by Do Gundam protagonists only have bad endings?
The “Mobile Suit Gundam” anime series began with the first TV anime, “Mobile Suit Gundam” in 1979 (Showa 54) and continues to be a famous work even today in the Reiwa era. In the latest work, The Witch of Mercury, the main character, Suretta Mercury, has a happy ending. Still, the endings that awaited the main characters in previous works were not all happy. Did. You might even get the impression that many of them were miserable.
What do they look like? For now, let’s take a look at the endings of TV anime and theatrical anime works (some OVAs) that are classified as the “Universal Century Series” (excluding “Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt,” whose original manga is still being serialized). ). However, whether you are happy or not depends mainly on your values. Therefore, please remember that what is described below is just one perspective.
Also, of course, some spoilers touch on the story’s core and descriptions that affect the life and death of characters, so please be aware of that. Amuro Ray (“Mobile Suit Gundam”, “Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack”) Amuro Ray, the first protagonist, drives the RX-78 “Gundam” in his first appearance, “Mobile Suit Gundam”. We fought through the One-Year War.
He later played the main character again in “Char’s Counterattack,” which was released in theaters, and at the end of the movie, he stopped Char’s plan for “xis” (a fortress made from a converted asteroid) from falling to Earth, but his whereabouts are still unknown. It will become. Later, in Mobile Suit Gundam UC, he was mentioned as having died. It’s probably a so-called death ending. If you look at it alone, it may be called a lousy ending, but it can still be seen as achieving the goals of preventing Axis from falling” andconfronting Char.” Around Amuro, people who were enemies were seen joining hands. Therefore, it’s just before the bad, a bittersweet ending.
Camille Bidan (Mobile Suit Z Gundam): When it comes to epic endings, Camille is at the top of the list. The last line, “Hey, please let me out, okay?” was shocking. This ending of “he takes in the thoughts of the defeated Scirocco and becomes mentally ill” is widely known, but even before that, during the final battle with Scirocco, there was a depiction of him snuggling up to and merging with the thoughts of the dead. You can see that it is already in bad condition.
The Newtypes are so powerful that they can communicate with the dead, but there are doubts about whether this is objectively healthy. Overall, although the goal of “destroying the Titans (and Scirocco)” was achieved, Haman escaped, and Char also gave up on the current system with the Earth Federation at the top (although he is not seen during the main story). The world remains downright unsettling.
Therefore, there is no harm in calling it a bad ending. Perhaps thinking he had gone too far, director Tomino later made a significant change to this tragic ending in the film, commonly known as “Shinyaku Z,” which was released in theaters.
