Review by Chris

December 21, 2000

At a library, Heero does research on Sylvia Noventa, the granddaughter of Alliance Field Marshall Noventa. His arm is still injured, and Trowa tells him to take better care of his body. In Germany, Relena and Noin sail to a meeting of the Romefeller Foundation in Bremen. Romefeller is an organization of European nobles that is providing monetary and military support for OZ. Noin tells Relena to be on her best behavior as a representative of the Sanc Kingdom. As the meeting begins, Duke Dermail, leader of the Foundation, gives a speech. He talks about how democracy and peace through words is meaningless and that people need to be ruled by military strength for true peace. He then introduces Treize to the other members and thanks him for his work in overthrowing the Alliance. Treize talks some nonsense about how God wouldn't mind if people were ruled. As they all talk, Relena jumps on stage and says that the Gundams will come and get them. Noin pulls her off stage and apologizes to Treize and Dermail. Dermail and several other members tell Treize that they've heard rumors about Zechs rebuilding the Wing Gundam at the Lake Victoria base. They do not approve of this, and they want it destroyed immediately.

Noin calls Zechs, and he asks how Relena is doing. She tells him about her, and she also asks when he's going to reveal himself to her. He says he can't, because he's part of the organization that destroyed the Sanc Kingdom. In Italy, an Alliance officer urges Sylvia to leave the city before OZ attacks. Soon after, a squad of OZ Aries arrives and attacks the city. When an Aries crashes, Heero and Trowa listen in and discover that the Alliance troops are hiding in the sewer. Sylvia is knocked on the road by an explosion and nearly run over by Heero. He crashes the car to avoid killing her. The Alliance troops find Heavyarms in the sewer and protect it until they are all destroyed. Trowa destroys all the Aries in the sewer without revealing himself. Heero and Sylvia visit Noventa's grave. He gives her a gun and tells her that he killed her grandfather. He wants her to shoot him to ease her pain. She says he's a coward who wants the easy way out. He then says he's going to visit her grandmother in Sicily. At the Lake Victoria base, Zechs detonates the Wing Gundam in front of Romefeller Inspector Acht. Inspector Acht isn't satisfied and wants to examine the wreck himself. He wants to expose Zechs as a traitor to boost his own career. He does not know that the fully assembled Wing Gundam is sitting at the bottom of the lake.

This was a pretty good episode. After many mentions of the Romefeller Foundation, we finally get to see them. They turn out to be a bunch of stuffy European nobles who want to return to the days before the American and French revolutions. Dermail and Treize talk a lot of nonsense about God for no real reason. Heero's actions in this episode are surprising. With the exception of Noventa, he's never shown any remorse for killing anyone. Perhaps he's finally becoming a bit more human. It also seems like Zechs is going to get in trouble for not destroying the Wing Gundam.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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