It was twelve years ago that the Gillard New Emirates entered into a military alliance with the ISDA. Prince Rajna, the elder son of the king, was the one originally intended to act as the administrator of the alliance, but his untimely secret assassination at the hands of Asim and Garnet changed history.
Jin and Akira are met with waves of resistance from Gillard forces as the two approach Mars. Prince Asim orders Garnet to let the interlopers come because he thinks it’ll be interesting. The Avenir lands on the moon to resupply for the upcoming battle with Thanatos. Mr. Kiril meets with the D-Project council in a video conference. Due to Ostrum’s attack on New Ogasawara City, the people of Earth are in a worldwide panic. The blame game is bounced around between the ISDA and Gillard forces. King Gillard tells Mr. Kiril that the recent rogue actions of Gillard forces is isolated within a faction within Asim’s forces, and reassures Mr. Kiril that the ISDA has the nation’s full military backing. Sakaki, also sitting in on the meeting, suspects that there is a greater power at work.
Prince Asim and Toa have a philosophical talk about the foolishness of humanity. Asim has illusions of grandeur that he is above everyone else, but Toa tells him that everything is equal. She argues that while humans have their bad side, they also have a good side to them too. According to her, love can awaken an incredible power. Asim is quick to point out that this power of love is related to Jin, and alerts Toa that Jin is on his way to the palace right now.
Jin and Akira touch down on Mars and easily deal with the surface resistance. The two break through the defensive lines, and even the Agathions prove to be ineffective against the duo. Then again when have the Agathions ever worked? Akira stays behind to deal with a group of Agathions as Jin and Gio break into the palace to rescue Toa.
Asim observes Toa’s reactions as they both watch Jin and Gio storm through the palace and deal with the well-endowed guards stationed throughout. Gio isn’t afraid to hit girls, so he and Jin make steady progress to the top of the tower where Asim and Toa await. Toa calls Asim foolish for taking delight in Jin and Gio’s pain as they continue to watch the monitors. Prince Asim notes that Toa is almost like a human with her diverse range of emotions when it comes to Jin.
Jin and Gio finally make it to the top of the tower, but their princess is in another castle and Jin battles Asim while Gio fights off Garnet. Asim beats Jin around, and Toa’s anger starts to crack the special CSS enforced glass. Jin and Gio deal with their respectives foes, and the power of Jin and Toa’s aforementioned love frees Toa from her prison. Asim goes off his rocker after witnessing the power of Jin and Toa’s love.
The power of love. Right. The best part of this episode was watching Gio smack around all those lady guards. An entirely forgettable episode save for Toa finally getting rescued. Let’s just hope she doesn’t need to be rescued again. Asim’s character sucks, but Asim as a villain >>>>>>>>> Kazuki as a villain. Speaking of which, my money is on Kazuki becoming an anti-hero when he comes back.
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I stopped watching it after a few episodes… but now I kinda regret. Heh~ Maybe I should start again.
Wow~ So many snapshots. Must have been a pain!
Well, Asim isn’t the greatest type of villain if you ask me <_<. But I suppose one can’t help but find him… amusing and replusive at the same time with his delusions of grandeur ^^;;. Jin got in a rather nice punch there too :D. People all around have (or so it seems 9_9 ) been crying in joy that Jin finailly does a bit of figtning for himself instead of only relying on Gio/Toa/Akira (even if he still is saved quite a lot by Gio).
And of course the Gillard wouldn’t have much to throw in the face of Jin & Akira - compared to the power a dragon has, the Gillard forces - fake dragons included (heck, Akira was even able to handle nearly all of those by herself!) - are _very_ small fry in comparison :lmao
Still, I suppose that’s the best we can expect from the “minor antagonists” of this series…
The power of love, eh? Rather cheesy :lmao. Though of course it’s true that people who love each other may push themselves further than they otherwise would - or could do :).
As for Kakuzi, I sort of suspect that when he’s back we’ll see him join (or having joined) the Gillard (temporarily, at least)…
METAL GEAR?! D:
I wonder how many anime use the ‘blister’ shine shading effect. It’s pretty noticeable on people like Toa here, but I don’t remember seeing it too often. Not a fan of it though - It’s called the ‘blister effect’ for a reason.