Cylph’s Blog

 

So, this post is about Gundam (seed destiny and 00), and I felt like pointing out the similarities, not just because I have better things to do.  And it goes to show that no, I’m not original

At any rate, read mine instead. Starting from the top there are the main-ish characters, Setsuna F. Seiei and Shin Asuka.

 

They even have similar character designs!  Not to mention the angst,

since both have tragedies(more or less) involving gundams, and they still end up piloting.  I guess the irony was so good they had to use it twice.  And then there are the other look-alike characters that I won’t go into detail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Et cetera.  Not to mention the various minor characters.  Many of the alliances are similar too, like the Earth Alliances and the various blocs such HR and the Atlantic … something (I’ll look it up later).  There is of course haro, and unfortunately Flay is reincarnated as Louise Halevy.  I guess you can’t improve on perfection.  Seriously though, I’m not the only one that had been expecting something slightly different.  Oh well, at least the nostalgia of it all partly makes up for it (some more than others) and it’s not like it’s a carbon copy.  I mean, there aren’t “Coordinators” just super soldiers, and then there’s other surprises to 00 that may appear to be cop-outs at first, but really aren’t….

In any case, the HD is pretty great, and sometimes that alone is worth it to watch gundams battle it out.

Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-and then, some things never change.