[Dr Kain]

I got through another batch of Victory episodes today.

First off, TIRES IN SPAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace. Dumbest Mobile Suits ever! Seriously, who was the idiot at Bandai that said, "Hey, you know what we need to see in outer space? Mobile Suits with tires!" YEAH BECAUSE THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!!! UGH!!!

At least Marbet brought up that very point.

Secondly, my god, that brings a whole new meaning to stripping a prisoner down. Talk about wanting the naked truth. If you don't know what I mean, this one villain lady takes a bath with Uso to interrogate him. WHAT THE ****?! I don't get the Japanese. They have no problem with antics like this, but heaven forbid if two guys kiss each other. Creepniess aside, the whole thing was hilarious.

Anyway, this show keeps getting better and better as it goes along. I've been introduced to the new version of the Victory, but so far it doesn't seem to be all that much different. I do wish we had more development for the Zanscare soldiers though. I'm 32 episodes in and the most exciting thing Cronicle has done was complain about Earth's atmosphere. He is by far the lamest Char clone ever. Thankfully he is not the worst character in the show as that goes to Katejina. Good god I hope that selfish moron dies soon. She has done brought nothing to the show and has had absolutely no growth whatsoever. She makes Relena look good. She belongs right up there with Flay and Quess as most worthless female Gundam characters ever.

Uso and all of his friends are a really likable bunch. I'm enjoying watching all of them work together. The animation for the most part is quite nice (still not as good as Zeta's though) and except for the tires and that centipede mobile armor thing I just saw, the mobile suits in this show are quite good. My favorite battle thus far goes to Uso's fight against the Zanscare commander with the huge mobile armor he had given oxygen tanks to in a previous episode. That one was great. Oh, and the music is pretty awesome too. That one tune that sounds like the strings of a violin is really really good.

Back to Zanscare, or does Queen Maria seem to be more of a figurehead than an actual leader? She's the queen, but can't get rid of the guillotines, and avoided the question when Uso asked her about it. That's kind of interesting, which is why it is a shame they have yet to really do anything with them. So far I see no reason to support their side. One of the best things about the earlier UC shows is that they gave us reasons why both sides were in the right on some aspects, and in the wrong on others. Here, Zanscare is just in the wrong on all ends of the spectrum.

My last complaint with the show is how predictable the character deaths are. There hasn't been one death that flags weren't raised up for.

As a whole right now, this show is shaping up to being in my top 10 Gundam list. I'm really not sure why Tomino hates this show so much other than him being a crybaby about Bandai making him put toys in the thing (which was a thing since Gundam's inception).

EDIT:

Another 11 episodes watched today. The show continues to be enjoyable while at the same time, it continues to leave the villains underdeveloped. I did find it annoying that a ceasefire occurs only to have several factions blatantly ignore it, making the whole point pretty... well... pointless. The animation also seems to have gotten a little cheap in some areas. It's not bad, but not great either. Oh, and as much as I love the music, I do wish they would start having some new tunes emerge because it feels like they have just been recycling the same ones over for the last several episodes. Uso's dad is kind of a jackass too. Oh yeah, and did I mention the tires? God I hate those stupid things. First space, then water, then space again. Seriously, what the ****?!

Anyway, the battles have been highly enjoyable and I absolutely love the V2, especially those wings that seem very reminiscent to the wings in Turn A. The voice cast continues to be a pleasure to listen to as they all have been doing a remarkable job. I've also recognize A LOT of the voices from other series, especially Toku. A lot has happened in these 11 episodes and holy shit, talk about being aHEAD of the game. Good stuff all around, I just wished the Zanscare were better developed.

Not sure if we're going to watch the final disc tonight or tomorrow, we'll see.