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Jul 4, 2012 2:00 PM
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The Will Game episodes bored me to tears the first time I saw them. But now that I'm re-watching the series the flashbacks brought a tear to my eyes and Diana was portrayed as a very human character.

Also, Harry has yet to figure out it's Kihel, and brushed it off as Will spouting nonesense. Does the close-up with him speaking to the Kihel Diana with his face mere inches from hers hint at him being drawn to her?
Aug 27, 2012 1:56 AM
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God the people in this show really are oblivious...
Dec 13, 2012 3:04 PM
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Yeah, I've really liked these episode. So far, I'd say Dianna is the best character so far. It'll be interesting to see if she takes anything from this.
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Feb 24, 2014 12:19 PM
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I also thin Dianna is the best character in this show so far. Poor little one, being forced to see her love die twice
Nov 1, 2014 9:32 AM
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Why must this series be so heartbreaking? Just seeing Loran trying to keep both from breaking the treaty because of his love for earth is hard enough.
Jan 25, 2015 5:30 PM
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In a typical Gundam show where the characters are awful with a few exceptions, this one have Dianna. I felt her emotions.
Jan 28, 2015 5:29 PM
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Great episode, the ending works really well because of how well this show was handling its tone up till now, it creates a nice contrast with the goofy happy bits when something this serious pops up.

Also yeah dianna is definitely the best character so far, she is a surprisingly subtle character and feels very human.

Immahnoob said:
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

Apr 19, 2017 12:48 AM
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A nice conclusion, the one most of us expected I think, to the Game case. I hope it will affect Dianna's will and Sochie's view on the war (this blind war-eager brat).
In the end, was the woman with Will a Moonrace subordinate or not?

4/5 Good fan-service: the Zaku fight and win against a GM.
Jul 23, 2017 4:38 AM
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Tenth said:
In a typical Gundam show where the characters are awful with a few exceptions, this one have Dianna. I felt her emotions.

Pretty much. Makes you wonder how some characters survived to adulthood, despite being completely stupid.
Dec 10, 2017 11:37 AM
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You really have to turn off your brain to enjoy this show..
Dec 31, 2018 2:26 AM

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Will444 said:
You really have to turn off your brain to enjoy this show..


Dude, where you even paying attention? This Show has been excellent so far. Yeah it has its flaws, and you can dislike it, but you can't argue it's truly bad.
Jan 1, 2019 3:03 PM

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Really good stuff! Sochie's humbling reaction to seeing the death of Will Game hopefully will make her a better character and show her to be less hateful as the show goes on.
Jan 2, 2020 6:28 PM
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Dianna and Kihel swapping was a mistake. The real Dianna wouldn't allow Will Game to the battlefield.
Aug 14, 2020 9:53 PM

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There is someone named Gavane in this show, lol. Space Sheriff.
Dec 29, 2020 2:07 PM

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Oh, finally that "dashing pilot" style familiar from Zeta (not the first one, but the most stylized for sure). Lots of good action. Was a bit surprised at the sight of comm system being implemented inside the manual (?). At least that's how I interpreted Loran's attempt to tell Sochie to stop.

This episode also made me think about casualties from both sides...how many? I don't remember the Moonrace folks dying all that much, if at all...well there were some pilots taken hostage (that time when Loran tried to persuade militiamen not to shoot them) but I guess they just got forgotten lol. Anyway, beautiful last shot. This death could've been straight out of Victory. Pretty sad how Will never realized he actually met Diana.

Nice parallel between both Loran and Harry starting to suspecting something about the doubles (I'm less sure about Harry but still)

P.S. Some interesting camera tilting during "Diana's" encounter with Will.

P.P.S. That Turn A in the background (shortly after the GM's destruction) looked like a motionless doll sliding down the hill x)
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RIP Will.

Like others have stated Dianna is definitely the best character in this show, I like her so much I'm already considering adding her into my favorites and we're only 15 eps in.
Dec 9, 2021 1:17 AM

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Tomino learned how to write a the death of a character! Jokes aside, this is really good. Characters are lovable, Dianna especially. Nuanced and complicated. In my opinion the switch is a really good idea, it keeps things interesting. Now I just hope we get more of Kihel's point of view.
Nov 20, 2023 6:08 AM

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Honestly the show is getting better and Better, Dianna absolutely is the highest point, a beautiful character, and the cast is also very good.
I hope sochie learns something from this episode.
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Dec 6, 2023 11:03 AM
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on the one hand i will always love zakus. on the other hand, please don't traumatize diana, she doesn't deserve this, she is such a sweetheart

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