>>23458765
I finally got around to finishing Unicorn Gundam today. I'm reeling.
I've been watching in order of release and it was an incredible ending to the UC. Makes me really glad that I kept watching after getting put off by victory. I especially liked that it actually ties off all the in universe history and themes of the series building up to it, and builds on them in the process. Even as I write this I'm noticing parallels.
I particularly eat up the Newtype stuff so it's been especially enjoyable thanks to that, but in general it also just feels like a grand reconciliation of the UC with itself.
To go into more detail, the image attached by >>23516803 summarises a lot of the pros a lot better than I could, but I also don't think some of it's cons are merited. Sure characters can be erratic sometimes, but it fed into the story well enough to be easily forgiven, especially given how Z and ZZ were, and I'd even argue that Full Frontal's background being undisclosed is actually a benefit.
If he had some kind of grand backstory behind his motivations beyond him maybe/maybe not being like the Purus then it would have weighed down his purpose in the story as not a successor to char, who in the story rather than in universe is far better replaced by Riddhe, but instead as the ghost of the One Year War itself. The scene where Char finally completely moves on with Amuro and Lalah is less the death of a mortal man, and more the true lethal wound, spiritual and physical, to the almost undead turmoil between the earth and space. If it actually sticks or not is less the point than the emotional and thematic weight of it.

If there's one downside to how much I adored the OVA series it's that I'm now somewhat dreading Gundam Narrative, since I'm unsure it can actually follow Unicorn up in any meaningful way. I may just watch Twilight Axis and then finally pick up another continuity or one of the standalone shows.