#carta issue

[mikkurin]

A few unhinged women of Gundam.

[st-arcadia]

Carta - pose reference and timelapse under the cut!

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[nitwo22]

[livingcpu]

ito's movie bonus manga

images + text of ito's bonus manga that came as a theater bonus after the read more

usual disclaimer: i might have misread or misinterpreted smth not fluent and pretty bad at reading handwriting

Pg 1 ??? (Mika?): Hey, what does the sign say? ??? (Shino/Eugene?): Something like "luxury store", meaning they have reaaally nice clothes. (The "na" makes me think it's mika on line 1 and the "sugeeeee" makes me think it's shino or eugene on line 2) Shopkeeper: Welco--... Akihiro's jacket sfx: Muddy Boots sfx: Muuuddy Shino: The hell are they staring at us for? Kinda rude. Mika: Hey. Mika: Uhm... Pg 2 Wad o cash sfx: Heavy heavy heavy Mika: ...here. Eugene: Yo...u... That's a ton of cash! Don't bring real money! Mika: But what else would I use it for... Eugene: Well, uh, that said... Eugene: Here's mine. Akihiro: Yep. Yamagi: Shino? Shino: Oh. Shino: Uhm. Pg 3 Shino's pocket sfx: Unfolded paper trash Shino: My bad! Shino: See, uh, so there was this girl, and uhm, the other day, she was hounding me! Shopkeeper: Now now, come this way!

Pg 4 Eugene: Heh. Eugene: I could get used to this. ("Can't say I hate it", but I think this work better w/the follow-up) Shino: Let's make big bucks and buy a store, Eugene. Ride: Hows about I paint the store walls? Eugene: Uhm… Ride, can you paint them ~luxuriously~? Shino: Paint 'em pink! Pink! Eugene: Your face better grow into matching that suit by the time we open shop. Shino: All right. Middle aged daddy Cool old man Shino's got goals. Eugene: And how many years will that take? Pg 5 Yamagi: Shino, don't forget to pay us all back next month. Shino: Of course……………………. Akihiro (handwriting): Not only am I free of the red line of the human debris… Akihiro (regular text): …but I can't believe I got to wear something like this. Mika: Looks sharp, Akihiro. The rest of you too.

Pg 6 Group: Mi-- Group: Mikazuki.................. Ride(?): So cool... Eugene: The hell, man... That's cheating... You little... Shino: Yep, you look super cool. Mika: What? Pg 8 ???: Isn't this like, trying too hard to look cool, so you end up being lame? ???: How do you think you'll feel about this moment when look back at it as an old man? Akihiro(?): Huh, who knows. Akihiro(?): Let's talk about [tomorrow/the future], [tomorrow/in the future].

Pg 9 ???: All right! Let's head home! Pg 10 Isurugi reading Kudelia's letter: "...be pleased if you could take a look." Isurugi: "Sincerely, Kudelia Aina Bernstein" Isurugi: That concludes the message from the president of the Admoss Company. (typoed in the japanese text as "Atmos") Pg 11 Mcgillis: Good work, Isurugi. Pg 12 Carta: To a bright future! The sleeping dragons awaken! (Or like, These unpolished gems shine!) (Right okay wait uhh so when Carta has her blonde boy band do their like slogan thing for the orbital fleet, it's made up of 2 x Japanese 4 character idioms, like an idiom or whatever that can have a long ass explanation but is written in only 4 characters. The first thing she says here is another 4 character idiom. The second thing she says here, I don't think it's one, but I think the writer was trying to make it seem like it's another set of 2 x 4 chara idioms, like how she talks in the anime? Anyway tl;dr I tried to make these both four word phrases lol) Carta: To graduation, and our actions henceforth! Mcgillis: Gaelio, Mcgillis: to the future. Gaelio: Yeah!

Pg 13 Graduate Gaelio: To the future, Mcgillis! Garma'd Gaelio: Mcgillis?! Mcgillis: To the future. Pg 14 Gaelio: I see… Gaelio: From here on, I'll be counting on you! Gaelio: You might have had it rough on Mars, but… Pg 15 Gaelio: I'll bring you to a better future, Gaelio: Ein! ("show you a better future" sounds more natural imo) Ein: The future, huh? Caption/Title: Talk of the Future Pg 16 (I'm kind of guessing based on the characters I can actually read and context for this one...) Top right: Truly, even after 10 years, the iron flower never wilts! Happy anniversary! Bottom: The people who we spoke to yesterday about the future are connected to our present, huh. Let us come together, like iron, and head towards to the future. -- Yu Ito.

[wordsandrobots]

Stand tall, your father told you.

Be proud of who you are.

For your blood runs true, rich in history.

Where you walk, you carry the will of heroes.

And are blessed by the nobility of power.

Others look to you to show them the way.

The lowly and the loyal, sworn to serve.

Lesser souls in need of your guidance.

So stand tall for the ones who follow.

Who give you their courage and devotion.

Show them honour and a marshalling hand.

Be a star in a world beset by darkness.

If not you, then who?

The unworthy?

The unwashed?

Unthinkable.

Stand tall because you are strong.

And just.

And correct.

Stand tall to the bitter end.

For what will become of you if you don't?

"I can't die in a place like this!"

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The Ice Flower Elegies

I’ve been thinking about smiles.

Why are you crying?

You are a hero.

Aren’t you tired?

Eat, drink and be merry!

Stand tall, your father told you.

You are no hero.

The world does not care.

[lilenui]

A commemorative illustration and a 'thank you' message from Itou Yu, original character designer for Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans. From "Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Otsukaresama Bon" staff doujinshi celebrating the show's finale. It's an elusive publication although I've seen it pop up on ebay. It's full of heart-wrenching sketches and illustrations like this one.

[local-redhead-bookworm]

Was thinking about Carta again. How she’s the only female member of Gjallarhorn we see with any sort of power, and how she probably had to fight to keep that much power.

She’s had a crush on McGillis for goodness knows how long, but “senpai notice me” jokes aside, she also respects how hard he worked to get to where he is. I mean, doesn’t she directly point out how fast he learned to read at one point? He’s the only other person who knows what it’s like to have to work so hard to carve out that kind of power, and because she respects him, she wants him to acknowledge her.

She holds firmly to Gjallarhorn’s stated ideals of honor and discipline, and is one of the few non-corrupt individuals in the organization. She does her best to fight with honor, and even though her job in the Outer Earth Regulatory Joint Fleet is little more than a decorative one, she still does it with all she has.

Given the political machinations around her, she must have fought tooth and nail to keep what she has. I wouldn’t put it past Iznario to have schemed somehow to weaken her position in the Seven Stars and take her power for his house, and the same is true for every other member of the Seven Stars save for perhaps Gallus Bauduin. I’m also surprised no one attempted to marry her off that we know of. Perhaps her father’s will protected her on that, or perhaps she was simply too stubborn.

I don’t know, I think Carta is a fascinating character and one of many whose deaths point to what follows with Gjallarhorn as a whole—those who attempt to honor its stated chivalric ideals meet their end at the hands of those who abuse the system’s power.

[sapper-in-the-wire]

Iron Blooded Orphans really is my favorite gundam, I think it’s the most cohesive and focused in its themes and characters. It’s also rich and subtle in details and greatly benefits from a rewatch. For example, Lady Carta is shown to have an honor guard of exclusively blonde men:

Which at first seems something she did because of her obsession with McGillis, especially since her character is presented as a disconnected fool. However, we do actually see where this group comes from, it’s just not directly commented on so it’s easy to miss.

Who else favored blonde boys?