Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 1: The Angel's Second Advent ]

Sorry for being late to the party!

Ah~! Oh Gundam, I’ve missed you so! Easily one of my favorite shows of the early part of the year, the second season instantly grabbed me by the hand in the first second and never let it go. It was a great feeling to be reintroduced to a lot of the major characters and to see that most of them are doing well. I say “most” because Saji obviously hasn’t gotten over what happened four years ago, Louise is apart of A-Laws and seems to have frequent nervous breakdowns, and Allelujah is apparently locked away in some mental facility. Ouch, time hasn’t been good to some people obviously…

Setsuna is as awesome as ever too. It’s amazing how he’s been able to survive so long with such an old beat-up Exia. It looks like we’ll be getting a new Lockon as well in the form of the Lyle, the twin brother of the previous Lockon. Cool! Marina is as beautiful as ever, if not moreso. I can’t wait to see where her relationship with Setsuna goes in this season. Soma seems to be doing better though I don’t quite understand her situation as yet. It seems like she’ll be joining the A-Laws. Looking back at relationships, I do want Saji and Louise to reunite but who knows what their fate can be given that it seems Ribbons is up to no good and may be behind why Louise is acting crazy. Wang Liu Mei is acting as strange as ever as well and meeting up with Ribbons doesn’t really help her case of suspicion so early.

Additionally, the OP done by UVERworld is freaking awesome. One of the best of the year in my opinion. The sequence itself is pretty good as well. I’m particularly intrigued by the way Setsuna and Marina were depicted reaching out for each other. I can only wonder what that means…

Anyway, it’s great to have Gundam 00 back even if I am a bit late in getting started. Here’s to hoping I can get caught up before the year ends!