Simon is essentially gambling on the ability of the Spirals to find a solution and avoid the Spiral Nemesis. Although initially his rebellion is driven by a desire for freedom and revenge, when Simon is in possession of the whole picture he decides to continue on the grounds that the galaxy will be better off free, even at the risk of the end of the universe. Their response to this discovery was to use Ultimate Power (or whatever, the mechanics don’t matter) to restrict the population of Spirals in the galaxy and to send themselves into a kind of race-wide, eternal suspended animation.īy contrast, Simon and his Spiral followers have an essentially optimistic approach, which thankfully doesn’t involve the death of many innocents. The Anti-Spirals were Spirals (it is implied, humans) who discovered that the ‘Spiral Energy’ (the meaning of which shouldn’t be too hard to discern) of humanity would eventually – well – spiral out of control and cause the destruction of the universe. It’s been widely noted that the Anti-Spiral and Simon are essentially proposing conflicting answers to the same problem. Rather, I’m interested in these antagonists’ resolve and integrity. Now, please note that I’m not breaking out the age-old, tired comment that ‘ Show X played with moral grey areas’: I’m not directly interested in the ethics of the situation. Neither Char nor the Anti-Spiral is particularly villainous. As you might expect, this post is laden with spoilers enter at your own risk. I’ll grant that this isn’t the most obvious point of Gundam comparison for Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann (‘This drill of mine whirs with an awesome POWER’ et cetera, et cetera), but I think the connection is fruitful. ![]() Why do I find him so compelling? It was then that it struck me: Char is not so very different from everyone’s favourite sketchily-drawn (and for once I mean that literally rather than figuratively) villain, the Anti-Spiral. So I was watching Char’s Counter Attack the other night (well, early morning) and considering Char.
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