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Aug 6, 2008 8:51 PM
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I'd say 0080, followed by GSD, then 00.

0080: incredibly annoying characters, even more annoying than naruto. The script is also a mess. I find it really hard to conclude any themes from the character development.

GSD: Haven't seen it but heard a lot of people say it's a "remake of a remake (i.e.seed), even said by those who liked it.

00: ridiculous politics. I also find the characters very thin.

On the other hand 0083 is the best gundam series I've seen and I'm surprised nobody made a discussion thread here. Of course some say it's just another rip-off of the original gundam series. Guess I have to find some time to watch that too.
Aug 6, 2008 8:56 PM
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Seed. It's God awful and completely unwatchable IMO. It's just a crappy copy of the original Gundam series from the 70s, but 100x worse. I'll agree, 0080 was kinda 'bleh' it really wasn't long enough to flesh the characters out and develop them deeply.

Now the best Gundam, I would have to say 8th MS Team followed by the original series and Wing.


Aug 6, 2008 9:36 PM
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Seed. It's God awful and completely unwatchable IMO. It's just a crappy copy of the original Gundam series from the 70s, but 100x worse. I'll agree, 0080 was kinda 'bleh' it really wasn't long enough to flesh the characters out and develop them deeply.

Now the best Gundam, I would have to say 8th MS Team followed by the original series and Wing.


Well that makes GSD the worst then since it's a remake of that "crappy copy of 0079" (I sorta like seed a little bit TBH). 8th team is quite good and I enjoyed watching it. The only complaint I have is that they tried to focus on two themes at once (i.e.love and normal soldiers in a war) which just didn't work for me, maybe because it's too short.
Sep 26, 2008 5:41 PM
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For me the worst is GS Destiny.

My favorite would have to be 8th MS team.
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Nov 6, 2008 9:17 AM
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Wow I'm in the middle of watching this and think that this is horrible. The characters are atrocious, Kou is an unskilled coward at best.

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Nov 10, 2008 4:54 PM
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Wow I'm in the middle of watching this and think that this is horrible. The characters are atrocious, Kou is an unskilled coward at best.

Kou's piloting skills improve, the show does not :/
Nov 10, 2008 4:58 PM
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the UC remakes which are seed and seed destiny.

00 is by far the closest to 08th MS team when i comes to realism. with tactics to vulnerability to death of characters. so i don't know what the hell you are thinking OP! and G was horrible but it will always have a place in my heart as the only one who was not afraid to be different. and seriously who hates shining finger!
Nov 10, 2008 5:00 PM
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Kou is an Ace pilot status (at least to Australia's EF standard), thats why he is permitted to ride the Gundam.
Jan 4, 2009 6:59 AM
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I actually like this series, as long as I put it in the category of near mindless fun. Everything was alright until the writer/director/whoever decided to throw in that love triangle crap of Kou/Purpleton/Gato. Are you f*cking serious?! I could suspend my disbelief no long.

Worst for me is probably GSD, nothing has made me as angry as that show (Code Geass R2 comes close). The first 30-40% of ZZ was also complete garbage. G Gundam was fun, I prefer to look at it less as a mecha series and more as a shonen series. It makes more sense that way.
Mar 16, 2009 2:01 AM
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This series is my favorite. More than any other title I've seen, this show really pays attention to the mecha: from the development, the tuning, maintenance and performance. It gave me what I wanted and a lot of good space battle action as well.

http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/top-guns/

I wrote at length about it in the above link.
Jun 26, 2009 1:20 AM

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0083 is definitely not bad. Although I find the transitions between scenes and interactions of characters a little bit awkward sometimes (probably due to of dated scripts, budget, and the length of the actual animation), like, between Gato and Kelly Layzner when Gato found about the leftover MA from the 1 year war in his garage.

But the best shocking moment was when South Burning died in the MS... I was like, I knew it would happen (because of the health reviews he had and talks about his family with Eiphar Synapse). But still. I'd rank this series 8/10. GP03 is my fav gundam of all times as well! :)

For those who doesn't like the story of 0083 or think of it as too long, just watch the OVA movie... it's essentially the same thing but shortened.
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Oct 19, 2009 3:47 AM

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Definitely not the worst gundam out there.

Modern ones like Seed, Seed Destiny and 00 might concerve that title. I still have a lot to thread on 90's gundam titles but I say that 8th MS team so far is comes close to the stupidity of the mentioned titles.
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How can people call 8th MS Team realistic?

In the very first episode the Ball Shiro was piloting survives continuous machine gun fire. The ending made me delete the entire series from my hard drive.

0083 is mecha porn. Least to say, I wasn't disappointed.
May 15, 2010 10:26 PM

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0083 is one of my favorite anime's of all time. Simply awesome.

But as for the worst, anything not UC. Seed, Seed Destiny, Gundam X, Wing, G Gundam, all junk. The only exception is 00. It wasn't on par with UC, but it was better than all the other alternate universe series.
Aug 7, 2010 6:16 PM

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I hated this.
I wanted to like it.

I just couldn't.
The only thing that amazed me was the animation, and the first Opening song.
Aug 7, 2010 6:25 PM

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I hated this.
I wanted to like it.

I just couldn't.
The only thing that amazed me was the animation, and the first Opening song.
My thoughts as well.

Also every Gato moment fascinated me. He's probably my favorite Zeon pilot.
Oct 9, 2010 10:10 PM
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worst for me are 08th and 0083 star dust

08th : forced romance, I didn't like the characters, the story is mediocre.

0083 : same thing as above. It was epic at least but it has so much flaws in the story, stuff that makes no sense, filler characters (that crippled dude...), love triangle coming out of nowhere, a zeon woman suddenly changing sides, and other crazy random stuff that ruin the pleasure.
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Jan 9, 2011 10:24 PM

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I was a bit disappointed by F91 but it had its production problems, so it's understandable. You'd think it'd have a novel or manga but apparently not.

The F91 Gundam is great though!
Mar 25, 2011 3:51 PM
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0083 is easily one of the better Gundam series. Not perfect by any means,but well done and with awesome visuals.

The worst UC Gundam is definitely ZZ.
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Mar 29, 2011 4:48 PM

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God I hated Gundam 00. Everything about it just felt like a gigantic mess, especially Setsuna, he was beyond annoying though it may have been the fault of his crappy english VA. Other horrible characters included that princess girl, those three "evil" siblings who served no purpose, and pretty much everyone else. I wasn't even very experienced with anime when I watched it, the only other gundam I had ever seen was SEED, and I still didn't like it.

SEED was good for a while but failed to develop in any interesting directions after an interesting beginning. It's a very average show, but I don't think it was on 00's level of awful. (I never watched Destiny, btw)

My favorite gundams are Char's Counterattack, Zeta, and Unicorn, with CC coming first and the other two being tied, for now, we will see how Unicorn turns out in the end :)
Mar 29, 2011 5:12 PM

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0080 was the best UC story for me...

Anyway, the worst was Victory, characters were VERY unstable and the story became dull.

At least ZZ had a lot of comedic moments and became good in its middle run.
May 24, 2011 7:20 PM

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Nah
0083
is one of the best gundam series
great plot , new taste of main character, no coincidence contact with the gundam, not a newtype main character, one of the best animation, great fighting scenes, etc...

i've never seen a worst gundam series, except for 00 the movie.
even ZZ become great the 2nd half..

0083 is one of my favorites behind X and Zeta and followed by victory, f91 and turn a
May 27, 2011 9:56 PM

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Why all the hate for 0080? It was just good fun with Bernard being such a fail pilot and a little kid screwing everything up.
0083 seems like it might be fare for the hardcore fans who want to see something between 0079 and Zeta. Its pretty interesting but its not making me want to go out and buy the model kit or anything.
G Gundam > UC > Wing, Seed, 00, etc... > SD Gundam Force

deal with it
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OP is dumb. Seriously.


Mar 20, 2013 5:56 PM

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Come on guys, we all know AGE was the worst.
Jul 19, 2013 3:43 AM

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0083 is easily one of the better Gundam series. Not perfect by any means,but well done and with awesome visuals.

The worst UC Gundam is definitely ZZ.

I actually feel like this was almost as bad as ZZ.
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I have never seen a more divided fanbase in my entire life, the only gundams no one called the worst were zeta and turn A and i know for a fact zeta has a substantially large hater base in contrast to its fans

its because of how divided this fanbase is on whats good or bad that im gonna watch all of it for myself.

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 23, 2014 5:09 PM
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The worst by far are seed and destiny Wing and G
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Apr 23, 2014 5:16 PM

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Out of what I consider to be a "series".
Turn A = Zeta = The Origin >> Unicorn > War in the Pocket > 008th MS Team >> Victory (BIAS!) > Mobile Suit Gundam > ZZ (BIAS!) > After War X > Wing (Bias) > Mobile Fighter G (Bias) > Stardust Memory > Build Fighters >> 00 > Age >>> SEED >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Destiny.

I'd say the range for me here would be 6/10-10/10
Really, it's all bias, I'm just denoting the ones I loved as a child.

Standalone/ movies.
F91 = Char's Counterattack > Endless Waltz (The Movie) >>>>>>>> Awakening of the Trailblazer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> G-Savior
Range being 2/10-9/10
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ZZ or Seed Destiny probably. Unicorn is the biggest disappointment though.
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Out of what I consider to be a "series".
Turn A = Zeta = The Origin >> Unicorn > War in the Pocket > 008th MS Team >> Victory (BIAS!) > Mobile Suit Gundam > ZZ (BIAS!) > After War X > Wing (Bias) > Mobile Fighter G (Bias) > Stardust Memory > Build Fighters >> 00 > Age >>> SEED >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Destiny.

I'd say the range for me here would be 6/10-10/10
Really, it's all bias, I'm just denoting the ones I loved as a child.

Standalone/ movies.
F91 = Char's Counterattack > Endless Waltz (The Movie) >>>>>>>> Awakening of the Trailblazer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> G-Savior
Range being 2/10-9/10


i bite my thumb at you sir
"If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine"

When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one
For the Union makes us strong
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YorozuyaGinSan said:

Standalone/ movies.
F91 = Char's Counterattack > Endless Waltz (The Movie) >>>>>>>> Awakening of the Trailblazer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> G-Savior
Range being 2/10-9/10
just saying i actually quite enjoyed F91, i wish it were a full series as it obviously never reached its maximum potential but for what its worth it was pretty good and no where near as bad as people built it up to be, though chars counter attack i have a very unpopular opinion on it, i thought it was a mess and they butchered char who was almost on my favorites list. Its action was great though but this wasnt a series where i could turn my brain off cause i had grown too attached to amuro and char's stories to see it end like this

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 23, 2014 5:38 PM
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^Shhhh don't let them hear that you didn't like CCA else they'll come around accusing you of not paying attention or some nonsense like that.
Apr 23, 2014 5:47 PM

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i bite my thumb at you sir
Sorry for rating based on personal enjoyment instead of industrial value, I guess. In recollection, I'd probably put Stardust Memory above Wing and G.
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YorozuyaGinSan said:

Standalone/ movies.
F91 = Char's Counterattack > Endless Waltz (The Movie) >>>>>>>> Awakening of the Trailblazer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> G-Savior
Range being 2/10-9/10
just saying i actually quite enjoyed F91, i wish it were a full series as it obviously never reached its maximum potential but for what its worth it was pretty good and no where near as bad as people built it up to be, though chars counter attack i have a very unpopular opinion on it, i thought it was a mess and they butchered char who was almost on my favorites list. Its action was great though but this wasnt a series where i could turn my brain off cause i had grown too attached to amuro and char's stories to see it end like this
Double the budget and F91 could have been an Ova on the level of 008th, Stardust Memory, and War in the Pocket. It really feels unjust that it was cut off at a movie, when it was clearly planned to be more.

Char's Counterattack really just put 0079 Char at the point of Lalah's death through a blender and called it character dynamic, sad to see it end like that but I still enjoyed it.
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^Shhhh don't let them hear that you didn't like CCA else they'll come around accusing you of not paying attention or some nonsense like that.

Is that really an unpopular opinion? From people I've talked to who loved CCA, even they did not like the characterization of Char in the movie. I've seen this video thrown around all the time, simply because of how many times people mention the jarring development in Char's character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQMz7YHPIiI

While it doesn't make CCA any better of a movie, it puts Char's motivations in perspective, somewhat.

EDIT: On topic, I've only watch UC Gundam series. Worst is ZZ by comparison. I didn't dislike the series as a whole, but hated the shift in tone halfway through. If including movies and OVA's, I'd rank CCA below ZZ. My favorite is easily 0080.
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YorozuyaGinSan said:
FGAU1912 said:
i bite my thumb at you sir
Sorry for rating based on personal enjoyment instead of industrial value, I guess. In recollection, I'd probably put Stardust Memory above Wing and G.
JizzyHitler said:
YorozuyaGinSan said:

Standalone/ movies.
F91 = Char's Counterattack > Endless Waltz (The Movie) >>>>>>>> Awakening of the Trailblazer >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> G-Savior
Range being 2/10-9/10
just saying i actually quite enjoyed F91, i wish it were a full series as it obviously never reached its maximum potential but for what its worth it was pretty good and no where near as bad as people built it up to be, though chars counter attack i have a very unpopular opinion on it, i thought it was a mess and they butchered char who was almost on my favorites list. Its action was great though but this wasnt a series where i could turn my brain off cause i had grown too attached to amuro and char's stories to see it end like this
Double the budget and F91 could have been an Ova on the level of 008th, Stardust Memory, and War in the Pocket. It really feels unjust that it was cut off at a movie, when it was clearly planned to be more.

Char's Counterattack really just put 0079 Char at the point of Lalah's death through a blender and called it character dynamic, sad to see it end like that but I still enjoyed it.
honestly if F91 were a full series id honestly say it could had been the best gundam series. There was so much potential and with more time to develop itself it could had been a phenomenal story regarded as a classic.

MissileSoup said:
parfaited said:
^Shhhh don't let them hear that you didn't like CCA else they'll come around accusing you of not paying attention or some nonsense like that.

Is that really an unpopular opinion? From people I've talked to who loved CCA, even they did not like the characterization of Char in the movie. I've seen this video thrown around all the time, simply because of how many times people mention the jarring development in Char's character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQMz7YHPIiI

While it doesn't make CCA any better of a movie, it puts Char's motivations in perspective, somewhat.

EDIT: On topic, I've only watch UC Gundam series. Worst is ZZ by comparison. I didn't dislike the series as a whole, but hated the shift in tone halfway through. If including movies and OVA's, I'd rank CCA below ZZ. My favorite is easily 0080.
i mean i assumed it was a unpopular opinion, granted iv seen a ton of people agree with me on the pacing and characterization but it generally seems to be a beloved movie by many. I can accept being in the minority, im more frustrated by the actual movie than how many people share my view
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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

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Worst Gundam is probably Char's Counterattack it's basically a super piece of shit. Was a very disappointing end to Amuro and Char's story. Unicorn Gundam and G Fighter are pretty shit too.
Aug 30, 2014 6:21 AM

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Worst Gundam is Definetely ZZ,Followed by AGE>Destiny>00 Second Season>0083 Latter Half
Aug 30, 2014 6:28 AM

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MissileSoup said:
parfaited said:
^Shhhh don't let them hear that you didn't like CCA else they'll come around accusing you of not paying attention or some nonsense like that.

Is that really an unpopular opinion? From people I've talked to who loved CCA, even they did not like the characterization of Char in the movie. I've seen this video thrown around all the time, simply because of how many times people mention the jarring development in Char's character:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQMz7YHPIiI

While it doesn't make CCA any better of a movie, it puts Char's motivations in perspective, somewhat.

EDIT: On topic, I've only watch UC Gundam series. Worst is ZZ by comparison. I didn't dislike the series as a whole, but hated the shift in tone halfway through. If including movies and OVA's, I'd rank CCA below ZZ. My favorite is easily 0080.


So the true Mastermind of CCA was Kamille..............Always figured he was evil
Aug 30, 2014 9:50 PM

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I have never seen a more divided fanbase in my entire life, the only gundams no one called the worst were zeta and turn A and i know for a fact zeta has a substantially large hater base in contrast to its fans

its because of how divided this fanbase is on whats good or bad that im gonna watch all of it for myself.


What are you talking about? Zeta Gundam is literally the best gundam anyone who says otherwise either hasn't seen it or they're just being a fucking idiot.
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Haytin said:
JizzyHitler said:
I have never seen a more divided fanbase in my entire life, the only gundams no one called the worst were zeta and turn A and i know for a fact zeta has a substantially large hater base in contrast to its fans

its because of how divided this fanbase is on whats good or bad that im gonna watch all of it for myself.


What are you talking about? Zeta Gundam is literally the best gundam anyone who says otherwise either hasn't seen it or they're just being a fucking idiot.


Or just have differrent taste...

I don't see Zeta but i like the Zeta characters. (I want watch it)

Well the wrost series is probably G Gun,Wing and Turn A for me... i don't like the character desing of Turn A.

Best gundam for me is 0080,Seed Destiny,00 (first season). I also like Seed.
And probably i like ZZ and Victory after i watch it.

They need to make Crossbone Gundam and those Gundam side storys anime.
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Haytin said:
JizzyHitler said:
I have never seen a more divided fanbase in my entire life, the only gundams no one called the worst were zeta and turn A and i know for a fact zeta has a substantially large hater base in contrast to its fans

its because of how divided this fanbase is on whats good or bad that im gonna watch all of it for myself.


What are you talking about? Zeta Gundam is literally the best gundam anyone who says otherwise either hasn't seen it or they're just being a fucking idiot.


Unicorn is objectively better.

Fite me.
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^^^everyone above me proved my point

gundam is a series best to try everything and see where you wind up in liking or hating something for yourself.

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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

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This show is turning out to be one of the best of UC gundams.
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They should've just killed Kou and Nina

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