SHOCK AND AWE!

After a near brush with death, Tieria finally garners enough courage to confess to Setsuna. The latter accepts, and they share a passionate kiss in full view of everyone, including the Trinity siblings, who cheer them on. Later that night, Setsuna sneaks into Tieria’s room and proceed to make love to his newfound life partner.

As if that was going to happen. Disappointments aside, this episode is a great follow up to the previous introduction one, as more light is shed on the Trinity siblings, although their true agenda remains unknown. It looks like they do not take direct orders from Veda, and their mobile suits are actually of an older generation. And out of nowhere, Nena steals a kiss from Setsuna, although being the faggot that he is, he pushes her away. Having said that, that scene sent shivers down my spine, not due to Setsuna’s blatant display of homosexuality, but because it reminded me of the time when Flay kissed Kira. Don’t die, Nena-chan ;-;

Other things worth taking note was the fact the orange Haro(Lockon’s) seem to recognize the purple unit owned by Nena, to which it refers as brother. Speaking of the moe one, while she is usually playful and acts in a childlike manner at times, she does have a darker side(yandere?!) to her, when she confronted Setsuna after he ignored her. Nena gets what Nena wants eh? Michael on the hand, seems to spoil for fights at the slightest provocation, while Johann is still the stoic yet manly ganguro that I had hoped him to be…

After introducing themselves to the current batch of Gundam Meisters, the Trinity siblings leave the ship, without revealing much about themselves. This proves to be worrisome, as they are able to act independently, and sure enough, it doesn’t take long for them to stir something up. Elsewhere, Professor Eifman who is currently at the Union MSWAD base in America stumbles upon information that would reveal Schenberg’s true agenda, which does not involve the eradication of war. Just before he could proceed any further, he receives a computer message that goes “You have witnessed too much…” Thinking he got busted by the FBI for having too much child pornography, Eifman panics. Putting the death into Blue Screen Of Death, the Trinity Thrones lay siege on the base, with Eifman as their prime target.

More of the Throne’s abilities are revealed, with Drei being able to transfer large amounts of GN particles directly into Ein’s energy chambers, allowing it to fire a massive beam of concentrated red destruction. Michael also gets to show off what his Fangs(those DRAGOON-like weapons) can do. Apart from firing lasers, it also has a secondary melee mode, where it plunges itself into the target, destroying it from within. Wicked.

I really like where the show is heading at this point, with the Trinity’s being most likely the antagonists, so it’s only a matter of time before shit starts hitting the fan. That scene prior to Eifman’s demise was really well done, as it had that OHSHI- feeling, like he was being monitored the whole time by unknown forces or something. It was already obvious right from the beginning that Schenberg had no intention of fighting for the reason he claimed, but Eifman’s death really does cement that fact. And no, Marina did not see Nena kissing Setsuna. Shin out.

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