Gurren Lagan Don;t You Know Who I Am

March 19, 2022 Post a Comment

"Why are you notwithstanding wearing that ring?"
In the get-go episode: Earlier any of the existent action begins, at that place'southward an earthquake in Giha Village that freaks Simon out. He begs Kamina to find shelter until the betoken of tears and screams "I don't want you to dice!" Information technology makes Kamina call up that Simon lost his parents in an earthquake and allows him realize that he's all that Simon has. While still in handcuffs, Kamina puts his arms around Simon in a hug to comfort him equally the earthquake ceases. It'due south an Establishing Character Moment for them both as well as a perfect introduction for the dynamic of their human relationship. Too qualifies as a Tear Jerker considering what happens in later episodes.
- To elaborate further, Kamina has just been slapped in irons afterwards trying to break costless of the village, and abased by his commencement 'Brigade', and is virtually to kickoff a "rage against the heavens" spoken language afterward stoically and badassly continuing withal during an earthquake; but Simon's drastic pleading shakes him out of it abruptly, and he takes the moment to bear witness how much he cares about his "little bro." No matter how hot-blooded he gets, Kamina's first desire is to treat his loved ones.
- At the conclusion of the offset episode, Simon, who has been shown to exist introverted and defective self-confidence, breaks into a confident smiling as he, Kamina, and Yoko finally pierce through the surface.
- There is a special part right before the earthquake. Just as Kamina'due south first Gurren Brigade abandons him, he yells at them for betraying him and tells them that he doesn't want to see them again. Simply when the chief tells Simon to go as well and Kamina sees the doubt in Simon's face, he actually tells the little guy to do every bit he's told; this means that Kamina cares so much almost Simon that he doesn't care if he has to suffer through existence cooped upwards solitary as long as he knows Simon's okay.
Kamina breaks Simon out of a slump with the words, "Don't believe in me, who believes in you. Believe in you, who believes in yourself!" That this is accompanied by a punch to the face and a Heroic Cede Tear Jerker drops it solidly into Crowning Moment Of Awesome territory every bit well.
Yoko finds Kamina and Simon asleep in the second episode; Kamina has his arm wrapped effectually Simon the whole time. Big Brother Mentor / Large Brother Instinct indeed.
Kamina and Yoko'south Big Damn Kiss in episode eight. Yoko initiates past giving Kamina a peck on the cheek, sheepishly telling him that his back is his biggest weak spot. Kamina and then gazes at her in gentle surprise— a look he has never given her before— and takes her into his artillery. Afterward the kiss, Kamina tenderly promises Yoko that he'll pay it back "ten times better" one time the boxing is over. Given future events, this doubles as a Tear Jerker, but it'south still 1 of the most heartwarming moments in the serial.
Although he's always been uncomfortable effectually Leeron, Kamina only took issue with his when he started messing around with Simon. Kamina doesn't just dislike Leeron for his The Gadfly tendencies, but because he messed with his little brother.
Simon's story of how Kamina encouraged him to dig the way out after they were trapped in an convulsion, told in episode 10. Especially heartwarming in the side by side episode when we get to hear Kamina's side of the story. He had e'er relied on Simon in plough, and Simon directly inspired him to become the Hot Blooded Determinator he was.
Nia to Guame: "Simply as Simon believed in his bro, I believe in my Simon!" The fact that this is almost immediately followed by Simon wiping the floor with Guame and casting off his grief for Kamina in the aforementioned motion, in i of the biggest Crowning Moments of Awesome of the whole serial, only makes information technology fuzzier.
- When Simon finally shows upward to rescue her, Nia almost cries tears of happiness and jumps onto him with a big hug... even though he'due south hanging upside-downwards from the ceiling in Lagann. And afterward the awesome boxing, it'southward shown that Nia had placed her easily on summit of Simon'southward the whole fourth dimension, in part because he'd injured his digging out of imprisonment.
Simon'south "My bro is dead" speech is the CMOH for the unabridged series:
During Simon's "He's back" oral communication, everyone of the Dai-Gurren Brigade is looking on in shock... except for Leeron, who'due south merely nodding his head in an "about time yous got out of that slump" sort of style.
Speaking of episode 11: " Rossiu! Permit's combine!"
- Rossiu'south reaction sells information technology- not simply the look on his face up, but the fact that hearing Simon's voice gives him the strength of will to flip Guame on his back. In the moving-picture show, it lets him hold off Viral until the combination.
When Simon performs his own Giga Drill Breaker, does the screen get blurry for anyone else?
The conclusion of the battle for Teppelin. Beaten and weary from the fight, Simon and Nia are flight back to the team, and Nia gazes at the sunrise. Simon puts his arm around her shoulder, and Nia rests her hand on top of his and nuzzles into his shoulder. The scene contains no dialogue ◊, simply information technology's even more constructive that fashion. It's also because it'southward obvious that it's that exact moment when they truly cruel in love with each other.
Kamina and Simon meeting again in the same alternate universe, Yoko getting married to Kittan and meeting again with Kamina in said AU... that whole sequence is a Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming. "Libera Me (From Hell)" playing through the sequence makes it just plain crawly.
- The second movie makes that scene even more heart-wrenching. When Simon uses his Core Drill to open the box he found Nia in, Kittan jumps out and says "Don't forget me!" Simon and Kamina look at him for a second before Kamina asks "Who are you again?", the same way he did when Kittan and Squad Dai-Gurren met up with Gurren Lagann for the outset fourth dimension. Every bit Kittan gets steamed upwardly for being forgotten a second time, Kamina breaks into a grin and grabs him in a noogie, yelling "Idiot! As if I could forget!", as Simon watches his deceased comrades with a smile.
Simon and Kinon employ the Power of Love and the Power of Friendship to open a wormhole and then that Gurren Lagann tin get through, and they can stop Rossiu from committing suicide to absolve for his expose of Simon. Simon than gives him a Get A Hold Of Yourself Man dial, and stops him from making another fault, as Kinon embraces him. Simon than leaves Rossiu and his men in charge of the civilians, and city so the soldiers tin go off to war, proving that friendships can survive expose.
- Simon'south spoken language to Rossiu encouraging him to keep living is a great one, since non merely is he openly forgiving Rossiu, but he'southward likewise quoting Kamina, essentially showing the same level of faith in Rossiu that Kamina showed in Simon.
- On the trip back, Rossiu co-pilots Gurren Lagann for the starting time time in 7 years, proving his friendship with Simon tin concluding through anything, even Rossiu trying to put Simon to death.
- There's also the conversation between Kinon and Rossiu where Rossiu says that Kinon (who is sitting on Rossiu's lap) is heavy, simply he would like her to stay put and then he can feel the weight of one human being life. She and then calls him a jerk.
Revealing that Viral's centre'southward desire is to take a family, which is impossible due to beastmen beingness made by cloning. It'south an actress shocker since Viral is portrayed equally a total grumpy hardass the whole series.
Nia writing Kamina a letter of the alphabet in Lagann-Hen. She never met him and he'd been dead for seven years, which finishes with her asking "Kamina, has this metropolis named after you become what you dreamed information technology would be? Is our future heading toward the one you lot showed us?"
The post timeskip opening contains a significant one. Particularly, the scene where the lyrics are going "I have come this far past following your shadow", and the scene is basically the Dai-Gurren Brigade, with Kamina at the acme facing abroad from the screen, acknowledging him equally their inspiration.
Episode 25, "I Accept Your Last Wish!", has maybe the nigh heart-wrenching Heroic Sacrifice of the series. Subsequently finally showing Yoko how he feels, Kittan is willing to sacrifice his own life to let Team Dai-Gurren to escape the Death Spiral Field and form the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann. This after it's been made articulate that he probably has long-term intentions involving Yoko. Because of his awesome speech it likewise doubles as a Crowning Moment Of Awesome.
Likewise, Kamina's spirit advisor scene in episode 26. The whole damn thing. Simon existence trapped in a Lotus Eater Auto in which he witnesses a simulated life where Kamina and Simon, instead of becoming freedom fighters, settle down as thieves. Afterwards some defoliation, Simon realizes he isn't wearing his Core Drill anymore. Cue the real Kamina asking him if he has lost his drill, and a lot of encouraging, cumilating in Simon punching fake Kamina in the face and then the existent Kamina and now-adult Simon standing side-by-side. Kamina's comment? "You have grown taller than me." Do too note that he does not simply hateful that in a literal sense.
- Also, he tells Simon "the truth of your universe is what's in here," pointing to Simon's heart. At the end of the conversation, when information technology'south fourth dimension for Simon to go, Kamina tells him "This time information technology'southward actually goodbye." Simon corrects him, stating "It'due south never goodbye. You're always with me- in here." and gestures to his heart once more.
- In the film version of this scene, Kittan also shows upwards. After the resulting "who are yous again?" Running Gag, Kamina laughs, and basically remarks, "just kidding, how could I mayhap forget you?"
Episode 27: Lordgenome'southward "Nia, I know I don't deserve to be called your father-"
- And then she calls him that anyway. D'awwww.
  - His Heroic Sacrifice immediately afterwards that should as well count. In a motion that is equal parts Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, Moment of Crawly and Tear Jerker, he non merely stops the Anti-Spiral'due south ultimate move, but also converts it into Spiral energy for Simon to use. Subsequently witnessing how far he had fallen during the Beastmen arc, this moment really gives the sense that this once valiant Spiral warrior has finally found his redemption.
- And, of course, the kickoff of that episode has the Big Damn Heroes moment to cease them all. Nia'south being tortured by the Anti-Spiral for information on how to defeat the Spiral races, her body literally disintegrating due to the strain information technology'southward being put nether.
  Nia: No thing how securely you probe my torso, yous will never understand!
  Anti-Spiral: Nosotros accept no need to understand, we only need to know.
  Nia: Then yous may likewise give up, because y'all volition never be able to defeat them. He will come. You tin can exist sure of that. (Cue Libera Me From Hell as Simon and co. emerge from her engagement ring)
  Simon: Well Nia, I'm hither. Merely like I promised.
1st episode subsequently the Time Skip, when Nia accepts Simon'south proposal. Simon, to Kamina'southward monument: "Yes! I did it, Bro!"
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann also gets big credit for the relatively happy catastrophe. After carving a pigsty through the Anti-Spiral boss and killing him once and for all, every single Anti-Spiral in the universe dies or vanishes due to No Ontological Inertia; Nia, nevertheless, hangs on by pure defiant willpower and her love for Simon, and they finally get married. And so, after sharing their first on-screen kiss, she vanishes into the air, smiling at him, and Simon puts on his cape and spends the rest of his days Walking The Earth. Not exactly a cheerful ending, because that Gainax loves... well... Gainax Endings for a reason, just still a great way to end the continuous series of Crowning Moments of Awesome.
The ending credits of the second picture manages to be a Heartwarming Moment and a Moment of Awesome. Everything combines together to form a beautiful summary of the very essence of the serial. Just wait at the lyrics!
Even though it was All Merely a Dream (sort of), the fact that Boota's greatest wish is to be able to transform into a humanoid so he can assist out Simon more than is rather touching.
In Gurren-hen, the 4 Generals attempted to destroy the Dai-Gurren brigade. Simon not only blocks the shot, but then tells his friends not to falter. Followed upwards by Kittan with something resembling this: "Of class not! How tin can I with all these friends?"
This. ◊
- Warning: Manly Tears are likely.
  - Thank YOU Kamina, for giving us someone who will believe in the states, even when no one else will.
The uncut version of episode 6, which is practically CMOF incarnate, does have a genuinely heartwarming moment in information technology. The boys and girls are separated by a giant wall while in the hot leap, and Kamina convinces Simon to peep on the girls who are presumably naked (they aren't). Simon drills through the wall and manages to make a small hole through the other side, but to overhear what the girls think of him: a immature, ineffectual boy who is also dependent of Kamina and has no real identity of his own. However, Yoko says she believes Simon has the potential to be a great human and always pulls through for his friends in the terminate. As a event, Simon respectfully covers the hole he fabricated and makes no further attempts to peep on them. Non that it stops him from seeing Yoko's boobs past mistake in the cease...
In episode 10, the fighting members of Squad Dai-Gurren, near of whom considered Nia their enemy only a few minutes before, blitz into boxing to relieve her, inspired by her standing up for them and enraged by Lordgenome'southward Parental Abandonment. After the battle they give her a loud cheer, showing that they accepted her as ane of them.
- Two episodes later, nosotros accept Yoko finally getting over her misgivings toward Nia in and the two becoming friends, with Yoko helping fix Nia's hair. Awwww....
Afterward the forming of Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan, where the Anti-Spiral is just beating the hell out of the brigade, to the indicate that it rips open a pigsty to Earth and starts his Evil Gloating. You simply KNOW Simon is going to rally the squad and commencement the proper ass-kicking... Merely information technology'south not him, it's Dayakka, the only member of the brigade to become a father, who not only breaks out of the slump, just delivers the outset large hurt on the Anti Spiral. Papa Wolf at it's finest.
Dayakka: This is...
Gabal: NOT your Planet!
Dayakka: I'VE-GOT-THE-Best-Married woman-IN-THE-UNIVERSE-SWING!
- What makes it even better is that Dayakka, who is normally rather calm and meek, is going into a screaming, Hot-Blooded RAGE hither, showing his Papa Wolf instincts fifty-fifty better. And yes, he is telling him not to lay a finger on his Earth, just we all know what he really ways.
- Notably in the regular Goggle box series, the verbal moment that Dayakka made that come up back? The Anti-Spiral made his kid cry. Giant Eldritch Anathema or not, he was not going to represent that.
- Even more heartwarming is that his married woman Kiyoh (along with the residual of the earth) witnesses it after the Anti-Spiral opened the dimensional bypass to Earth.
When Nia meet a Gunman for the first fourth dimension, Simon somewhen determine to make a Last Stand to allow her to escape. So ensue the post-obit dialogue:
Simon: I'thou ill of it! I am sick of watching people die! I don't care what happens to me, just so long as no one else dies!
Nia: Do you really want to die? If you are frightened, you lot should run. Y'all mustn't die.
Simon: Due north-no, I'm not scared.
Nia: You mustn't lie, either. Come, let'due south escape. Together.
- Then she takes him by the hand and runs. Really, at that moment, she saved him.
Why was the ring the only matter that didn't disappear with Nia? One can doubt it'southward only something to remember her by. The band was how Simon found her in the Anti-Spiral globe, and then what stopping Simon from using the ring to detect her once more without Screw Ability?
Simon is talking with Anti-Screw Nia most the chances of her coming back to normal, she replies that the chance is infinitely shut to nothing, Simon replies with; Well to me, that's as skillful as 100%.
- After she hears him say that, the Anti-Spiral Messenger Nia finally breaks and the erstwhile Nia returns, complete with the voice and facial expression that are and then very much Nia and tin't be described equally anything else simply completely adorable. The weird thing is that this counts as a Tearjerker equally the aforementioned time, because of how desperately she asks Simon if he will relieve her. Gurren Lagann really puts you lot through a rollercoaster of emotions...
Presently later on Simon is named leader of Dai-Gurren, he is talking with Nia virtually something or another. Then Yoko comes in, screaming at Simon virtually not having eaten in the past few days.
Yoko's renewed confidence in Simon after he breaks out of his Heroic BSoD, most pronounced in episode xiii. Offset when she gets hurt in battle and Simon confidently tells her that he will protect her and proceeds to fearlessly fight Viral 1-on-one, and a fiddling fleck later, safely dorsum on the basis again, when she looks at him standing completely relaxed and confident in the cockpit of Lagann... The look on her eyes is quite telling.
The commencement of episode xiv, when Simon and Yoko visit Kamina'due south grave. Especially the moment when Yoko leaves, just to turn around 1 last time. The viewer doesn't go to hear what she says, just the look on her face up and the fact that she says only a few words could give you an idea of what exactly she told him...
Episode 27. Aye, he's the villain, merely the Anti-Spiral's final line before dying is nonetheless an oddly heartwarming moment. An Absolute Xenophobe who dedicated his being to oppressing other races, is felled past the very affair he fought to go along downtrodden, and what does he say?
"If this is how it must be, protect the universe at all costs."
- He doesn't flinch at the idea of a representative of the Spiral races demolishing everything he ever believed in, and in his last moment simply requested that they carry on and protect the universe where he (in his listen) failed. Contrast to Lordgenome, who basically gave a speech that amounted to "you're screwed" when he died. The Anti-Spiral had faith that they could succeed, in spite of years of brutal hatred against them. And Simon vows to honor this asking.
Also Episode 27 - During the final battle Yoko, in one of her final lines before the end, surrounded by some of flesh'southward greatest heroes takes time to declare Kamina the greatest of them all. Above all else it speaks to the fact that he'south irreplaceable in her heart. Needless to say, Team Dai-Gurren wholeheartedly shared that stance.
Yoko: [...]We Humans used to accept someone much greater than any of us! For his sake alone, we'll keep moving forward!
In the outset episode of the 2nd flavour, information technology turns out Viral was protecting humans who did not like the new world order and wanted to return to their hole-and-corner way of life. Sure, Viral may have wanted to help them do it to feel more like former times, only he besides apologizes to his easily defeated mecha also for pushing it also hard.
After Rossiu sentenced Simon to death, he kept Simon'southward drill around his neck. He didn't destroy or written report it; he kept it next to his heart.
It'south blink and you'll miss it, merely during the last moments of the concluding battle in the movie, Nia's Anti-Spiral, cantankerous-shaped pupils become normal, round ones. Once all barriers are broken downward, all illusions cast bated, on the edge of truth, her soul is that of a real human existence.
- In the final scene of the series, Nia's ring is left on a cross atop her memorial. In the movie, Simon wears her ring on his neck, in the place where the Core Drill used to be.
  - One can't assistance but wonder if it's a sign that Nia may not be truly gone for good, considering that this is the ane matter that didn't disappear with her... a hopeful thought indeed.
  - Information technology's also very fitting that her grave is placed next to Kamina's. The 2 people that Simon ever loved the most.
The series itself is kind of a meta one for anyone who has seen GunBuster. For years the anime went unnoticed and untouched later it's descendant Neon Genesis Evangelion got all the fame, leaving it lost and forgotten, known only by the eldest or nearly hardcore Gainax fans. At present, the anime finally has seen the lite of day in the form of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Some refrigerator heartwarming: In episode 26, every bit the unabridged team is escaping the mental labyrinth we see a shot of Lordgenome's dream world. He's standing in a classroom with other parents, dressed to the nines in a fancy accommodate. Information technology's obvious he's attention a Parents Solar day. That's right, Lordgenome's dream is to exist an circumspect male parent.