Gundam Build Fighters Amazing

[Oliverio Gallman]

Episode1 Opens up with a tremendous war sequence, as Fumina and other gunpla fighters sortie to take down Axis, fighting their way through a tremendous horde of mobile suits, and she actually fights her way right up to the final boss, the Musha Gundam. In his introductory scene, Sekai knocks down a delinquent...without even physically touching him, only using his sheer physical force. When Plamo Club President Miyaga has Fumina on the ropes, and is about to deliver the killing blow, Sekai blocks him. And then if that wasn't enough, he throws away his Dom's heat saber, and fights Miyaga's Enact, performing a Barehanded Blade Block, and then trashing the Enact with a single blow! The kicker is what happens when he does the blade block; Sekai breaks the Enact's folding dagger! The reveal of the Build Burning Gundam, about 3 minutes worth of 9011% pure. Burning. BADASS. Also, holy shit Sei, you built a Gundam, and then disguised it as a Dom?!

Episode 3 Team Northern Song Dynasty Vase pulling off a Jet Stream attack on Sekai. Fumina and Yuuma setting up an impromptu trap. Fumina gets her Powered GM Cardigan cornered on a cliff, only to move and reveal that she was covering a tiny gap through which Yuuma shoots and takes out Keiko Sano's Gundam. Made even more awesome by the fact that Yuuma was quite some distance away. The fact that Fumina was able to set this up without telling Yuuma to do so shows just how in sync those two are since they've been battling together since childhood. Sekai's Senpu Tatsumaki-Geri, a Hurricane Kick so powerful, it sucks up all the missiles from Gyanko's R-Gyagya. Sekai using the Seiken Zuki counts as one both for him and for Gyanko's R-Gyagya. The punch is powerful enough that it tears a hole through the colony. At the same time however, the R-Gyagya barely takes any damage, save for a shield falling off and even then said shield was still intact when Sekai returned it, it was more in danger of getting sucked out of the colony. Sekai even compliments its durability. Kind of doubles as heartwarming when you think back to how devoted she was to her brother, and how much she trusted in the shield he made for her. Also shows how Sazaki's skills as a builder have improved. Also one for Susumu Sazaki. Take note that the Build Burning has the RG System always turned on, meaning that the Seiken Suki has the force of a Build Knuckle, if not higher, and still not a dent on the shield. That's one tough shield.

Episode 4 Instant Gunpla Building, Minato Sakai style. That is all. To elaborate: most Gunpla, SD models included, take quite a bit of time and effort to put together even basically. Minato hurls the kit into the air, precisely removes the parts with a hobby knife and leaving no plastic nubs to sand down at that, and then rapidly assembles the parts and applies the stickers to create a high quality build in a matter of seconds. The Gunpla Shingyo School ain't nothing to mess with. Following the above moment, he proceeds to wreck Sekai in their Gunpla Battle, showing him that brute force won't do anything in the tournament.Minato: "The essence of Gunpla Battle is, 'the Gunpla and the fighter fight together as one'!" Special mention must be given to the aforementioned battle: Western fans may not get the reference at all (as their manga and gunpla never made it to the west), but for those fans who do, the entire battle between Musha Godmaru and Kouki Gundam (Both come from the SD Senkokuden continuity, and they're also sort-of related in-universe), in full animated glory, is nothing but a plain masterpiece. Props must also be given to the animators, since both of them get exactly one frame showing their respective in-universe reincarnation and future identity. After both of them hitting each other with their Finishing Move, Godmaru, now with its armor destroyed and its forehead bleeding, continues trying to hit Kouki with its attack, not unlike God Gundam's second God Finger. Unfortunately Minato simply has the Kouki transform; he then flies into the air before crashing into Sekai's Godmaru, claiming victory.

Episode 6 The Offscreen Moment of Awesome when Team TRY Fighters take on the Mega Size Mock MS. Too bad we didn't get to see it for it risk spoiling the entire episode. Gyanko served a Zaku Panini, by flattening said Zaku with her shields, repeatedly. Fridge Brilliance sets in when you consider that those same shields withstood Sekai's Megaton Punch without so much as a scratch. For them to be able to flatten a gunpla model shows just how well made they are. Highlights of the fight between Team SRSC and Team TRY Fighters. The fact that SRSC is able to use the personality of each fighter against them is awesome. If not for Fumina's secret weapon, Team TRY Fighters would have lost the match. And said secret weapon, Winning Road is dividing the Winning Gundam up into parts that docks with Build Burning and Lightning Gundam, enhancing their capabilities, plus it can be used to evade a direct shot from enemies too. Build Burning Gundam, equipped with the Winning Knuckle punches the ground so hard, it blows away all the communication jammers spread around the battlefield. It then outpunches the EZ-SR Intruder and outright destroys it. Lightning Gundam, with its launcher upgraded into the Winning Launcher manages to shoot an enemy out of its normal range. Divine Buster Extension, anyone? Fumina's Gunpla building skill (As evidenced by the Winning Gundam) earns the respect of Minato Sakai.

Episode 7 After the disappointing Team Try Fighters vs. Team Angelfish, we're treated to a battle between Team Babylonia vs. Team FAITH. Mr. Ral and Yuuma are convinced that Team FAITH, all three piloting Gunpla that were built straight from the box, are going to outright lose due to the lack of customization. While the Jet Windam and Murasame do go down, the Destiny Gundam tears through Babylonia's Gunpla like they were nothing. Of course, there's also the fight between Build Burning and Destiny Gundam, a straight-out No-Holds-Barred Beatdown between the two, literally tearing each other apart just to win. Backed up by the fact that the Destiny Gundam is a straight build, meaning not customized at all. In a tournament full of Ace Customs not only does it manage to make it to the quarter-finals, but also manages to nearly beat a Gunpla designed by Sei, and piloted by a skilled close-quarters fighter like Sekai. There is also the other two members of FAITH pulling off a Taking You with Me with the other two members of Try, sending them out of the arena.

Episode 8 Susumu Sazaki made it to the top 16 of the 10th Gunpla World Championship. Kid has gone a long way to finally took a level in badass. During the battle Akira Suga defeating one of the members of Team Song Dynasty Vase by wrestling it with a G Fighter!

Episode 9 Akira Bright-slapping Yomi after she petulantly mocked the defeat of Team Song Dynasty Vase. It also had the corollary effect of Sekai finding him a really serious Gundam Fighter. It should be noted that usually a man slapping a woman isn't an awesome thing to do, but Yomi was engaging in a serious Kick the Dog moment by mocking Gyanko, trampling all over her pride as a fighter. The point where Akira hits his limit is when she smugly tells Gyanko she should quit Gunpla Battle, prompting the Bright Slap. Sekai, being in concentrated training for their battle with G-Master, is currently at doubt. Who else comes to help him train but Shimon and Gyanko? Doubles as Heartwarming too. The entire battle between Team Try Fighters and G-Master was so Hot-Blooded and full of twists, it could have served as the final battle of a Gundam OVA. Highlights include: Yuuma's Lightning Gundam facing off against Sudou's Mega-Shiki. Despite being bested by its armaments and firepower (even burnt into half by the Mega Particle Cannon), Yuuma manages to continue on and finally waylay him by shanking him with a hidden beam saber, not unlike Reiji flipping the Star Build Strike's waist-mounted beam sabers to impale Ricardo Fellini's Wing Gundam Fenice. When Sudou was shocked at how he, a famed Builder, sacrifices his own Gunpla, Yuuma proudly states that right now, he's a Fighter. Despite Akira's warning that the Jigen Haoh-ryu techniques will not work on the G-Bomber's capacity for hand-to-hand combat, Sekai manages to break free from his hold and even meet, point-by-point, all of the projectile weaponry thrown at him. Just like Domon can. When battling the G-Bomber, Sekai decides to use his Senpu Tatsumaki-Geri whirlwind attack. Akira prepares to defend against it, but it's revealed to be a feint to cover a Seiken Zuki punch. It shows that Sekai accounted for Akira's knowledge of Jigen Haoh-ryu, and learned how to feint in order to throw off his guard. Akira and Yomi actually making one of the more ridiculous G-Armor configurations from Mobile Suit Gundam actually make sense. And finally, the entire team (with Sekai's still-functional Build Burning, the Core Fighter of Fumina's Winning, and the jetpack of Yuuma's Lightning) smashing through the make-shift G-Armor of Yomi and Akira, decisively winning the match Sudou's futile punch at the Build Burning notwithstanding. Minor but still very relevant: Meijin Kawaguchi III's back.

Episode 10 Mihoshi, now performing under her real name, has become a star in Hollywood. And damn if she doesn't look amazing! Mirai proves that she's not just for show, more than holding her own when attacked, and handily defeating the Turn-A with the Puchiguy. Helps that she also studied Jigen Haoh when she was younger. A minor one and also a blink-and-you'll-miss-it is that one of the models Yuuma offers to Mirai is a MA-04X Zakrello Rainer Cziomer Color Version. Remember that back in Build Fighters, Rainer built a 1/144 Gaw, which is a mobile carrier, from scratch, which was complimented for being a quality built model. He's probably found success as a gunpla builder during the time skip to the point where his custom color scheme builds are now retail products.

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