Spoiler warning
If you haven't watch
the episode, I suggested that you stop reading right now as the
writing would spoil the events of the episode and ruining your
enjoyment in following the story
In tradition of a Gundam
franchise, usually there is a major antagonist who wore a mask to
hide his/her identity. Hardcore Gundam followers would know about the
one and only red comet, Char Aznable who wore a mask while fighting
the original RX 78. Then, there were Zech Marquis from Wing Gundam,
Neo Roanoku from Gundam Seed Destiny, and Mister Bushido from Gundam
00. With no exception, Gundam in reconguista followed the tradition
that went back from the beginning of Gundam history by introducing a
blue haired, mask wearing pilot. His name was simply called mask
and he was taking the one of
the more advanced mobile suits in Capital army to continue the failed
mission from the last episode. I think it was very easy to know the
real identity of the mask person since his facial and hair figure
really matched
Belri's best friend, Luin (except if Sunrise tried to fool us by
making him
a completely different person or
maybe a clone/twin).
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| I doubt you could not guess his secret "identity" |
In
my impression, the fifth episode of Gundam in reconguista tried to
wove
the intricate story of the possibility of Bellri defected to the
pirate side. A
new character, Mick
Jack, came to the Megafauna
while bringing her new
mobile suit code named Hecate.
Another important aspect from last episode that I forgot to write was
about Aida's real name. Her last name was not Reyhunton but Surugan
and interestingly enough, she was in the line of being the successor
of the throne / princess of the one of the nations; Ameria. In
addition, Clim Nick
mentioned that the G-self
unit was produced in Towasanga
and based from the unit
origin, Raraiya Monday also
possibly came from that place albeit losing her memory. Later on,
Belri and Noredo followed Aida to the bridge. Belri said that he
might not agreed to the late Captain Cahill's plan but he would
protect the Megafauna to make amend of his action that killed the
captain
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| It's not a yuri sign XD. Just a secret code between them |
The
G-self unit also had it own jet/ flight compartment that look similar
to a core fighter of the original Gundam. During
the maintenance, Capital Army along with the ace pilot Mask appeared
and moved closer to the ship. Belri
decided to sortie using the G-self but it core fighter was in the
middle of maintenance. The ship mechanic; Happa asked him to get
inside the core fighter unit. Meanwhile, Aida gave a support fire
using a red G-self
like mobile suits named Arcane.
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| Noredo always showed that scary face to female characters for some "unknown" reason |
The
Capital guards used a caitsith formation, which sacrificing the unit
in the front to let the other break through the enemy formation, and
managed to damage one of the space pirate's mobile suit. Klim Nick
duel the Mask in a one and one air battle. The mask mobile suit
appeared bigger than Klim's Montero
and its lasers broke Klim's riffle. However, Klim still managed to
retaliate by
throwing the javelin to the Mask's chest
unit.
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| The movement reminded me of Victory |
Bellri
could not move
the core fighter and it made the G-self unit inoperable in a
heated situation. With no other option, Happa called the bridge
asking the captain to convey a message to Aida. The captain then
asked Aida to grab the core fighter, with Bellri still inside, and
put it manually to the back of G-self unit. Well,
the core fighter suddenly flew off and Bellri had to move to the
battlefield using only a core fighter equipped
with only a machine
gun. At the time Belri
managed to drop a water ball down to the mask unit. It instantly
explode and drown the unit like in an raging ocean, which made the
mask surprised. Suddenly, the auto pilot for the core fighter started
and its moved back to the Megafauna. The G-self docking process was
completed and Bellri flew it to help Klim's already decapitated unit.
Then, with a hand rotating motion, G-self break through the Mask
finger laser and it landed a double slash to the enemy. The mask felt
that his calculation was wrong so he took the initiative and left the
battlefield
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| Ah you are just too shy to say welcome home directly :) |
Finally,
The space pirate with the
help of Belri once again succeed in driving away the Capital Army. As
the next successor of the line, Aida had an obligation to give
gratitude to Belri as he helped them get away from another crises.
She was bursting in tears in the elevator just after telling Belri
that she appreciated his work. It seemed that she hated the very
moment when she had to say thank to the person who killed her lover. In my humble opinion, I don't think the way
Sunrise tried to show Aida's
emotion to the viewer would
be effective. After all, we barely know about Captain Cahill and his
background story was not enough to send us to feel sympathetic to
Aida's sentiment. Unknown to
her, Belri and Noredo, still hoping
to get back to the Capital
guards,
planned to escape
from the space pirate with
Noredo also claimed that she got the information of the Megafauna. As
from the preview for the next episode I know that the escape plan
might fail entirely and Bellri might end up working as a space pirate
due to his mistake (possibly a fatal mistake that turned him as the
enemy of the Capital Tower).
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