As compared to the previous episode, Episode 8 returns to the usual talk-first-all-action-later style of storyline. I thought this episode will be Lockon's show, as there was a bit of sad flashback on his childhood at the intro. It seems like he was being pushed into combat due to the horrible childhood experience as well, as with Setsuna. I wonder how did he developed the cool temper later though, maybe through Haro? We'll have to wait for future episode to see about that, since this episode isn't about him.
Half of this episode was spent on explaining the relationship between Setsuna and Maria Ismail. Previously, Maria always seems like a melancholic character to me, as the whole world is so indulged in war, whether against each others, or forging war (more like suppling mortar actually) with the Celestial Beings, her role as the leader of her country seeking foreign aid and always meeting failure is quite sad indeed. I suppose those who are more interested in Gundam action won't pay much attention to her anyway. However, after this episode, I'm sure her role and importance will be much greater. How so? find out about that yourself ^^
Other important points in this episode:
(1) Bikini
(2) Invisible Gundam
(3) MA
(4) Underwater beam saber!! o_0
Video clip from Tudou. If you can't see anything, please follow this link to Tudou.
Or maybe you prefer the usual screen shots instead?
By the way, did you notice so far, how the animators like to include scenes of the characters drinking in all the episodes? Whether it's beer, coffee, soft drinks, plain water and so on, there must be at least one drinking scene in each episode XD Of course there's nothing wrong about that, it's just another interesting point to catch in every episode: to see who's drinking and what. Can you see who's continuing the tradition this time?
See, what did I tell you? XD
