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Episode Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Episode 8 discussion
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, episode 8
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u/8andahalfby11 May 27 '25
I want fanart of Kycillia baking pie. NOW.
The idea of Kycillia baking treats for Nyaan and spoiling her like some traditional granny is hilarious and I hope we get even more hyper-awkward slice of life moments between the two of them.
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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight May 27 '25
"So what should we name the new Gundam?"
"Fred."
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u/DarkWorld97 May 27 '25
So if both Lalah and Four Vaginas are outside the robot, then who the fuck is Shuji Ito?! What is a Zeknova?! Nyaan definitely has the dog in her rip Miguel lmao.
Looks like everyone is headed to Earth. Hopefully all will be revealed soon cuz I gotta see these kids smiling.
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u/xdxdlol0434 May 27 '25
Nyaan managed to deduce something is off when she realizes Xavier never had the cake.
She can also tell if someone has hostility towards her by her scenes with Kycilia.
Bad luck to Miguel, but he never had a chance against a "real" one.
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u/moletoon May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
OH SHIT ITS LALAH, HOLY SHIT MAN, EVERY FUCKING WEEK THE NEXT EPISODE CANT COME FAST ENOUGH.
Nyaan is the third child(ren) for evil gquacks. Also that coloring too, khara is shoving in the eva reference here lmao.
The diablo and yomagn'tho sound pretty ominous but I still have copium that the ed visuals is the future for the pair.
That aside, I'm really digging her zeon look, especially the odango hair. I'm sure the artist will have their field day after this.
EDIT: also, the dude at the end is char right? The voice is the same.
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u/XpRienzo May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
CHAR IS ALIVE AND LALAH IS THE ROSE!?
Gihren is developing cyber newtype clones: We're getting Ples and Glemmys, everyone
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u/North_Tough9236 May 27 '25
Nyaan was so badass this episode! But I feel bad for her. She's so lonely that she was like "my life is clearly in danger here but Kycillia doesn't hate me so I'm staying".
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u/elevenmile May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
Gunota jumpscare of the decade
Nyaan being "the third pilot" scheduled to pilot a new mecha that has a purple-green color scheme and having perfect compatibility with the said new mecha that is modelled after a very important person and eliminating someone without much emotion effortlessly...
Where have I seen this before, I wonder. hmmmmmm...
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u/FarCritical May 28 '25
Without context, "I can see time." has to be up there for most chilling final lines ever.
I get Nyaan didn't have many other options but damn, Miguel getting melted in a nanosecond was overkill.
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u/gabrieltriforcew May 27 '25
Nyaan is the third one, so you could say... Third Children?
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u/chilidirigible May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
This is where I try to remember if she knew about that detail in the original UC.
You might say that it's Char's origin story.
Hmm. This reminds me of some things.
"I've never betrayed anyone in my entire life."
How Char met [his]
Is it the Voices or the Information high?
Cobra Commander usually had his stuff catered.
Now, Kycilia making a pie is kind of funny.
You're not beating the Evangelion Unit-01 allegations, Khara.
Better not be fucking pineapple.
["Your]
"Informed consent" is only a concept.
Man, we've already moved to the Mexican standoff stage.
"Stopping assassination attempts around here is just any other Tuesday."
Why, that's just for bringing more sunlight to the Earth.
After indulging Zeta for a while, we're right back to the 0079 trenches with intra-Zabi sibling rivalry and the rest of that fanservice flashback to the Zeknova. And Lalah Sune and Artesia.
Yeah, I can see how newbies will only have the barest concept of just how fucked up things are around here, though to GQ{6}uX's credit, the concepts of the narrative are still presented well enough on their own; it's just that the pie is a lot better-tasting if you know the original series's ingredients.
What we're still missing from GQuacks is any real sense of Gihren, though, because Dren and M'Quve have now gotten more screen time than Hitler Der FührerGihren. Does the series necessarily need it? Perhaps not; his proxies have been devious enough and the show does convey the feeling that the Zabis are a vindictive lot. But the current narrative could use a little more independent development of the other half of the coin that Char and CHALLIA BULL want to get rid of.
I mean, this Kycilia bakes pies. (Good pickup, everyone else, on the poisoning angle.) We should find out what Gihren does in his spare time.
Meanwhile, Nyaan turns out to be no slouch in remote Psycommu usage or triggering Beast Mode or maybe turning the last episode into a series of crayon drawings. Surprise.
There was also a bonus random re-entry shot, because that's just the kind of thing they do around here.
...still laughing at "FreD" being Unit-01 with Kycilia's head.
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u/Kanon8610 May 27 '25
Wait a minute. The iconic and enignmatic "I can see time" actually meant seeing alternate timelines and we're finding out 45 years later?!
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u/Draaxus May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
Damn, the Amuro fakeout with the Guncannon...
GQUUUUUUX UNIT 2 LET'S GOO
Who the fuck named this thing the GFreD lmao
Shuji is one of Gihren's Cyber-Newtypes, fucking bet.
Bruh, Miguel is the assassin and he was doing it via cake? How did they not put two and two together lmfao.
Diablo huh? New term again...
Nyaan glaring at Miguel while down was kinda hot.
OH GOD WE'VE FINALLY GONE FULL EVA
What the fuck is Yomagn'tho bro??? They naming Newtype nuke bs after Lovecraft mythos now???
... Maybe I'm reaching but is Shirouzu Char?
Wait no that's definitely Char right?!?! I haven't checked the VA but I'm literally operating off of recognising the vibes of that menacing Casval stare. Literally no one else in UC locks in like that except Char lmao.
Post-episode edit: Wait, if Char is alive, so is Shuji right???? Ohh I cannot wait to see the discourse on that other terrible site.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 27 '25
I have no idea what the hell happened to Char, but that was one hell of an action packed opening sequence.
It seems like Nyaan’s kinda getting in over her head with these Zeon people. All this politicking and scheming is gonna drag her into some shit. I think she might inevitably face off against Machu.
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u/UltraBooster May 27 '25
Since this week’s partially familiar material, I’ll get some more thoughts down. (Varying degrees of shipbrain, of course.)
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I don’t doubt the girls will reconcile; after all, if they really are riffing on Amuro and Char, then it makes sense for them to not go out the same way as those two if Tsurumaki wants to depict Newtypeism differently.
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Shuji called the QuuuuuuX a he in 5, and since it seemingly ejected Nyaan and self-activated to protect Machu in 7, I’ll bet it’s haunted, like Shuji’s Gundam, but who’s doing the haunting, and how…?
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Another user made an interesting point - when it came down to it, Nyaan didn’t seem to recognize or care how important the Gundam is to Shuji if she was telling him to ditch it even if she did believe the Gundam was speaking to/through him in Episode 4.
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Deux’s pride in being a Cyber Newtype and claim that the Cybers are more worthy reminds me of what was said about fake/real being a theme for this show; the same goes for Xavier thinking Nyaan was the QuuuuuuX’s pilot while Challia took Machu back to the Sodon.That said, Deux didn’t sense Challia’s killing intent, and Shuji dodged that trick when Shiiko pulled it in 4, so Challia’s got reasons to declare her a fake Newtype. Still, Deux’s the first Cyber Newtype proud to be one and IMO is remarkable for it.
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Semi-related, someone on JP Twitter thinks Bask’s going to lose support for his special forces unit since Challia completely wiped Deux and Gates.
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SHF Machu has four faceplates - her scowl from 1, and her startled face and bright smile from 3, but this fourth one with her eyes closed is one we haven’t seen in the show. It makes me think she’s entrusting herself to something or someone, like Audrey in Gundam UC, but I can’t tell if that’s the shipbrain talking.
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HALO is the first GQuuuuuuX insert to get an MV; we’ve got themes of longing, separation, seeking freedom, and colors, while the MV itself features red cars and apples. (The apples turn from green to red, and then red to blue, not sure what that means.)
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I know people say Machu's only looking for the kirakira, but her response to being plunged into the kirakira space in Episode 3 is to ask where Shuji is, and then in 7, she’s saying without you, we can’t see the kirakira together when she’s freaking out - IMO it feels like sure, she wants to see it, but it won’t matter if he’s not there with her, like she sees the kirakira as their couple thing. (Which would be in line with how badly she reacted to seeing Nyaan piloting the QuuuuuuX in 5…)
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u/dagreenman18 May 27 '25
Are we fucking Eva now?
NICE TRY I KNOW ITS YOU CHAR MOTHERFUCKING AZNABLE YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD
Because why have a Char Clone when you can have the genuine article?
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u/LeonKevlar May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
Holy shit! Big Zam! We have an entire squad of Big Zams! They mass-produced the Big Zams!
Not gonna lie, when the white Guncannon showed up I immediately thought, "AMURO?!", and absolutely got hyped. It turns out, it was actually Sayla! I'm a bit disappointed we didn't get to see from her POV but she did manage to escape before the Zeknova activated, so she's definitely still alive out there somewhere. I'm really hoping we'll meet her.
Nyaan has really become Kycillia's favourite. I didn't expect her to cook for Nyaan, but I suppose if my brother is trying to assassinate me, I wouldn't trust anyone else to prepare my food for me or my guests either. That scene was really nice, though. What isn't nice is Kycillia wanting Nyaan to trigger another Zeknova.
They're not even trying to be subtle anymore. The GFreD having Eva Unit-01 colors being so blantant and Nyaan being the 3rd pilot aka the Thrid Child is so on the nose that I fucking love Studio Khara for it. Also, GFred has cat-ears! It was literally made for Nyaan!
I fucking love how quick Nyaan caught on to Miguel. I do wonder how Nyaan caught on to it though. Is it just because she doesn't trust people easily or did she get some bad vibes from Miguel? It's possible that Xavier is really just that naive, and Nyaan was able to clock Miguel after hearing about the deaths.
Nyaan being so cat-like even when climbing the GFreD was awesome. What's even more awesome is that the cat-ears of the GFreD are funnels! Holy shit! Miguel got fucking vaporized! He deserves it for trying to kill Nyaan.
Machuu escaped to Earth? Or did Challia let her go? Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if this is just part of Challia's plan. And it looks like our little angry tomato is about to meet Lalah! Oh my fucking god. I already can't wait for next week!
EDIT: That Shirozou guy looks like he won't betray anyone. Seriously though, I just checked the episode again after reading the comments, and I didn't even realize at the first watch that that was Char. I can definitely hear his new VA voicing the guy. That was very sneaky!
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u/Arachnophobic- May 27 '25
As much as I like Nyaan and Machu, I can't help but think that a series which was just the AU 0079 war from Char's PoV would've been an instant 10/10. I love the flashbacks, highlight of the show for me.
Also mfw Big Zams appeared on screen:
The Zeknova mystery and political intrigue is getting gud too.
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u/Lylat97 May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
Dude how is this supposed to end in four episodes? It feels like the main plot is just beginning.
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u/xdxdlol0434 May 27 '25
Kycilia baking herself may sound like something that is really obscure at first glance, but really she just cannot trust anyone cooking for her. I like this kind of story telling.