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Originally Posted by Dean_the_Young
Yes, the animation was deliberatly slowed for dramatic effect, but you're understanding is way off.
Plot armor is when a character who should be dead for very physical reasons (caught in a definitely final cockpit explosion, caught inside a superweapon beam, reactor explosion, masked helmet off in space, etc.) is returned alive for no established reason until a later retcon. Things that should kill them don't merely by director fiat. You can make a case for that with Graham in the final of S1, though if Setsuna didn't die from a beamsaber into the cockpit, then Graham didn't need to either.
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I disagree that plot armour doesn't occur only when a character who should be dead for very physical reasons. Plot armour occurs to Graham because he have importance later on in the series/plot device, just like when the 3 other gundams appeared during Masurao with 00 , and Masurao not being shot down when Masurao was in the air standing still with no beams hitting Masurao.
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Originally Posted by Dean_the_Young
Setsuna not killing Graham is not plot armor, it's Setsuna's character development. That was the entire point of that fight; Graham was twisted into someone who only wanted to fight to win, while Setsuna was finally Innovating towards a future where he wouldn't have to fight. Setsuna is not most people and he doesn't do what people "usually" do; he doesn't kill without a reason, and once the battle is over he doesn't go around finishing off pilots. He never has. He fights while others still fight, but once they stop and can't fight back he stops. That was the difference between Setsuna and Graham after two seasons of developing; Graham came to live only to fight, but Setsuna now only fights to live for the future.
Now, if Graham survived a beam/stab through the cockpit, or stood unharmed through a Memento Mori blast, or had a machine that took shots that by all accounts should have torn his suit to pieces but didn't even leave a scratch, that would be plot armor. But if he stands in space and Setsuna sees no reason to kill him and flies off, yes, in search of Louise, that's not plot armor. That's Setsuna choosing not to kill him.
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Setsuna have two instances of killing Graham throughout the match, the most obvious is the beam stab to the shoulders.Setsuna thinks he disarm Graham ,he would have immediately flew off in search for Louise just like the other episodes where he searched for Louise after disarming the enemy. If he thought he hadn't disarm he would do it immediately but didnt in this case as he thought he had disarm Graham's unit.