ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom (SE version)

Kira comes to Lacus' rescue in the Strike Rouge after Freedom is destroyed by Shinn Asuka's Impulse. As the Eternal is outnumbered and outmatched by its pursuers, Lacus gives Kira a new mobile suit to fight with.

Meanwhile, Athrun and Cagalli begin to realize that there's still hope for the war.

[This scene is DIFFERENT from the original Destiny episode.]

Anime: Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition 3 - Hellfire of Destiny

Sorry for the low quality D:

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• gundam
• seed
• destiny
• special
• edition
• hellfire
• strike
• freedom
• gaia
• zaku
• gouf
• eternal
• kira
• lacus
• waltfield

[Weltall8000]

@Weltall8000 two*

[Weltall8000]

@frenzygundam If there is a conflict between the to, in Gundam anyways, anime is canon, novels are not.

[frenzygundam]

@Weltall800 Out of curiosity, I have noticed your arguments on this video are based on animated series. Will the same arguments, stay true for the novel version?

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[Weltall8000]

Shock waves precede the chemical reaction (the fire) in the case of high explosives. He would be hit first by the shock wave and it could throw him before the fiery explosion hits him, mitigating the actual contact with the fire aspect of it. It's very likely a wave this powerful would rip him apart as I previously mentioned, but it makes it at least somewhat feasible the he could live (or at least not be incinerated), whereas Kira doesn't even have that level of doubt at incineration

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@Weltall8000

You're right their was no indication that the blast was the equivalent of a nuclear blast, but still considering that Heero was standing right on top of it and let's assume the blast was equal to that of the Aegis, wouldn't the blast have incinerated him before he could have been flung clear of it?

[Weltall8000]

..him being thrown by it, mitigating some of the force

In Kira's case, he had to absorb the force of the explosion without it being bled off by rolling with it like Heero, he's also stuck to deal with the immediate heat of it, plus the subsequent fire. Even with the retcon of Lowe Gear saving him from the wreckage, Kira's absolutely dead. His body shouldn't even exist as anything beyond ash

Both should have died, but bloody pulp < ash/vaporized, on the "who got wrecked more" scale

[Weltall8000]

@zetatrain Nothing at all indicated it was a nuclear explosion, nor even close to possessing the force of a nuclear weapon.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do think he should have died or permanently been out of action, but he wasn't shown losing so much blood that he should immediately be written off as dead for that. A fall from 50 feet, is not unreasonable to survive. The force of the explosion really was the biggest one, which should have ripped him apart. But at least they had...

[zetatrain]

@Weltall8000

Here's the problem, Heero was literally a few feet from the center off what was the equivalent of nuclear explosion with nothing in between. Forget surviving a 50 foot fall, he should have been vaporized not thrown away from the blast. I guess the reason why Heero takes home the gold for me is that in just one scene we have three ways Heero should have died (vaporized, gravity, and blood loss) and to top it off it was nothing a few bandages and a few weeks of rest couldn't heal.

[Weltall8000]

@zetatrain The Aegis fight was totally absurd. Kira has, by all rights, been killed at least five times throughout CE Gundam.

Hiro was ridiculous, but I'd say his survival is a shred more believable than Kira's in the self destructs; Hiro was thrown away from it (still should most likely have died or at least permanently been maimed). Kira's trapped in a cockpit forced to take it (shouldn't even have remains).