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''Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Rebellion'' is an ongoing manga remake of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory]]'', penned by Takashi Imanishi<ref>One of the directors behind the ''Stardust Memory'' OVAs.</ref> and illustrated by Masato Natsumoto, known for his work on the ''Record of Lodoss War'' series. Serialized in Gundam Ace since June 2013, ''Rebellion'' goes a step further than simply retreading the trials of Kou Uraki and Anavel Gato or the wider conflict as seen in the 1991-92 OVAs. Rather, it reimagines and retells how those events played out, resulting in something rather similar to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]: The Origin''.
Thus, while those familiar with the OVAs may find much that's still recognizable, much has been added and changed that the manga can stand on it own even while remaining faithful to its source.
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* [[A House Divided]]: It's mentioned that the Earth Federation is rife with corruption and experiencing a lot of political infighting. It's this mess that's opened a window of opportunity for Delaz and Gato to exploit for Operation Stardust. {{spoiler|The same's true for Jamitov Hymem and the other key figures behind [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|the Titans]].}}
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The manga expands significantly on the OVAs, especially with regards to characterizations, backstory and other details. In fact, a major difference from the anime is
** The manga not only expands significantly on the battle that ensues in and around Torrington Base, but also covers the journey from Australia to Africa in more detail, which was largely handwaved in the OVAs.
**While Cima's arc is more or less the same, the manga nonetheless delves even further into why {{Spoiler|she betrays the Delaz Fleet to cooperate with the Federation}}.
* [[All Too Easy]]: To a point, anyway. Gato finds it rather strange how military security on Earth seems so lax that he could walk in with relatively little trouble. While Miller, despite the red tape in Jaburo, finds it suspiciously convenient that Torrington Base was being used for an Anaheim Electronics-related test, and with nuclear access to boot. {{spoiler|Given that it ultimately goes back to the figures forging the Titans, it's nigh intentional.}}
* [[Broad Strokes]]: The overall plot is broadly still the same. The devil however, is in the details. Among the more significant ones being the encounter between Cima's fleet and the ''Albion'' as well as how the Immortal Fourth, Burning's old team, don't actually meet up with the main protagonists until considerably later on in the story.
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** Alice Miller from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]''<ref>The same one who interrogated Shiro Amada in ''The 08th MS Team: Miller's Report''.</ref> makes an appearance, as she's sent to the ''Albion'' by the Intelligence Bureau to investigate the incident in Torrington Base and the GP Project. {{spoiler|Sanders, one of the surviving 08th MS Team members, also shows up by the time the ''Albion'' reaches Africa.}}
** One of the "Soldiers' Day" sidestories features Matt Healy and Noel Anderson from the ''Lost War Chronicles'' video game. While another, involving Cima's behind-the-scenes plotting, shows a Zeon remnants raid on the same harbor that would be attacked again several years later in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]].''
**It's also revealed that the surviving remnants of the [[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO|603 Technical Evaluation Unit]], notably Oliver May, Monique Cadillac and Hideto Washiya, not only fled to Axis after the One Year War. But they personally oversee the delivery of the Neue Ziel to Anavel Gato.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: To a degree. The initial attack on Torrington Base, is shown in more destructive and graphic detail than the OVA.
* [[Determinator]]: Kou Uraki, even as a cadet, is shown for the get-go as ''very'' eager to become a mobile suit pilot.
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* [[Gundamjack]]: Like the anime, though it happens comparatively later on in the manga's story.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Invoked by Gato when he manages to slip into Earth as a tourist, noticing how the Earth Federation seems to have grown complacent if the Feddies' immigration checks and military security are that lax.
* [[Right Hand Versus Left Hand]]: Miller lampshades how the Federation's infighting and internal strife are such that not even she's fully aware of what's really going on, which concerns her.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Some of the questions [[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team|Alice Miller]] brings up in her investigation are actually lampshading certain loose ends and [[Plot Holes]] from the OVAs.
* [[Les Collaborateurs]]: How Delaz and many Zeon remnants view the "Republic of Zeon," which was propped up by the victors after the One Year War. This is somewhat justified given how the new government's purpose is to facilitate Side 3's eventual reintegration into the Earth Federation.
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* [[No Social Skills]]: Kou is shown to get so engrossed with mobile suits and combat data that he sometimes forgets that there are people around him.
* [[Noble Demon]]: Anavel Gato, with the manga giving more attention to this side of him. Also, Delaz is revealed to be this as well, given his sincere, borderline fanatical loyalty to Zeon and Gihren Zabi.
* [[Once More, with Clarity]]: The manga in general is this, putting the events of the OVA in another light.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Gato manages to arrive on Earth disguised as a tourist...which is basically him wearing a beach shirt and [[Lennon Specs]] with his hair down. When he slips into Torrington Base to [[Gundamjack]] GP-02, he doesn't even bother hiding his appearance other than grudgingly wearing a Federation officer's uniform. It's justified however, given how it's established that no one in the Federation really knew ''what'' the "Nightmare of Solomon" looked like in the first place.
* [[Playing Both Sides]]: The manga makes it evident that Cima is attempting to play both the Delaz Fleet and Federation forces to her own ends.
* [[Reality Ensues]]: Kou and Keith's first experience of actual combat in Torrington Base is shown in harrowing detail, especially given how up until that point, they felt lucky that they wouldn't be in such a situation.
* [[The Remnant]]: Delaz's fleet is mentioned as being the most powerful of the Zeon remnants in the Earth Sphere by UC 0083. Gato in particular rendezvous with a Zeon submarine crew at one point who've been stranded on Earth and in hiding.
** Unlike the OVAs, Cima and her men are initially shown doing their own thing as another band of Zeon raiders before submitting themselves formally under Delaz's command. Or at least, that's what Cima likes everyone else to believe.
* [[Retcon]]: Inevitable, given the nature of the retelling. The most significant being the redesigns for the GP-01 and GP-02, which while still very recognizable look decidedly more updated.<ref>The more radical changes in the GP-01 however, are revealed to be extra armor plating, underneath which is the much more familiar form seen in the OVAs.</ref> It also makes it clear that {{spoiler|the reason Nina doesn't recognize Gato from the get-go is because his back's turned to her.}}
** The attack on the Zeon-controlled African diamond mine base, meant to stop Gato from escaping from Earth, happens very differently in the manga. Instead of just a group of Zakus {{spoiler|the Zeon remnants send in a jury-rigged Mobile Armor made up of various mobile suit and spare parts, including gear meant for [[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team|the Apsalus project]].}}
* [[Retraux]]: Sort of. The art style and atmosphere match the ''[[Top Gun]]'' and 1990s feel of the OVAs, though have been given more contemporary touches.
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* [[Serial Escalation]]: The battles in and around Torrington Base following Gato's [[Gundamjack]] are decidedly more massive, destructive and bloodier than in the OVA.
* [[Stealth Sequel]]: In addition to being a midquel between the OYW and ''Zeta'', the manga also seems at points to come across as this to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam The 08th MS Team]]''. It's also something of a [[Spiritual Successor]] to ''[[Gundam Legacy]]'' given the "Soldiers' Day" vignettes featuring other characters.
**It's also something of a stealth sequel to ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO]]'', as it also touches upon what actually happened to the 603 Technical Evaluation Unit and their part in creating the Neue Ziel.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Kou, Keith and several other Feddie characters are shown in the early chapters expressing relief that the war's long over [[Ironic Echo|and that nothing could possibly go wrong]].
* [[War Is Hell]]: Kou and Keith, who previously expressed their luck in not having fought in the OYW, get a first-hand experience of what war's like when Torrington Base is attacked.
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