Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – Episode 24
10 September 2007
You know, somethings you watch and its just, just….it’s terrible, really, it’s terrible because it’s amazing. I say this every week, every episode and I really just can’t get over Gurren Lagann.
This episode was insane, just insane. Nia, giant, naked Nia, everyone dieing, the Arc Gurren Lagann sinking, it’s terrible, it’s amazing. Something big is going to happen, as if we didn’t see that coming already, but after this episode, you can just feel it, like the small tremors before an earthquake. The Arc Gurren Lagann’s final transformation, from that last shot in the preview, is going to be mind blowing. Just the idea, the notion, of the Arc Gurren turning into a giant human form ganmen…my god….
There’s also a little of Yoko and Kittan going on and if either two die, I’m going to pitch myself off a cliff. The fact that everyone sacrificed themselves, Zoushi, Ailac, Kidd, Makken, Jougan, and Barinbou, makes Simon’s impending victory, in whatever shape, form or way, all the sweeter.
It’s like Goldilocks, some animes are too over the top, some animes are too caught up in itself to make sense, Gurren Lagann is just right. There’s enough action, enough craziness, enough over the top Kamina speeches and also enough tragedy and emotion and its the combination of everything, everything that makes it so damn….ARGH!! I’ve resorted to using ‘argh!’ to convey my meaning, because it really is just a lot of ‘argh!’ in a good way. The ‘argh!’, the ‘it’, whatever it is, Gurren Lagann has it and they’re running with it.
Something I just want to point out is that all those who died, did so without even the slightest hint of regret. Jougan and Barinbou were almost maniacal in their deaths. It reminds me of something I read in Wiki:
http://lurkmore.com/wiki/index.php?title=GAR
Observe the following espicially:
It has been described as a neologism of the Latin “virtus”, an ancient (and forgotten) Roman concept glorifying men who strive for a life of courage, self-sacrifice, cunning, overcoming the impossible and honoring those who die a worthy death. Virtus for the Romans and Greeks was not sexual love (eros), but a deep respect requiring a higher sense of admiration and comeraderie neglected in the modern era.
Sounds familiar, no?
@The Laughing Fool – That Wiki article made me laugh, the SaiGar thing at the bottom with Master Asia. Man, I laughed at that for so long, Master Asia made it THAT far? And, of course, Guts win. The word GAR exist for characters like Guts.
You definitely have a point here about “virtus” which makes a lot of sense. Jougan and Barinbou and everyone else held enough respect for Simon and their cause that they almost willingly sacrificed themselves. It’s definitely a sense of “admiration and camaraderie neglected in the modern era.”
I just saw episode 25, and in it, stuff happens. A lot of stuff. So much stuff, that if you took all the stuff in the whole rest of the series, it wouldn’t be as much stuff as the stuff that happened in this episode.
Okay, maybe that’s an exageration, but not by that much. Boota is a huge reservoir of spiral energy, Kittan kisses Yoko, and Simon’s goggle become even cooler sunglasses than Kamina’s. And that’s only the stuff that’s not too spoilerish.
One more episode to go…
NOOOOOO!