Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Fans Look Back After the Finale — What Japan Said

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 312)

• In the end my impression is it stayed inside the doujin box.

  結局同人作品の枠で収まったなって印象

  — @ヒダリキキ-m2v11 likes

• If you love it, just love it. That's fine.

  好きなら好きで良いと思う

  — @のわーる-t2n12 likes

• The advance theatrical cut was probably the peak, but no question this is the most exciting, heart-pounding Gundam in years.

  先行の劇場版がピークではあったと思うが 近年 最もワクワクと心躍ったガンダムであることは間違いない

  — @DAMDAM-ZON-GERU-GE50 likes

• The relentless pacing just made it genuinely fun.

  怒涛の展開で普通に面白かったですよ

  — @料理人のジェイ42 likes

• The what-if timeline where Zeon wins honestly got me hyped.

  ジオンが勝利したifの世界線は普通にワクワクしました。

  — @ストII大好き132 likes

• Felt like Gihren's Greed.

  ギレンの野望みたい。

  — @井上雅人-n5e10 likes

• Man, I wish they'd just put out a Gihren's Greed remaster…

  ギレンの野望のリマスターでねぇかなぁ…

  — @キラ-r5x1 likes

• Even most of the haters won't argue against that part, I think.

  そこは多くのアンチも否定するつもりはない部分だと思う。

  — @pon42107 likes

• Never thought the Gyan could be made that beautiful.

  ギャンがあんなに美しくなるなんて

  — @rinda-komaru20 likes

• Never thought the Gyan and the Braw Bro could look that cool. And never thought I'd live to see the day I'd be ready to lose it over missing the lottery for the Gyan Gunpla.

  ギャンとブラウブロがあんなにかっこよくなると思わんかった ギャンのプラモの抽選外れてキレそうになる日が来ると思わんかった

  — @Tys2446 likes

• I love that there's an actual reason the Gyan is built for close combat.

  ギャンがちゃんと近接特化なのにも理由があるのいいんよな

  — @きよしS-24 likes

• A three-legged Dom, a GM that's basically a Gelgoog, a Psyco Gundam as a living God Warrior weapon. The way it smashed established concepts was wild.

  三本足ドムとかジムなゲルググとか生体兵器な巨神兵サイコガンダムとか既存の概念破壊が凄まじかった。

  — @speedpusher148617 likes

• Honestly, plot aside, I just loved the mobile suit movement, the way they'd move like Evas and fire head vulcans.

  ぶっちゃけストーリーとか関係無しにエヴァみたいな挙動しながら頭部バルカン撃つみたいなモビルスーツの動きは正直好きやった

  — @アユム55689 likes

• At first the mobile suit designs made me lose my mind, but the finale made it click.

  最初はモビルスーツのデザインに発狂したが、最終回見て納得した

  — @neko-w5p-o4y31 likes

• I kept wondering why the character designs were like that, then realized it's an anime parody and it all made sense.

  最初なんでこんなキャラデザなのかと思ったら アニパロだからで納得

  — @okhan12 likes

• Before it aired I was like "this is the protagonist? who asked for this?" but after watching I liked her enough to want the figure. Machu's cute.

  放送前は「コレが主人公？誰得だよ」とか思ってたのに、本編見たらフィギュア欲しくなる位には好きになったなぁ…マチュ可愛い

  — @bluet45222 likes

• Love Machu's look.

  マチュのビジュがすき

  — @じったん-p3l0 likes

• Nyaan's adorable, and the way it barreled through such an over-the-top what-if was a blast.

  ニャアンかわいいよね、とんでもイフで突っ走るの面白かった

  — @ピエール-n4p0 likes

• "Fun to watch week to week, but I'll pass on a second run." That's genuinely the right take.

  毎週見る分には楽しかったけど、2週目はいいかな。が本当に良い評価だと思う

  — @maromaro0100224 likes

• "Fun, but I'll pass on watching it twice" is exactly how I feel too.

  楽しかったけど、2度目まではいいかな、って意見にはすごく同感だ

  — @リアび太5553 likes

• It was fun to talk about while it aired, but not something I want to rewatch. And I didn't end up buying a single kit from this line.

  放送時は話題として面白かったけど見返したくなる作品ではなかったな プラモもこのシリーズは結局1個も買わなかった

  — @ザクロ-s7y5 likes

• If only it had four cours… everyone died in a flash so they were gone before you could get attached. It felt rushed, like they crammed in every character they wanted to show, Bask and all.

  4クールあれば…みんな一瞬で死んでいったから愛着湧く前に終わる。バスクとか出したいキャラ全部出すために端折りました感が…

  — @チャゴ-d7i5 likes

• Two cours might have let them dig deeper into the characters. And the final fight against the white Gundam left me feeling they could've done more with it.

  2クールにしていたらもっとキャラの深掘りが出来たかも。あと最後の白いガンダムとの戦闘はもっとなんとかならなかったの感がある。

  — @千石大雅5 likes

• It's basically a one-joke kind of show, so if they'd split it into two cours the second cour would've felt like a wake.

  基本的には一発ネタみたいな作品だから、分割2クールとかにすると2クール目はお通夜状態になってたと思う😅

  — @hk-e7k1 likes

• These days I usually binge anime later on streaming, but I was so scared of spoilers I watched every episode live. The Star Driver-level speed made it a blast.

  最近は配信で後からまとめて見るアニメが多いのに、ネタバレが怖くて全話リアタイで視聴しました。 スタードライバーを思い出すスピード感で面白かった

  — @DOKAAAAAAN2 likes

• First show in a long time that made me look forward to next week.

  久しぶりに来週が待ち遠しくなるアニメでした。

  — @佐藤慧介-o7g1 likes

• Stop worrying about it, like what you like. Me, I love GQuuuuuuX.

  気にしねえで好きなものは好きでいいんだよ おれはジークアクス大好きだ

  — @tokioyamanoki9390 likes

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