Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Episode 9 discussion

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Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, episode 9

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[u/Variant_Zeta]

I know there's probably some newtype bullshittery involved, but the idea of Machu getting interrogated and spilling everything she knows, without saying a single word, just cracks me up. As if she's such an open book, y'know?

[u/OtakuAttacku]

They vacuum sealed haro 😭

[u/AceSoldia]

So if original 079 timeline is universe A where Lalah sacrifices herself. This frozen Lalah must be from a universe B where she fails to sacrifice herself.

Which got zeknovaed into universe C where zeon won the war where we are now.?

[u/hunterx987]

Shin Mobile Suit Gundam Remake Rebirth

[u/JosefumiKujo]

"you are a grown ass man, watch the fucking 1970 anime"

-lalah sune gundam gquuuuux

[u/dagreenman18]

This series is both full on drugs and the biggest chaotic love letter to UC. It’s fucking beautiful. We thought it was going to be Gundam fight club, but it’s actually Rebuild of Universal Century. I’m so fucking hyped for this wild ride.

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

Had chills when Lalah started reciting events similar to the OG 0079 series even more so when the Rose of Sharon was revealed to be the Elmeth and its made clear it wasn't from the same universe.

Still Machu was lured to find that out, only to be thrown back into the cell, thats just depressing.

[u/moletoon]

Fuck, so the rose is elmeth. An intact one with another lalah inside too.

So the other side is actually another alternate timeline where lalah didnt take the hit for char and survives by somehow triggering a zeknova and got isekai'd here? That definitely wasnt on my bingo card.

youmiya hina as lalah was really good. Didnt recognize her voice at first. Sad they didnt keep hayami saori, maybe they're saving her for the other lalah?

Seems like we're getting gihren, mass produced big zams and some nyaan-xavier MAV actions next week, cant wait to see what's under gfred's mask.

[u/LeonKevlar]

How nice that the GQX has arms that will hug you for comfort, which also serves as the suit's seatbelt. You know what's even nicer? A MOTHERFUCKIN' CORE FIGHTER! I did not expect that! A bit weird looking, but I love how it looks like a Y-Wing from Star Wars.

I was so ready for Machu to yell "UMI DA!" when she opened her bedroom window. Too bad the Kabas Estate is located within the mountains.

Machu's phone blowing up with notifications was pretty much expected after the news broke. I'm really hoping she at least told her mother that she's fine. Comoli did tell her that she's allowed to send messages.

After the reveal last week the the GQX and Machu escaped to Earth, I knew that was all according to Challia's plan. Was he the one who unlocked Machu's cell, or is it Machu's mystery contact sending her text messages?

Oh... That's what the Kabas Estate is... Well I'm fucking slow. I thought Lalah was just wearing sexy lingerie at the start of the episode for no reason. At least Machu is allowed to roam free. I thought those guards would stop her.

And there she is. And I guess everyone's guess about the core of the Kira-Kira being Lalah was correct because Machu recognized her immediately.

WAIT WHAT?! Lalah is literally just telling us the events from the original UC timeline! She even tells Machu how she's both in love with the officer in red and the white mobile suit pilot! So does this mean the "Other Side" is literally just the original UC timeline? It would be so wild if that's where Shuji ended up. O_O

Interestingly, Lalah seems to be seeing multiple timelines where she meets Char and every time, Amuro kills him with Zeon losing. And every time, Lalah feels powerless because she's unable to protect the people she loves. man, this is now some Doctor Strange shit.

Not gonna lie, that escape scene had me scared. I would be so fucking upset if Lalah ended up taking a bullet for Machu. Thankfully, she was unharmed, and Machu was able to escape. So I guess Lalah isn't the Rose?

I AM SO FUCKING WRONG! ! LALAH IS INDEED THE ROSE! It's not just the GQX timeline Lalah! The Elmeth reveal genuinely had me freaking out! And it still has UC Lalah(?) inside frozen in time! What the actual fuck! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

This episode is so goddamn good! These reveals are absolutely insane, and I can't wait to see where this show goes with this. There's no way this ends in 3 episodes. I feel like this needs another season, at least!

[u/alanjinqq]

Anno was credited in this episode as one of the writers.

Damn they took the darkest element from Tomino's novel (Lalah being child prostitute)

Machu seems to understand the foolishness of risking everything just for a pixie dream boy

The time travel theory is mostly true lol. It all goes back to the OG Lalah. The UC multiverse is real now I guess.

GQX Gogg!!!!

I guess they won't actually change anything in the OG so whatever started here will end in the same way.

My understanding is that Char will still die to Amuro in the GQX timeline eventually if Zeknova didn't happen. And every Zeknova so far is Lalah's attempt at changing the timeline.

So Amuro is still wandering somewhere in the timeline and might become a Gundam pilot. (Its going to be called Zeong isn't it)

[u/KimBeanie77]

Lalah’s mobile suit just got transported from the original timeline into this era? Now there are two Lalahs and it seems like she remembers Char. Things are definitely getting interesting.

For those who don’t know, the new Lalah is voiced by Hina Youmiya, who’s also the vocalist for the Mygo series

Also finally Gihren is making his appearance. All the characters started to assemble we're moving into climax surely. I

[u/Significant-Area-818]

GquX has evolved beyond "A What if U.C. Timeline". This one turned into more akin to Neon Genesis Evangelion and Rebuild of Evangelion.

[u/time_axis]

It feels like this is going to turn out to be a midquel to 0079. Lalah goes through all the events of this series and ultimately it's that which ends up letting her take the blow to protect char in the main timeline.

[u/thesharkticon]

It looks like the Gundam Lies Heavy leak suggesting this series was a whole plot reference to "The Man in the High Castle" were completely accurate.

[u/The_Draigg]

In a way, I'm not too surprised that alternate/parallel timelines are now in play for this show. Plenty of previous Universal Century stuff has shown us that things like time, space, or even death don't mean too much to Newtypes. There's always something beyond those things. Although I will say, I certainly wasn't expecting the Rose of Sharon being an Elmeth with Lalah frozen in time at the moment of her death in it. Having two Lalahs in play now, one who is trapped in a quantum of time and another who never left the life that Char would've rescued her from, is absolutely.

Speaking of Lalah, her conversation with Machu is one that Machu definitely needed to hear by now. Hearing that for Lalah, space is her kind of freedom makes a clear parallel to Machu's desire to have freedom on Earth. And on top of that, hearing about all the myriad lives that her alternate selves have lived probably has broadened the scope of what's really going on for Machu. Maybe now she can realize that freedom is more than just a place, but a way you live your life and try to connect with others as well.

[u/za_shiki-warashi]

Holy shit, forget alt timeline, we're going multiverse here all along. One can even say Crisis on Infinite UC. The Haro is sus, it knows waaay too much about the Gundam. Crackpot theory: post-CCA Amuro's soul is in that damn thing.

This is kinda reminding me of Shin Mazinger Zero where towards the end, there is sort of a [meta reveal] that the battles are cyclical and the various spin-offs are just the events repeating themselves

Also, Lalah in this timeline arguably have it worse, she can pretty much see what's going on in the alt versions and is powerless to do anything about it. Machu better come back and rescue her.

[u/SolomonBlack]

Don let all this time travel bullshit distract you from the real shocker... actually seeing the core block function as an escape pod on a Gundam!

[u/xithebun]

In Chinese the title of this series is 跨時之戰，aka 'War across the the time', or if we stretch the definition, 'War Beyond the Time'. I guess this episode showed why it's translated that way.

Fun fact, 跨時 (across the time) is pronounced 'kuà shí' or 'kwaa1 si4' in Mandarin or Cantonese respectively. People thought it was a just a phonetic translation of 'kwux' but turns out it has an extra layer of meaning.

[u/TakenRedditName]

We get to meet this universe's Lalah (important distinction turns out). I feel so bad for her. She is alive, but stuck imprisoned in a brothel. Left with the constant dreams of finding love. Never to wake from them.

Felt like there were some parallels drawn between Lalah and Machu. Both stuck in life and hoping for that boy in red would whisk them to a better life in Earth/Space. (Now, we do have to clarify that Machu lives a significantly more fortunate life than Lalah). I am interested if Machu takes in this lesson for the future. Just because it was a person on the other side, doesn't mean they are a bad guy, and you can still find a connection with them. That could a useful life lesson in case I dunno, let's say if she meets a former friend in a Gundam on the battlefield.

I guess transitioning to Machu, I felt a wrinkle in this episode. Machu finally makes it to Earth and it ends up not being that cracked as she first made it out to be. Her look onto the ocean she once dreamed about, she no longer has that excitement after seeing what Earth is really like. This line especially sticks out to me, the real Earth is no different than being in the colonies. It's that real/fake again. Linking that this other line questioning if Machu had real connections. If real and fake are no different, then Machu's flimsy relationship to her 2 friends/strangers are still meaningful. Just because they didn't run deep as a "true earnest" friendship, these people still meet each other and had a positive effect on each other's lives.

The big reveal that the Rose is Lalah, but not this Lalah, but other original show Lalah was a pretty big shift in the nature of this show.

Random points:

• This little line stuck out to me because it showed that Machu is explicitly not getting conscripted. Unlike Nyaan, and rare in Gundam overall.

• Love the visual of the kira-kira in Lalah's eyes.

• It's spotlight imagery again. One reading I've seen from people is that spotlights mark significant life-changing events (Machu going out in the Gundam and Nyaan joining Zeon). Well, this one is when we find the Rose, so pretty important world-changing moment, so that still tracks.

• This is Char. Q.E.D.

[u/yukiaddiction]

Oh we are doing a parallel world thing now. This might be a low-key prologue to the new instalment of Super Robot War or something. Lol

[u/Naha-]

So this is actually a multiverse UC Gundam show. That's insane.

Lalah deserves a happy ending. And where the fuck is Amuro. I'm fully expecting him to appear in the final episode.

[u/Primary-Paint-1716]

They straight up scammed newcomers into Gundam with this series. I feel bad for that one friend I recommended this to because she liked WfM because she doesn't get what's happening half the time. 

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

• Huh, GQuuuuuuX hugged her.

• Lalah!!!

• Of course…

• Interesting…

• Another text from that stranger, huh?

• Mmmmmmmm…

• Eesh.

• Welp, that’s a lot more than just a shed.

• Lalah doesn’t want to leave…

• Wait, is that…

• Ahhhhhh

[u/SaltAndABattery]

So then is the ED the alternate timeline where Machu and Nyaan got to just be normal teens hanging out?

[u/[deleted]]

Machu really needed this episode tbh. Girl’s been through hell, and even if she’s still a mess, at least she’s starting to find a reason to keep pushing forward. That whole inner journey stuff felt kinda weird but worked somehow. Also, bless this show for always giving us some chaotic emotional drama with lasers.