Gundam 00 Episode 25

[Ryllharu]

I really enjoyed it.

Neither Soma nor Sergei died. That alone made my day. I was expecting one of them to go, especially after Al/Hal started working together, and they came up with a reasonable explanation for what each part had been doing all this time. Looking back, it had stayed consistent. One was brutal but occasionally got in too deep, and one was thinking too much to be any good.

Sure, Setsuna's fight was a little lame, but Lasse (who's name I finally learned) got to be really cool before he died, and show off his own combat capabilities.

The best part was how much mystery was still left over, even before the epilogue. Why is Soma "Marie" and where exactly does Al/Hal know her from? All hostile forces were leaving (Soma and Sergei), neutralized, or destroyed. Yet even with Sumeragi and Felt nearby in one of the ships, Setsuna was sure he was going to die, and Tieria even ejected his core. wtf?


The Epilogue:

Tons of good stuff here to speculate about for months. Some has been said, some not.

- I thought it was pretty clear Nena was working for Liu-Mei now. They had a conversation, "Mistress" from Nena, during the scene where Shirin with much longer hair was leaving Marina. I doubt that CB would allow any kind of spying in their facilities, so it Nena was probably receiving a feed from Liu-Mei. She also had the same unique model of space suit that Liu-Mei was wearing (large princess shoulders, glowing shiny lines everywhere).

- No sign of Soma. That made me sad.

- Louise and Tieria together. Louise looked a bit like a nun...but moreover. Tieria was a girl now! If you listen just carefully enough, you hear the little smirk out of Tieria. Only this time it was clearly not the actor playing Tieria all season, but definitely a female voice actress.

- Libbons little crew will obviously be the evil Meistars for next season.

- Saji is going where exactly? It looked less like a colony, and more like a large spacecraft. Perhaps going to Jupiter? [Only speculation at this point, but the mystery behind the original solar furnaces is far from over.]

EDIT: heh. I can finally check randomc's anime blog (been avoiding the gundam post for days), and I see they came to many of the same conclusions I did.