Gundam SEED Destiny - 47 September 10
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Short Short Summary:
Having brought Meer back to the ArchAngel, Lacus discovers a diary of sorts in her bag. The dairy mostly talks about how happy Meer is to be Lacus and how she’ll do her best. As they load up Meer’s body into a truck, Gilbert announces the Destiny Plan to the world. Needless to say, the people on the ArchAngel, particularly Lacus and Kira, are not happy.
Who would have thought that this close to the end (three more eps), we’d get another recap episode. Guess that’s something the SEED franchise is famous for. The final arc better be really really good, as I’ve been rather disappointed with the past few episodes. The high points of this episode are (for me) Meer’s song EMOTION, the piano version of Shizukana Yoruni, and the song that played during Gilbert’s speech, which gives quite a sense of urgency. So yea, the musical selection is good.
I think the big issue I’m having is that, recap aside, I didn’t really come out of this episode feeling like I understood Meer’s character all that much more. Yes, her death is sad (the most touching moment of the episode was definitely her thoughts while trying to cope with seeing the real Lacus, and Lacus’ subsequent tears), and we get to see her point of view, but so what? She isn’t really played up as a character that we love or love to hate. She is Gilbert’s doll, part of Athrun’s harem, and finally dies protecting Lacus. Sure she serves her role, but I didn’t really like her role to begin with. Guess I’m feeling like there was potential for more in her character (in a very Fllay sense)…*shakes head* Anyway, we did get to see plenty of new fanservicey shots of Meer, so it wasn’t a complete waste. They were rather high quality too, though mostly stills.
The only thing left to talk about is where we go from here. Since Gilbert has announced the Destiny Plan to the world, there’s bound to be resistance, if nothing else than in the form of the ArchAngel and/or Eternal. I’m hoping for a grand final battle, but the resistance (led by Cagalli and ORB I assume) is going to require a LOT of ships for it to match ZAFT. Freedom and Justice will probably steal the show as usual…not that there’s anything wrong with that since we haven’t seen them in action for a while now. The preview for next episode shows the Requiem being used again, by ZAFT this time. We really can’t end a gundam series without the threat of a castastrophic superweapon…
Closing Thought: I came to realize that I really don’t care what happens to the CE world as much as I care about what happens to the characters in it. I think I’ve said this before, but I’d be happy if Kira, Lacus, Athrun, Cagalli, Murrue, and Mwu/Neo all survive the end, preferably with their couple status. And maybe we can finally see Kira and Lacus kiss….actually I think I’d rather have a Murrue and Mwu/Neo kiss…
Taurus at 9:06 am on September 10th, 2005
Poor Meer i felt sad too.Shes great with the dress.
Michael at 9:24 am on September 10th, 2005
lol was this a recap? AGAIN?
Anza at 9:35 am on September 10th, 2005
It’s a clip ep, which is just sad.
Lacus in the last image is one of Shinn in an early ep just changing eye color and hair >.
pride at 9:46 am on September 10th, 2005
Maybe the animation team drew it so good it looked like something else? I doubt they have gone that_ far.
Taurus at 10:46 am on September 10th, 2005
I dont understant why meyrin is still wearing the zaft uniform,cant she just wear some other clothes other than this one?or wear the orb red uniform,but surely NOT ORB’S UNIFORM!
F.A.I.T.H at 10:55 am on September 10th, 2005
That’s because they are not officially with the ORB military but with the Clyne Faction.
ruinevil at 11:06 am on September 10th, 2005
Orb has a red uniform?
ruinevil at 11:12 am on September 10th, 2005
I think Yzak is gonna come to the rescue.
>.>
So it’ll be Eternal, ArchAngel, and the Yzak Squadron vs everyone.
Omni at 11:16 am on September 10th, 2005
That would be awesome. I’m a rather big Yzak fan myself, and a turn in battle like that would be fun.
Or another Yzak vs. Kira duel….
dom33 at 12:45 pm on September 10th, 2005
ugh i thinking of quiting this show,it’s a reapeat of seed.
Tyrenol at 12:46 pm on September 10th, 2005
Um… Yeah, people.
So GSD was never about Shinn, his cohorts, or the new enemies. It’s all about the surviving / popular GS characters.
MAN!! I can’t wait until Mai-Hime comes out in the US. -_-;
Phantom Pain at 1:52 pm on September 10th, 2005
Yeah, I agree. Shinn and the gang really took a backseat to the returning SEED characters in this series. I’m very dissapointed… I mean, you can see that they’re making a half-assed attempt at keeping them in focus, but all they really do anymore is blow stuff up… First Heaven’s Base and a bunch of Destroy Gundams… Orb… The EAF’s Moon Base thing, more Destroy Gundams, MAs, the Girty Lue, and Djibril… But none of that has done anything to contribute to the development of the characters themselves >>. I had somewhat high hopes for this sequel, but even though it had a promising start, it started to crap out on Phase-23, in my opinion, with the pointless death of poor Heine… There are so many stupid things that they could cut from this series, that if they ever decide to make a compilation movie, they can do it in just one film instead of the usual three >>. I can’t believe that they’d show yet ANOTHER clip show/recap type episode this close to the end of the series. The creators (including Fukuda) might as well just come out and say it… “Uh, we can’t do much more with the plot… Um…” lol. Anyway, after doing my usual spoiler search…
***SPOILER ALERT***
Phase-48: We get to hear about Dullindal’s Destiny Plan AGAIN. And it’s doubtful that there will be any fighting or good moments of character development >>. Somehow or another, Gilbert craps a backup control system for Requiem, and prepares to fire it at the EAF Arzamas Base.
Phase-49: And from what I read it hit it’s target. Go figure >>. The Archangel and the Eternal head to Requiem’s first relay point to destroy it, but the Minerva arrives to intercept them.
Phase-50: Finally! The curtain on Rey’s past has finally been lifted. I think that he was created for his own pre-set role in Dullindal’s plan, but I don’t know all the details. Anyway, the final battles ensues… It’s Athrun VS Shinn, and Kira VS Rey…
Maya at 2:14 pm on September 10th, 2005
-_-” another depressing ep !!
and seems the next eps will take the same route !! ..
3 eps left .. and nothing interesting happened so far .. still have the hope of seeing AsuCaga in OVA or Movie or watever !! .. Some one has to tell us .. whether they are going to live happily ever after ! .. or just break up .. waiting and hoping if so frustrating !! -_-”
Taurus at 8:27 pm on September 10th, 2005
Hate them always rush everything in just a few episodes
Ichinee at 2:28 am on September 11th, 2005
wadda f@k this episode sucks ow man amp!
EliteF22 at 4:08 am on September 11th, 2005
This is crap. This series has lost all hope in my opinion. The Mwu crap lines was wtf!? Some guy says that to you and you don’t slap him in the face. He just wants some action, she’s as stupid as she is useless. Everyone who thought Meer would live raise your hand. What’s that? No one’s raising their hands. From the moment she was introduced I thought expendable character. Everythings so predictable. There were so many wasted opportunities. They could have concentrated on all the characters that were in the beginning who are now just in the background.
shaun at 6:55 am on September 11th, 2005
Another recap??? Wat the hack??? Hasnt there been wat too much recaps?? I am getting more and more frustrated at the series. Its like wat 5 episodes or 10% of the show is on recaps. WAy too much i think.
Too much crap things.
Ame at 12:36 pm on September 11th, 2005
Meer dies, so what! Don’t need to give her a tribute. She’s worthless and I don’t even care if Lacus died.
yo at 7:18 pm on September 11th, 2005
Anyone know the song that’s playing during the preview?
Phantom Pain at 10:14 pm on September 11th, 2005
I dunno. If it has lyrics, then it’s probably ‘Vestige’. I haven’t actually seen this episode, but I did hear it playing during the preview back in Phase-41.