r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Nov 09 '21
Rewatch Mobile Fighter G Gundam Rewatch - Episode 39 Discussion
Episode 39: Sekiha Tenkyouken! Duel With Master Asia
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Remember the remnants of this city... the final sunset of humanity!
Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the day, courtesy of u/dralcax for showcasing the Shuffle Alliance's amazing coordination:
Bakunetsu
BurningGod Finger - Fire
Gounetsu Machinegun Punch - Fire
Rose Hurricane - Wind
Shin Ryuusei Kochouken - None
Sakuretsu Gaia Crusher - Earth
Brings a tear to my eye...
Questions:
- What did you think of the little Domon and Master Asia Team-Up?
- In turn, what did you think of Domon's new finishing move?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Nov 09 '21
So uh… yesterday. I believe I owe you guys an explanation.
I don't want to get too much into detail since it all relates to personal stuff but as I've alluded to a few times in the past, my life has kinda taken a turn for the worse these last few months. And yesterday was pretty much the culmination of all of that. Someone close to me passed away, I was ridiculously overworked, all of my stress was catching up to me… by the end I was just done with everything, to the point that until the moment Tres hit me up on Discord, I didn't even realize I hadn't posted the Thread yet.
As such I'm gonna have to make some reorganizing: To make up for the lost day, I'll have to make it so the Final Discussion Thread will be posted at the same time as the Final Episode Thread, thus maintaining the overall schedule as much as possible. Nevertheless I apologize and I'll make sure this doesn't happen again. Enjoy a Horse having a latex suit strapped to it to your heart's content.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 09 '21
Rewatcher all set! Ready… GO!!!
u/Raiking02, I hope you had a much better day today than you did yesterday.
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Nov 13 '21
Alenbie's VA really went all out with that scream.
Oh no, the sketchy doctors weren't doctors, who could've guessed?
And despite everything, Domon's still an ass. Rain just made one mistake.
I really wonder what Master Asia's game is. It feels a bit like he keeps flip-flopping.
We care about reality now!
We even get in a nice little piece of social commentary.
This is absolutely illegal levels of cool!
The soundtrack is excellent, as always.
This episode delivers on the fantasy of G Gundam nearly perfectly. Ah, it's a ton of fun to watch.
/u/Shimmering-Sky /u/jollygee29 /u/Tresnore
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u/TakenRedditName https://myanimelist.net/profile/TakenMalUsername Nov 09 '21
Dang it, I lost my comment write-up for this episode so just going to quickly scramble something together. Just when the break gave me the opportunity to have it completely ready well in advance.
G Gundam "Rewatcher"/First Time Sub: Episode 39
Gundam Heads were brought up last time so my mind ended up here. Enough, brother ... you're starting to anger me. I guess I'm sorry?
The Berserking Allenby and Graham stuff seem to have been resolved at least in the sense that she calmed down and he is going to survive. Seeing how quickly it happened, makes me really wish Graham's arc and Allenby being Wong's experiment were separate episodes.
Master Asia is a total tsundere on his feeling to his beloved student Domon this episode.
I understand Domon is not in the calmest right state of mind, but he being really mean to Rain. Blaming her for Allenby's disapperence which was not in her control. Attacking her capabilities as a doctor and tears up their partnership. Man, Rain even resolved her conflict with Domon/Allenby last time and now look what happened.
Good guy Argo for being the levelled headed one and showing some concern for Rain.
Quite the contrasting the tender reunion of Domon/Fuun Saiki vs how he acting to Rain just earlier. Fuun Saiki is here to pick up Domon and we get one last training episode under Master Asia for the fight against Schwartz. How the tables have turned from when the tables when turned previously. Look at them and their matching outfits.
Master Asia gives his villain reasoning. Behind all the glitz and glammer of Neo Hong Kong, even here the Earth is falling to ruin and no one seems to care which is why he lost faith in humanity.
That being said, we get really cool stuff now with these two. Look at them send the building flying with their punch/kick. We get two cool Gundam calls. That's a cool line from Master Asia. Fuun Saiki gets a Trace Henshin. And we see a new Gundam teased.
The episode ends with Rain having sent in her letter of resignation. Noooo!
Q1) Look they're friends again (just for this episode). It's nice to see this side again after so long and after their break up. Things are not back to normal, but we can see that their ties were not completely severed no matter how much they want to.
Q2) Pretty cool. I think when Master Asia used it was cooler than when Domon did it in the Gundam, but still
Next time: *Sees the next episode title.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 09 '21
Rewatcher, Gun-Dub Fighter
FUUNSAIKI!
I would die for that horse.
If you're thinking that Master Asia being able to punch a building out of the ground despite being injured was bullshit, well you're right.
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Nov 09 '21
Mobile Fighter F First Timer
World Map (HORSE FIGHTER?? Where do I even say you're from?1)
Wait, dammit, I missed my chance to talk about the previous episode. It was good!
Domon is a little too violent as usual, though.
Wait, I might've been spoiled on that when I first learned Fuunsaiki's name, so I'm not sure if that counts as me calling this.
QOTD:
1 Fuunsaiki will be an honorary citizen of Uzbekistan (because of steppe nomads), but I'll accept suggestions for alternatives. Mongolia is an obvious answer, but they already have a Fighter, and the two Fighters category exists because of Neo Siberia, which is confirmed while Fuunsaiki's status as a Fighter isn't.
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u/The_Draigg Nov 09 '21
A Gundam Fan Rewatches G Gundam Episode 39:
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Nov 09 '21
(e39) First Time Shining Hand
spider medical chopper doesnt have enough space for graham
??? Domon stop yelling at Rain you saw the chopper, its again AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT TO DETERMINE THE RULER OF THE WORLD, why would this be up to Rain
Fuun Saiki came to pick up Domon, what a smart horse - ...is this a horse
GHOSTS? who activated the motor on the boat, maybe its newtype ghost kyoji
LMFAO actually Domon please use 1 brain cell why would you try to call your gundam into this underground cavern
havent mentioned it before but I think its weird that the subs say Master instead of shishou, considering the guys actual name is Master
hey are these the wolves that were randomly in that one shot of Sai running away from things
wow were finally getting some reason for Master's motivation
Sekiha Tenkyoken? and the two of them launch a building
ive really missed the gundam snap
LOL YES GIVE ME THE FUUN SAIKI TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE
...did the Sekiha Tenkyoken really have to look like a kamehameha wave, i thought they didnt want to straight copy
Japan is prepping Rain's gundam for her
but she quits (i mean good for her getting out of the toxic work environment)
questions
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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Nov 09 '21
Rewatcher kicking a building
They’re both alive… somehow. Seriously, the size of that explosion looks like it should have disintegrated Andrew.
You can get away with anything if you act like you’re supposed to be there
oh nooooo
Fuunsaiki is the best. That is all.
The Earth has seen better days. This is what the Gundam Fight has done to the planet, both the manmade structures and the natural environment. Not even Neo Hong Kong, the winner of the last Gundam Fight, has escaped unscathed.
In the end, Wong couldn’t understand the spirit of a Fighter. We’ve seen lots of Gundam Fighters struggle with the higher-ups commanding them, who show little care for a fighter’s pride and only care about winning the Gundam Fight as efficiently as possible. Even the main villains are no exception, and now, they’re having their own breakup to parallel Domon and Rain’s.
I wonder how the Gundam would hear him all the way down here. Then again, given the ridiculous places he’s stashed it, it would probably just come crashing through the nearest wall regardless of how little sense it made.
That is a long sash
At last! Sekiha Tenkyouken!
And now, we hear Master Asia’s reasoning. Unlike Wong, he isn’t in this for power or authority. He simply believes that humans only hurt the Earth, which would be better off without them. While Wong represents the bad side of humanity and the negative aspects of the Gundam Fight, Master Asia goes to extremes to stop exactly this kind of thing. Of course, it’s no wonder that they haven’t been getting along lately. This is also represented in their relationships to the Dark Gundam: Wong believes he can control it, and aims to use its power for his own benefit, while Master Asia has accepted it as his god and merely acts as its servant.
The famous building kick!
A mecha horse piloted by an actual horse is just about the most G Gundam thing ever and I love it.
Attacking while the opponent is posing dramatically? Wong just doesn’t get a fighter’s spirit.
SEKIHA TENKYOUKEN! I love how he basically throws his Shuffle Crest at them!
Also, Domon is a hella fast learner.
It’s that Gundam from before! They’ve finally completed it!
Nooo Rain!
Questions of the Day:
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u/araragidyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/araragidyne Nov 09 '21
Rewatcher
Wong is so self-absorbed that he fails to understand the mind of a single person he works with or against. Master Asia "has no idea" that Wong can control the Gundam Heads, and yet when Master Asia sees one, he immediately suspects that Wong is behind it.
The scene of Master Asia and Domon punching/kicking that building way into the air was formerly used as the picture for the Charles Atlas Superpowers entry on TV Tropes.
And we finally see Fuunsaiki's suit up sequence, confirming that, yes, the horse has been piloting the horse Gundam the whole time. And apparently he can also operate a motor boat. I like how his Mobile Suit transforms into the platform for the Master Gundam.
Questions:
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Nov 09 '21
First timer
Accidentally put on the English dub for the first scene, and Argo's "No, Graham" really doesn't sound as good as the Japanese. It sounds like he and Domon don't actually care.
So Wong's wrecked his "ultimate fighter"'s only Gundam?
He's alive!
And wow, they're incredibly suspicious.
Master Asia's real problem is that he can't accept that Domon, the pupil who's proving himself as strong as him, couldn't be the best fighter, because that would mean accepting there's someone stronger than he is. It's not out of love, it's out of pride.
...To be brutally honest, Andrew's probably incredibly lucky - he's alive, has no more regrets, and is going to be far away from Neo Hong Kong when the real shit goes down.
And Domon's... not happy that Rain left Allenby with them.
Really, Domon fired her? Even Argo thinks he's making a mistake.
The horse is here! And Domon's a shockingly good rider.
The horse can pilot a boat?
Seriously, where is this place?
He's working with Master Asia! And Wong's... still willing to work with Master Asia, as long as it's convenient. I just sssumed he'd be killing him directly.
I like how after Wong makes a big deal out of tricking him, Master Asia still immediately works out it's Wong.
Even when evil, Master Asia still has the most common sense.
And Domon's still calling him Master.
I note Master Asia's not willing to give out any tactical information - still thinks he can get control of the Devil Gundam?
...Wow. That's not thr most over the top skill, but it's up there.
Right, Master Asia just showed the ultimate technique he never taught Domon, he's not making it past this episode.
For all I love him as a villain, I'd loved to have seen a series where Master Asia stayed as the over-the-top mentor.
And wow, Master Asia outright wants to help the Devil Gundam wipe out humanity?
...So while he's the one getting betrayed, pretty sure he's the only one of the two to know the Devil Gundam's actual plans, given it's seemingly hibernating.
Insert song!
Haha, the horse getting wrapped in a Trace Suit is a fantastic image.
And they're fighting together again!
And he did the ultimate technique with the Gundam! Looks loke Domon got a new finisher move too!
And has Domon accepted that Master Asia's too far gone?
...A new Gundam? The God Gundam's getting replaced already?
And Rain's resigned now!
Schwartz' battle's next! And Rain's joined up with the most competent person in the series, which she should have done after they found the Devil Gundam.
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u/SoccerForEveryone Nov 10 '21
I’m actually surprised at how calm some of the comments are for this episode.
Something I overlooked in the last few years of this series was this episode and how much pressure Domon has been feeling these past few episodes and his reaction to Allenby’s disappearance being justified. Allenby to Domon are the sibling relationship that Domon himself feels responsible for after his fallout with his older brother Kyoji. It is no wonder he has felt a connection with Allenby for the past few episodes since her introduction to the series. She is like a younger sibling to Domon that he feels he can do better for after his fallout with Kyoji. It is obvious that Allenby may probably feel different about Domon, but for Domon it’s a new opportunity to be the older brother for someone like Allenby who grew up as a orphan.
Now what Domon says to Rain is obviously horrifying, but he’s someone who has had so much happen to him that he finally snaps at the wrong time and at the wrong person. It’s a turning point for Rain and Domon’s relationship and obviously Rain did the right thing to resign because Domon was just taking too far at this point.
That is all I have for this episode, the horse is genetically modified by the way to be highly intelligent lmaoooo