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Gundam Seed Destiny Episodes

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Episode 03: Ominous Gunfire

Details

Original Air Date: October 23, 2004

The Synopsis

Neo launches in a new mobile armour series, Mobius Zero, and engages in battle with Shinn's Impulse. Rey, who had tailed Shinn when the pilot thieves had broken through the ZAFT wall, joins in the fight. A strange relationship seems to develop between Rey and Neo - not unlike the one that Mu La Flaga had with Le Crusade. Neo is somehow able to hear Rey scolding Shinn for his rash actions, and Rey is somehow able to predict some of Neo's moves. Neo, whose mobile armour also has features resembling those of Le Crusade's gundam, realizes that Rey and Shinn are becoming too much for him, and orders the pilot thieves to retreat to their mothership. The Minerva attempts to destroy Neo's ship, dubbed the "Bogey-1" since they didn't know it's real identity yet, but they lose them when Bogey-1 detonates its propellant tanks and escapes.
After the battle, Dullindal takes Cagalli and Athrun on a tour of the Minerva, as a show of "good will" between the two nations. Cagalli argues about the needless consequences that come with all those new Mobile Suits - consequences that threaten to overturn the peace that they had finally found. By this time they had arrived in the section of the Minerva where the gundams were stored. Shinn, overhearing Cagalli's impassioned words, suddenly becomes furious as he remembers what he had lost in his escape from Orb. He is unable to contain himself and lets out an outburst denouncing Cagalli for being naive. All eyes suddenly turn to him, and Cagalli is momentarily speechless. Shinn huffs and leaves the room with Rey following after him, apologizing to the Chairman and Cagalli. Back in the "Bogey-1," the three Earth Alliance pilots are shown resting in their pods - apparently they are Earth's newest set of drugged pilots.
As Cagalli, Athrun, Dullindal, and the rest of the captain and crew contemplate their current situation at the bridge, Dullindal begins to reflect verbally about the true name of the "Bogey-1" they are chasing. Everyone is silent as he ponders over the purpose of a name - that if a name were fake, the purpose represented by the true name dies. At the end of his speech, he addresses "Alex Dino" by his true name.

"Isn't that right, Alex - no...Athrun Zala?"

The Review

Excellent. The most action I've seen so far, and an incredible show of the character Dullindal. The cliffhanger is a killer though - so make sure you have Phase 04 before watching Phase 03! x.x;;

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