IS GUNDAM WING PALE FIRE OF ANIME


Relena is literally insane, she suffers from pretty severe dementia, so no, she's not actually the most popular girl in school, and she doesn't become the queen of the world. More importantly, the entire series is her view of the world (the first scene is from her view, the last scene is from her view). The story's schizophrenia makes sense when you approach it correctly, and realize that it is literally schizophrenic. The only fact we're given about her is that she is Zechs' lil' sister and she pursues a relationship with Heero, past that it's up to the viewer to figure out what's real and what's not in the series. It's questionable if there are even Gundams or any of the politics in the reality of the series, for all we know, everything is mostly Relena's dementia, and she lives in a world entirely like our own, but of course, this is up to the viewer to decide, as Gundam Wing is the Pale Fire of the anime world. It's very intelligently written and expects its viewers to be just as intelligent as it is.

Below this is my analysis of Gundam Wing, if you want to discover things for yourself, don't read past here.