QuirkyAngel
White Masquerade's Blue Oni
@White Masquerade
They're buddies with McGillis, who hits several of Char's key characteristics: 1) Fast, Red Suit 2) Blonde 3) Ambitious 4) Prone to stabbing people in the back 5) Insatiable lust for lolis. Mikazuki is a full blown psychopath and you can interpret his relationship with Orga as him pushing him towards more ruthless behavior. Shit, when Biscuit died he basically started a wave of bloodlust that spread to the rest of Tekkadan. Gaelio's unarguably the most morally-upstanding character on the show - when you think about it, he really was only fighting Tekkadan because it was his job. I just really hate how the narrative hypes up Mikazuki - he's basically just been steamrolling everything in his way. I don't think he's ever really been on the ropes. I think I've only continued to watch to see where Vidar and Julieta end up - Julieta almost feels like Mika 2.0 except she's actually fun enough to watch.
I also want to see Vidar using the Multi-Shot Accelerator - they teased that thing back when it was the Kimaris trooper.
@QuirkyAngel
It's really a case of Gray vs Grey. Gjallerhorn is corrupt as shit but they're not Titans Tier evil - they're keeping the peace. Consider the large number of named sympathetic characters they've had (Mikazuki's killed most of them lol). Tekkadan are just trying to survive and get ahead in life - but Mika would be considered a war criminal with the shit he's pulled like killing pilots who have already left their cockpits.
As for Sasuke, incompetence doesn't equal innocence. Consider how many times he's actually tried to kill people - of course he hasn't managed to kill most of them, but he was willing to go that far. The worst part about him is that all he needed to do was say "Yeah, sorry." and everyone magically forgot about all the shit he's pulled.
That's certainly true. Tekkadan is a mercenary group. Hence their business thrives on warfare. Is killing pilots who've left there cockpits a war crime? I can see such ruthless actions starting a war though... Mika is far from a morally upstanding character, but I figured that's what made him interesting to some. Iron-blooded really suits him. Tekkadan only fought GJallarhorn because GJallerhorn continued to attack them. The only thing they were trying to do was take Kudelia to Earth. And Kudelia only wanted to go to Earth for Mar's economic independence. The only thing they did was reveal to the world that one branch of GJallahorn was corrupted (and they weren't really even trying to do that--it was all McGillis). In the second season, they became allies with GJallerhorn. Mika is indeed a psychotic character, there's no denying that, but he's also done a number of good--intentional or not. Though, I'll be honest, Atra and Kudelia's feelings for him make little sense to me =P
With the number of risks they're taking, and the reckless way Mika keeps fighting, Tekkadan is setting themselves up for a downfall.
A person can be evil on the inside, but if they haven't actually done that many bad deeds, can you really call them evil? Does the willingness to kill make one evil? If one tries to kill evil, are they also evil? Sasuke was a criminal, but he also aided in saving the ninja world from Madara/Kagura, etc. It's somewhat understandable that his crimes would be pardoned, especially when one compares the level of the actions. His criminal activities were limited to trying to kill a criminal (his brother), trying and failing to kidnap Killerbee, and trying to kill Danzo (who we know isn't exactly the most likeable character in the series)/attacking the Kage Summit. His one action saved a great many more lives than the ones he's tried to kill. I don't like Sasuke, but looking at the numbers, it's hard to pin Sasuke as a villain.
@Pequeno Burraidh
It's ironic that Rei is trying to set an example of living a simple life without chakra when she is made of chakra and is infusing her land with chakra.
Have fun with with your characters. But keep in mind that there are 5 posts left until the explosion.
