New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop (2010 Novel)

[Deacon Blues]

So I cracked out my volumes of Endless Waltz to do a little comparing...

It's essentially the same thing that I translated. Heero still has the music box (I'll have to page back to see where it came from). Earlier on, right before the shelter sinks underground, Mariemaia asks Relena how she slept. She has a music box with her that plays "Endless Waltz".

Interesting point... when she asks Relena why a place such as that exists in a peaceful world, it's noted prior that the Brussels Presidential residence was a former Romefeller location.

And it seems that the music box was... Mariemaia's and nothing more. *shrug*

[Ferhb]

Originally Posted by Deacon Blues

Earlier on, right before the shelter sinks underground, Mariemaia asks Relena how she slept. She has a music box with her that plays "Endless Waltz".

Wait, Mariemaia has a music box with her, or Relena has a music box which helps her sleep?

[FalsePrime]

Well it's actually kind've a relief that it existed before Frozen Teardrop and wasn't just a random edition.

It's something small, but it's the small things that could turn the LN around. Not going to happen sure, but I still want to hope.

[Deacon Blues]

Here's some more. Couple parts I wasn't sure how to phrase. Whoopsie.

Spoiler:

AC-197 MARCH

Relena Darlian had, until then, resigned from her duties as vice-foreign minister, and wasn’t playing an active part in the inner circle of government for the ESUN so she spent her days peacefully as a civilian in the Earth sphere.

Still, she cared for Heero, watching over him like a devoted nurse until all of his wounds had healed. Perhaps it was only recently that a happy time was spent between Heero and Relena.

Several months had passed. However, it wasn’t spent aimlessly.

Relena announced her candidacy for the presidential elections. There are three years left until the term is up for the president of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. Relena would be twenty.

Until then, she mastered politics and economics perfectly, and thought about resolving all of the problems people had in the Earth Sphere. She wasn’t worried about criticism of people saying she may be too young or immature. In that sense, her confidence was unshakeable.

“Don’t worry about it.” Heero also said.

“Even though the older politicians have plenty of experience, they’re never a reflection of public opinion.

“Maybe…”

Still, the political challenges that need to be solved have piled up.

Postwar reparations.

An employment system.

Economic revitalization.

Technological development.

The Mars Terraforming Project.

A permanent peacekeeping.

焦燥にも似た想いでこれらを実行したいと思っていた。{what}

言葉にこそしなかったが、そんなリリーナをヒイロも応援している。

“I have to rise not as a Peacecraft but as a Darlian.”

She felt the Peacecraft name, a symbol for peace, was too strong and inappropriate for a politician.

言葉数が少ないヒイロの深意は、常人ではなかなか推し量れない。

“I’ll do my best.”

When she came to that resolution, Heero disappeared somewhere afterwards.
Reluctantly, Relena talked about the decision toward the teddy bear she had received from Heero for her birthday a year ago.

“Please watch over me.”

A politician needs two abilities apart from the basic things such as ideals and attitude.

The ability to become a politician and the ability to continue being a politician. It was only these two points that Relena lacked in her goal as ESUN President. In order for this ability to flourish, she had to prepare various events. There is no significance in only listening to supporters opinions. It was necessary to learn more about peoples sense of value.

Relena decided to hold her birthday party at the Sanc Kingdom castle. That is, a small profile gathering of a florid high society. If anything, it’d be better to call it a panel discussion or a study session, a symposium to “consider peace”.

The timeframe was set for an unprecedented three days as her birthday party. It would start the day before her birthday, April 7th, and continue until the day after, April 9th. Coincidentally, April 7th marked the assassination of the legendary peace leader Heero Yuy (AC-175) and the day the five Gundam pilots descended to Earth in Operation Meteor (AC-195).

[susyia]

oohhh so they spent some time togheter so sweet!! heero has a bad habit of go away

[FalsePrime]

Spoiler for Relena/Heero:

Werid Kira-Lacus likeness with Relena looking after Heero there.

Nothing really that crazy honestly, Heero disappearing like a thief in the night was something that was right out of a fan fic though.

Spoiler for Happy:

The most interesting thing was how they just glossed over the fact Heero and Relena spent a few months happily together, given how rarely if ever we see Heero happy it would seem like something to elaborate on.

Lastly however, while non of it's bad it just feels like total filler and shows how badly they really just need to move their asses and get over this glacial like pace they have for the story.

[Deacon Blues]

Spoiler:

AC-197 APRIL 7

That day, the Earth was very quiet.

The peacekeeping by the Preventers seemed to be going smoothly.

Particularly, here in Northern Europe, the Sanc Kingdom nothing at all happened. And so, it was natural to assume that Relena’s 19th birthday party would end peacefully as well.

“Everyone, thank you all for coming here today.” said Relena. She was wearing a trim, white dress as she politely addressed the nearly two hundred men and women gathered in the banquet hall.

Considering it’s a birthday party for former World Nation head Queen Relena, it was quite modest and simple.

Heero was nowhere to be found. Neither was her brother Milliardo.

Although she invited those closest to her, she also invited politicians who would sooner or later become her political opponents as well as military personnel of the former Alliance Forces. Also in attendance were her friends from the Saint Gabriel Institute, the mother who raised her, Marlene Darlian, someone who understands total pacifism: Dorothy Catalonia, the head of the Preventers Lady Une, and Mariemaia who was recovering from her wounds in a wheelchair.

Each of their faces were filled with calm relief.

They seemed to believe that a lasting peace would likely continue on.

The gentle sunlight of spring coming from the window wrapped them in its warmth.

Just then, an armed group of twenty camouflaged men burst through the door. All of them held machine guns and had sunglasses and scarves concealing their faces. Several women in the room let out screams upon seeing them. The men standing behind these women moved in front of them. Some even tried resisting.

However, one of the militants raised his submachine gun overhead, and fired it at the extravagant chandelier on the ceiling. When the countless shards of glass rained down on the people, the noisy assembly hall turned silent.

The goal of the armed group became clear only through this behavior.

“Who are you people?!”Relena said without hesitation.

There wasn’t anyone among them who answered the question. Keeping silent was an eloquent declaration of their intentions. If they had no intention to respond with any kind of discussion,

A man wearing sunglasses with long blonde hair who appeared to be the groups leader calmly stared at Relena.

“…”

Relena had a hunch that the man’s face resembled her brother Milliardo.

Of course she understood at once that it’s another person entirely given the atmosphere created. However, she didn’t notice that was intentional.

It was several hours later that the Executive Office of the President in Brussels was notified of the armed groups statement.

“We, the ‘Epyon de Telos,’ have occupied the Sanc Kingdom castle. Our demands are as follows: the release of our imprisoned comrades, the official acknowledgement of confidential information 203 number 51 and the immediate breakup of the said governing agency and the budget from AC-196 to AC-197 for that government agency as ransom. If these demands are not met within 72 hours, we will detonate a nuclear warhead left behind by the Alliance Forces. That is all!”

*機密事項二〇三の51号を公表し  I haven’t the slightest idea. No. 51 of confidential information 203? What?

[Javiersansano]

Originally Posted by Deacon Blues

Spoiler:

AC-197 APRIL 7

That day, the Earth was very quiet.

The peacekeeping by the Preventers seemed to be going smoothly.

Particularly, here in Northern Europe, the Sanc Kingdom nothing at all happened. And so, it was natural to assume that Relena’s 19th birthday party would end peacefully as well.

“Everyone, thank you all for coming here today.” said Relena. She was wearing a trim, white dress as she politely addressed the nearly two hundred men and women gathered in the banquet hall.

Considering it’s a birthday party for former World Nation head Queen Relena, it was quite modest and simple.

Heero was nowhere to be found. Neither was her brother Milliardo.

Although she invited those closest to her, she also invited politicians who would sooner or later become her political opponents as well as military personnel of the former Alliance Forces. Also in attendance were her friends from the Saint Gabriel Institute, the mother who raised her, Marlene Darlian, someone who understands total pacifism: Dorothy Catalonia, the head of the Preventers Lady Une, and Mariemaia who was recovering from her wounds in a wheelchair.

Each of their faces were filled with calm relief.

They seemed to believe that a lasting peace would likely continue on.

The gentle sunlight of spring coming from the window wrapped them in its warmth.

Just then, an armed group of twenty camouflaged men burst through the door. All of them held machine guns and had sunglasses and scarves concealing their faces. Several women in the room let out screams upon seeing them. The men standing behind these women moved in front of them. Some even tried resisting.

However, one of the militants raised his submachine gun overhead, and fired it at the extravagant chandelier on the ceiling. When the countless shards of glass rained down on the people, the noisy assembly hall turned silent.

The goal of the armed group became clear only through this behavior.

“Who are you people?!”Relena said without hesitation.

There wasn’t anyone among them who answered the question. Keeping silent was an eloquent declaration of their intentions. If they had no intention to respond with any kind of discussion,

A man wearing sunglasses with long blonde hair who appeared to be the groups leader calmly stared at Relena.

“…”

Relena had a hunch that the man’s face resembled her brother Milliardo.

Of course she understood at once that it’s another person entirely given the atmosphere created. However, she didn’t notice that was intentional.

It was several hours later that the Executive Office of the President in Brussels was notified of the armed groups statement.

“We, the ‘Epyon de Telos,’ have occupied the Sanc Kingdom castle. Our demands are as follows: the release of our imprisoned comrades, the official acknowledgement of confidential information 203 number 51 and the immediate breakup of the said governing agency and the budget from AC-196 to AC-197 for that government agency as ransom. If these demands are not met within 72 hours, we will detonate a nuclear warhead left behind by the Alliance Forces. That is all!”

*機密事項二〇三の51号を公表し  I haven’t the slightest idea. No. 51 of confidential information 203? What?

Probably, the "confidential information 203 number 51" is the info regarding Preventers... if i'm not mistaken, they are a "fire fighters" organization that's absolutely confidential

[Deacon Blues]

Oh it's explained in the next part what it is... I just didn't know how to translate that particular "title".

[Ferhb]

Originally Posted by FalsePrime

Spoiler for Happy:

The most interesting thing was how they just glossed over the fact Heero and Relena spent a few months happily together, given how rarely if ever we see Heero happy it would seem like something to elaborate on.

Yeah. And instead of putting a little more time and attention to their relationship, no, our dear author prefers to spend it all on the Ein/Angelina crap. Thanks.

[IkuzeMinna]

Wow, so far this is the most sense a FT chapter has made. I'm... intrigued. Let's hope he keeps it this way (I'm still kinda waiting for the "wtf" moment ).

And did I get this right: the music box giveaway to everyone and his grandma happens originally in the EW novel?

[FalsePrime]

Well to be fair, if it's something that will continue and they plan on adding further then I can kinda understand.

Really it just goes back to the whole pacing thing and the fact that the writer thus far has done a horrible, horrible job balancing, well anything really.

[IkuzeMinna]

Originally Posted by FalsePrime

Really it just goes back to the whole pacing thing and the fact that the writer thus far has done a horrible, horrible job balancing, well anything really.

True, true. Given it's been almost two years now that FT is being published it's sort of amusing but mostly frustrating that I can't judge how far we're in the story. Are we still at the exposition? Halfway through? Almost at the end? For everything that has happened during MC we've gotten at least ten history lessons. Seeing as this was touted to be a story in the future, I'm forced to believe that there's still more MC stuff to come. You know, to tip the balance in favor of "sequel", not "prequel." But in the story itself they're already on their way to off Relena... :S

But who knows, maybe Sumizawa plans to make FT as long as GoL? We'd definitely have a few more years to go then.

Another thing are the concealed MS. That's bull right there. I honestly can't see what's taking them so long to reveal them. Seriously.

[Javiersansano]

Originally Posted by IkuzeMinna

True, true. Given it's been almost two years now that FT is being published it's sort of amusing but mostly frustrating that I can't judge how far we're in the story. Are we still at the exposition? Halfway through? Almost at the end? For everything that has happened during MC we've gotten at least ten history lessons. Seeing as this was touted to be a story in the future, I'm forced to believe that there's still more MC stuff to come. You know, to tip the balance in favor of "sequel", not "prequel." But in the story itself they're already on their way to off Relena... :S

But who knows, maybe Sumizawa plans to make FT as long as GoL? We'd definitely have a few more years to go then.

Another thing are the concealed MS. That's bull right there. I honestly can't see what's taking them so long to reveal them. Seriously.

Maybe they are still designning them

[Sommer]

Originally Posted by Javiersansano

Maybe they are still designning them

Oh please... How long it take to add more wings and guns at the old models?

[FalsePrime]

Originally Posted by Sommer

Oh please... How long it take to add more wings and guns at the old models?

Given the cloak it's actually more like taking the Wings off, plus remember Tallgeese Heaven has Wing Zero esk wings. That and those designs are finished and it would be foolish to believe otherwise. I iimagine that Snow White will have either Wing's of Light now or some retarded Kefka multiple wing nonsense.

Katoki is a pro and does tons of designs and there is zero need to take this long on something that is largely unimportant.

The true issue with designs is how long the writer is taking to show them. As it is it's going to do nothing but hurt his story when you give what fans you do have following your story blue balls for over two years only to have your big reveal be largely 13 years old.

As it is, there is no fucking excuse to hide Snow White this long, put Wing Gundam and Wing Gundam Zero on the cover of your first two volumes only to Snow White be Wing/Zero with a Funnel/Dragoon System.

Oh and yeah, I really do believe that at this point Seven Dwarves will at some point turn out to be some form of Bit/Funnel/Dragoon. There is no way that they used the Princess theme and choose the one that has fully sentient helpers only to have those beings turn out to be simple element guns, beyond that I really doubt they are going to allow Warlock summon 100 Locks/Scythes just to hand the Hero of the whole freaking time line a couple of water pistols and send him on his way.

[Eeni]

Originally Posted by Deacon Blues

The timeframe was set for an unprecedented three days as her birthday party. It would start the day before her birthday, April 7th, and continue until the day after, April 9th. Coincidentally, April 7th marked the assassination of the legendary peace leader Heero Yuy (AC-175) and the day the five Gundam pilots descended to Earth in Operation Meteor (AC-195).
[/spoiler]

So Relena's birthday is April 8th. Alright. No more confusion there!

And, wow! These people want the equivalent of 3 years worth of government budgeting! They should have gone for more!

Originally Posted by FalsePrime

Nothing really that crazy honestly, Heero disappearing like a thief in the night was something that was right out of a fan fic though.

Really? Heero seemed to have a tendency to just get up and go whenever he felt like it. Also, at lease from Relen'a's point of view, he's there one moment and gone the next! So I can't find this too far-stretched.

[FalsePrime]

Originally Posted by Eeni

So Relena's birthday is April 8th. Alright. No more confusion there!

And, wow! These people want the equivalent of 3 years worth of government budgeting! They should have gone for more!




Really? Heero seemed to have a tendency to just get up and go whenever he felt like it. Also, at lease from Relen'a's point of view, he's there one moment and gone the next! So I can't find this too far-stretched.

It's because of context.

Everytime we see this happen we see the Heero who still tries to keep to himself, either at the time he doesn't really know how to handle it or because he is trying to finish a war.

To have him do this after "Months of happieness" is more then a little odd and a reversal of character instead of growth. This is one of the reasons it's odd to not go into more detail on this subject. Is it happiness for Relena? Is it actually both of them are happy as the passage implies? Does Heero open up to her at all?

If we are to just take him up and bouncing one day and saying jack shit it really begs to question just how realistic is that Heero has had any character growth in that time and just how happy those two actually are.

Had Heero jetted right after he woke up and healed, or when Relena was in the shower or some shit then it wouldn't be a problem. It smacks of weird though they decided to pull Kira/Lacus with Heero and Relena only to have Heero pull Midseason Gundam Wing Heero type action.

[Ferhb]

Originally Posted by FalsePrime

To have him do this after "Months of happieness" is more then a little odd and a reversal of character instead of growth. This is one of the reasons it's odd to not go into more detail on this subject. Is it happiness for Relena? Is it actually both of them are happy as the passage implies? Does Heero open up to her at all?

I think (I hope) it's gonna get deeper only at the end, because their relationship and his feelings towards her have to do with how he's dealing with the fact that he has to kill her and why he chose to do it in the first place. And if he really meant it to do it before.

Originally Posted by IkuzeMinna

True, true. Given it's been almost two years now that FT is being published it's sort of amusing but mostly frustrating that I can't judge how far we're in the story. Are we still at the exposition? Halfway through? Almost at the end? For everything that has happened during MC we've gotten at least ten history lessons. Seeing as this was touted to be a story in the future, I'm forced to believe that there's still more MC stuff to come. You know, to tip the balance in favor of "sequel", not "prequel." But in the story itself they're already on their way to off Relena... :S

I think the objective of FT is to follow GoL, because so far they've been side by side (take the last manga chapter as an example). But I guess that goes on the public opinion, how much they're liking it or not to keep it going. Maybe that's why they're stalling so much... However, if FT is walking towards its end, it'll be a complete and total failure by Sumisawa. I wouldn't even consider it canon, in my head. And I think he wants to make things right. Let's hope so!

[FalsePrime]

Originally Posted by Ferhb

I think (I hope) it's gonna get deeper only at the end, because their relationship and his feelings towards her have to do with how he's dealing with the fact that he has to kill her and why he chose to do it in the first place. And if he really meant it to do it before.



I think the objective of FT is to follow GoL, because so far they've been side by side (take the last manga chapter as an example). But I guess that goes on the public opinion, how much they're liking it or not to keep it going. Maybe that's why they're stalling so much... However, if FT is walking towards its end, it'll be a complete and total failure by Sumisawa. I wouldn't even consider it canon, in my head. And I think he wants to make things right. Let's hope so!

Well we haven't heard anything out of Bandai or the Gundam mags that would imply that they are pushing it to end quicker then normal.

As it is, so long as they aren't going to end AGE early then there is likely little to worry about Frozen Teardrop or Glory being ended early. Granted neither seem to be doing raving well among fans either so anyone holding out hope for something to be animated when it comes to either is holding out hope for something that will likely never happen.