Dude should've been mentored by Mu in the ways of combat, kid knew how to pilot a suit but dealing with a combat situation is as much mental as it is physical;
And Mu was a veteran, NO REASON why Kira didn't have Mu as a mentor.
Fucking waste.
Kira in the Strike was peak Kira Yamato,
little homie had to figure shit out, re-write the OS and shit (my favorite thing about him was that computer shit); Adapt to situations, use his brains, be clever instead of just brute force & newtype shit, and only had SEED come in handy when he needed it.
Not turning it on like a lightswitch, cheapening the impact of it.
He gets Freedom and he's just Superman now lol. The Extended boys gave him some trouble, but even with all of them, he was never in any danger, lame.
Which is another problem, he had no real rivals. Shinn was never a problem until the plot said it was time for them to fight. Since then or until that point, not one regular Murasume or Gouf pilot (male or female, don't give a shit) gave Kira any problems, not even a hint of a Ace to challenge Kira. WASTE.
Til this day, my favorite part of Unicorn is that nameless Stark Jegan pilot vs Marida, yes, he died but man he gave his all and Marida had to try a little harder cause he was going to take it lying down. RESPECT. That was a good fight.
THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN Kira, or hell even Heine should've been the one to be that guy to give Kira some struggle, anything man..
Then comes SEED Destiny, he's just invincible goddammit. After 2 years, not even a bit rusty after sitting on his bum, chilling.
Episode 23, he just shows up & fucks everyone up and leaves lol.
Athrun keeps posing the most logical argument in the show "Stop fucking shit up, and just take Cagalli to ORB to get ORB out of the fight"
take Cagalli to ORB
He says like 4 times, Kira in all his wisdom responds, always with: "I hear what you're saying but-"
Bitch can never be wrong, never lose.
Then when Shinn cuts down Freedom; Ofc it wasn't LEGIT, cause Kira was "conflicted" sure you were nigga. Slicing up ZAFT grunts before, Shinn shows up, now you're confused. Lmfao
To fix this nigga would require re-writing SEED, period. But as far as SEED Destiny goes:
Take Cagalli to ORB
Have Yamato join ORB Forces as Commander (so this idiot can be put to fucking work)
And put his ass in a Mursume (Freedom would be exhausted from Shinn fight, the fight would be tie but Kira ultimately runs away because Shinn is a goddamn animal) He gives Freedom back to Lacus to renovate it into X20A per his specifications (That way, we know where Strike Freedom comes from)
UNTIL THEN, his ass is in a shitty Murasume, with Lt. Baba training some rookies in the way of aerial combat. And who better to teach the upstarts than the fucking FREEDOM pilot.
Kira would realize all this time he was using Freedom as a crutch, and he has to readjust to his humble "Strike Gundam" roots, to make Murasume his new home-
He can even face Shinn's Destiny in the Murasume, almost dying in the process, ALOT of his own men get slaughtered but with some tactical manuevers they make it out alive, barely.
Then when he gets Freedom back, it's go time. But we see this nigga struggle, and out his comfort zones which are the Freedoms womb & Arcangels bosom
ffs, Amuro piloted so many suits, even Loran (good kid) was technically roped into the militia but he still wore the stripes and kicked ass in the Militia's name. He commited and got shit done.
Piloted a humble Flat when Turn A was out of reach
Even Bellri piloted a Recten, a Zaku type, and even G Arcane when G Self was out of reach.
Kira's problem is he is way too comfortable, too much goes his way.
But that's all that's necessary to fix him: Humble him, get him out the Freedom, characterize him by giving him some responsibility and commit him to something.
So simple it's not even funny. This one character was the biggest burden to Gundam SEED Destiny; Cause as soon as he shows up at the end of Episode 22- ALL DOWNHILL for Shinn, Athrun, the script, everything.
Shinn just gets booted from Main character spot, not even funny.
You know, I don't actually hate this guy. He was actually a pretty well-developed character in SEED when he struggled with trying to adhere to his pacifist philosophy while still finding the strength to fight. Sure he wasn't as developed in SEED Destiny, but that show's writing wasn't too good to begin with.
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You know, I don't actually hate this guy. He was actually a pretty well-developed character in SEED when he struggled with trying to adhere to his pacifist philosophy while still finding the strength to fight. Sure he wasn't as developed in SEED Destiny, but that show's writing wasn't too good to begin with.