When i first saw GSD i hated shinn with a passion, but eventually i started liking him. He is his own character, the 'anti-hero', not one of those athrun/kira clones i initially predicted him to be, and thankfully, because of this, the story of GSD is more interesting.

For this battle, i give shinn props. He uses every advantage given to him, and his shield move was extremely skilled. Freedom however, seemed a bit toned down in this fight, and i am now confused as to why the GS crew threw in that 'Kira is the ultimate coordinator' line in the first series, because that is totally disproven here.

Shinn however, is long over due for some humbling, and i sincerely hope Athrun redeems himself next ep by kicking shinn's ass, haha, even if it gets him arrested. Shinn needs to know the consequences of his actions, how releasing stellar resulted in so many people dying. His laugh at the end was really disturbing.

Also, if there is any fairness at all (which i doubt there is), i hope that they at least pronounce shinn's Impulse as 'damaged beyond repair'. This helps keep Shinn's power in check as well as give some tribute to how difficult freedom was taken down. Plus... when Kira eventually owns shinn, it just won't feel the same when he has a better suit [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img] and shinn doesn't.