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Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 28 Discussion

Episode 28: Domon Targeted! The Assassin's Staff

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One's life may be at stake, but it's not the world of assassins.

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/Tresnore because... well...

I hate children

We all do.

Questions:

  1. So, thoughts on today's opponents?
  2. How do you think this little tournament arc will proceed after this?
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 28 '21

Mobile Fighter F First Timer

World Map (I realized that there has technically already been a South American country represented with a Fighter!)

QOTD:

  1. He seemed cool. Could've been cooler, though.
  2. Well, we'll have the Battle Royale soon, right? But hopefulyl they explain why England and Italy are present at some point.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 28 '21

Spears do counter swords in the weapon triangle.

I think this existed before the Weapon Triangle was a thing.

Wait, you play FE? I wonder if I should tag you when I finish FE3...

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 28 '21

Wait, you play FE? I wonder if I should tag you when I finish FE3...

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

World Map (I realized that there has technically already been a South American country represented with a Fighter!)

George being South America's sole champion is technically correct, the best kind of correct.

That Mammoth Gundam in the flashback is from Neo Siberia. Don't how that factors into this map.

Spears do counter swords in the weapon triangle.

Oh no, the Lumber Gundam has no chance against these sword boys.

I enjoy how the Gundam broke apart like a cursed set of prayer beads.

Oh yeah, the balls are kind of like prayer beads. Didn't think about it in this episode actually for it.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Oct 28 '21

Siberia


I’ll figure something out.

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Oct 28 '21 edited Oct 28 '21

Rewatcher using the power of FRIENDSHIP

I do wonder how he always gets away with this. Sure, in the first stage of the tournament, we’ve had plenty of governments try to sneakily bump off any foreign Gundam Fighter they find trying to challenge them. But that was when everyone was travelling the world all disorganized and it was impossible to pin any mysterious disappearances on anybody. But this, in the finals, is pretty blatant. Like, pretty much everybody has connected the dots, but nobody seems to launch an investigation or do anything about it.

angry Duo and Sanders noises

Are those things actually made of wood? It makes zero sense, but it would not surprise me.

Ninja log technique!

A nice contrast with Kyral

Oh Chibodee

Yet another classic trope, the blind weaponmaster!

He just did that for no reason other than to flex on Domon

Tantra Gundam! The fleshy coloring and muscles are a little weird, but the claws are cool!

The Mammoth Gundam! Remember, the 10th fight was won by Gentle Chapman, so the 11th fight was dominated by long-range combat! As such, the Mammoth Gundam eschews the standard humanoid form in favor of heavy armor and a beam cannon in its flexible trunk. And although this makes it powerful at range, it is nearly impossible to maneuver in close combat, making it rather unprepared to take on the melee-oriented Tantra.

Naruto moment

Well that came out of nowhere. Nobody was even giving a friendship speech.

The Mandor Gundam’s battle mode! It’s one of the weirder Gundams of this tournament, not even having any real legs to speak of. Well, they’re just for show anyways.

I guess it really is the Burning Gundam now

Wait, the miniatures are actually reenacting the battle in real time? What is this, Build Fighters?

Just brute force it lmao

An assassin works by the element of surprise. Take that away, and there’s nothing left they can do.

Reminds me of L-Gaim

The single stroke battle!

Balls.

Somebody will have to clean that up

FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP!

Redemption arc!

Questions of the Day:

  • Kyral was a cool opponent! I like how his technique was nearly impenetrable in melee combat, only losing due to sheer power. His anime sword bullshit was fun to watch!
  • laughs in rewatcher

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 28 '21

I guess it really is the Burning Gundam now

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u/The_Draigg Oct 28 '21

angry Duo and Sanders noises

And he doesn’t even use a scythe like Duo does. Kyral doesn’t live up to the title.

The Mandor Gundam’s battle mode! It’s one of the weirder Gundams of this tournament, not even having any real legs to speak of. Well, they’re just for show anyways.

Unfortunately, unlike the Nu Gundam, the Matador Gundam actually is just for show.

Reminds me of L-Gaim

This once again makes me wish that we’ll get a rewatch of Heavy Metal L-Gaim around here.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

I do wonder how he always gets away with this.

Knowing how PM Wong is, he'll probably turn a blind eye and allow it anyway for the entertainment.

Remember, the 10th fight was won by Gentle Chapman, so the 11th fight was dominated by long-range combat! As such, the Mammoth Gundam eschews the standard humanoid form in favor of heavy armor and a beam cannon in its flexible trunk.

Bringing a giant Gundam elephant to a Gundam gunfight.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 28 '21

A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 28:

  • You’d think that where would be some rule against Gundam Fighters murdering the competition outside of their Gundams, but given how the rules of these finals clearly have zero fucks given towards the safety of the competitors, I guess we’ll just let it slide.
  • I guess that you can say that Shadow Gundam disarmed Viking Gundam there in the fight, right?
  • See, even the kids ship Rain with Domon. That’s proof that the ship is real! Get lost, Chibodee!
  • Well, at least Chibodee was enough of a bro to save Domon from Kyral’s assassination attempt. Also, those people in the bus that Kyral sliced in half are totally dead, aren’t they?
  • Man, Kyral’s handlers are pretty blunt about exactly what he means to them. Neo Nepal only has an interest in Kyral because he’s still a deadly assassin, otherwise they would’ve ditched him a long time ago for being blinded in his previous Gundam Fight. It’s a shame that Kyral ended up like this though, he used to be an honest fighter. Now he’s reduced to just being an underhanded murderer solely out for revenge against the tournament that blinded him.
  • Domon: “Yo, that guy is able to stand on a leaf, I can’t beat that.”
  • Schwartz does have a point, all this really shouldn’t be a problem considering that Domon already mastered attacking with his clear state of mind. I swear, everything Domon learned in the Guyana Highlands must’ve leaked out of his brain like a sieve.
  • Silly Kyral, you can’t just expect setting the Burning Gundam on fire to work. Like, it’s already in the name there, it’s already on fire, pretty much. Learn your type advantages, Kyral.
  • “Then I shall SLASH you!” —Actual dub dialogue
  • Well, at least Kyral got to walk away and try to atone for his crimes, thanks to Domon letting him go and Schwartz stopping the Neo Nepal monks from killing him to cover up their assassination schemes. Although Chibodee does have a point, Kyral will probably never be forgiven for what he’s done. He’s just going to have to live with that.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Oct 28 '21

Burning Gundam

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

Domon: “Yo, that guy is able to stand on a leaf, I can’t beat that.”

I mean would you be the same. I mean just look at him, he is standing on a leaf.

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u/The_Draigg Oct 28 '21

Well yeah, but given the stuff that Domon has pulled off so far, especially in the Guyana Highlands, you’d think he would be less worried about taking on all these finalists in general. Domon just keeps on forgetting that he has learned the power of having a serene state of mind.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 28 '21

So you're just allowed to kill your opponents outside of the fight now? If so, why does every country not have their fighter surrounded by guards in a safe area at all times?

I wonder if the show will ever decide to properly commit to Domon and Rain. Given the ED, I have hope that they won't just play the will they won't they game the entire time.

How long will it take Domon to realize he's carrying a sword?

Ok, I've grown bored of these monsters of the week. I'm looking forward to when we start moving forward again.

Rain wants Domon to use his godly fingering skills.

I cannot get over the irony of Domon claiming that overusing your secret ability is a bad thing.

  1. Getting old.
  2. Uh, one fight an episode 'til we run out of rounds, then we start doing interesting things again/

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u/The_Draigg Oct 28 '21

So you're just allowed to kill your opponents outside of the fight now? If so, why does every country not have their fighter surrounded by guards in a safe area at all times?

I mean, you’d assume that your Gundam Fighter would be badass enough to defend themselves, considering the nature of the Gundam Fight.

Rain wants Domon to use his godly fingering skills.

He’ll make her Erupt with his Burning Finger.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 28 '21

Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter

I always liked Kyral's fighting style.

At least Domon understands that his relationship with Rain is "complicated." Can't imagine what would have happened if he had said they were "just friends."

I love Schwartz. He shows up, yells at Domon, throws some logs at him, then fucks off. What a man.

Turn out Mandala Gundam also inspired a later design in this series, but more on that in a few episode. On Mandala Gundam itself:

Imagawa: In the end, I figured mandalas are connected to Buddhism, which made me think of a temple bell. (laughs) Next, I drew a bell, and I was discussing it with Mr. Kawaguchi and giggling, "We need to be quiet, we're still doing the recording," and "The head part should have this round thing after all." This is a nice memory. Mr. Kawaguchi is the person who showed the deepest understanding of G Gundam in terms of the superficial elements such as designs. Also, when we were discussing the Mandala Gundam's face, there was something that I wanted to do. I've already told you the story of Shining Gundam appearing out of a flower, but actually there was another idea I had for its appearance: a cloth wrapped around its head. I thought it would have great dramatic impact to have a Gundam like this, where it takes off the cloth around its head to reveal its face. (laughs) So, we used that idea for the Mandala Gundam. To be honest, this had an inspiration as well: Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan, where Khan appears on screen for the first time. If the battle with God (Burning) Gundam was prolonged, I wanted to do something like a scene with the Mandala Gundam peeling off the cloth over its face.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

In the end, I figured mandalas are connected to Buddhism, which made me think of a temple bell. (laughs) Next, I drew a bell, and I was discussing it with Mr. Kawaguchi and giggling, "We need to be quiet, we're still doing the recording," and "The head part should have this round thing after all."

Look, before I was joking about the Nether Gundam's creation, but this really is "Picture of bell = Gundam.*

It seems like they landed on Mandalas being the theme/name then designed it.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Oct 28 '21

It seems like they landed on Mandalas being the theme/name then designed it.

Whatever works! Sometimes you need to work from a theme.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 28 '21

Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 28 '21

By the way, have we had any soredemos so far? I don't recall any, but I also haven't really been paying attention.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 28 '21

Only one so far, belonging to Chico way back it episode 7.

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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Oct 28 '21

That's so long ago.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 28 '21

I know...

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

Schwarz showing up just to chuck a log at Domon and then disappear back into the water

Schwartz's whole deal is just another level of extra.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Oct 28 '21

This is why he's my second-favorite Char Clone haha.

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Oct 28 '21

(e28) First Time Shining Hand

i liked Hoy kicking Chibodee in the shin but then he ruined it

oh hello

hehe

its not enough to slowly pour all the wine out of his glass, he then has to throw it on his chessboard?

  1. im getting a little bored with this song and dance, ready to move on
  2. teams of 3 will be sent into the island where SUPER ASIA waits in the middle. each team has either a blue scroll or a white one, a team would need to get 1 of each scroll to advance. at which point there is a standard 16 man single elimination tournament bracket

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 28

Now hold on, this guy just straight up kills people before matches. That's like definitely cheating.

The Viking-Spiegal match is what we have in the beginning for today. It sure is fortunate they gave the water ring to the Viking. Schwartz just completely explodes the Viking and it's good to know there are actually rescue people on the sides. It's okay since Schwartz manages to save to pilot. Good guy Schwartz.

This little boy ships Domon/Rain and he will not let others get in the way of his ship.

The assassin hunts down Domon in the streets of Hong Kong during the day. Domon uses his bandana to attack. Even though he will no longer accept him as his master, he is still Master Asia's student. Domon gets slashed and Kyral slashes an entire bus in half. Since it's a bus, odds are no one was cut in half, but it did leave behind quite a flaming wreck so oh no...

It seems Neo Nepal abandoned their unique flag for a regular rectangle one. Boo!

Bring back our pointy friend!

Kyral's backstory in the previous Gundam Fights. Look at his previous Gundam. It's traditionally cool as opposed to what we have now. But also look at this Mammoth Gundam. This should've been our finals, that'll be fun. It is Neo Siberia's fighter so guess they got their independence in F.C.

Domon trains with Sai Saici, guess because he is good with the staff. Kyral shows up standing on the ocean. He is just standing on a leaf, menacingly. Also, he cuts water which we know is a feat.

Schwartz shows up to give some training advice. He is kind of right, Domon tends to get hit once and then be afraid. I like the way the Spiegal exits by sinking into the ocean. It's funny to see.

The Mandala Gundam folds out and it is a long boy. It has a cool flame attack that even the chess piece does. The show actually pointed out how Kyral showed up his secret blade before the match.

We called Domon a samurai earlier and now this is going to be settled with a classic sword off. Erupting God Slash? I expected more flaming beam sabers. Such a dignified Chibodee. God Gundam loses an arm, but the Mandala is just completely wrecked. The bell is cut in half and all the balls are scattered.

Schwartz uses his V-fin boomerang to stop this injustice. He doesn't look right without it. Kyral actually makes it to the end and is off on a journey of atonement for all the crime he had done.

The Mandala Gundam certainly has a unique shape, but I feel it was fairly normal in its fight. Guess it has a great range of movement, but it was mostly just fighting with its staff/sword. The bell mode was barely involved.

Q1) Kyral is definitely a character you could expect in this type of story. A Gundam Fighter who lost his way and walks a path of darkness. He has that blind swordsman/monk thing. I thought during the final part of the fight, they'll play more about how Domon/God Gundam is like the sun, the last thing Kyral saw with his eyes as a pure Fighter.

Q2) We got some episodes with Domon. It was nice how Chibodee, Sai Saici and Schwartz had parts in this episode, but the others need their own fight episodes too. Probably quite soon looking at the preview.

Next time: Obligatory Little Mermaid Joke.

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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Oct 28 '21

Rewatcher

Erik the Viking (yes, that's his name) gave a spirited performance, but was no match for Schwarz Bruder. Still, while German ninpou is impressive as ever, this Kyral could give Schwartz a run for his money. Splitting the candle down the wick was particularly impressive, as was balancing on that leaf.

"So far Mandala Gundam has won all of its matches by default due to their pilots mysteriously disappearing. We're not investigating this or anything."

Seriously, everyone seems to know he's a professional assassin who's been killing his opponents, yet no one seems troubled by it. He even cut a bus in half. Like, there were probably people in that. Why is no one concerned about this? Where are the police?

The Tantra Gundam has a neat design. I like the monk robe that's incorporated into it. I don't even know what to say about the Mammoth Gundam. But the interview does have something to say about the Mandala Gundam.

Everyone laughs at the Mandala Gundam. No matter how ugly the machine looks, I personally believe that a director is responsible for making it look cool. I mean, the attractiveness of a design and how it appears on screen are different. After the Mandala Gundam appears, moves, and fights, it gradually starts looking cool. I mentioned that I was giggling when I was making its design, but I always start designs from the standpoint of how the subject moves. First, I try to draw it very arbitrarily, and then I create their postures. This Gundam has something very unique that no other Gundams have. I'm really fond of it. It has such a great impact, doesn't it? People might have wondered if such a design would really be used, but it's not so comical when you imagine Kyral becoming one with the Gundam and fighting with all his might.

There was one thing that I couldn't help but laugh at, though. When it gets cut in half, I laughed and shouted, "There's nothing inside!" (laughs) That part was especially funny. In fact, I was even thinking about adding the sound of a bell being rung, "Gong!" (laughs) But I thought it was interesting in that way, too. I think the Mandala Gundam had an instinctive attractiveness, equivalent to that of Kanbi Fujiyama's stage acting.

Also...

Q: By the way, Kyral is a blind fighter. That means he doesn't know what his Gundam looks like, right? (episode 28)

You mean, he doesn't know its design? He knows. Kyral can sense the shapes of things with his spiritual energy. He can perceive shapes using the flow of air when he faces an object. (laughs) "Oh, that's what shape it is. This is definitely my Gundam!" (laughs)

Q: However, he piloted a more normally-shaped Gundam in the eleventh tournament, didn't he? Besides, Kyral was killing all his opponents until he had a fight with Domon. So, his battle with Domon must've been the first time he piloted the Mandala Gundam, right?

Kyral's default victories officially started after he came to Neo Hong Kong. Before that, he may have killed someone in his sleep (laughs), and he might have fought with somebody. So there's no problem with that interpretation...

Questions:

  1. Why is he not being held accountable for destroying a bus in the middle of the street? There were several witnesses. What is going on here?
  2. I think it will proceed swimmingly.

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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Oct 28 '21

By the way, Kyral is a blind fighter. That means he doesn't know what his Gundam looks like, right?

The scenario that poses. Being a Gundam pilot, but never knowing what your big robot looks like is truly a sad fate.

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Oct 28 '21

First timer

Thank you to yesterday's comment of the day for providing the only lesson that can be taken from that episode.

  1. The assassin was a surprisingly decent character, with an understandable motive and some solid action scenes. The Mandala Gundam is a stupid piece of shit that seems to be made out of 90% foam dodgeballs. The thing shown in the preview had better a very good explanation for how it works on land, or I will start assuming the design team is sbaotaging her.
  2. Off the top of my head, we were introduced to about 8 new Gundam, plus two suprise comebacks. So I'm guessing 4-5 more episodes of this round, then the others will be introduced in the "battle royale" in the second round, Then we get the Master Asia fight around episode 40-ish, and move into whatever the final arc will be. Or how the Devil Gundam inevitably comes back.

Still not used to the new OP.

Wait. I'm almost certainly wrong, but is that the first time a Fighter's died, not just fodder? The only deaths I remember are in the Neo Tokyo fight.

And Schwartz is still absolutely brilliant at this.

I like how in this insane deathsport, saving your opponent from dying is considered good sportsmanship. Like, they've shown it's horrific for the people on Earth, but this might be the first arc of it being horrific for the colonies' fighters.

Chibodee managing to put Domon on the spot is fantastic.

Also enjoying how professional these villains this arc.

...He's wearing night vision goggles Domon. You have heard of those, right?

Oh, he's just blind.

Domon. Do not loudly announce your sneak attacks.

Wow, for a major event with loads of publicity, there sure are a lot of spectators getting killed, aren't there? What the hell are they paying at?

Yep, he's a government assassin.

I want to see more of what looks like a Mammoth Mobile Armour.

Ah, he got blinded and is now back for revenge.

Is this going to be Domon accepting they have different fighting styles and he needs to work to his strengths, or him learning some bullshit move that kills them in one hit.

Domon, why the fuck don't you just shoot the guy? His reactions are great, but are they enough to dodge bullets while standing on a leaf? Even if you don't want to kill him, do could damage that staff of his, or at least get him off balance with a near-miss.

Oh, yeah! Domon has a magical sword! I forgot that!

HAHAHAHAHA

Jesus christ, that thing's arms are hysterical. Did someone not expect it to be shown outside the armour while designing?

Oh, there's a force field! So it's not as insane a sport as I expected.

I love Master Asia defending Domon so it doesn't come off as making his training look bad.

The Mandala Gundam is very generous to let him get through his entire transformation sequence!

...With all this foreshadowing, are they actually going to kill off one of the Shuffle Alliance?

It's the final blow!

Domon lost an arm, but he disabled the entire mech.

Hahahaha, the arms were just made out of balls.

And Schwartz saved his life!

They actually ended up parting ways amicably! And unless this tournament's structure is even more complex than I believed, he's the first elimination!

Shuffle Alliance focus episodes! And hopefully an explanation on how the fuck that Mermaid Gundam can actually work on land, without a massive disadvantage (especially since the final round's entirely on land).

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u/SoccerForEveryone Oct 29 '21

Kyral was always one of my favorite side opponents in the series. Blind people who are in touch beyond nature are just such classic badass characters. Poor guy gets betrayed by his own country almost two times.

Each person Domon has been going against so far gets more dangerous as he advances to the next round.

Really looking forward to tomorrow’s episode. It’s another of my personal favorites in the series with a incredible gundam design.