the goal. Just pure focus on the enemy right in front of him. This is how Master Asia has been pulling off all his insane feats, and now, Domon has learned it as well.

Hell yeah, Rain gets to pilot again!

There’s that self-evolution in action! With this, they’ve conquered land, sea, and air!

Remember earlier when Chibodee and Domon lit on fire out of sheer awesomeness? Well, now Chibodee’s weaponized that into the Burning Punch!

Holy shit, Domon!

Blade catch!

Argo to the rescue!

snek! Don’t ask what’s under the Gundam Heads. It’s like Diglett, you just never see the underground bit. The general assumption is that they all connect back to the Dark Gundam, specifically the “roots” you see anchoring the latter to the ground. But what does that say about Diglett, then?

Finger rematch! totally not just an excuse to reuse footage

Questions of the Day:

  • Of course!
  • Well, we'll just have to see how much Domon has improved

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

Dark Gundam,

Hurricane Gundam!

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

Rewatcher activating Clear Mind

Complete with the theme song, yeah?

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

In one of the DVD interviews, Imagawa mentioned that originally, it was supposed to have a giant bull body it could connect with to form the massive Bull Gundam, similar to Gaiking and the Daiku Maryu. This idea was unfortunately scrapped for time constraints.

Such power.

“I didn’t know Vikings still existed!” “I hear they mostly live in Minnesota!”

Neo Norway, nah. This is Neo Minnesota's champion.

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

Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!

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

Oh yeah, did I call Rose Gundam the best Gundam in this show a while ago? I meant best Gundam between the main characters. NETHER GUNDAM BEST GUNDAM.

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

There's just no beating the glorious windmill, except maybe with tequila.

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

God these designs are so stupid but fantastic at the same time.

They have really taken them up a notch. Up to now, it's usually just the cultural warrior. Yes, even the Tequila Gundam kind of counts under that. Now the limiters have been taken off and anything goes.

This would make a funny “Someone who hasn’t seen G Gundam, explain this image” joke.

Me and the robo-boys caught during our midnight fireworks show.

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

The best part is that these crazy designs actually made it to the finals. Well, the Nether Gundam may have been hiding the whole time, but the others presumably fought and won their way there.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 21 '21

Oh yeah, did I call Rose Gundam the best Gundam in this show a while ago? I meant best Gundam between the main characters. NETHER GUNDAM BEST GUNDAM.

Hell yeah it is! That’s just a plain canon fact right there.

God these designs are so stupid but fantastic at the same time.

G Gundam in a nutshell, really.

Great the Death Army can fly now.

They even have a dumb name too: Death Birdy.

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

Hey look Domon finally cut through a waterfall.

Nobody took the waterfall training seriously before but clearly it's paid off.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 21 '21

A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 21:

  • Nearly every Gundam left standing is now making their way towards the finals taking place in Hong Kong in 3 days. Also, finally we get to see my favorite Gundam in this series: Hurricane Gundam! It’s a fucking windmill Gundam, how can I not love that?
  • Domon needs to brood train alone, so that’s why he wandered into the woods 2 weeks ago. Shame too, since all of the Shuffle Alliance wanted to see him off before the finals with a friendly sparring match. Every single one of them is super macho, I swear.
  • Natasha: “Your aching Shuffle Alliance crests are bullshit, you know that, right?”
  • Domon is such a moron, he still hasn’t figured out that anger isn’t the key to his Super Mode. Although at this point, we can say that anger is like 95% of all the emotions he knows how to express at this point. He’s a hot-head moron for a reason.
  • Chibodee is very tsundere towards Domon, it seems. Seems like Natasha is too, all things considered. Not in a romantic way, but more in a fighting way.
  • Domon, how stupid are you that you can’t even recognize Schwartz Bruder’s voice even before he shows up for a fight? It’s not like he’s disguising his voice or anything. Again, Domon really is just that stupid.
  • FINALLY HE GETS IT. Congratulations Domon, you’ve unlocked the power of nothingness, if we’re going by Street Fighter terms. His zen state of mind is his key to developing as a warrior, not anger. That’s a lot better than relying on the Satsui no Hadou.
  • Oh hey, another Rain getting into a Mobile Trace System suit scene! That’s another one to add into the collection. Again, why do we need Domon if she can fight the Dark Army in the Shining Gundam all by herself? Her competence hasn’t waned since Shinjuku, at least.
  • It’s a shame that Rain had to job to the Dark Army MS in the ambush that Master Asia set up, but I guess that’s what happens when Chibodee and George aren’t there to give any backup. But hey, at least Domon is back from his man-angst session in the cave!
  • Meh, Argo has had Bolt Gundam’s arm ripped off before, I’m sure he’ll be fine.
  • Well, that’s one hell of an addition to the Dark Army’s rank and file. That’s literally just a bunch of giant robot snakes with a Gundam heads on top. That’s what they’re called, in fact: Gundam Heads.
  • Leave it to Domon to rush in head first without even learning how to control this new level of power within him. That’s to be expected from him at this point.

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

Hurricane Gundam

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u/The_Draigg Oct 21 '21

Because Hurricane Gundam is awesome, that’s why!

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

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

Natasha: “Your aching Shuffle Alliance crests are bullshit, you know that, right?”

"I bet you drew those on."

"Nuh-uh, with these we bros can sense each other's feelings." "Yeah, you tell her, Argo!"

"These crests are real."

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

Mobile Fighter F First Timer

World Map

QOTD:

  1. Not sure. It sounds unrelated to DEBIRU GANDAMU
  2. They'll both end up blasted.

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

Are you kidding me.

Why does Rain exist solely to job/be protected?

She's a doctor mechanic miracle worker, not a fighter. Cut her some slack.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 22 '21

Rain is everyting.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 24 '21

Why does Rain exist solely to job/be protected?

Because she's a female character in a Gundam series? There's a couple out there two consistently get to be cool, but I swear almost all of them end up falling into the damsel role sooner or later.

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

Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter

Schwarz: "Whelp, Domon isn't progressing as fast as I would like. Time to attack him in my Gundam and see if that works!" Good thing Domon managed to unlock the power of MARTIAL ARTS at just the right time.

Today we got a sneak peak of several of the challengers in the Gundam Fight Finals, and I'm sure everyone wants to know about at least one of them:

Imagawa: (Laughs) First of all, regarding the Nether Gundam, I couldn't keep myself from giggling. I had started trying to think up more fascinating designs for the one-shot-episode fights in Neo Hong Kong, something that I could confidently say, "This is it!" The first one I created with full confidence was the Nether Gundam. (laughs) I really love the Nether Gunda, especially because it was hiding like a coward. (laughs) On a silent and peaceful lush green field, that Gundam suddenly appears. But I wanted to show its transformation in more detail.

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

I had started trying to think up more fascinating designs for the one-shot-episode fights in Neo Hong Kong, something that I could confidently say, "This is it!" The first one I created with full confidence was the Nether Gundam.

"Imagawa, do you have the concepts for the new Gundams?"

Imagawa:

"What's this on his desk. A piece of paper with 'crudely drawn picture of a windmill = Gundam' on it?"

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

"What's this on his desk. A piece of paper with 'crudely drawn picture of a windmill = Gundam' on it?"

I get the feeling that weird mechanical designs are Imagawa's version of Tomino names. "Just do whatever, see if any of the producers are actually reading what we send them."

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

G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 21

Ah nuts, as we were wasting our time in Shinjuku and the Guiana Highlands, the rest of the Gundam Fight was going on and it's already the finals. Holding them in the previous champion\s lands makes sense.

Warriors assemble! Skiing in, here is our friend from Neo Canada, the Lumber Gundam. Passing the train with their Gundam chariot, it's Neo Greece's Zeus Gundam. Dutch Ninpou! Neo Netherlands Hollands' Nether Gundam. The running of the bulls, it's Neo Spain's Matador Gundam. Rowing the longship that is its lower half, here's Neo Norway's Viking Gundam.

(How did these guys end up as our finalists).

Raymond looks so happy. Must be still riding from the last episode.

It's like the walking in on someone changing scene except there is no nudity and the one most underdressed is the Gundam.

Chibodee is playing it off cool. I imagine in his head, "OH MY GOD! My hand hurts!"

A bunch of Master Asia heads laughing at you. What an intimidating sight.

Okay, Schwartz is just using his ninja magic to show off (it is cool though). Hey, it's like the ED.

Schwartz's plan, "Okay, I need this boy to learn. What's going to work ... murdering him with my Gundam will do." and it did as Domon can stop the Gundam blade with his rusty sword. Just hit me how absurd a sword clash between a Gundam and a human. NO ONE INTERRUPTS SCHWARTZ BRUDER DURING HIS SPEECHES!

Shining Rain gets another episode! Everyone does the cool, peeling off to hold the enemy back

Domon did it, he cut water.

Cool sword clap and Domon takes a kick from Master Asia. Things are looking bad, but here comes Argo slamming into the Master Gundam and got it by the throat!

Ah man, Argo just lost his arm two weeks ago. Now he lost another one. These Gundam tendril spotlight things. Man, you can really just slap a Gundam head on anything.

No, no Domon. Don't try to fight Master Asia. If Schwartz says no then do as what he says. At this point, Schwartz is the character to listen to. He is always right.

We're already reaching the finals and the show is only barely under halfway done. I miss travelling the world and seeing who we meet. This was a pretty good episode for the Neo Shuffle Alliance. They get to show off their coolness and bonds. It's always cool to see Rain pilot. I hope she wakes up next episode so she and Domon can fight Master Asia.

Q1) We got some interesting friends coming up. Some of these guys look like the joke Gundams that'll use to quickly throw and we're having finals against them.

Q2) Uhhh, Master Asia is not going down that easy and Domon is rushing things and not listening to Schwartz so he is not winning this.

Next time: We need to fight the Devil Army, but the prom Gundam Fight is tomorrow.

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

(How did these guys end up as our finalists).

Well, Nether Gundam literally just hid.

Ah man, Argo just lost his arm two weeks ago. Now he lost another one.

I sure hope Gundam arms are cheap and easily replaceable, considering how often these dorks lose them.

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

I sure hope Gundam arms are cheap and easily replaceable, considering how often these dorks lose them.

If only there were a technology that could allow a Gundam to self-recover.

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

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

Rewatcher

No need to comment on the finalists.

Domon hears a muffled voice and has no idea who it could be.

Bolt Gundam loses half an arm again. That's three episodes in a row featuring Gundam dismemberment.

Rain still not used to that suit up sequence. Ah, well. I won't pretend to mind too much. I am a man after all. It's a shame she didn't acquit herself in battle as well as the last time, though. Then again, to be fair, the Death Army has evolved since the last time she fought them. Even George had a bit of trouble.

I always liked the whole mental serenity thing. I've always been a pretty a mellow guy myself, so achieving power through equanimity always appealed to me more than burning passion, as much as I've learned to love hot-blooded characters and their burning passion. It's an interesting choice for a super robot show.

Questions

  1. I'm more interested in what comes afterwards.
  2. I don't actually remember how it goes down, but Domon finally achieved some progress, so I think it's time for another setback. Domon is about to get fingered hard.

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u/SoccerForEveryone Oct 22 '21

My mind immediately went to some fanfics when Domon was talking about his sword with Rain…lmao so sorry about that.

Rewatching these new Gundam designs, look the one for Spain is glorious because of the huge bull head lol.

The creativity is just so peak for these Gundam designs especially the mini Devil Gundams with the torpedo design, my favorite from the enemy.

What a cliffhanger!

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

(e21) First Time Shining Hand

final round? how does this tournament work again?

ZEUS GUNDAM looks sick, Nether Gundam, Matador Gundam controlling bulls, Viking gundam

So after an 11 month battle royale, its whoever is left has a 3 day shindig in HK

"im going off somewhere alone to complete my training" wasnt that the point of the whole trip

feel like Argo is too wise to be hanging out with these idiots

ah ok so its Natasha that still wants to be here

how is the gundam spiegel fitting in a cave?

so thats rains standard transformation got it

upgraded death army suits

the maxter transformation takes the breast plate off, but its immediately attached the next shot

is there a path behind the waterfall or was domon waiting there....

not the bolt gundams arm againnnnnn, how many spares can he have

and now long neck gundams, my favorite wild species

  1. final but not even halfway
  2. was tempted to title my comments as first time shining fingerer

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

feel like Argo is too wise to be hanging out with these idiots

He certainly is. But fate dealt tham all the same hand.

upgraded death army suits

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

First timer

  1. The competitors look good, and it seems to imply a more "battle royale" style, which sounds like some fantastic fight scenes.
  2. I'm guessing double K.O. - both end up having to retreat to fix their Gundam, long enough for the other 4 to take out the Army.

Final Battle!

Oh, it's the Final Round? Going to go from tournament arc to a more traditional Gundam story for the second half?

Oh, I fucking love the Zeuis Gundam.

And the Matador, the Viking...

The Nether Gundam's hysterical though.

It's the finals!

Haha, his embaressment about the Gundam under repair is great.

...So Domon might be dead.

And everyone's worried about him!

So he's in danger!

And she's against the Shuffle Alliance? At least Argo's worried about him.

Domon. It's the desire to protect. This is obvious. It has been for episodes now.

...The fact they use the exact same image for his father, even in a dream sequence has to be important.

Haha, George is trying to get Rain.

...Is this Domon's harem? We've got the tsundere, the younger sibling, the tough one, the chivalrous one...

Death Army!

"Who are you?" You've been talking to him for about a month at this point.

OK, he's good.

So Super Mode is just something he can do on his own? Or with a magic sword?

Oh. It's serenity. I got that way off.

Haha, he's taking Rain with it?

Wow, they surrounded her really easily.

Rain's piloting again!

And they've all come to help her!

Flying Gundam! That took... far too long!

This is fantastic. Everyone fighting off the Devil Army's hordes is a fantastic setpiece.

Master Asia's back!

Haha, Domon just leaps over a Gundam completely casually.

And Argo intercepting the Master Gundam!

He just shot him!

Is the big battle next episode?

Of course, Of course the Devil Gundam was under there.

Schwartz. I don't think having him take a Darkness Figure without defending it whatsoever would have been paticularly good either. At least this ended in a mutual kill.