Ever seen Fight Club? It’s a movie about a main character who’s physically and emotionally broken through adversity to as a means of forcing them to break out of their comfort zone and emerge as a vastly stronger being(or some shit like that).
For the most part, a lot of gunpla that Divers(not Re:Rize) showcases are pretty basic customs, and nothing really elaborate- It’s more of an allegory to how beginner friendly GBN is/Riku’s starting journey through it- Despite sounding elitist it’s also a breeding ground for low-effort, because GBN is more about the spectacle and less about the serious combat that Build/Try glorified.
The thing is, Tsukasa generally wants what’s best for GBN, from a creative perspective, despite his blunt views of it; he openly mocks everyone for how “safe” the entirety of it is, and as a result it’s not the kind of system that warrants real challenge to its players, and a consequence to this is that players won’t seek out meaningful improvement if their machines don’t live up to better standards.
This is why the No-Name is such a vastly superior machine to 00 Diver in every way- It’s gone through hell and back and became something uniquely it’s own; it even goes so far as to reject having ‘Gundam’ in its name. Sure, Diver “””wins””” against it, but the outcome of the match doesn’t matter; To the No-Name, that’s just Tuesday. But with Riku it’s a different story.
After 00 Diver gets its ass handed to it, this ends up being the driving factor as to why 00 Sky goes on to become such a strong machine within GBN, because much like the Astray No-Name, it’s practically built from the ground up and had more thought/effort put into it(something that even, Shahry, Tiger, etc, also bring up on occasion). Through its hardship and struggle, it became stronger in a meaningful way.
In other news, the floor is made of floor.
