Gundam 00

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Gundam 00 ED2: Stephanie – Friends

This song took a while to grow on me, but Stephanie’s powerful vocals in the second end theme to Gundam 00, Friends, really put the button on the emotional eighteenth episode.

Never has a Gundam ending sequence so tugged at the heartstrings. I wish more Japanese singers could belt like this.

Gundam 00 18: Emotional Rollercoaster!

From Nena’s murderous cuteness to Graham’s badass normalcy to Louise’s poetic tragedy to Setsuna’s insane recklessness, Gundam 00 episode 18 is a rip-roaring emotional rollercoaster ride.

Finally, we’re seeing some of the hardcore stuff we can expect from Fullmetal Alchemist director Seiji Mizushima. Until now, Z Gundam was the darkest Gundam series. Is Mizushima trying to beat that record?

I think I’m developing a crush on Nena Trinity. She just massacred a whole extended family of innocent civilians merely because their merriment annoyed her. There’s a certain dangerous thrill to sleeping with a capricious mass murdererer.