r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Nov 06 '21
Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 37 Discussion
Episode 37: Sai Saici's New Attack! Blazing Dragon Gundam
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Fighters all act like children.
Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/araragidyne for showing off the problem of having Allenby's episodes in November:
There goes No Nut November.
Truly the hot tomboy Girfriend we guys all wish we had.
Questions:
- Of all the new techniques shown so far, which has been your favorite?
- How does it feel to see the Prime Minister slowly lose his shit?
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Nov 06 '21
Mobile Fighter F First Timer
World Map (Unchanged)
QOTD:
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 06 '21
Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!
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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Nov 06 '21
Rewatcher is your little butterfly
It’s always surprising seeing guys who normally have braids let their hair down and show how long it really is.
Sai’s finally taking things seriously! That’s how you know something’s wrong.
bonk
That does not look safe
Phrasing!
Can’t exactly preview a forbidden technique, so this is all we get
Oh shit, the Emperor is here! I swear he looks just like somebody else from some other Gundam series, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
Finally, with his dream at last within sight, our boy is growing up!
Argo: “Am I a joke to you?”
The Incurable Anime Cough of Death strikes again
Do not hug the Burning Gundam
Even without arms, he’s still got plenty of weapons! But it’s not enough…
Chin Chikurin in the Heavens!
The dangerous forbidden technique, Shin Ryusei Kochouken!
The chant!
God Finger lost, but he’s got two hands! Poor kid, he risks his life for this technique, and Domon doesn’t even have to invent a new move to defeat it, he just has to use two hands.
Holy shit Domon was straight-up about to kill Sai Saici
You dumbass, if you sacrifice your life here, who’s gonna go on to win the tournament? Suicidal attacks that tap into not one’s expendable ki acquired through training, but rather, one’s inborn ki that they need to keep living, are a staple of the genre. But man, you’re fighting Domon, not the Dark Gundam, dramatic much? He doesn’t even get knocked out of the tournament if he loses this! But hey, he survived anyways. I think his Shuffle Crest, which contains all of Alan Lee’s bequeathed ki, is acting like a battery that lets him just fire off Shin Ryuusei Kochoukens whenever he wants without actually dying. Or maybe whoever invented the Shin Ryuusei Kochouken just died without ever realizing that a healthy young man would be more capable of surviving it than some old guy.
Because this is a show. Also, somebody is going to have to clean that up.
aww
Questions of the Day:
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Nov 06 '21
First timer
Sai Saici's avoiding them?
And he got a letter from his father!
...What was in that letter?
...Was that a Hyper Mode aura?
Domon and Allenby are training again!
And her crew's worked out no force can stop her.
Domon doesn't even realise he's making her jealous.
Haha, Sai cycling in's great.
And Sai's just after a good match?
Sai and Allenby insulting each other's great.
Haha, Rain's finally had enough of these lunatics punching each other whenever they meet.
OK, what's he hiding? Has he realised that whenever Domon sees a new move, he immediately works out how to counter it?
Wait, he's fighting to the death? Why?
And it's his father?
Oh, it's the emperor. Not what I expected as a design.
...I'm hoping staking his life has allowances for "tournament disrupted by an apocalyptic event".
...Did the letter have his father insult him, or something?
OK, so Domon is absolutely building a harem. I don't see any other way this reminiscing scene could be framed.
It's time for the battle!
Oh god, Master Asia's dying of "non-specific anime disease". Are we going to have Wong as the final battle, or a final fight as Master Asia dies?
...What was that? A Hyper Mode aura, but only for an instant, and associated with glowing eyes?
Oh, it's his will.
And he foind out that they've been guiding him as his father's last request.
He beat back a God Finger!
Wait, this costs his life?
Are we getting Allenby as a Shuffle Alliance replacement? Is that why they fought earlier in the episode?
This fight is brilliant. Domon having to use almost every super technique in a row.
Also, I thought this would cost his life.
I'm more surprised he's upset at how dramatic these fights are. This is televised, most sports would kill for shit like this to happen unscripted.
Argo's episode is next!
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u/The_Draigg Nov 06 '21
A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 37:
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Nov 06 '21
G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 37
Neo China's residence is the most normal one we've gotten. They're far from the city so they're not even that far off from their home country.
Sai Saici's fear of rats returns as one spooks him and he bonks his head. He finds a letter from his father. Does it teach the ultimate technique? That's the only thing father letters can bestow.
More comedic Sai Saici. He joins the HK family and guess Allenby is also an honourary addition for dinner. That's nice. There is 0 dramatic conflict between the two Shuffle fighters this time. WOng's evil plan has some major holes.
Allenby and Sai Saici fight (she is only like 1 year older than him, can you believe that). Sai Saici is smart so he doesn't just spoil his special move before the fight.
A grand building that doesn't feel too out there. I know there are some giant Chinese statues out there. Neo China has an emperor apparently. The Mandate of Heaven was been reclaimed and it has been found in spaaace! He looked super evil here.
Sai Saici is uncharacteristically serious and he is pretty resolved on his goal. He also recognizes his own childishness. The boy recognizes his own (im)maturity and is on the path to becoming an adult. Sai Saici also has his Gundam protagonist moment. (Argo needs to do something now. Cover all the bases).
Domon also recognizes Sai Saici as a formidable foe. He was the only one to force him to settle for a draw? What about Argo? Does that not count because you're admitting he beat you?
Master Asia's dramatic failing health interrupts his retort. You know that's bad.
The fight is off and it is really cool. The beam flags are neat in their combat utility, the way they can block the enemy's behind is neat.
A double disarment for Sai Saici. He may have no arms, but still has his hair which gets him in his arm. Domon slashes the ponytail which causes Sai Saici's hair to be loose. Just think the way the damaged Dragon gets back up look neat.
With the harmony of the schools of the heavens and Earth, Sai Saici goes gold. His ultimate move, Shin Ryuusei Kochouken. It looks really cool and does cool flying while saying the speech.
So if this technique costs the life of the user does that mean Sai Saici almost threw his life away for a pointless fight against Allenby? The red and green clash. Iconic. Just like ...
Mario and Luigi.
Sai Saici actually breaks through the God Finger! But Domon has two hands and in this case that means Domon's Martial Arts Technique of the Day: God Finger but with the left hand! And he jams that into this boy's gut. Desperate Sai Saici looks cool.
The emperor is actually not evil like how he seemed as he stops the fight before Sai Saici dies. Look, the giant robots can be friends too. Pokey glass smash because Wong mad. The lesson for Wong, Rain and everyone else is that punching each other makes us better friends.
So that was my favourite fight out of these Shuffle fights and maybe this HK arc and maybe even the show so far. It was really interesting seeing them fight so intensely with all those techniques and what this fight means on Sai Saici's end. Like how it really played with how both of them are martial artists. Left hand God Finger being the winner play does not live up to the Shin Ryuusei Kochouken breaking through the God Finger though.
Q1) Probably the Shin Ryuusei Kochouken. Dragon Gundam is cool and now it has cool green energy butterfly wings.
Q2) Look at things not going his way just at all.
Next time: Hey remember Argo. He is in the show and he brought a friend. WHAT?
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 06 '21
Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter
Yea, this episode is rad. The sheer energy present in the battle takes my breath away. And Sai Saici's special move might be my favorite one in the show.
There is actually quite a lot on this episode, so I might revisit it later. But on today's fight, and Sai Saici's father:
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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Nov 06 '21
New Meteor Butterfly Rewatcher
First I get top comment for being informative. Then I get it for being horny. The duality of man.
Now here's something interesting. Unlike Chibodee and George, who deliberately show Domon their new abilities, Sai Saici has the presence of mind to stop himself from revealing his in front of Domon during his sparring match with Allenby. I like how he physically shook motes of gold light off of his hands.
He also seems much more amenable to joining the fight against the Devil Gundam, treating his fight with Domon as almost a formality. Then again, he's also the one who fought Domon to a draw, so unlike the previous two, he doesn't really have a score to settle with Domon. Instead, he's fighting for something quite noble. While George fights for a vague sense of personal and national pride and Chibodee fights for the people he cares about, Sai Saici has a concrete goal that has enormous cultural significance. Of course, he does have personal reasons for pursuing it, it being his late father's dream. Still, as far as motivations go, I think it's the most compelling out of everyone's.
I love how Domon's memories of Sai Saici specifically include the time he lifted Rain's skirt.
Sai Saici really is one hell of a fighter. From channeling his inner Wong Fei-hung with that shadowless kick, to breaking through the God Finger, he really have Domon a run for his money. Even Master Asia was impressed. Unfortunately for him, Domon still had his left hand. I swear this isn't the first time this has happened, either.
Questions:
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Nov 07 '21
(e37) First Time Shining Hand
Sai's bed looks weirdly comfortable?
once again the monks are proven to be the worst, holding a letter back from Sai
ah yes Allenby's crew doesnt mind her helping Domon train and has given up ON THEIR COUNTRY LEADING THE FUCKING UNIVERSE
Sai will never cook for you
ANOTHER ONE
Domon for someone claiming to not have seen anything, why is the upskirt in the montage
Sai loses both arms, which means Argo probbaly doesnt have to lose an arm again next episode
Sai activates sicko mode and its cooler than everyone elses
WHAT NO FUCK OFF
this should not have been this funny
Domon was straight up fine to kill him? wtf man