Normally, I would be berating the show yet again, but really, it’s long past the time for caring, and perfect time to sit back and enjoy what will be similar to eighteen miniguns strapped together and remotely fired by strings – a clunky metaphor for, “great light show but oh God what’s with the execution.”
Like most people – I hope – I watch anime for satisfaction, which is a complex business that nonetheless can be dealt with fairly easily using some predictable elements. You can have relationship drama and occasional comedy like Toradora!, get moving and philosophical and psychedelic like Kara no Kyoukai, or start multi-classing (and preferably not crash and burn) like Seto no Hanayome, which tends to devolve into a widget series at times but maintains the utter awesomeness.
Gundam 00 gives no satisfaction from these positive aspects. It does give satisfaction, but in a guilty-pleasure sort of way. It’s once again the befuddling problem with Code Geass. It had a decent setting, it did take decent first steps, it could have been a decent show – but it’s not. Let’s just get to the point and call it a train wreck.
It started out as, oh, something about energy disputes, complex political situation, cold war, et cetera. Now it’s back to white-vs-black-vs-grey, good-vs-evil, love-conquers-all – which wouldn’t actually be bad, if there was an actual transition between that and the premise. Right now it’s just Sunrise running off a cliff with a parachute then crashing into a plane midway. Or something.
But what the hell, I know very well that I’ll still watch whatever creative ejaculate Sunrise pumps out next. Damn this “hope” thing.
PS: Why is the ending theme light years better than the opening? It can’t be just to placate all the annoyed viewers.
PPS: Stupid metaphors, I know. Don’t ask me why.
