Right. Gundam AGE Episode 2:
So, before anything else, with this episode we get our first glimpse to what very well may be the Advanced Generation's interpretation of a Newtype courtesy of a little girl named Yurin. She was able to guide Flit and the AGE-1 out of the colony safely by "feeling" her way through the circumstances they were in once they collapsed to the lower colony depths. She even knew exactly when the rubble that was blocking the path was going to open itself up, she even counted down to the precise second. Newtypes and Innovators may have divine EP, extraordinarily so when you consider the likes of Amuro, Setsuna, or even Char...but none of them, none of them can tell you exactly when and where something is going to happen. The worst part of this episode is it ends right when things are heating up. Goddamn cliffhangers. Of course, on the topic of Yurin, she might not be a Newtype (what AGE will identify them as, if anything, has yet to be unveiled) at all, she could be UE -- for all I (we) know Sunrise may have adapted more from their first exploration with humanoid/extraterrestrial entities in Trailblazer than we know of. The UE may have the ability to shapeshift. Unlikely, I know, but at this point any theory is fair game until proven wrong.
Anyway, backtracking just a tad...it's a welcomed addition knowing the story isn't going around in redundant circles concerning Flit and Emily, there's quite clearly a connection between the two of them. I want to see where they go from hereon out. In closing there's the AGE Builder; never before in Gundam series has there been a device that, upon recollection of combat data, could then build itself weaponry at high speed. This is where the DOTS Rifle comes in, a rifle that can increase power and penetration of the beam energy by effectively spiraling the energy into, well, a screwdriver. This is extremely similar to the F90's G-BRD, and the even better (and more powerful) VSBR the F91 uses, the difference being is that both the G-BRD and VSBR could only do one at a time, not both at the same time as such would have likely overloaded the generator and killed...well, everyone.
It's only the second episode and this already has me hooked. Hell, I was hooked 7 minutes in to the first episode. I want to see what the AGE system can do. I want to see what kind of personality the onboard A.I. has. Any and every niggle I've had with AGE post-debut are now right out of the 354th window. Now I just have to wait until Sunday for the third episode.
Dammit.
unlike somebody...
