Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Rebellion: Difference between revisions

 

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 early on; the story begins on New Years Eve UC 0082, the first chapter largely following Kou Uraki's time in the academy.

** 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.

* [[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.

** 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]].''

* [[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.

* [[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.

** 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.

* [[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.

* [[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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