So, I finally got around to watching Gundam SEED. This can only end in tears. I know my Gundam series. They will make me hate characters, love characters, get terribly involved in their lives and their relationships, and just when there might be a silver lining, they will kill my favourite character, make emotional wrecks out of the ones I like (deep, dark, black holes of soul-sucking depression). But of course, as I have said, survival instincts of a lemming here, so, watch me let Gundam SEED eat my life, hurt my brain, and make me scream in pain.

In addition, the seiyuu cast for Gundam SEED hurtss usssss. Kira channels Goku at the weirdest time (because he sure ain't channeling Kazuma), Athrun is so unlike Hakkai (as it should be but my brain have been playing connect the dots, and Ishida Akira as Hakkai seem to come on top every single time), that it takes me a few seconds for my brain to switch track. Also, Seki Toshihiko and Koyasu Takehito are so over-powering that my brain get swamped with characters they have played before. Though I admit I giggle every time Raww Le Kleuze opens his mouth. It is a trained reaction. Tomokazu Seki as Yzak Jule is just priceless, and Kotono Mitsuishi is pretty much spot on as always (HARO? HARO?!).