Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Ep. 29 Thoughts

Well, it is official. The Gjallarhorn's division under McGillis Fareed has formed an alliance with Tekkadan.

After watching the first 3 episodes of the 2nd season of Iron-Blooded Orphans, I predicted that McGillis and Tekkadan would team-up as they can benefit from one another in the aftermath of the first season.

For McGillis's ambition of changing all of Gjallarhorn in his image to be realized, he must bring down the rest of the Seven Stars, and thus needs Tekkadan to do the grunt work.

For Orga, fighting the rest of the Seven Stars and beating them all will give Tekkadan such a reputation that it will dwarf even their own parent organization, Teiwaz.

Speaking of which, Orga has fully embraced his association with Teiwaz and brought out a taste of Mafia justice against the mastermind behind the attempts at Kudelia's life.

Obviously the Seven Stars and Teiwaz would give notice and see the Fareed-Tekkadan alliance as quite a threat, and we will have another three-way dance like we saw last episode and this one. It also gives credence to my other prediction that McGillis and Mikazuki won't be fighting each other for quite some time until the alliance has achieved both their goals. There isn't any point for McGillis and Orga to betray one another as they're too smart for that, and even sniff out any attempts at sabotage. So expect the Fareed-Tekkadan alliance to last probably until the end of the season, which likely may give the possibility of a 3rd season of Iron-Blooded Orphans.

To date, no Another Gundam/Alternate Universe Gundam series (G, W, X, Turn A, 00, AGE) has ever gone beyond 50 episodes. Considering Orphans is within that category, I do expect that everything will end after episode 50. But should Orphans do get a third season, it would be a milestone for a series that is not part of the established timelines, such as the Universal Century and Cosmic Era. 

The newly discovered Gundam Frame will sure be coming to Shingo, while a second unit (likely a Mobile Armor) will probably go to Hush.

Kudelia (and by extension, Naze) does see that Tekkdan's advances will cause more problems than not. So efforts have to be made to reduce the likelihood of giving Tekkadan more enemies that may cause its downfall.

I've enjoyed the first season of Iron-Blooded Orphans, and this season has not disappointed me so far. So I am giving it high marks and still one of my favorite Gundam series. Looking forward to the next arc.