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Main points I think most people agree with but goes into a bit more detail:

-Graham/Lockon being vicious in the fight. It wasn't like any of the fights before, both pilots nearly went all out on each other

-Good mix of action/non-action. The talking scenes for Azadistan were cliche, but at least done better than before

-Saji scenes had more humor to them. Big plus since that's all a character like him can provide at the moment

-We got to see how the flag shield works. A lot of us probably were confused how the hell some giant stick propeller was suppose to act as a shield, but the way Graham used it just made the flag so bad ass. Rarely has a modified grunt unit seemed so awesome

-Lockon didn't miss 50 yards away this time. The fact that most of his shots were nearly dead on and missed by inches coupled with Graham sweating balls deep made the action intense and no one looked like a chump unlike the previous episodes

-Ali Al Sarges for setting up that he is officially the "bad guy" at the present moment, also gives him credibility to be buffed for super better-than-graham fighting moves later on. This guy =) has potential to reach Kira Yamato level without making it look stupid!

-The only bad parts were Exia and how he just slice n diced things up then cried, kinda too cliche but well, acceptable given what we got!

If more episodes were like this, there'd be no more complaints from me =X since minor stuff is fine. The action scenes to me are the biggest part of gundam, since well, the mobile suits and how they flow in battle are pretty much the most unique part of the gundam meta-verse. Everything else can be copied, but the way Gundam has pretty much been the universal technical robot fighter is incomparable. Don't even mention Transformers, cause they NEVER got into the details and technicalities of how people win.

^________________________^ this episode made me happy! Only hope they don't kill Ali Al Sarges off. The guy is an amazing addition to the otherwise lacking cast, and again, he has cred to be plot deviced to become #1 fighter in the near future. Who wouldn't want to see a fight that surpasses this episode soon? =)

How some of you people can hate characters like Ali and Graham confuse the crap out of me. =( They showed the most emotions (Graham being even new to me, since I don't recognize the VA) , and provide the bravado content in the series. It's like asking for Voldemorte to die in book 1 and have everyone living happily ever after for the next 6 focusing on how they grow up and do in Hogworts.

I find Lockon's reaction to the fight with the Flag surprising. He showed the arrogance of Gundam Meisters and an lack of respect for other MS pilots.

Well for one, the guy is the captain and oldest of the Meisters. He looks like the one who has the most field experience, and let's face it, he's never fought anyone but grunts. His opinion is going to be flawed no matter how you look at it, or else he wouldn't have such a high and mighty attitude towards terrorism and other crap.

What I am saying is that the Gundam Meisters are underestimating their opponents when time and time again they surprise the Gundam Meisters.

For one, he didn't identify Graham's flag as special, I'm guessing this is something only Ptolemy can do. Second, since Setsuna was the only person other than Tiera to battle non cannon fodder, that pretty much means 0 info was shared. There's not going to be a "Hey guys, I nearly got raped by this custom flag/enact/tieren, just a heads up" from some loner guy, and definitely not coming from angsty queer boy. They are officially a team, but anyone who's played team sports/games, worked in a team can tell these guys aren't an ACTUAL team.

I was sort of hoping that Ali and Graham would have had showdown one way or another... perhaps in future eps. seeing them fight against each other would be far more interesting than any of the meisters.

As amazing as it is, it will never happen or if it will, it will never be a full out battle with a decided victor. Why? Because if that happened, Gundam 00 would be like, better than Gundam GS/GSD and then no one would give a rats ass about the main characters. It'd be Union vs PMC trust. Which well, could've been done, but wasn't LOL. It'd be like asking ... actually I don't recall many Gundam series where the main character doesn't become overpowered. So in a sense, this one is pretty good! Setsuna isn't overpowered! Hurray!

Just how much of an observer is Alejandro Corner? It's a good observation on Setsuna, though, almost the same as the one Ali made on him when they fought.

It's a much more commendable observation seeing as Alejandro didn't even fight him. It pretty much means the guy is also an ace player, most likely can pilot a suit of his own, and is a candidate for last boss. Ali stating it was just plain obvious, since he just owned Exia in the face.

is it me or does it seem that the gundam miester have inferior piloting skillz compare to most of the major opponents so far..the only reason they are surving is because they have over-power gundams

Because people who train in SECRET and have LIMITED FIELD EXPERIENCE are suppose to be better than PUBLIC ACES who pretty much wear the champions belt and defend it 24/7? What are you joking me?

Let's look at the major opponents so far:

Patrick Cannonfodder: GG if this even counts. I do since it's AEU's man. I hope he doesn't get Jareded, cause he'd be a funny survivor of the series. That or at least die in a hilarious way, like to Saji/Louise.

Graham Acre: Char-clone. Guy who LIKES FIGHTING. Vs Meisters who DON'T/NO INTEREST. The only person who can rival him in Hal, and Hal is more sadistic than battle lust. Note his fight with Lockon this episode didn't indicate he would win, just that he had the more aggressive stance. Doesn't mean he would've won, but advantage could be given to him if you view it that way.

Sergei Smirnov: ......This guy is a lvl 100 pokemon as far as exp is concerned. And he STILL didn't do that well. Also he beat up loner wussy exia, who CARES? That guy is the WORSE of all 4.

Soma: ....TERRIBLE. Only better than PC. Q_Qs, can't fight Hal worth JACK (perfect example your statement fails) and only thing she does right is capture fat kid. Oh wait, she failed that too.

Ali Al Sarges: ELITE MOB/BOSS. What did you expect? This guy incites fighting more than Graham, has the experience with his age, and still has enough youth in him to not be a slow crap geezer like Sergei. He's the prime player as far as everyone here is concerned with maybe Graham being able to push him off the throne.

Oh and your later comments made no sense. You might be watching the previous episodes.