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It’s an emotional episode of Gundam. It’s very predictable how they want to kill off Anew as a character but I can assure you SunRise will never kill off Louise Halevy or Saji CrossRoad. Reason being, because they have been introduced ever since season 1. On the contrary, Anew was introduced towards the middle of Season 2 and we can sort of sense a bigger plot into her introduction. She is the sole reason why the innovators are so cocky, because they sent a trump card, in the form of a spy, into the Celestial Beings

So in this episode, who is the real winner? I think it’s obvious to say Setsuna is the hero and he did the right thing. He knew Lyle Dylander could not kill Anew but someone would have to kill her because if not, Anew will kill the Celestial Beings. In truth, Anew is rather innocent because she was controlled by Ribbons Almark, and the only way for a good ending was to kill Ribbons Almark because Anew was “bonded” to him. Setsuna sensed this and knew he had to step out and kill Anew, even at the expense of Lyle Dylandy punching him at the end of the episode. In a way, it was to relieve Lyle’s stress on himself as well as providing a venting form for Lyle Dylandy. So Ribbons Almark thought that by using emotions, which they (innovators) see as human’s weak point, they can make use of sympathy or love to achieve their means. But we see that Setsuna was wise enough to have sense such a thing occuring.

The next episode title hints deeply that Setsuna may be becoming an innovator himself. Talks about him “going to the other side”. In my opinion, and what I hope for, is that Setsuna will not become an innovator because the whole plot of the series was to justify that humans have emotions, and this is their weak point but also their strength. This is something that the innovators will never know, except say for Anew and Tieria. Not forgetting, Setsuna is constantly drawing strength from Marina Ismail and that’s the sole reason why he is so firmed on what he wants to achieve in this season. Setsuna is a person who has experienced and has learnt from these experiences. So i’m glad to say that Ribbons Almark, you have been defeated face down in this episode.

I mentioned Louise Halevy earlier on. In this episode, we finally confirmed that she is in fact an innovator from a conversation with Ribbons Almark. Louise will be another foolish entity to be used by Ribbons Almark. However, this was not forced upon her but rather she chose to become an innovator. I think the pills have a huge role in her becoming an innovator. Lyle Dylandy’s arc has ended, it’s about time Saji’s arc got addressed but i’m very disappointed in Louise and I can’t tell my frustrations. Let’s just say she took a grudge into a whole new level because of a misunderstanding. (Fake Celestial Beings; trinity siblings does not equal Celestial Beings)

Setsuna did the right thing in this episode and Lyle Dylandy have to accept it, that is, the death (justified) of Anew Returner. I’m sure the telepathic particles by the double 0 helped them conveyed their last heartfelt words to one another. Furthermore, Anew wouldn’t want to be the one (under control by Ribbons) to kill the person she loved so much.

Lockon and Anew exchangign their last words. "We understood each other"

Well, they err... had sex.... I would have been pleased if they showed more of it..

LOOK AT THE GOD DAMN EYES! Well, it's obvious, she IS an innovator.

A naive Lockon venting his frustrations on Setsuna but at the same time knows that what Setsuna did was right.

The reason why Setsuna is himself today; Marina Ismail. She made a brief appearance in this episode.

Oh and SunRise make it a point to show Marina Ismail in this episode even though it isn’t neccessary. So, this gives a huge hint that she is an IMPORTANT character in the series.