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Sep 27, 2010 6:31 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Liked how kira had that newtype flash when controlling the bits/funnels
Nov 20, 2012 12:54 PM
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OOOH YEEAH! Strike Freedom ^^
May 11, 2013 9:47 PM
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Kira kicking ass in Freedom. That made my day.
Aug 22, 2013 4:43 AM
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nothing to say ... just clapping in respect *clap* clap*clap*
Jan 25, 2014 1:12 AM
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Strike Freedom! I like it :D Kira comes to save the day as always, he still put up an epic fight though, even if it was one-sided since the SF seemed so OP.

Athrun trying to get up was painful to watch, he's really badly injured.
Feb 14, 2014 9:46 PM
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I was wondering what Lacus was up to this whole time in space. So they finally uncovered Durandal's destiny plan. How unlike him to leave such important evidence behind. He doesn't strike me as a guy who makes silly mistakes but whatever.

25 mobile suits destroyed in 2 minutes. And he's not even in Seed mode. Now that's the Kira we all know and love.

I like that the Strike Freedom has the dragoon system that Rau's Providence had. That system in Kira's hands makes him unstoppable.
Sep 21, 2014 11:08 PM
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Ha Ha!! Freedom 2.0 ENGAGE!!! In case everyone was still doubting, Kira is still a bad ass.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, that bastard Djibril was allowed into ORB?!?!?! WTF?! Yuma you are a fucking moron!!!
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Mar 8, 2015 7:07 AM
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Motha fcking Jesus Yamato kicked MS ass in 2mints without seed mode! always wondered why they had to change the MC when in fact Kira is more suited to be the MC than crybaby Shin.
Mar 15, 2015 9:11 AM

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And the Lord Jesus Yamato said: "Fuck off, Shinn. I'm the main character now."
Mar 16, 2015 12:32 AM
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JGChaves said:
And the Lord Jesus Yamato said: "Fuck off, Shinn. I'm the main character now."
Lol ^^

Personally, I don't think Shinn was even supposed to be the main character. I mean, it felt a lot like a lot of emphasis on this season was for Athrun.

It is a bit strange though that Shinn's significance in the story seemed rather diminished near the final episodes starting from about this point as you rightly mentioned.
May 27, 2015 8:54 AM

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If you were Kira + S Freedom fans, you should watch the gundam seed destiny remastered. I really like this episode.
May 28, 2015 12:29 PM

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PhantomEX said:
Liked how kira had that newtype flash when controlling the bits/funnels

Yeah I noticed that as well. Kira confirmed for Newtype! Kira finally came to save this mess of a show. God bless our Lord and Savior, Lord Jesus Yamato, and may be Strike Freedom.

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May 28, 2015 7:46 PM

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(rewatching)

HD remaster almost entirely replaced Kira piloting the Strike Rouge. They also swapped out his new theme music (probably because of it's use in the new OP).

While it's nice to see somebody use Rouge to it's full potential (and it was pretty cool)... I liked the original version of the fight. New version kind of lost that "omg it's the Strike!" vibe as we got to see Kira push that thing way past it's limits to what the Freedom could do while using a vastly inferior gundam.

Old version: Kira looked pro (and the fight was more desperate)
New veersion: Kira is overpowered again
Aug 19, 2015 6:34 PM
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Kira is a beast.
That's all I have to say.
Apr 27, 2016 6:36 PM

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emeraldrosary said:
JGChaves said:
And the Lord Jesus Yamato said: "Fuck off, Shinn. I'm the main character now."
Lol ^^

Personally, I don't think Shinn was even supposed to be the main character. I mean, it felt a lot like a lot of emphasis on this season was for Athrun..

Same here, never really thought of Shinn as the MC in here, if anything I thought it was Athrun for the first half and now it looks like it will be Kira again.

Also this ep was excellent, seeing Strike Freedom for the first time and then in battle was epic.
Aug 26, 2017 3:05 PM

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Looks like Jesus Yamato finally took his rightful place as the show's protagonist. Poor Shinn never had a chance.
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there is a limit to the suspension of disbelief

And it's the fan that did it. Not the smoking porn reading rubik cube genius rape ape with a magic boat.
Sep 2, 2017 1:57 AM
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Freedom Gundam evolved into STRIKE FREEDOM GUNDAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 2, 2017 2:07 AM
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Kira: SUPER STRIKE FREEDOM ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this show is a fucking mess, but at the very least this mech's entrance was pretty cool.

Poor shinn got jipped so hard of not just being a good main character, but of even being the main character in the end.

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

May 17, 2018 10:48 AM

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Sad that they didn't use the Vestige on Strike Freedom's appearance on remastered version. Oh well, it's on the OP anyway. Also, the new Strike Rogue seems much stronger than the all-equipped Strike.


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I doubt anyone will ever see this, but why is no one talking about how this episode made no sense? How did Lacus get the Strike Freedom? Where did it even come from? She was just chilling in space for countless episodes and now suddenly finds a Super Gundam?

Everyone here going nuts for the debut, but it literally appeared out of thin air...

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This episode was awesome, Kira and Lacus are the best! 感動した🥺!
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emeraldrosary said:
JGChaves said:
And the Lord Jesus Yamato said: "Fuck off, Shinn. I'm the main character now."
Lol ^^

Personally, I don't think Shinn was even supposed to be the main character. I mean, it felt a lot like a lot of emphasis on this season was for Athrun.

It is a bit strange though that Shinn's significance in the story seemed rather diminished near the final episodes starting from about this point as you rightly mentioned.


Yeah. The first 3 minutes of episode 1, the OP, and the ED make Shinn out to be a main character equal to Athrun, but for the first 20 episodes Athrun is pretty definitively the main character and Shinn is just a side character mobile suit pilot. Shinn starts getting more screentime around episode 30 when Kira two shots Athrun's savior, so Shinn is the only pilot on board the Minerva with a working machine. And now it's feeling more like Shinn is an antagonist to the main characters of Athrun and Kira.

ghost_wolves said:
I doubt anyone will ever see this, but why is no one talking about how this episode made no sense? How did Lacus get the Strike Freedom? Where did it even come from? She was just chilling in space for countless episodes and now suddenly finds a Super Gundam?

Everyone here going nuts for the debut, but it literally appeared out of thin air...


TBH, Lacus just doesn't make sense at all. How does an opera singer's opinion have so much weight among the populace, to the point that she turn public opinion against the head of state? Why does she have dozens - possibly hundreds or even thousands - of people working for her? How is she paying all of them when her accounts are frozen? Where is she getting her money from? How is she apparently this resourceful and competent, but her father was just some guy who got easily gunned down? Why does she love Kira over Athrun, when she had known Athrun for years but had only known Kira for a few hours before kissing him?
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JizzyHitler said:
this show is a fucking mess, but at the very least this mech's entrance was pretty cool.

Poor shinn got jipped so hard of not just being a good main character, but of even being the main character in the end.

I know most people hate Shinn, but I pity him. Poor guy gets fucked over by the writers because Morosawa doesn’t want an MC that isn’t her husbando to shine.
Dec 29, 2023 5:23 AM

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It's always cute to see lacus and Kira togheter, and i really love Athrun as a character too.
The strike Freedom was majestic, now Kira can finally annihilate shinn.
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