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Bruh Shino's scream when he misses the shot still haunts me. They were so close, you could feel that pain in the sub and dub.

Lafter's death was probably the most out of nowhere "there's no way this just happened" moment in a Gundam series I've ever seen. It's the turning point for me where it solidified that there was gonna be no happy ending for anyone.

I get why people hate McGillis and love to dis on him after Iok, but I feel people inadvertently let themselves be distracted by all the things going wrong and miss the point of his arc from start to end. He lived a harsh life on the streets then was sexually abused by his adoptive father, Izanario Fareed, which (apart reading from up the legend of Agnika Kaeru) were 2 great focal points that formed the central gamut of his character and world views. He is basically a distillation of all human debris, having suffered extreme poverty, starvation, exploitation at high levels no one child should even go through together, yet these are the experiences he went thru as a child that informed all his decisions and actions as an adult. He is as short-sighted as Orga, and as morally-black & white as Mikazuki, which is why they resonated as allies in the first place. So even if he was an idiot who led our protagonists to their deaths, IMO he was cut from the exact same cloth as them. He was an iron-blooded orphan in all but name.

It doesn’t get anymore wrapped up than “and everyone died.”

Season 2 was hard to go back to for me, but Iok's death by Akihiro was the most satisfying part of season 2 ever...

"I need to meet the guys who write these stories" Say hi to Mari Okada! She is the main writer behind IBO

I love this series. Not every series needs a happy ending

No anime has made me cry the way ibo did

She was buying a thick eyebrows bear for Akihiro dammit!

The moment McGillis activates and pilot Bael, he lost his braincells thinking that he got all the power and authority to govern Gallarjorn.

The moment I finished IBO, I sat there with a feeling of bittersweetness. Even though they had no one in the end, Orga and Mikazuki never gave up on their ideals. I find it almost poetic when Mika dies, he’s at peace because he realizes that he created the world he wanted, and that Atra and Kudelia would continue his legacy. I think Galileo’s reveal was terrible, if they had did a Kingdom Hearts route and made his voice silent or even robotic, it could have hidden it better. But, I think he regretted what he had to do, and that he never caught the signs of MacGillis’ downfall when they were kids. It’s a worst end of Naruto and Sasuke, where Sasuke dies cause Naruto was forced to kill him.

Without Biscuit around to balance Orga's desire for more, Tekkedan is constantly dragged along as a pawn in an Icarus' journey too close to the sun. In the interest of their political influence, McGillis and Makanai dangled a seat a the table of the most influential men in the universe to children, who for most of their lives were considered space trash.

In the end, there are no heroes of war, only victims. Thank you for covering IBO! It was a blast to watch and rediscover my love for IBO

Getting into Gundam in my thirties wasn't the plan. Ordered wo Entry Grades, fuck me

I think there are some big things you missed about this series, particularly the context surrounding McGillis as mentioned by another comment. McGillis's upbringing was marred by the sexual abuse of the adults he should have been able to trust and the violence he had to participate in in order to survive. His inner circle was literally a sexually abusive father with a very specific taste for young blond boys (seriously go back and look and he almost if not always has a young blond boy next to him), woman so obsessed with him as to create a personal unit/harem of look-alikes of him, and a playboy who never seems to take issue with the system that would marry off his child sister to an adult. His only respite was the legend of Agnika Kaieru. It was inevitable that he saw the whole system as corrupt and that the only way to subvert it was through the raw violent power of the Gundams and Tekkadan. I think you mischaracterized him a bit in the first video. He doesn't go back and forth. He's just carrying out his duties as an official until he sees the potential and kindred spirit of Tekkadan at which point he switches sides and starts covertly supporting them. Here he was suffering for years only for a group of kids to be accomplishing what he wanted. The irony being that both their means only continued their respective cycles. The success of Tekkadan was explicitly stated as reason for the proliferation of human debris for military use at the beginning of season 2. McGillis ended up marrying Almiria even if he thought he was doing so to protect her. If he was as really as unreliable and disloyal as you say, I think we would've seen him try to sell out Tekkadan at the end but we don't. To the very end, he believes the Gundam's power will see him through and that was one of his fatal flaws. Due to his upbringing, he had a stunted psychological development. He literally saw the Bael as a sort of Excalibur only to be confronted with the fact that the government didn't actually run like they do in fairy tales. All this is why I think he's one of the most interesting, flawed characters/char clones in Gundam and a good distillation of this specific series' themes. Gundam has always been about how war affects children but this show detials the very specific harm it does. I think the series does a good job portraying Tekkadan and McGillis as flawed and misguided but well-meaning. It's not that we were meant to necessarily root for them but we wanted them to find some sort of justice for their circumstances. Although they both paid the price, the world did become better even if they did only have their immediate and not the wider global circumstances in mind. You're right, if McGillis and Tekkadan had won, things probably wouldn't have changed for the better. In fact they probably would've gotten much worse according to the cycle as mentioned earlier. Tekkadan would've proved the worth of human debris as soldiers leading to more child soldiers and governments that undergo coup d'état are more likely to undergo further ones in the future leading to further destabilization and the negative repercussions that arise from people who depend on the very stability that government provides. Having rewatched it a couple times to introduce it to friends, I definitely grew to understand the series more. I watched it with everybody else and it was definitely painful but I think that's to the series credit that it was able to get the audience to care about the cast. Rustal Elion was the very definition of the established institution and order of the society/state. He was unarguably an effective leader that both pulled unethical strings to get dirty work done but was also well meaning enough to agree to ban human debris and let democracy emerge. He also essentially adopted Julieta who was Mikazuki's foil and what would've essentially happened to him had he been brought up her circumstances and I do remember the look of pity and want to comfort the at the time recently adopted McGillis who he probably knew was being sexually abused but at the time had no power to protect. I don't think he would've done all that if he was just flat out evil. He was just more willing and able to play out the long game without rocking the boat too much in order to accomplish his goals. I think the only other nitpick was saying the Rebake only vulcans, a 90mm machine gun, and melee weapons. As the revamped Rebake it does get to dual-wield the smoothbore gun Barbatos often used in season 1 and quad-wield a longer version the standard graze rifle in season 2 on top of arm-mounted rockets and its notorious giant Scissor-Variable Rear Armor a.k.a. Giant Nippers. At the end of the day, those are less important details and you had a lot of cover. So other than that you did a great job covering the series overall!

I think Gundam Ibo is a good example on how Politics and Civil War are fought.

Not enough praise is given to IBO's soundtrack, but it stands out in the franchise for some truly poignant and beautiful pieces. Crescent Moon in particular is used to great effect, and anyone who hears it after having seen the series is immediately right back in the beautiful havoc of the battlefield. Great show.

Glad you made a video on this Gundam series, it's a wild card and I wish there was a continuation but I actually was happy with the ending

props to this anime for not just being good but being good despite so many moving parts!

For everyone upset with the ending I have this to say: You live by the sword, you die by the sword. And DAMN, SON! Boy's went out in style.

Thanks for all you do my dude! Love the insight.

Rip Orga.

Edmonton? Canada mentioned? LET'S FUCKING GO BOOOOOOOYS.

I cannot thank you enough, Man. This was an amazing, but emotionally damaging series ❤

To clarify, at their battle between Vidar and BLR, it is expanded on the books that they were on equal grounds. Each time Mika accesed more of the potential of the frame, the stronger the unit became because the output he could access and control became greater. So after the Barbatos Lupus defeats the Hashmal, the Barbatos Lupus Rex is capable of somewhat matching the capabilities of that fight, thus Vidar with the system active only reaches a certain point. (Which seems to be on par with McGillis connection to Bael) The only time we have seen a true full release is in the app Gundam G tekketsu with the story in it, which is being made into an anime spin-off adaptation "Gundam Urdr Hunt". Where a Gundam frame named Marchosias took on multiple 200+ meter MAs at once outspeeding and overpowering them easily. (Seemingly the original pilots did not get the same backlash people do in the present)

It’s been a long time since I’ve watched IBO, but I remember that missed shot like it was yesterday. If he hits that, the whole story changes, and it’s rare that a story conveys those kind of stakes that well.

Thanks for this deep dive. What an incredible series. Surpasses most anything on American TV. Writers need to take notes. This series left an impact on me and your video brought that feeling back. Thanks

IBO is my favorite non-UC modern Gundam series. People were disappointed with the ending but tbh it made sense considering how the characters are written. RIP Biscuit. He was one of my favorites

You know, I actually prefer IBO’s ending over that of WFM. IBO’s ending was actually written in a way that makes sense, and you can still see the foreshadowing in every episode before the final arc.

Honestly I really love this season. This show is my favorite Gundam show start to finish. I just feel this series and especially this season is all extremely well put together

Mcgillis is one of my favorite Fictional characters. He is so ambitious, unique and persistent.

This story demonstrates perfectly that even if a war is "just" or if that war brings about positive change, it will always become senseless at the personal level, and war always comes at horrific cost for the individuals affected, many of whom wont be fighters.

NGL, hearing this packed speedrun of the overall plotline (politics, factions, character arcs, etc) really helps me process what the hell was happening in S2, I watched the show back when it first came out but now I might give it a more measured rewatch again

Man that Shino death still haunts me (for people that haven't watched it thats the Flauros pilot that was shooting with the railgun cannon trying to kill Rustal and end the battle but he got hit just as he was shooting making him miss). I love the Rysei-Go, the decals, the pink colour. He pimped out his gundam. He was a happy go lucky guy, always optimistic and perhaps a bit unassuming, missing on nuances but he was always there to help and protect his friends. The banter. Leading teammates to brothels to pop their cherries. He was as cool as a side character can be. He than through injuries and with a half-destroyed Gundam wanted to go out and try and end the war with one shot. He wouldn't let anything happen to his family. Then stupid Julia somehow shaked off Barbatos to hit Flauros just as Shino was making the shot. He missed and his scream after that was gut-wrenching. The most optimistic guy died thinking he let everyone he loves down. The way I see it that was the point of his charge after the miss. He thaught it was over, they were all dead and he couldn't handle it. He wasn't gonna let them down, he was gonna suicide bomb if he must, yet it was all futile. I never expected he'll get such a death. And seeing it relegated to the end text scroll and barely any reviewer even talks about him also saddenes me immensly. You name dropped fucking Chad and yet no word on Shino. Fuck man, this series was so good. Probably spent most of Season 2 crying but it was all deserved and the strong plot made it worth all the emotions. Yes there were some plot armor stuff protecting certain characters but still it was incredible! TBH the only thing I didn't really like is Gaelio's wrap up. He got revenga on the betrayal from his closest friend (and avenged Carta) and then nothing. It was iffy enough he somehow survived and in the end his purpose was just to completely ruing McGillis' plan and kill him. I don't even remember did he get anything out from it besides being a cripple. I will watch it again now since this review reminded me how much I love the series but as I remember it Gaelio's resolutions seemed weak. He didn't end up in a place of power, he didn't have personal goals (apart revenge) completed and he seemed to have no part to play in the future of this universe. If I remember correctly he didn't even end up with Julia (although it wa shinted if I remember correctly).

Iron blooded orphans is my favorite gundam series, right after is 8th MS team, then third would be the Gundam origin series. Great job on both videos, keep on making great content!!

Thanks for the video. Solid work y’all.

Great content man

I FUCKING hate Iok Kujan. I will deny him being a good "character to hate" because that means giving him credit I had to stop between 20-29 few times to vent how much I hate him to a coworker

this is my favorite gundam series

Always slaying the vids ❤

Thanks for the drop, you’ve come through a few times for me. I appreciate ya brutha!! Rock on.

IBO had me in tears like few series could! I LOVE IT! ❤

Awesome video guys

IBO was definitely one of the darkest gundam series I’ve seen. They writing staff really chose to go GOT with the amount of important characters that don’t make it to the end.

thanks for a great video!

Amazing videos. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Very well structured and enjoyable. Very fair and agreeable takes. This series was dope but left me with that damn feeling at the end.

I'm so happy tbis dropped 🙏🏼

Looking forward to this!!!

The lack of akihiro focus on these videos are my only problem with them

Either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself to be the villain...

This series just this show. It made me cry so damn much.

The mvc2 end boss phase 2 music got me man. Very soothing. I’m in a nice place now.

This was the way I needed to recap IBO and I'm even more proud of my Tekkadan tattoo

😂 That climax joke was *chefs kiss*

Damn, an add I actually watched all the way through because it looks so cool

History is written by the winners and all suffer for it.

God I hope he does another Gundam video one day. I loved this so much.

29:10 I like to think that the limiters stalling the Gundam is also due to the imperfect Alaya-Vijnana System they have interfering with limiters causing Mikazuki to lose body movement. If I was a perfect I think it like a big warning saying u need to turn off limiters and cause u lose feelings in ur arm or something for a short time unlike semi permanently

God dammit, you have no idea how much I want that giant Gundam fannypack now.

37:40 ~ 10/10 editing. Absolutely unexpected, but it was still great!

11:27 omfg that comparison lmao

Really hit the nail here. So often big changes are done by the work and sacrifice by those just wanted to live better lives. Often they cant even imagine what those lives are or be there to benefit from it. Forgot the exact quote but i always remember the idea it. "be scared of those who want to lead, because they arent here for you". Stuff like this is always worth fighting for but its to create opportunities to open doors, door we often dont know where they go, just hope it goes somewhere better

Curse you Bayle! XD

Love your work man in such detail you put this channel and vids with. 🎉 I

YOOOOOO!!!!!! LET’S GOOOOO!!!!!!

I finished the first episode today, and was confused about not seeing the second.

One day bonsai pop will cover gundam 00

Basically how many characters you love are going to survive ending edition.

Thank you

Iron Blooded Orphans is like the Second Coming of Gundam Wing.

I knew it was gon be a good day🤘🏿🤘🏿 you rock broski!!

Fire music choices again man love the Katana Zero ost

The way I kind of look at it is that these were kids who for most of their lives knew only 2 things fighting and family, as a result of all of this they saw them as their only path forward even when some would tell them that was not the case and some members would leave they would continue on said path not necessarily because they were selfish or greedy but because most didn’t really know much else, a lot of these kids didn’t even know how to read and write in the first season

Can you guys do a dive into the Casshern series for a future video? Specifically the “Casshern Sins” series? Love your guys content!

Man, I feel like I'm listening to the backstory for Armored Core 6. I love it. =)

I definitely need to re-watch this series

You are so right. We are Gundam fans, and we love this. Iron Blooded Orphans is phenomenal! And, yes, waffles are 100% the superior breakfast carb.

them killing laughter pissed me off soooooooo much 🤬🤬🤬😡

A one houre vid im stetting my social on pause

Ranking of the Kings? I love IBO too and soooo many Gundam series as well. But I scrolled through your videos and didn't see a video for Ranking of the Kings, I just saw this anime and it genuinely surprised me on how GREAT it was and surprisingly dark, please think of giving this anime a shot too!

I am so on edge Watchung this cuz ive never seen it before bro

Now that I have watched both parts and have some time; yeah Iron Blooded Orphans. I knew about it but only watched a few episodes and never the whole show until 5 years ago. This is one Gundam season I can probably say this is one of my favorites. It's probably my second or third favorite season of Gundam but I can't remember.

I’m surprised you didn’t mention Ride killing Nobliss at the end to get revenge for Orga.

Now we need a 00 review.

Gallahorn is kinda like the mandalorians in the EU.

Oh shit new bonzia pop video dropped

The end of this show scares the hell out of me.

That frame of shinji was too much!😂😂😂 Comedic timing *chef's kiss*

Lets goooooooo

I love every time you add hotline miami music

I felt that at the end tekkaden was fighting for a higher ideal in that self-sacfrice for themselves. That in itself is a higher goal. But that so many were willing to die so that the others could escape- which the original plan was that everyone was going to die- was note worthy, even if the name itself is forgotten. Them being forgotten is prob the best thing that could happen for the survivors, allowing them to thrive

29:05 Doctor! Remove my pain inhibitors!

This was a great series imo

I hate the end of season 2 cause I want Tekkadan to survive, be the hero and sav the world. BUT this ending was legendary ! Best ending possible for this show. I just want to see more of the PD timeline.

The biggest difference between season one and two for me was the characters. Many old favourites ceded screen time to newcomers who ultimately played very limited roles. This is still my favourite Gundam to date and I wished more people actually talked about this.

You'd be surprised by the amount of videos I watched I don't know the anime just because I love your videos (and made me then watch said animes)

Time to cry

Kid dies the anime is possibly the most accurate description I've ever seen for this series

The ending of the show and the whole show. Was just bittersweet ending and a fitting end for a group of child soldiers dreaming for a place in the world.