I still will always find it hilarious that Amuro Ray's last moments in life is just being utterly baffled at Char's mother issues. No heroic last words, just sheer flabbergastation.
It's more ludicrous when you realize that as soon as Amuro was countering Char's rhetoric easily, Char just decides to start hitting below the belt by throwing Quess in Amuro's face, and when that wasn't working, unprompted, throwing Lalah's death at his face, which is monumentally rich because, though Amuro did literally kill her, she was only even there in the first place because of Char, from making her into a weapon, to dangling her in front of Amuro so he wouldn't fight back while they destroyed the White Base. So yes, Amuro's last moments in life is witnessing his hated rival for what the latter truly was, a petty man who had no ability to recognize that maybe, it wasn't always someone else's fault, whether the Zabis, Haman, or Amuro that he had problems. Thank god for being a Newtype, so they can "live" after death.
@@themajor2190 and that always wasn't a good thing. Sure, he killed the Zabi echelon, but the power vacuum left behind that lasted decades was nuts, and Char even only eventually took advantage of it because it was part of his revenge scheme against Amuro
The imagery of both Federation and Zeon mobile suits working together to stop the asteroid from hitting the earth has to be one of the most powerful visuals in the UC and Gundam in general. I love it when we get scenes like this where people put their differences aside in order to do the right thing. A very recurring theme in the Universal Century
Super late on this, but the moment when federation mobile suit reaches out and grabs the Zeon mobile suit hand just seals the deal. Less than a moment ago they were all fighting.
@@hugol5950 too true. I know other AUs/Series always try to have a scene like this but it’s moments like the one you mentioned that make Char’s Counterattack still my top gundam film. Not a perfect film but man, it’s peak Gundam.
I love that this entire movie is Amuro trying to understand Char while Char desperately tries to make himself understood to Amuro, and through all the political debates, all the fighting, all the petty grievances, and all the bickering they engage in, it's only at the very end, when Char blurts out, almost out of nowhere, that it all stemmed from his maternal trauma, that Amuro FINALLY understands Char. It's only when that understanding is reached that the psycoframe resonance hits its peak, Axis moves, and both men are engulfed in the cosmic glow. It's such a beautiful conclusion to their story.
@@charaznable.not really. Amuro also never had the “warmth” of his mother. It could be a reason for why he also fell in love with Lahla charming feminine energy. I remember a scene in 0079 where Amuro runs after a Zeon solider and guns him down in front of his own mother while she begged him not to. She responded with “who are you” one of the most fitting character developments for Amuro. So his take really make sense.
I always love how their final battle was a full circle moment from their first few encounters. Amuro manhandling Char and beating him senseless like Char used to do to him during the One Year War.
We already saw by the end of that war that Amuro was the better pilot. Char had the upper hand in their early encounters since Amuro was new to piloting a Mobile Suit. As Amuro started to improve, Char traded in his older suits for more powerful ones, but never had the edge over Amuro he did initially. By the end of the series Char had to relay on the most powerful suit Zeon had in order to pose a threat and the best he could manage was a draw. We see this again here since while the Nu Gundam is state of the art it was still a prototype rushed out the door that lost control of its fin funnels before the battle with Sazabi. Char had no such handicap, had the edge from built in weapons, gets the jump on Amuro a couple times allowing him to destroy Amuro's beam rifles, and in the end he still loses.
@@dragonstormx and Char Sazabi is fully equip too,while Amuro Nu gundam when facing with Char Sazabi only left one funnel ,two beam saber,beam rifle,and bazooka with one shot left
@@dragonstormx But they only have Nu gundam cuz Char let them to have it. So basically Char win if hes pride doN't ruin it. if Amuro fight against him with Re-GZ he lost the fight.
4:03 is one of my favorite parts because of how vague it is. Theres two different ways people interpret Char. The righteous leader of Zeon who will "shoulder evil" for the better of mankind or the madman who planned all this for a suicide duel with his rival. This line honestly doesnt prove either of those views and I wish there was a follow up line. He said he wasnt planning to change the world, but isnt that what he said in his sweetwater speech? He wanted to change history, force everyone to live in space. Or was it just his hatred for earth and wanting to end them all. Or maybe he finally just admits it that all of this was just the workings of a sad man who lost everything and has nothing left to live for. Just wanting his life to finally be ended by his greatest rival. I love Char so much. Hes very complex.
@@SIGNOR-G Honestly hes a "literally me" character. I dont think he cares much about thw future. He just wants to end things. His past is haunting him. He cant get over the previous women in his life even though he tries with people like Nanai. I dont thinks hes gone mad, He just wants to be put out of his misery
@@TomJupiter I can't really ascribe any good motives or good will to Char here, even though he's a tragic villain. He's always been a manipulative sociopath who ultimately only cares about his own ends. I think the entire Operation here was just a set up so he could have a final duel with Amuro to prove who was better.
6:02 just seeing amuro go behind him while chars distracted to continue beating the ever loving shit out of him never ceases to kill me whenever I see it
"Nanai! Don't interfere with a battle between men!" says Char, presently in the process of running for his fucking life, and quite literally less than a second from getting bodied so thoroughly his mobile suit's cockpit gets squirted out of its fucking skull. End Boss Amuro is a goddamn menace and I love it.
Sometimes, I feel that a lot of directors and composers think music needs to be in every scene. But the most powerful part of the axis shock is that it mostly remains music-less. Nothing is telling you how to feel, so the sense of dread is much higher. That makes it more powerful when the music kicks in.
Yep...Neither Char or Amuro made it out...well Char did and became Full Frontol but even that was short lived...and honestly he was already exhausted and out of plans by that point
@@usagitsukino608 Yepp. Full Frontal was a cyber Newtype who had the “spirit” of Char left behind in the psychoframe of Sazabi implanted onto his psyche. Difference was that all that was left of Char’s spirit was his nihilism. He didn’t even get Char’s passion or his lust for vengeance. Which is why everyone pointed out in episode 6 of Unicorn that he couldn’t possibly be Char. He was detached from everything he was doing. A cog in a machine. As much of a madman Char was, he was passionate about everything in his life. He was a nihilist to a degree. But not the to level of Full Frontal, who is nihilism personified. “It’s the miracle again. Nothing will change.” Had Char survived the events of CCA, he would have been in awe of what occurred. But for Frontal, it was nothing. And would always be nothing.
Just finished watching Gundam Unicorn after watching the MSG, Zeta, ZZ, and this movie. Absolutely am a new fan for life! Much love from USA my friend!
I watched MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CC, Unicorn, and 00. I'm watching Iron-Blooded Orphans next. I have become a huge fan of Gundam and can't wait to watch it all!
In case anyone was wondering what that Zeon cruiser was doing there at 0:35, Beltorchika's Children (Novel/Manga version of CCA) explains it as Char stuffing it full of nukes to detonate and further irradiate the Earth once Axis hits atmosphere...just a little cherry on top.
Actually, we all knew the answer because 1. The explosion was gigantic which does show that the ship had warheads. 2. After that explosion, we see the scene of Nanai and the ship captain felt the explosion shock wave that Nanai said "Cruiser 4's warheads have detonated!"
In the end, Char dies (pretty much) as the kind of person really is at his core: petty to the end. Notice that as soon as Amuro starts countering his misanthropic rhetoric, Char starts hitting below the belt regarding Quess and Lalah, especially as Amuro calls him out on using her, causing Char, out of nowhere, to start bringing Lalah into the argument, trying to hypocritically blame Amuro for her death one more time.
Char at this point didnt know what to do or say anymore. I mean he lost Lalah Sune and I thought I read somewhere he was with someone else and was going to be a father but then the woman died along with his child. And then there was Reccoa and Kamille. Lost Reccoa and then Kamille got brain shocked. And who knows what else drove him to this point.
@@usagitsukino608 Lalah was HIS fault, so there's no defending him there. Sure, Amuro's the one that ended her life, but she JUMPED in to save Char, who was practically dangling her in front of Amuro to get the latter to not attack while they attacked the White Base. Oh, and in the first place, he was the one who basically made her a weapon. So if you're saying she was pregnant at the time, then all the more it's his fault he made her go out on the field.
They wanted independence, not to destroy Earth. No one wanted a repeat of the original colony drop incident. In this moment, seeing Amuro's selflessness, the Zeon but their allegiance aside for the sake of humanity and the Earth, to prevent the deaths of billions of innocent lives.
That part was honestly the best thing that happens to this Axis Shock event. Like sure Earth has plenty of rotten peoples as with the space, but this way of punishing them was too extreme. So those soldiers willingly go against their orders for an act of humanity was soo touching to mean, especially when one overheat then a Jegan of all people still bother trying to save the Geera Doga even If he's long dead by then.
It's kinda interesting how in a way this is basically just Char committing elaborate suicide. After what happened in Zeta, he just broke. Seeing Kamille get his soul crushed, seeing the Zabi family live on, even after his efforts to kill all of them.
You got the last part wrong. He no longer hold grudge against the Zabi family after the one year war, because all of them except the then still baby Mineva died. He tried to raise Mineva with love after the war, but Hamann tried to corrupt her by teaching her Zabi family's extremism, also one of the reason why Char absolutely loathes Hamann.
I agree with the first part but to me this is Char as a failed revolutionary who is crushed by the expectation of his ancestry + the bloody nature of the countless battles he went through + the lack of real progress
The reason this fight would remain as one of the best fights for me is because i feel like the impact is real, you don’t get cool impact frames every 10 seconds, which although makes it looks a lot less climactic, the dialogue does the fighting too, it’s like that one fate episode where 3 king servants talk to eachother about the philosphy of what makes a king, this one talks debates with eachother and fight physically at the same time and it provides a satisfying end to a complex rivalry that has experienced many things together spanning decades at this point
Honestly, it seems a little better in that sense. Most mobile suits have the cockpit in the chest which poses a larger target for the attacking mobile suit, but if it’s in the head, even though the Sazabi is huge, it would still pose a little more of an advantage due to the smaller target
It did work for Zeong. Amuro thought Char's in the middle of the MA so he shot the chest, allowing the latter to detach and escape. Nothing beats Turn A's cockpit at the crotch, though.
As much as i like Unicorn and late UC, i kinda feel like CCA is thematically the best place to end UC gundam, with the Axis Shock serving as kind of a wake up call to humanity and putting an end to the EF/Zeon conflict. Though i guess Amuro never specified how long it would take for the rest of humanity to learn lol, just that he believed they eventually would.
not just that, but it grabs and tears out bits whenever it can. imagen a fist fight where one guy punches the other in the jaw, then grabs their throat with the same hand without drawing it back and tears out part of the other guys throat. Amuro was going ham
When both sides join in to push the axis is a moment when their humanity shines. When that MS trys to catch the Zaku like a brother 😢 their combined efforts saved the Earth
@@accelriderx2931 there was a mention on the Gundam wiki at least a year ago that said it was found in UC 105, but it's been edited. Now I actually have no clue. Some on Reddit think it fell in Earth's atmosphere and burnt up without power or a shield to protect itself. My headcanon is that it was ejected into deep space thanks to the Psycho resonance when Axis was pushed away.
@@LockeLynx my headcanon is that it was ejected into deep space, and left there till it was recovered god knows how long later and developed into the Turn X units
I love how even though they have these super advanced mobile suits with an array of super high tech weaponry, in the end it comes down to char being all shocked and like “woah woah chill the hell out your not meant to do that” when Amuro just starts repeatedly punching him with the nu.
In the end amuro still respected char. He wants to understand him, understand why he’s resorted to such evil intentions after their camaraderie in zeta. Char on the other hand seems to be disinterested in understanding him. This isn’t because char thinks he’s better than amuro; I think deep down char considered amuro something like his oldest friend, and knew amuro was a better pilot. But char was completely empty at this point, he had lost everything he cared about. He loses the fight and blames it on his energy running out, even though amuro had lost the majority of his weapons and won either way.
In his final moments char is the most pathetic he’s ever been. A hero of both the one year war and the gryps conflict, his final words are insults thrown towards amuro and quess, both people who trusted him. If tominos point was to destroy chars character here I think he did it. Soldiers in tominos work seem to never have happy endings; that’s why civilians like kamille seem to live
Amuro could not save char, even though he seemed to really want to. Neither men could escape their past; char because he was fixated on it, amuro because he was constantly reminded of it. Ultimately though, this movies ending is a happy one; earth is saved, and it was the combined will of humanity that saved it. Maybe that was what tomino intended; we could not rely on two men alone to save the earth, we as a people had to take responsibility for it. Otherwise the mistakes would be repeated
@@cezarjulian0320 Actually you can't sympathize with either Char or Amuro, because Char's right that the system can't be changed and it needs to be taken down, but then he dismisses that earthnoids are poor, and Amuro is right humanity can change, but is wrong in that he contributes to state oppression. In the end, they are no heroes nor villains, just human beings who's views are in the wrong and the right. Jeudo Ashta though, he is the closest to being a hero in UC Gundam.
@@CosmoShidanno Protagonist is Innocent in UC Era, Amuro, Shiro, Chris, Kou, Kamille, Judau, Banagher, Rita, Hathaway, Seabock, Tobia and USO all of them is Very Flawed Character yet Humanized than most Protagonist in Mecha Anime
They were moved because both Londo Bell and EFSF reinforcement had every chance to finish them off but instead they're all rush toward Amuro to help him push Axis.
@@abramwalker882 I don't think so. I think the reason for the remaining Zeon pilots helping Amuro and Federation in trying to push the Axis maybe because they suddenly start to realise crashing Axis point into Earth is super fucked up that they are destroying Earth where humanity originates.
@@kirkdyteo993 true it was at that point they realized that chars plan was never going to work that's how I see the psychoframe phenomenon it made both sides work toward the common goal to protect humanity
I still will always find it hilarious that Amuro Ray's last moments in life is just being utterly baffled at Char's mother issues. No heroic last words, just sheer flabbergastation.
A very Tomino way of killing his characters though. XD
It's more ludicrous when you realize that as soon as Amuro was countering Char's rhetoric easily, Char just decides to start hitting below the belt by throwing Quess in Amuro's face, and when that wasn't working, unprompted, throwing Lalah's death at his face, which is monumentally rich because, though Amuro did literally kill her, she was only even there in the first place because of Char, from making her into a weapon, to dangling her in front of Amuro so he wouldn't fight back while they destroyed the White Base.
So yes, Amuro's last moments in life is witnessing his hated rival for what the latter truly was, a petty man who had no ability to recognize that maybe, it wasn't always someone else's fault, whether the Zabis, Haman, or Amuro that he had problems.
Thank god for being a Newtype, so they can "live" after death.
@@reyonXIII It always does felt like that, when it comes to Zeon, Spacenoids, Newtypes, Char's solution is always destruction
@@themajor2190 and that always wasn't a good thing. Sure, he killed the Zabi echelon, but the power vacuum left behind that lasted decades was nuts, and Char even only eventually took advantage of it because it was part of his revenge scheme against Amuro
Rumor has it that they are still arguing about the whole thing in newtype heaven alomg with the other newtypes they threw under the bus
I love how during such a serious, dramatic moment, Amuro is desperately struggling to sit in a chair.
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Yeah, why they don't add seatbelt?
@@ssss.wappled2418 they did, he took his off
Char's waxing philosophically while Amuro's flipping shit, getting tossed around his cockpit like a pinball, and struggling to get back in the chair
10:45 he looks like he's dry-humping the chair
アクシズにダンクされたときの「ウワーッ」っていうシャアの情けない声好き
まるで某尿路結石になったみたいやなぁ（意味深）
@@座寝どこの激情ひとりかな？
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6:59
だれだってうわーってなるわ。
怖すぎるだろ。
富野のお前ら2人共カッコよく終われると思うなよ感が好き
それが余計にキャラクターに生々しさが宿る
最期にZ時代では立場上相手に対して言えなかった本音で言い争うのほんと好きだわ
The imagery of both Federation and Zeon mobile suits working together to stop the asteroid from hitting the earth has to be one of the most powerful visuals in the UC and Gundam in general.
I love it when we get scenes like this where people put their differences aside in order to do the right thing. A very recurring theme in the Universal Century
Reminds me of that one Christmas eve in ww1 where the soldiers decided to lay down there arms for a moment and celebrate together
And good men and women always pays the ultimate price, bittersweet tragedy is a staple in the UC timeline
Super late on this, but the moment when federation mobile suit reaches out and grabs the Zeon mobile suit hand just seals the deal. Less than a moment ago they were all fighting.
@@hugol5950 too true. I know other AUs/Series always try to have a scene like this but it’s moments like the one you mentioned that make Char’s Counterattack still my top gundam film. Not a perfect film but man, it’s peak Gundam.
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I love that this entire movie is Amuro trying to understand Char while Char desperately tries to make himself understood to Amuro, and through all the political debates, all the fighting, all the petty grievances, and all the bickering they engage in, it's only at the very end, when Char blurts out, almost out of nowhere, that it all stemmed from his maternal trauma, that Amuro FINALLY understands Char. It's only when that understanding is reached that the psycoframe resonance hits its peak, Axis moves, and both men are engulfed in the cosmic glow. It's such a beautiful conclusion to their story.
The purpose of newtypes are to understand each other without misunderstandings but amuro and char died cause they had misunderstandings
@@charaznable. Understandable. Char's batshit insane.
@@charaznable.not really. Amuro also never had the “warmth” of his mother. It could be a reason for why he also fell in love with Lahla charming feminine energy. I remember a scene in 0079 where Amuro runs after a Zeon solider and guns him down in front of his own mother while she begged him not to. She responded with “who are you” one of the most fitting character developments for Amuro. So his take really make sense.
@@nicholas.e5158 His mom was outta his life pratically and his father didn't care (and was brain damaged later on) so that does make sense
It's like the Martha moment before Batman kills Superman. XD
最後の会話本当に大好きなんだよな 異常なほどやばい二人が、情けない部分を丸出しで言い合うの 本当に心から本音で会話できる相手が居て良かった
初めて見たガンダムが逆シャアでした
当時小学生だった私には2人の会話が難しすぎましたが、敵味方の垣根を越えてアクシズを押し除けようとしているシーンに胸を打たれたのは今も心に残っています。
逆シャアは私の原点で最高峰です
全く一緒。小学生高学年の時にビデオにとってあるやつ繰り返し見た。よくわかんないけどしょっちゅう見てました。
初代から観ないと置いて行かれてそうですよね。何故アムロとシャアが対立しているなのかとか、ネオジオンは地球連邦から見たら反社会的なのに、支持されているのだとか分からないですよね…。😅
アムロとシャアの確執については初代ガンダムを観ないと分からないかも…。
@@岩倉具視当時言うとるし後で他のシリーズも観たんじゃね？
戦闘シーンも良いけど
敵味方関係なくアクシズを押すシーン、ギラ・ドーガを助けるため手を掴むジェガンがいるシーンがガンダム作品で一番好き
講談社文庫の機動戦士ガンダム外伝 THE BLUE DESTINYでその時の感情が語られてます
本当は誰だって見ず知らずの関係ない人を進んで殺したくなんて無いんですよ そう思いたいです
ただ地球にアクシズを落とす事を信じて戦ってたギラ・ドーガ達が、コロッと意見を変えて助ける行動に出るというのはなんかおかしくない？
まあアニメだからしょうがないか
@@鈴木繁-n6z
何のインタビューだったか忘れたけどサイコフレームで増幅されたアムロの思念に洗脳に近い形で感化されちゃった結果助けちゃったらしいです。
それで本来助けに来るはずなかったロンド・ベル以外の連邦軍の部隊とかも駆けつけたみたい。
何のインタビューだったか忘れたけどサイコフレームに増幅されたアムロの思念に洗脳に近い形で感化された結果手伝っちゃったってことらしいです。
それで本来助けに来るはずなかったロンド・ベル以外の連邦軍の部隊まで駆けつけたみたい。
Char's used Quess's fucked up daddy issues to try to deal with his fucked up mommy issues
Char in a nutshell
I think it's moreso a form of self-loathing. He detested her because she reminded him of himself with Lalah just gender swapped
that sound about right
ファンネルを巧みに使ったりアムロの置きバズーカが光るニュータイプ戦とお互い武器がなくなり肉弾戦になった戦闘シーンどちらも最高だ
今見てもサザビーとの戦闘シーンたまらんですね・・・コクピット内の動きのある描写とか無駄なシーンがない。
これが８０年代の作品だと・・・
今のガンダムがブランド以外何も残ってないのが悲しいね
@@kk-xp7itそんなアムロやシャアが嫌いそうなこと言うなよ
ブランドを途絶えさせず今に残って若い人たちに受け入れられて新たなガンダムの形が生まれていいじゃないか
@@kk-xp7it懐古厨くんさぁ
何事も時代に沿って変わっていくんだよ
I always love how their final battle was a full circle moment from their first few encounters. Amuro manhandling Char and beating him senseless like Char used to do to him during the One Year War.
We already saw by the end of that war that Amuro was the better pilot. Char had the upper hand in their early encounters since Amuro was new to piloting a Mobile Suit. As Amuro started to improve, Char traded in his older suits for more powerful ones, but never had the edge over Amuro he did initially. By the end of the series Char had to relay on the most powerful suit Zeon had in order to pose a threat and the best he could manage was a draw.
We see this again here since while the Nu Gundam is state of the art it was still a prototype rushed out the door that lost control of its fin funnels before the battle with Sazabi. Char had no such handicap, had the edge from built in weapons, gets the jump on Amuro a couple times allowing him to destroy Amuro's beam rifles, and in the end he still loses.
@@dragonstormx and Char Sazabi is fully equip too,while Amuro Nu gundam when facing with Char Sazabi only left one funnel ,two beam saber,beam rifle,and bazooka with one shot left
@@dragonstormx But they only have Nu gundam cuz Char let them to have it. So basically Char win if hes pride doN't ruin it. if Amuro fight against him with Re-GZ he lost the fight.
@@HaouRex Still shows how Amuro was his better since Char ruined his master plan thanks to his ego.
@@dragonstormx True. Well most of the enemy in anime like that i guess.
4:03 is one of my favorite parts because of how vague it is. Theres two different ways people interpret Char. The righteous leader of Zeon who will "shoulder evil" for the better of mankind or the madman who planned all this for a suicide duel with his rival.
This line honestly doesnt prove either of those views and I wish there was a follow up line. He said he wasnt planning to change the world, but isnt that what he said in his sweetwater speech? He wanted to change history, force everyone to live in space. Or was it just his hatred for earth and wanting to end them all.
Or maybe he finally just admits it that all of this was just the workings of a sad man who lost everything and has nothing left to live for. Just wanting his life to finally be ended by his greatest rival.
I love Char so much. Hes very complex.
Whats your opinion?
@@SIGNOR-G Honestly hes a "literally me" character. I dont think he cares much about thw future. He just wants to end things. His past is haunting him. He cant get over the previous women in his life even though he tries with people like Nanai. I dont thinks hes gone mad, He just wants to be put out of his misery
@@TomJupiter so a tragic villain that wanted to end it with a bang
@@TomJupiter I can't really ascribe any good motives or good will to Char here, even though he's a tragic villain. He's always been a manipulative sociopath who ultimately only cares about his own ends. I think the entire Operation here was just a set up so he could have a final duel with Amuro to prove who was better.
Yeah and theres actual developmental lore on how he went from one way in the OYW to Zeta and to Counterattack. Its all complex
アクシズ落下阻止シーンで変にBGM流さないのほんっっっっっっっとうに大正解の演出だと思う
やっぱりアムロとシャアが好き
どれだけ色々なガンダム作品が出ても覆らない
FREEDOMを見て何故かここに帰ってきました、やっぱりいいよね逆シャア。
FREEDOMも最高でした。
キラとアスランもいずれこうなるんだと思うと…
@@user-wc9rq5tn9dそれはないし、ぶっちゃけこいつらの戦闘能力に関しては割とイカれてるからな。
多分時効だから言うけど帰ってきた理由がストフリ弐式とスコードカルラとのドラグーン使っての戦闘シーンが音と言いなんといい…めちゃめちゃ逆シャアだなぁ…と思ってしまったからですw
FREEDOMはガンダムなんだけどガンダムじゃないんだよな笑自分の中では
@@ボブソン-b4q脚本に関してはベルチルには勝てんが映画の逆シャアより良かったのでそれで良い。
二人ともさすが戦い慣れし過ぎてるぐらいにMSの動きがハンパないな
絶対一般兵じゃ束になっても勝てないじゃん
一年戦争からMSで戦っている２人だからな。
なんならお互いにその一年戦争を終結させた男だからね
前作・前々作のラスボスでもこの状態の二人には歯牙にもかけられない。
6:02 just seeing amuro go behind him while chars distracted to continue beating the ever loving shit out of him never ceases to kill me whenever I see it
"Nanai! Don't interfere with a battle between men!" says Char, presently in the process of running for his fucking life, and quite literally less than a second from getting bodied so thoroughly his mobile suit's cockpit gets squirted out of its fucking skull. End Boss Amuro is a goddamn menace and I love it.
It’s funny because it sorta just looks like Amuro pushed him over there lol
Sometimes, I feel that a lot of directors and composers think music needs to be in every scene. But the most powerful part of the axis shock is that it mostly remains music-less. Nothing is telling you how to feel, so the sense of dread is much higher. That makes it more powerful when the music kicks in.
やってみる価値ありますぜ…このセリフが一番好きだ…
ロンドベルもジオンも関係なく地球に家族がいるとみた。
？？？「俺以外にも諦めの悪い人間が居たようだな」
敵だけど敬って話してるのが人間味があるわ
When even Bright looks shaken at the end...you know Amuro didn't survive this time.
amuro is a badass
Yep...Neither Char or Amuro made it out...well Char did and became Full Frontol but even that was short lived...and honestly he was already exhausted and out of plans by that point
@@usagitsukino608 Full Frontal is NOT Char. He's someone who was conditioned to behave like Char.
@@omegaman255 ohhh ok
@@usagitsukino608 Yepp. Full Frontal was a cyber Newtype who had the “spirit” of Char left behind in the psychoframe of Sazabi implanted onto his psyche.
Difference was that all that was left of Char’s spirit was his nihilism. He didn’t even get Char’s passion or his lust for vengeance. Which is why everyone pointed out in episode 6 of Unicorn that he couldn’t possibly be Char. He was detached from everything he was doing. A cog in a machine.
As much of a madman Char was, he was passionate about everything in his life. He was a nihilist to a degree. But not the to level of Full Frontal, who is nihilism personified.
“It’s the miracle again. Nothing will change.”
Had Char survived the events of CCA, he would have been in awe of what occurred. But for Frontal, it was nothing. And would always be nothing.
最後の会話が愚痴の言い合いっていうのが良いよな
母さん…？ララァが…？うわっ！(ドン引き)これが伝説の2人の男の最後の会話です
愚痴いいあうのってそれなりの仲だもんな
@@-prider1668笑 うわっ（ドン引き）は面白い🤣
若い女の話だもんね
こんなラスト富野以外がやったら炎上不可避だけどね
良くも悪くも人は分かり合えないというガンダムのテーマを示してるシーン
いやぁ、特に最終盤のアムロとシャア、
互いのことをそれなりに認めあった上でのDisり合いだし
言われたことを受け止めて自分たちの行いを再認識してるし
割とこう、分かりあってて健全ではあると思うのよ
こんなに海外のファンがいることにも感動した
みんな愛してるぜ
Just finished watching Gundam Unicorn after watching the MSG, Zeta, ZZ, and this movie. Absolutely am a new fan for life!
Much love from USA my friend!
@@bossthelawnmower素晴らしい👍 私は日本人ですが、この事を素晴らしいと思います👍
最高だね
あんまりガンダムって海外人気ないよね
I watched MSG, Zeta, ZZ, CC, Unicorn, and 00. I'm watching Iron-Blooded Orphans next. I have become a huge fan of Gundam and can't wait to watch it all!
The moment that lots of Neo Zeon's MS even helping to push the Axis, it gives me the chills
Yes
命懸けの戦いのはずなのにこの2人は何故こんなにもイチャイチャしてるんだ…
ああ、富野が彼らの「関係」を異性愛者と呼ぶ代わりに解釈に委ねてから、日本人のこの二人に対する見方が変わったようだ。🤣🤣🤣🤣
名言だけで会話する男達
9:40 always got me in the feels
same, for a brief moment two bitter enemies are on the same side for a common good, only to lose each other
iirc that's Yuu Kajima in the Jegan in the novelization.
@@ExtraArk you're right he was, it was even stated in the Gundam games
Same
くっそ情けない「うわぁぁあ」が好き
In case anyone was wondering what that Zeon cruiser was doing there at 0:35, Beltorchika's Children (Novel/Manga version of CCA) explains it as Char stuffing it full of nukes to detonate and further irradiate the Earth once Axis hits atmosphere...just a little cherry on top.
Actually, we all knew the answer because
1. The explosion was gigantic which does show that the ship had warheads.
2. After that explosion, we see the scene of Nanai and the ship captain felt the explosion shock wave that Nanai said "Cruiser 4's warheads have detonated!"
I’m sure they explained it in the movie tho, if only for a brief moment
@@BBY-01YAMATO yes it was not explained explicitly, but mentioned in various bits of conversation during the planning
@@hippoace lol I watched the movie countless of times so I would know XD
@@kirkdyteo993 there's also the line "I can't contaminate the earth if they blow up here!" that Char says in relation to the cruiser
サザビーのビームトマホークをνガンダムのビームライフルに直撃させる描写
かっこいいですねぇ…
In the end, Char dies (pretty much) as the kind of person really is at his core: petty to the end. Notice that as soon as Amuro starts countering his misanthropic rhetoric, Char starts hitting below the belt regarding Quess and Lalah, especially as Amuro calls him out on using her, causing Char, out of nowhere, to start bringing Lalah into the argument, trying to hypocritically blame Amuro for her death one more time.
This just purely bad translation
@@azizkalb8721 it shows up in other subs, so it changes nothing
@@reyonXIII ohhhhhhh
Char at this point didnt know what to do or say anymore. I mean he lost Lalah Sune and I thought I read somewhere he was with someone else and was going to be a father but then the woman died along with his child. And then there was Reccoa and Kamille. Lost Reccoa and then Kamille got brain shocked. And who knows what else drove him to this point.
@@usagitsukino608 Lalah was HIS fault, so there's no defending him there. Sure, Amuro's the one that ended her life, but she JUMPED in to save Char, who was practically dangling her in front of Amuro to get the latter to not attack while they attacked the White Base. Oh, and in the first place, he was the one who basically made her a weapon. So if you're saying she was pregnant at the time, then all the more it's his fault he made her go out on the field.
地球をアクシズから守って多くの命を救ったνガンダムはかっこいい。
色々言われるけど最高だよね
@@nameless-soviet-soldat
最高！かっこいい✨
あと盾についてるロンドベルのマークも好きすぎる。
Zの時代にはまさかその数年後アクシズを落とすなんて思いもしなかった
I Hate the fact that this is always a guaranteed tear jerker from me.
Aliens watching from afar be like : " what the hell are they doin over there ?"
6:11 amuro be like I'm not falling for that again😆
アムロは大人になったのに、シャアは逆にワガママな子供のように見えた作品
わかる！同感だ！
でも結局両方大人になりきれなかったんだよな
駄々っ子パンチみたいな連続斬りとかわざと意図してやってるのかもね〜
普通にアムロも十分に情けない大人として描かれてるけどな、クェス関連にしてもそう。
Even some of the people who of Neo Zeon thought the Axis drop was insane.
I love the scene where even Neo-Zeon pilots decides to push Axis with EF.
The jegan reaching out to catch the geara doga is awesome.
@@WOLFxLORD Fun Fact, the pilot in that scene is stated to be the pilot of the Blue Destiny Gundam from a Gundam Side Story games
@@AmonGus-ug9sp sheeesh
@@AmonGus-ug9sp Yuu Kajima
thats pretty cool
I cant stop laughing when Amuro dunked Char's cockpit ball on Axis and Char just get shook around by the impact
“Stfu Char I’m ballin”
Amuro: _fighting till the last breath_
Also Amuro: _riding his chair like a horse_
Such beauty
The light that illuminates the human heart that then became the light of possibilities held by the beast of possibilities
I hope that the Hathaway's flash show will split UC into another timeline where things don't end as horribly.
何かで見た。この戦闘シーンで、ビームサーベルが相手に当たる時には長く、そうでない時には短く、アイドリングしている表現があるって。
そんな事気にしながら見てみると、富野監督の作ったガンダムの世界観の設定の細かさに驚く。
when even the zeon army joined in to help amuro...
They wanted independence, not to destroy Earth. No one wanted a repeat of the original colony drop incident. In this moment, seeing Amuro's selflessness, the Zeon but their allegiance aside for the sake of humanity and the Earth, to prevent the deaths of billions of innocent lives.
@@adamplentl5588 i know why actually, i was just pointing out that it was quite touching when i first watched it few months ago
@@wrestlingfan1232 I didn't mean to sound like I was explaining. Just contributing.
That part was honestly the best thing that happens to this Axis Shock event. Like sure Earth has plenty of rotten peoples as with the space, but this way of punishing them was too extreme. So those soldiers willingly go against their orders for an act of humanity was soo touching to mean, especially when one overheat then a Jegan of all people still bother trying to save the Geera Doga even If he's long dead by then.
@@ernestorio3550Hathaway shows that Char's punishment was deserved. The Federation has literally 0 opposition or excuse for not changing.
It's kinda interesting how in a way this is basically just Char committing elaborate suicide. After what happened in Zeta, he just broke. Seeing Kamille get his soul crushed, seeing the Zabi family live on, even after his efforts to kill all of them.
You got the last part wrong. He no longer hold grudge against the Zabi family after the one year war, because all of them except the then still baby Mineva died. He tried to raise Mineva with love after the war, but Hamann tried to corrupt her by teaching her Zabi family's extremism, also one of the reason why Char absolutely loathes Hamann.
Watch ZZ for an elaboration on Kamille's character.
@@askkedladdat the end of ZZ, they found out that Mineva wasn’t even a Zabi and Haman was just using the girl as a tool to push her own agenda.
I agree with the first part but to me this is Char as a failed revolutionary who is crushed by the expectation of his ancestry + the bloody nature of the countless battles he went through + the lack of real progress
@@Cal3000 No, Haman switched her out at some point.
damm that part at 9:43
enough to make a man cry
ファンネルの使い方がうまい
大抵蜂の巣、弾幕、支援射撃に使ってるけど縦横無尽どころか機体制御も全く問題無し
本体は隙になったり、複数操作だとドラグーンみたいな単調な動きする人が多いから全て独立して動かすコイツらはバケモンだわ
まぁドラグーンは操作の仕様上そっちの情報処理と演算に頭が割かれるからしゃーない所はある。
空間認識能力は大前提で加えて相当な頭脳と頭の回転持ってないと扱えないし。
12分間で沢山詰め込まれてるなぁ素晴らしい
サイコフレームが一部だけのMSでアクシスショック出せたのは凄い
@@natsumix21映像化作品は全てガンダムでしょ誰が作った関係なく
ユニコーンがそのイベントに参加したら何ができるのか本当に考えさせられる
最後の最後まで情けないのがシャアらしくてほんま好きだしそれに応じたアムロも結局情けない男なのがこれまた好き
The reason this fight would remain as one of the best fights for me is because i feel like the impact is real, you don’t get cool impact frames every 10 seconds, which although makes it looks a lot less climactic, the dialogue does the fighting too, it’s like that one fate episode where 3 king servants talk to eachother about the philosphy of what makes a king, this one talks debates with eachother and fight physically at the same time and it provides a satisfying end to a complex rivalry that has experienced many things together spanning decades at this point
I liked how the Jegan tried to save the Dogas when it was drifting away
24歳やけどやっぱりこの時代のアニメーションが1番味があって作画も凄くて好きやな。
最期の最期までプライド高いシャアと大人なアムロの対比が大好き。
大人として登場し、子供のようになったシャアと
少年として登場し、大人になったアムロ
子供の様になったのでは無く、シャアは子供の内から大人の役割を演じる事を求められ過ぎたんだよ、だから大人の愛情を知らない歪な大人子供になる。芸能の子役とか変な大人になる事が多いのと一緒。
反対にアムロは親は両方共にアレだったが、一応テムは親としての愛情はあった、その後にブライト初め大人達がアムロを子供として厳しく扱った、だから順調に反抗期を迎え、Z時代のモラトリアムを経て、逆シャアでは一般的な大人にはなったが、NTとしては余りにもOTの感性を残し過ぎた、普通の大人になってしまった。NTに理想を求める人にはそれが惰性に映り、反対にアムロはNTや人類は万能では無い事を嫌と言う程知り、それと同時に可能性も感じてはいたから、今自分に出来る事を精一杯やり未来に託すしか無かった。
2人が育って来た環境や関わって来た人がNTとか関係無く人格形成や人生観に影響を与えたと言う事を描き切った富野監督は、本当に人間ってもんを愛憎織り交ぜて見ているんだなと感じました。
シャアも指摘してるようにクェスに冷たい一面もあったアムロが正面からクェスに向き合っていればシャアの元へ行かず救えた可能性もあった
だがアムロがある意味大人になったからこそクェスに対して向き合わなかったのかもしれない
I love that their final duel ends in a fist fight. No funnels or other fancy weapons, just two giant robots beating the shit out of each other
Pilot seat in the head of the unit?
That's just crazy.
That's because the abdomen area was used for its beam cannon.
Its not really that crazy, the Zeong had it
Honestly, it seems a little better in that sense. Most mobile suits have the cockpit in the chest which poses a larger target for the attacking mobile suit, but if it’s in the head, even though the Sazabi is huge, it would still pose a little more of an advantage due to the smaller target
It did work for Zeong. Amuro thought Char's in the middle of the MA so he shot the chest, allowing the latter to detach and escape.
Nothing beats Turn A's cockpit at the crotch, though.
Shows how Serious Char is by this point of the series. Hes literally fighting the Gundam Face to Face.
トップエースクラスでもついて行けない戦いをしながら、そこら辺で戦っている一般兵クラスは軽くあしらい、他方でファンネル同士で高速戦闘。
如何に他とは次元が違うかが解りますよね…。
武器奪われながら盾にされたギラドーガは超自然災害に遭ったクラスの不幸としか……。
俺の好きなアムロはここにいる
安室でもなくゼロでもなく、やっぱアムロは古谷徹だと思う。
そう思ってる人がいることに気づいてくれたら嬉しいよな
わかる。それだからこそ…ヤムチャしやがって
例の件以来、次々と役の交代が発表されている。でも「アムロ」の交代はまだ発表されていない。この役だけは、代わりようがないと現場のスタッフを含めてみんなが思っていることだと信じたい。
遂にヤムチャもやられたからな～でも悟空には野沢雅子、アムロには古谷徹なんだよな
ここは絶対に変えてしまっていけない所
そこを変えるならもうアムロ自体を出さないで欲しい
Such a amazing movie
ここの戦闘は、ハイレベル過ぎる。ファンネルの動きとかヤバい。
ファンネルのシーンまじで好き
Impressive close combat and long range skills.
アムロもシャアも、相手の行動やその場の状況から相手の作戦や意図、狙いを見抜いて、妨害をし、妨害をされたら素早く対処や対応をする。これらを操縦して戦いながら一瞬で行う。実に高度な戦い。一流のパイロットは、射撃スキルや格闘スキルだけでなく、状況判断や頭脳に優れてることがわかる。長文ごめんなさい。
Great conclusion to this rivalry
40年以上のガンダムの歴史で史上最高のパイロット同士の戦い。
この戦闘シーンを凌駕するものは個人的にはないと思います。
同意です
いまだに超える作品がない
キラのほうが強いけどね
鍔迫り合いで一々止めない白兵戦がスピーディで好き
@@kensei3388新しい作品が強いのは一般的にそうであるが、素晴らしい作品かは別の話
@@kensei3388キラの強さは機体が40%位や
ジンとかストライクダガーとかで戦ったらすぐ死にそう
As much as i like Unicorn and late UC, i kinda feel like CCA is thematically the best place to end UC gundam, with the Axis Shock serving as kind of a wake up call to humanity and putting an end to the EF/Zeon conflict. Though i guess Amuro never specified how long it would take for the rest of humanity to learn lol, just that he believed they eventually would.
Post EF/Zeon, the cycle of the capitalist tyranny of the Federation perpetuates fascist groups such as the Cosmo Babylon and Zanscare Empire.
Omg same. The fact that the Federation becomes *WORSE* and made the Unicorn Gundams to slaughter all of Zeon. Makes it hurt even more!
No wonder the Nu Gundam throws hands so often in SRW games. Damn I just love the way it just punches and kicks.
Doan teach amuro how to punch in A ms.
not just that, but it grabs and tears out bits whenever it can. imagen a fist fight where one guy punches the other in the jaw, then grabs their throat with the same hand without drawing it back and tears out part of the other guys throat. Amuro was going ham
R.I.P Amuro Ray and Char Aznable
Thank you..! 🫡
Personally I say that this is one of my favourite anime rivals all the time
"He's really not dead. As long as we remember him." - Leonard McCoy, M.D.
12:16 ここのブライトの表情で、あーアムロとシャア死んだんだなって分かる
3:12
サザビーのコクピットが開く時
エグチって聞こえる
ﾍﾞｲﾏｯｸｽ
Amuro's last words:
"Char, what the hell????"
Char:"she was like mommy to me bro...."
No, they finally understand each other.
His words were practically: "A mother? ARE YOY FRIGGIN KIDDING MEEeeee"?! *dies*
They fought for their beliefs until the bitter end. They could have been friends if not for all this
Thats why Super robot wars exist
Still one of the best animation I've seen in gundam franchise
0083 is also excellent
When both sides join in to push the axis is a moment when their humanity shines. When that MS trys to catch the Zaku like a brother 😢 their combined efforts saved the Earth
At 12:12 if you looks closely in the middle of the psycho-field, I think that the ray of light falling to Earth could be the Nu Gundam.
As much as I want to think that, it was later confirmed that the Nu Gundam was found in the early UC 100s in deep space.
@@LockeLynx Any specific source on that? Just curious.
@@accelriderx2931 there was a mention on the Gundam wiki at least a year ago that said it was found in UC 105, but it's been edited. Now I actually have no clue. Some on Reddit think it fell in Earth's atmosphere and burnt up without power or a shield to protect itself.
My headcanon is that it was ejected into deep space thanks to the Psycho resonance when Axis was pushed away.
@@LockeLynx we should ask tomino instead lol
@@LockeLynx my headcanon is that it was ejected into deep space, and left there till it was recovered god knows how long later and developed into the Turn X units
I love how even though they have these super advanced mobile suits with an array of super high tech weaponry, in the end it comes down to char being all shocked and like “woah woah chill the hell out your not meant to do that” when Amuro just starts repeatedly punching him with the nu.
モビルスーツを降りてからの伏兵戦をしながらの舌戦の場面は面白かった。
ここの戦闘シーン逆襲内で1番好き
@5:35 you can feel char's desperation kicking in. Amuro was over powering him here. I felt scared for char when I first saw this.
6:42 アムロの名台詞。
11:18
3:08 機体が飛ばされないようにしっかり固定する描写がイイね。
富野さんはこういった無重力下での物理法則性を考えた作り込みは一線を画していた。
後出のアニメ作家達はミリオタだったりするせいで兵器のリアル思考や現実社会の問題を写し込むだけで本当のリアリティに向いていないのがほとんど・・・。
11:50
今もガンダム好きには語り継がれるシャアの迷言
迷言とはいいけどわかりやすい話でしょう、暖かな光を見せるとか言うけど私にとってのそれはララァだった、それを奪ったお前が言うのか！って言う当てつけ。
あくまで比喩的表現であって人としてニュータイプとして導いてくれる存在だったわけだしね。
シャア最大の迷言は、ハマーンに「降参するか、続けるか？シャア！」と言われたのに対する「そんな決定権がお前にあるのか！？」ですね。いや、だからあんたに決めろって言ってんのに笑
0:49 ファンネル操りながらMS操縦してライフルも撃ってやがる…。ファンネルってゲームだと自動で攻撃してくれるけど実際はパイロットが脳波でコントロールしてんだよな
ファンネルで機体狙うどころか、ファンネルでファンネルを互いに狙ったりもしてるからな…
マジでイカれてて好き。
やっぱりこいつらおかしいよww
マジモンのバケモンや
νに集中しすぎると有線により遠隔操作されたバズーカが狙ってくる。
バズーカに集中しすぎるとνが狙ってくる。おまけにファンネルも狙ってくるｗ
@@mairu-4484この天パ、悪魔や…
fpsしながら高速道路でカーチェイスするようなもん
結局の後の宇宙世紀も人類は変わらず戦争を続けるのが現実感ある
後付けとはいえ、ラプラスの箱が開示されて以降も戦争だらけなのほんと好き
アムロの置きバズはよく話題になるけど、シャアの置きトマホークも意味わからんすぎるw
驚異の誘導力
仮にハゲ以外が逆シャア作ったとしたらファンネルの撃ち合いだけのパワーインフレだけのもんになってしまうやろな。やっぱハゲのMS同士の格闘戦はすごい！
Gレコとかもすごかったですよね
最後の会話がシャアのララァがお母さんになってくれる存在ってセリフがアムロめちゃくちゃ困惑させてしかもアムロもシャアもこれで最後を迎えたのマジで面白い。
MS戦闘、白兵戦、会話、演出全てにおいて最高すぎる
In the end amuro still respected char. He wants to understand him, understand why he’s resorted to such evil intentions after their camaraderie in zeta. Char on the other hand seems to be disinterested in understanding him. This isn’t because char thinks he’s better than amuro; I think deep down char considered amuro something like his oldest friend, and knew amuro was a better pilot. But char was completely empty at this point, he had lost everything he cared about. He loses the fight and blames it on his energy running out, even though amuro had lost the majority of his weapons and won either way.
In his final moments char is the most pathetic he’s ever been. A hero of both the one year war and the gryps conflict, his final words are insults thrown towards amuro and quess, both people who trusted him. If tominos point was to destroy chars character here I think he did it. Soldiers in tominos work seem to never have happy endings; that’s why civilians like kamille seem to live
Amuro could not save char, even though he seemed to really want to. Neither men could escape their past; char because he was fixated on it, amuro because he was constantly reminded of it. Ultimately though, this movies ending is a happy one; earth is saved, and it was the combined will of humanity that saved it. Maybe that was what tomino intended; we could not rely on two men alone to save the earth, we as a people had to take responsibility for it. Otherwise the mistakes would be repeated
@@cezarjulian0320 Actually you can't sympathize with either Char or Amuro, because Char's right that the system can't be changed and it needs to be taken down, but then he dismisses that earthnoids are poor, and Amuro is right humanity can change, but is wrong in that he contributes to state oppression. In the end, they are no heroes nor villains, just human beings who's views are in the wrong and the right. Jeudo Ashta though, he is the closest to being a hero in UC Gundam.
@@CosmoShidanno Protagonist is Innocent in UC Era, Amuro, Shiro, Chris, Kou, Kamille, Judau, Banagher, Rita, Hathaway, Seabock, Tobia and USO all of them is Very Flawed Character yet Humanized than most Protagonist in Mecha Anime
あのアムロとシャアがこんな石ころ一つで退場していくのやっぱりいいよな
人類に奇跡を見せてその後の争いの火種を残してるのも罪深くていい
It’s crazy how much confidence Amuro has in the Gundam, he truly believed it would be able to halt the meteor.
2：45 このコマ割りでニューガンダムの高速回避を表現してるのほんとすげえ。今のアニメだと過剰なバーニア出力や協調演出でやってる所を、運動力学的に加速したら視認できるタイミングが減ることを前提にフレームを飛ばしてる。まじすげえ。
MS同士の戦闘しつつファンネル対ファンネルもやるあたおかニュータイプ共…
車運転しながらラジコン操作してるようなもんだよね
@@リリノノ-i6pしかも複数同時()
9:43 - some sources have it that Col. Yuu Kajima, the Blue Destiny main character, is in that Jegan.
Gundam Legacy manga confirms Yuu was there during Axis Shock, but doesn't make it clear if he was in that specific Jegan.
For a big mobile suit
Nu and Sazabi are fast af
They are the big boys of that war.
飛ばされるギラドーガに思わず手を伸ばしちゃうジェガンのパイロット好きだわ…
後付け設定ですがこのジェガンのパイロットはブルーディスティニーのパイロット、ユウ・カジマだったみたいです。
Were the zeon pilots just really moved because wasn't dropping axis they're plan or did the grunts not know about like operation british
Maybe they didn't feel like they had a choice until they saw Char had been defeated
They were moved because both Londo Bell and EFSF reinforcement had every chance to finish them off but instead they're all rush toward Amuro to help him push Axis.
@@abramwalker882 I don't think so. I think the reason for the remaining Zeon pilots helping Amuro and Federation in trying to push the Axis maybe because they suddenly start to realise crashing Axis point into Earth is super fucked up that they are destroying Earth where humanity originates.
@@kirkdyteo993 true it was at that point they realized that chars plan was never going to work that's how I see the psychoframe phenomenon it made both sides work toward the common goal to protect humanity
So touching scenes that make me tearful everytime I watch. The sacrifice...I hope that Amuro is still alive somewhere.
シャアの攻撃の爆発でアムロのノーマルスーツの口元が破損したのは「黙れ！」ってことだったんよね
Hahahahaha the way he sat on his chair is funny sad Gundam is truly one of the saddest anime
😥