At this point, Iron Blooded Orphans starts to expand with its lore and we get to see two parts of it. The first comes from Rustal's faction, who believes that McGillis is after the "Order of The Seven Stars", a title given to those who destroyed the Mobile Armors (MA for short) during the Calamity War which also determines the rank of power within the Seven Stars. I honestly don't get it - McGillis just goes to the wreckage of the Mobile Armor and shouts "I SLAYED THIS MOBILE ARMOR!" and Boom! He got the order already that makes him the leader among the Seven Stars? This gives me the impression that the Seven Stars' aristocracy is so far back is silly to think such would exist in an age of ultra-high tech and Mobile Suits. Whatever the case, this was their conclusion of McGillis's plot and Iok Kushan is more than eager to stop McGillis at all costs.
McGillis himself, however, has a far different reason for getting to the Mobile Armor himself. Turns out the Mobile Armors are self-automated and are so destructive, they took out a huge chunk of the human population, making the Mobile Armors responsible for the Calamity War. The Gundams were designed specifically to battle these Mobile Armors. An MA can also reactivate itself in the presense of Mobile Suits. Oh, and they have smaller MAs called 'Plumas' that can cause as much havoc.
This sounds like something taken out of a Metal Gear plot. And yet, I'm now even more curious as to what happened in the Calamity War. It seems as though Sunrise is possibly teasing a further expansion of Iron Blooded Orphan's lore with a prequel. If they are taking that route, I can declare IBO as no longer part of the Another Gundams/Alternate Universel line and become it's own era like the Universal Century and Cosmic Era lines. I would then call it the "IBO Line".
By the way, as McGillis is narrating the history of the Mobile Armors, he does so with a smile on his face. I dunno if that's just how the animators want to do it, or McGillis has something in mind with the Mobile Armors, probably use it as his own personal armada. This could place McGillis back in the villain role, until it was set aside by Iok's arrival, who got their idea all wrong and unknowingly awaken the MA. With no Mobile Suits in sight, this places McGillis and Tekkadan in a very dangerous situation.
There were some light-hearted moments in between. Chad still hasn't gotten over that Merribit and Old Man Nady are dating. Zack has somehow placed himself at an advantage over Shino after a night out, so much so that Shino is willing to do whatever Zack says so long as he doesn't squeel. First thing that came to my mind is Shino may have blurted out about Yamagi being in love with him. Hush meanwhile, acts like a little puppy as he follows Mikazuki whereever he goes, even to meeting with Kudelia at her main office, much to Mika's chagrin. Turns out Kudelia handles all the finances of the main Tekkadan crew, as they have no idea what to with it. This was the motivation for Kudelia to set up an education center for kids, but laments over having to gain financing through the war economy, and by extention the lives of Tekkadan, to achieve this.
Though a very minor detail, I have to commend Sunrise when it comes to using English words as they got the spelling and grammar right. Most Japanese anime when it comes to displaying English like signs and the others tend to be so misspelled if not grammatically correct. Also can't help but notice Atra's hairstyle makes her look like she had dog ears and appears to be just as tall, if not taller, than Mika himself.
The next episode will see the Mobile Armor and the Plumas in action, and likely will take a few episodes before this arc is resolved. I would think the Flauros won't be in action for another week or so, so we'll be seeing Barbatos and Gusion first take on the Mobile Armor. I'm happy the series so far is taking quite a steady upswing and just gets better.
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