Two Types of Emo Pilots in the Gundam World

One of the first article I did here is about the many colorful personalities in the Gundam universe. In this mecha world, we could get a bunch of rather interesting, and sometimes repulsive fellows. They range from the charismatic, fascinating, disturbed, demented, murderous, heroic, and everything one could think of. A flawed and more human character is one of the many contributions of the Gundam series to the mecha genre. Before the Gundams came to us, mecha anime tend to focus more on their giant robots and less on the pilots. The Gundam series on the other hand pioneered the use of more complex characters in a mecha series, and for the first-time fans had a glimpse of the human side of the fighting machines. And as the series evolve into a franchise, more of these characters came out, much to the delight, and sometimes to the annoyance of the fans. It’s a good thing though that despite of the repeated themes, the Gundam world still managed to come up with a variety of characters.