Review by Chris

February 21, 2001

Zechs tells Heero what is needed for total pacifism. He says that all weapons must be eliminated, and so must the desire to fight. He believes that dropping Libra and Peacemillion on Earth is the only way to achieve pacifism. Heero attacks him, and their final duel begins. Using Epyon's heat rod, Zechs knocks away Heero's buster rifle. Sally, Relena, and Howard arrive at MO-II and meet Lady Une. She gives Relena a gun so that she can have revenge for Minister Darlian's assassination, but Relena refuses. She wants to put an end to the hatred and violence. They watch the progress of Libra and Peacemillion's descent. Howard theorizes that if both ships crash on Earth, they will release a dust cloud that will cut off the planet from the sun and create an everlasting winter. Their sensors indicate that the Deathscythe Hell is near Peacemillion, so Howard assumes Duo is up to something. Duo drops the mad scientists off so they can start the engines. Inside Libra, Trowa disconnects the mobile doll control system, which causes them all to stop. Quatre tells Dorothy to live as he escapes with Trowa. Lady Une contacts Noin and asks her to broadcast the footage of Heero and Zechs fighting. Noin says she refuses to follow OZ anymore, but Lady Une asks as a favor for peace. She has the battle broadcast to Earth and all of the colonies. She narrates the footage, and she explains how it is a pointless battle that is bringing them towards peace. The leaders of the colonies are surprised to hear that Lady Une is alive, and they make an announcement. They wish to coexist with the World Nation in peace.

Heero tells Zechs that what he's doing is pointless now. On Peacemillion, the scientists are ready to activate the engines when Quinze shows up. He shoots Doctor J and damns them all for interfering with Operation Meteor. Professor H presses the button, and the room explodes. The engines activate, and both ships begin to move away from Earth. However, a section of Libra continues to fall to Earth. Heero says that Zechs pretends to protect the weak, but he can't stand weak people. He says that all people are weak, but Zechs doesn't acknowledge that he is. Their battle moves inside the part of Libra that is still falling. Duo, Trowa, and Quatre enter Libra to damage it as much as possible to reduce its size. The Maganac Corps arrive to lend a hand. Heero severs Epyon's left arm and flies to the energy core. With no ammo, he prepares to self detonate when Zechs shows up and stabs the core with his beam saber. He says that they will meet again as the core explodes. Wufei gives Heero the buster rifle, and everyone leaves. Wing Zero flies ahead of Libra as they both enter the atmosphere. Heero fires and destroys the remaining portion. After the Eve Wars end, the Earth and the colonies live together in peace in the Earth Sphere United Nation. Dorothy and Noin visit the cemetery to pay respects to Treize and Zechs. Noin says she doesn't pay respect to Zechs because she knows he's alive. On a colony, Vice Foreign Minister Relena (now Darlian again) prepares to leave on the day of her birthday for a meeting. On her shuttle, she sees a teddy bear and an invitation. She sees Heero leaving the shuttle and rips up the invitation. He smiles and walks off.

What an ending. What a lame ending, I mean. This whole TV series builds up to "Let's throw a big nasty thing at Earth." They waste so much time in this series that the conclusion feels very rushed. I said the same thing in my review of the final episode of Gundam X. Even though that series had a rushed ending due to cancellation, it was better than this one. What happens to the other pilots after the Eve Wars? In the end, what was the point of Heero and Zechs fighting? The end seemed like it was ripped directly from Char's Counterattack. However, that movie had a much better ending because Amuro and Char both died, and they had a reason to hate each other. It would have been better if Heero and Zechs died, but then of course there would be no Endless Waltz. Overall, I think this series had a lot of potential, but it wasted it with poorly developed characters and a thin plot of evil organization after evil organization appearing to challenge the Gundam pilots. Also, most of their talk about pacifism and war makes no sense. It does at some times, but most of the time it's just babble to make the series seem more intellectually refined than it really is.

Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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