“Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers” vol. 5 is another action-packed volume as Heero Yuy takes on Colonel Zechs in a rematch as Heero pilots the Gundam 03 to take on Zechs’ Tallgeese. Who will be victorious?
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MANGA TITLE: Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers vol. 5
STORY BY Katsuyuki Sumizawa
ART by Tomofumi Ogasawara
FIRST PUBLISHED IN JAPAN: Kodansha Ltd.
PUBLISHED IN USA BY: Vertical Comics
RATED: ALL
RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2018
Just as Doctor J had declared, Heero chooses to blow up the Wing Gundam in order to avoid handing it over to OZ. The Romefeller Foundation, the parent organization of OZ, now controls the world, and by launching the new Taurus Mobile Suits into space, they have begun the sweep of the Alliance’s space forces. After battling Heero, Zechs has recovered the Wing Gundam and repaired it at Berkley Base near the South Pole. What will Heero do next…?
Heero Yuy who is thought to be dead was rescued by Trowa Barton and now Heero will take on Colonel Zechs in a rematch.
All this and more in vol. 5 of “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers”.
What is “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers”?
It was back in 1995 when an anime series titled “Shin Kido Senki Gundam Wing” aired in Japan. The sixth installment in the “Gundam” franchise, it was a series that took place in the “After Colony” timeline.
A different setting and an alternate universe than the well-known Universal Century (UC), the AC deals with events primarily “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing” and its sequel “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz”.
The series is set in After Colony 195 and humans have colonized space and developed space colonies at each of the five Earth-Moon Lagrange points. On Earth, the nations formed the United Earth Sphere Alliance and this alliance has oppressed the colonies with their powerful military.
The colonies want to be free and scientists have developed a plan for revenge against the alliance with “Operation Meteor” and five teenage boys have been chosen and trained by five scientists and then sent to Earth with advanced mobile suits known as “Gundams” made from Gundanium alloy designed by each scientist.
The manga introduces us to these five teenage boys with the protagonist being Heero Yuy, Duo Maxwell, Trowa Barton, Quatre Raberba Winner and Chang Wufei.
As the United Earth Sphere Alliance are aware of the attacks on Alliance soldiers, the Organization of the Zodiac (OZ) has their ace mobile suit pilot, Zechs Merquise to find the enemy.
We are also introduced to Relena Darlian, daughter of the Alliance’s Vice Foreign Minister. We learn how she found Heero Yuy, who had washed ashore on the beach neaer the spaceport and she had always wanted to learn more about him, despite him always threatening to kill her. But for Heero, he is more intent to destroy his Gundam before anyone in OZ can get to it and learn the technology.
In volume 4, Doctor J informed Heero that OZ was transporting its new Taurus model to its base in Siberia and he chose to attack the air route, as did Trowa, while Duo and Quatre attacked the land route, which was a decoy.
During the battle, Heero encounters Colonel Zechs, who wanted to test his new Tallgeese suit against the Wing Gundam. Who will become victorious?
Meanwhile, Lady Une of OZ threatened to use the Alliance’s own missile satellites to attack the colonies unless the Gundams surrendered.
In volume 5, the story is set five months after Heero Yuy self-destructed his Gundam to ensure no one stole its technology, while taking on Colonel Zechs.
Now the two must take on each other in a rematch and this time, Heero can’t blow his Gundam up.
With the release of “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers”, this time around, we see a rematch battle between Heero Yuy using Tow Barton’s Gundam 03 vs. Colonel Zechs’ Tallgeese.
A battle to the death? Rematch – Heero vs. Zechs, who will become victorious?
Like previous volumes, there are a lot of panels of fighting and things were often so chaotic that it’s easy to get lose. Writer Katsuyuki Sumizawa has a tough task of having to write stories about five Gundam pilots but this time around, it’s a bit simpler to read as it’s a battle between two people. Granted, some of the action may be loss because there is just too much of it and you don’t get to really enjoy all the panels as one would hope. But for the most part, it’s an exciting storyline featuring both talented pilots.
Overall, “Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers” vol. 5 is another action-packed volume as Heero Yuy takes on Colonel Zechs in a rematch as Heero pilots the Gundam 03 to take on Zechs’ Tallgeese. Who will be victorious?