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G Gundam Episode 15: Warrior’s Crest – Goodbye, Shuffle Alliance

March 6, 2018 Leave a Comment

Domon and the Shuffle Alliance fight Master Asia and the infected Gundam Fighters.

Ace of Clubs, Queen of Spades, Black Joker, and Jack of Diamonds

The Shuffle Alliance

Episode Summary

Domon and Rain meet outside with the Shuffle Alliance among the ruins of Shinjuku. They explain in unison that the Shuffle Alliance is “a group from ancient times whose task is to maintain order in the world of fighting.”

Domon and Rain

Domon and Rain speak with the Shuffle Alliance

A Death Army mobile suit arrives to relay a message from Master Asia to Domon: Go to Tokyo Tower alone and the city’s safety will be guaranteed.

Domon in front of Death Army suits

Domon starts his journey to Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Domon heads over to Tokyo Tower and fights Master and the DG cell-infected Gundam Fighters.

Domon vs. Chibodee

Domon vs. Chibodee

The fight escalates and everyone summons their Gundams. The Shuffle Alliance members also join the battle, but find that their attacks have no effect on Chibodee, Argo, George, and Sai Saici. “They are the successors of the Shuffle Alliance,” explains Jack of Diamonds.

Chibodee, George, Argo, and Sai Saici covered in DG cells

The DG cells have spread

The Shuffle Alliance members expend their life force to remove the DG cells from their heirs, but at the cost of their lives. Domon attacks Master Gundam with the Shining Finger Sword; Master Asia retreats but Tokyo Tower is destroyed.

Black Joker holding Argo, Jack of Diamonds holding George

The Shuffle Alliance is dead, long live the Shuffle Alliance.

Thoughts

I’ll start by saying that everything involving the Shuffle Alliance was way, way too contrived. They aren’t characters (they don’t even have real names!) – they’re simply a mechanism to cure Chibodee and the others. Who, by the way, just happen to all be the Shuffle Alliance successors. How does that even work? Is it something they’re born with? It’s so muddled…and a little bit lazy.

Argo, George, and Sai Saici

Chibodee and the others are restored

Yet despite these faults, I still enjoy this episode a lot. The word epic gets thrown around a lot these days, but that’s how it felt. Domon walking through the long line of Death Army suits is a fantastic visual.

Jack of Diamonds smoking pipe

Jack of Diamonds

Shout-out to Jack of Diamonds for his classy appearance and the fact that not only is he inseparable from his pipe, but he uses it as a weapon: blowing it makes his mobile suit shoot fire!

Rating

4 out of 5 eggs rating

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Series: G Gundam, Gundam Decade: 1990s Filed Under: TV Show Reviews Tagged: action, animated, anime, martial arts, sci-fi

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