What is Gundam Build Divers? Gunpla MMO Anime [Gundam Timelines]

Hey, you ever watch an MMO anime? Well, what if that MMO anime... also tried to sell you Gunpla. The highs and lows of the "Gundam Metaverse" in this episode of Gundam Timelines!
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[@ZorakGoesOn]

For more Gundam Timelines stuff, check out the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLaVQYuFaXnsxcRry42NI-ZXJ-CsfPBo8c Only one more (released) series to go. Hopefully should have it done before G-Witch starts airing.

[@balab1622]

please make Post Disaster Timeline

[@YukikazeQ]

>Only one more (released) series to go. Hopefully should have it done before G-Witch starts airing. Apparently not lol

[@alhesiad]

oops

[@austinreed7343]

There were actually a couple SD series that weren’t just gag series but had their own storylines. Are you going to tackle those?

[@bossgoji]

I think what fundamentally makes Re: Rise so much better despite doing very similar things is that where Build Divers consistently asks 'what if the real world had consequences in an MMO?' which is... confusing, cart-before-horse nonsense, Re: Rise asks the much more compelling reversal of that question, which is 'what if an MMO started having unforeseen consequences in reality?' Re: Rise is exciting the same way reading about Eve: Online nullsec wars where people lose real money is; you're seeing how something that seems harmless on a surface level can have far-reaching, unsettling knock-on consequences. Build Divers, meanwhile, is about as interesting as reading patch notes in a Gundam-themed web browser, and as a result it feels like far less than the sum of its parts.

[@justsomeguywithhalfamustac4600]

Imagine an Alien Saitama actually reaches your world and machines that u think are just in the game appears in real size just outside of earth

[@Monty2289]

I'm not sure how I feel about it after all this time. I kind of don't want this series to turn into a fantasy series all its own but it kind of did. The power that allows for GP Duel and by extension GBN to exist is fantasical. Reiji already confirmed that there aliens from other planets and for god knows what reasons these planets are connected through earth via the existence of Gunpla. By the time Divers gets a new series assumming they don't forget about Re:Rise or the Build Fight series entirely its gonna be really odd. Its just gonna be an off the wall fantasy series but instead of human colonizing space it'll be the mystery of other alien species and the origins of the El-Divers etc. etc.

[@user-kf6ye2sx3x]

@@Monty2289 I think you misunderstand: "Gundam build Divers" and "Gundam build Fighters" are set in two entirely different universes so the events happening in each series don't influence the events happening in the other.

[@FoxTrotPenguin]

The antagonist was right, Build Fighters managed to make me feel something watching a little toy get melted down because I liked the character and they had some connection to it. Divers I just...cannot even pretend to give a shit about anything that's happening.

[@jamcalx]

At least the "Immortal Patrick chronicles" were a consistent highlight of both series. A "Where's Waldo" like experience.

[@EinDose]

A big thing I think all the Build series can do well, even if they don't always, is to give suit designs that didn't get much of a shot in their origin series for either budget or direction reasons a good action scene. As bad as the original Divers is, I think it has the best example of that in bringing in the Devil Gundam for an early episode. The Devil Gundam is amazing, but a kung-fu show never knew what to do with it, it just existed as a dramatic backdrop for the most part. It may not have been in Divers for long, but at least Divers gave the Devil Gundam a fight where it actually... you know, fought.

[@McGunpla]

Babe wake up new Zorak video dropped Being part of the community when Divers and Re:Rise were airing was great, it went from clowning on a show every week to genuinely enjoying things and guessing what was going on and where things were going. Re:Rise is definitely worth a watch, and Build Divers has such batshit insane antagonists that it’d be fun to watch it with a group of friends and laugh at it

[@2o7o7dragon]

Build Divers only has 1 episode "worth watching" and it's the fight with Astray No Name. Re: Rise is worth watching and enjoyable. It was my experience when showing it to a friend that you can "oh, that's the main character from the prequel... he doesn't matter" your way through references to Divers and it won't ruin anything. Though around episode 22 or 23 of Re: Rise we agreed it would be better if the show followed the SPOILERS ... ... main villain "Darth Vader" stand-in from his journey, saw him get turned, then watched the series proper cast save him. My friend didn't think that character got enough time to get invested in... also thought he was way cooler. But I guess "Star Wars but Gunpla" might have an older target audience then Sunrise wants.

[@TheMadjake50935]

I actually truly love Re:Rise, I had a great time watching it week to week with the rest of the world and seeing everyone’s reactions in the comments

[@echoecho3155]

I always say: "The worst thing a piece of media can be is mediocre." A really good show is, well, really good, and a really bad show can make for a fun watch with friends or a "what not to do" lesson. Mediocre and bland? You can't do anything with that except waste time.

[@Believeorreason]

Oh boy the IBO video thats coming is gonna be good

[@SONICX1027]

Build Divers is definitely worth it in my opinion, especially when Re:Rise raise the stakes. This anime wants me to ask for GBN to be real

[@Luzhong_editz]

Very true

[@thepronoob4039]

The original Gundam Build Fighters is great because it's not Gundam. It has little to no stakes and mostly has a fun tournament style of story telling. It is literally people playing a game. It's a breath of fresh air that Gundam fans at the time and even now can enjoy. And in the same vein as the original Build Fighters, Re Rise is great because it's not a Build series. There's no fun loving genki protagonist like before. And as the story slowly unravels itself it becomes clear as day that there's A LOT of stakes. It hits long time fans of Gundam and the Build series alike unexpectedly. The story tackles some pretty heavy shit, PTSD of losing a loved one, how destructive war is and how it tears families and homes apart both figuretively and very literally at the end of it's first cour, what it means to have emotions and the namesake of the anime, the choice and chance to stand back up after falling into the deepest depths, to Re-Rise. As some one who did not watch Divers prior to Re Rise, I honestly think that you do not need to watch Divers to watch it's sequel, like any good Gundam anime there's enough exposition dumps for you to get it. And for those who left with a bitter taste in your mouth after Divers, Re Rise is a phenominal sequel that not only tells its own complex and wonderful story but also recontexualized quite a lot of Divers and kinda gave it a point to even exist. 7.5/10, not as great as the original Builders but still one of the best Gundam animes in my humble opinion.

[@loaduscoolclipz5505]

Just binged all your gundam timeline videos, they're so concise and entertaining to watch! Looking forward to the next one!

[@androyus]

Re:Rise is worth buldozing through Build Divers. Just set the Build Divers episodes on English Dub and play them in the background while you do something else (like building Gunpla, for example). That's always the better way if you must spend your time with Build Divers before reaching Re:Rise 😎.

[@MrLordofawesomeness]

Glad to see more Zorak content on my feed

[@stormbringerthehunter2738]

Build Divers is sort of weird, Riku and his force are basically Background characters given MC privileges, their character designs and personalities are bland to the point where you'd think they're all the same, and my only reason for liking it is the designs of the gunpla, and even then there's only a few i like. Sarah Made no sense, Her species barely does, SHE does not. If EL-Divers were an anomaly, then why was she the only potent one to be a real threat to GBN? That would mean, by that logic, before the build decals were crafted, Every EL-Diver should've destroyed the game then and there. There's a lot about Build Divers 1st i can complain about, but i'd be here until tomorrow (Like i ever get off my PC). Re:Rise on the other hand, is genuinely fun to watch, Keeping in mind, it's still a show for kids, but follows more closely to how gundam stories work, while still being plenty goofy, it makes sense. Hiroto is fun to watch, granted, he acts a little boring at times, but given his background, it's forgivable. May is also fun, and she makes more sense as an EL-Diver who's trying to figure out what her world is and how people live in it. Kazami might be an idiot, but his growth was okay, he at least isn't as self-centered as before. Par's growth is, well, on par with Kazami, but he has made more of an improvement breaking past his barrier. And the Gunpla designs are all pretty good again, but i like more of them in Re:Rise than in Build Divers 1st, and the story in Re:Rise wasn't an enormous emotional roller coaster, but i still liked it more than the first show's "plot".

[@sophieprime4669]

And when the world needed it the most... He vanished.

[@exiaseven9412]

i miss your gundam content so much😩❤️

[@samuelyeoh4329]

'Build divers re rise is a vast improvement ' amen brother!

[@LightOfZeon]

I watched the first episode of Build Divers and forgot it existed until today. Watching the video was probably a better use of my time than trying to slog through to get to re-rise.

[@Kitsune10060]

you don't need to watch the first season to enjoy Re:Rise. stuff like the AI Life forms (El-Divers as they are called in the show) or other things of import you'd need to know about from Season 1, are for the most part explained, and better in Re:Rise. non of which takes long due to how completely fucking empty S1 is.

[@Verminator4]

Re:Rise was such a strange concept for a Gundam series that I'm honestly surprised it got made, but it made that work for it, it had me tuning in each week to see where they were going with it because I wanted to see where the weird plot was going. As for the original Build Divers, "basic" is the perfect word for it. The final arc was the only notable part of it and then only because it was so bad. "Let's kill this new form of life so I can continue playing muh videogame" was probably the worst moment of writing in the entire franchise to date that I've seen and I've watched Seed Destiny in its entirety.

[@jonasgonzalez2751]

For me the best was Build fighters. The action was very good, the soundtrack, characters and plot was very good with the final connection to the "Universal Century" with the colonies.

[@hlh6669]

NEW ZORAK VIDEO!

[@irfan-6506]

i know it's been a year, but i'm still waiting for the ibo episode. i know it's selfish of me, but your commentary is good imo.

[@jetseekers]

If I'm honest, you don't really need to watch divers to watch ReRise. The fact that it's a continuation imo just adds some extra flavor (in that it's an established universe), and makes the Gundam-for-noobs series act like a good backstory for Hiroto. Imo, guess you could say it's a bit like Seed Destiny, but done more competently and watchable

[@Yang_Mulia]

i found this series about different universe is entertaining, i watch everything please continue with ibo universe & ad stella or make various take on different kind of gundam like you did on zaku 🙏

[@SaikoZam]

Not much to say about these. It's not remotely the right decision, but I remember thinking that if Sunrise were to tap into the isekai market, they should have made another show set in Byston Well.

[@liewnoswald7159]

I started with Re:Rise before watching build divers and i gotta say your assessment is spot on for build divers, it feels below average in terms of story telling and logic. But at least it's sequel was way better. Your format from this time around is kinda different from the ones you did in the past, you didn't elaborate a little on the main story and main characters, which is kinda disappointing not gonna lie, was hoping to hear your thoughts on Hiroto and his interchangeable gundam. Looking forward to your take on Gundam- 'if they did south africa'

[@xenoplaguedoctor2912]

Personally i dont think you need to watch the first series at all to enjoy rerise. Sure there are plenty of callbacks but the story is separate enough that seeing the first one is unnecessary. Rerise is fucking awesome. One if my favorite gundam series ever. It’s just so much goddamn fun.

[@angellara7040]

1:00 that leo looks like a 30 minute mission model

[@ern8988]

Take your time with ibo, whether you fed up with this bot explained series, dont have time, or still in production. Its fine, take your time

[@RavianxReacts]

The final battle preparations scene reminded me of ibo final battle against rustels fleet

[@justinwhite1336]

Who said you have to watch build divers to watch re-rise? I skipped it.

[@austinreed7343]

After IBO, one could also cover the SD series; many of them do have their own storylines, like “Superior Defender Gundam Force” (2004).

[@messihr]

Any update on IBO?

[@erubin100]

I will never watch the anime, but GOD DAMMIT DO I WANT MANY OF THE MODELS! Yeah, bandai knew EXACTLY what they were doing with this one...

[@Nortic111]

Out of curiosity, when will you be releasing you video on Iron-Blooded Orphans?

[@thomasffrench3639]

It’s been a year, he’s probably dropped the series.

[@Nortic111]

@@thomasffrench3639 Yeah, that seems most likely, sadly.

[@wr1ght939]

I thought it was alright. You bring up some good points though!

[@cg5380]

I can't wait for the iron blooded orphans video. I watched the gudam build series once out of boredom one night, and only saw clips of IBO on KZbin. Now after going back and checking it out its crazy to me that I chose not to watch it at the time.

[@lucasoliveirafrancisco6868]

Re:rise is totally worth it. Divers on the other hand? Nah The VR world setting is a good idea and can only benefit from drawing on that "gundam fan" energy, like using the backgrounds and places from all around the franchise as game areas

[@Silverbandit66]

I loved build divers re rise. I like the story a lot more and thought the battles were awesome. I think it is worth watching build divers. It”s not bad it can be boring sometimes. I have not really watched rewatch build divers a lot.

[@thomasffrench3639]

Where’s the IBO video?

[@kamerona4723]

i watch this one and this may sound strange but its improved by muting the audio

[@RavianxReacts]

I liked both seasons 1 and 2

[@Monty2289]

Yeah they did jump the shark with GBN and Divers. So much to the degree where they enter the realm of fantasy equivalent to an actual fictional gundam universe. There really is no way there exists a game like GBN where you can eat food in it and that game is 100% committed to gunpla. Or that the game creates so much junk data it can create ELs. ELs mind you that can have their consciousness uploaded and reflected on to a doll. Re:Rise doesn't even scratch the surface of this. Just that a reacurring character are her handlers. But this has so many implication. Japan or any other government wouldn't let these things just hang about and play GBN.

[@spagredo]

Honestly I have to disagree with the statement that to get the most out of rerise you need to watch the og show. When a bunch of friends and I watched it the first time we hadnt seen the og show sans the first episode, but re:rise’s strengths are so strong that I was able to enjoy it even with its cameos to the first season!

[@ru_gamerandotaku2431]

With all the faults of build divers and sure it had a ton of very thicc plot armor I'd say it was still a fine a show and it still had it's intense and good actions and then re:rise came and fixed everything and made us lighten up to some character especially riku and i would also say riku's plot armor isn't as thick as kira but it can't be ignored

[@RagnarTheGrey]

I'm a big kitbash dork, so I love Build Divers plenty, and Re:Rise is one of my favorite Gundam shows flat. But I am considered to have trash taste.

[@marianofedericoberaldi8791]

Is the IBO episode coming in 2024?

[@RebornsAvalon]

if your talking about the urdr hunt spin off then maybe

[@marianofedericoberaldi8791]

@@RebornsAvalon No, I mean regular IBO, the last video was on G-Reco so IBO should be next since he also already covered Build Fighters/Divers.

[@RebornsAvalon]

@@marianofedericoberaldi8791 well then no im afraid it is the end for tekkadan's reign in the ibo series. But there will be remnants off old tekkadan machines for remembrance

[@protos1949]

Based pso mention

[@alfianfawzi2064]

I'd like to give a friendly reminder that GUNDAM BUILD SERIES IS GOING TO TURN 10 ON OCTOBER 7TH! MARK YOUR CALENDARS, FOLKS! 😆😆😆 Gundam Build Divers might be Build Series' weakest entry, but I'd argue that both Divers and Re:Rise's stories complete each other. Divers presented the concept of GBN and how people would react to the existence of El Divers, despite the story itself having varying degrees of success. If anything else, Riku Mikami served as a small part of a larger whole that is the world of GBN, as well as one of the main driving forces that completes Hiroto Kuga's character later in Re:Rise. In other words, Build Divers is less about Riku and more about GBN (plot-driven story) whereas Re:Rise is about the individuals of said GBN (character-driven story) With Build Series having its 10th Anniversary soon, I wish there would be a new crossover project that involves ALL of the protagonists and have them further explore Reiji's origins and the El Divers. Heck, having cameos from Gundam Breaker, Gunpla Builders, and Plamo Kyoshiro would be neat as a celebration of Gunplas. If it were up to me, I wish there would be an Extreme Gundam variant in Build Series so that it'd goad Bandai into making and reissuing more Extreme Gundam kits since its also my favorite Gundam. 😆😂

[@concon09090]

the thing is that "MMO admin staff try to kill an AI because they need to keep the servers running to preserve their bottom line" would actually be a pretty good farcical sci fi satire story, but then this series doing that would involve implicitly criticising Bandai so no can do

[@SuperMechguy]

"Gundam"

[@gbm_nazreen8400]

But still I enjoy the gundam build diver's it's pretty good anime series

[@EnderBudoks]

And cute avatar

[@ohmywingz]

Just give us build fighters 3 lol

[@DEFC0NZER0]

I never watched any MMO anime prior to Build Divers, so it's something refreshing for me.

[@poloniumv295]

If build divers was a 30 min prologue of re:rise i would if not recomend maybe not say its terrible

[@stevenchoza6391]

Who said they let the child soldiers take over? Also, can’t tell if you like or hate IBO?

[@YourGMJay]

i never watched divers but i enjoyed re:rise. I don't really think it's required viewing.

[@RavianxReacts]

Gundam beyblade sao

[@RebornsAvalon]

Re:Rise is substantially better and i srsly mean it. The newer build divers guild has some good character development imo like how Kazami went from a cocky person to a more well rounded personality and Parviz went from being anxious and scared to overcoming it all. srsly the design of the Gunpla, character building and plot just makes Re:Rise much better than original build divers

[@Kitsune10060]

there's nothing in Build Divers you really need to sit through in order to get the most out of Re:Rise in my opinion. Pretty much everything of note you need to know about from S1, is explained. BETTER in Re:Rise, so far as i'm concerned, you can skip Build Divers altogether and jump right into Re:Rise

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Man, this series is so bad it killed this channel’s enthusiasm to do more videos

[@nlsnator3802]

I liked rerise but I really did not like og build divers. It had one good episode where it talked about a guy losing interest in his hobby and reconnecting to it and that was basically it. I don't think I'd ever recommend somebody watch these two shows and I don't think I'd recommend rerise in a vacuum as well.

[@orionhan2431]

i got bored with rerise, didnt watch BD. Would like to see more Captain Zeon with his Colony Drop attack.

[@draketheduelist]

I didn't know you got to this one yet! Stupid unsubbing... Anyway, I concur a lot with some of the objective points and problems with Build Divers. That said, of all Gundam entries that could've been my first, it wound up being Build Divers. Blame it on timing, honestly. I was giving 40k the very last heave ho it would ever get and was looking elsewhere for hobbies before finding Gunpla. Soon deciding to give the anime a shot, I wasn't picky. Any Gundam anime would do, and Build Divers was simply one of the most accessible entries at the time. Perhaps some of my own thoughts on high-tier competitive gaming affected my perception of Build Divers for the positive, and I'll admit that, particularly with Kouichi. The burnt-out retired old(ish) loner who used to be really good before his passion ran out? I feel ya', dude. Honestly, I _do_ think Divers hits that G Gundam sort of vibe, though certainly not as cleanly. Where I think Build Divers picks up the slack is the earnestness, which it has in spades. As _DUMB_ as some of the lines are (I enjoy riffing on them too, especially "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, NO ONE WILL EVER DENY THAT WE ALL LOVE GUNPLAAAAAAAAA!"), the English dub actually plays it straight, which is what Build Divers desperately needed to work. Be honest, how many times have you unironically done the entire "THIS HAND OF MINE IS BURNING RED! ITS LOUD ROAR TELLS ME TO GRASP VICTORY!" speech? Same idea. They could've given it a Ghost Stories quasi-abridged spit shine, but they didn't. The English team respected it, as little as it may have deserved. Build Fighters is definitely the better entry. In a weird way, Build Divers made me empathize with the long-suffering Yugioh GX fandom. Like Divers to Fighters, GX also wasn't _that_ bad (maybe a little low-stakes, immature and sophomoric, but not _bad_ per se), but the original Yugioh was just such a hard act to follow. Speaking of things that are better than Build Divers, ReRise. Oh God, ReRise. Let me put it this way: ReRise makes me feel as good as Seed makes me feel bad. There are very few pieces of media I latch onto like ReRise. The first Avengers movie. Into the Spider-Verse. Beast Wars. Avatar: the Last Airbender. Digimon Tamers. I have no problem inducting ReRise into that extremely exclusive pantheon of genuine quality writing. It's that good, and _definitely_ make it worth sticking it out through the more banal Build Divers. During cough-cough era, I was there for ReRise's initial run as it aired, and it was a blast. If I _had_ to pick on it for something, I'd say it pulled the "side character says something innocuous that gives MC an epiphany" trick a few too many times, and I had to _work_ to find that one, and it might just be a me thing where I'm too old for the intended effect. Plus, that type of scene was how we got the "gonna' save the world with your gunpla?" speech, a scene I wouldn't trade for anything. I don't know about you, but thematically, ReRise is the perfect Gundam for me. Gundam's peace-at-all-costs-even-when-hilariously-irrational message has always been hit or miss for me (notably irrevocably tainting the otherwise outstanding _Iron Blooded Orphans_ series, but that's for next time...), but ReRise demonstrated a real fight-or-die mentality with its combat. None of that give-peace-a-chance crap here. Tell the bad guy to "give peace a chance" for once. (And they try, to their credit.) Even at the end, Alus was still understood. Despite all the deaths ol' Walter Peck caused, you could understand why, given the information he had access to, he would go about his plan of purging Eldora. And yet, though understanding was had between all parties by the end, that _didn't_ mean Alus didn't have to pay for what he did. ReRise has one of the healthiest approaches to combat since G Gundam. Destruction can be necessary to protect yourself from those seeking to annihilate you, and yet it is also something that must be meted out with care and wisdom. Failing in _either_ direction can result in devastation and sorrow that you'll have to live with. The allure of cutting and running and letting others die because you're afraid to stand up for them is powerful. It's difficult, even frightening, to choose to fight for real, especially if you have a long life ahead of you, and doubly so if you've barely survived a similar scenario. The lives you took, or even _almost_ took, can haunt you long after the war ends, even if you won. And even if you do come out the other side, you don't quite know for sure if you did the right thing in the immediate aftermath. And yet, you must still move on. No fight will wait for you to be ready for it. It will happen whether you're there to stop it or not. All of those ideas and more are present in one form or another, especially in ReRise's latter half. What Gundam typically says about war and its brutality is all true, but sometimes you must fight regardless because the consequences of _not_ fighting can sometimes be worse. "War is a terrible thing, but the _most_ terrible thing is the one who considers nothing worth fighting for, whom must forever be kept safe by the sacrifice of those better than themselves." But for once, the cast of a Gundam series _isn't_ castigated for choosing to fight... unless you count their punishment being saddled with that sadly butt-ugly megazord of a final suit. Awesome AF moment for both plot and characters. Terrible janky kit that barely holds together. It's like the exact opposite of the MG Freedom 2.0. Probably one of my favorite aspects of ReRise was, of all characters, Kazami. He starts out as this obnoxious blowhard that annoys everybody on both sides of the fourth wall, but it was initially in the service of trying (and failing) to be this big cool guy hero. But where Kazami worked is that trying to be a hero shows a deep, if unrefined, nobility to the character, something I noticed VERY early in his arc and hoped would be built upon. ReRise had no problem running Kazami into the ground when he was being a toolbag, but it was all in service of allowing him to shed his weaknesses, insecurities and _especially_ misconceptions about what being a hero is really about. It was such a dramatic change for the character that I'm not even gonna' get on his case for the whole implied furry thing. He did good. After all the grief I've given to the handling Flay Allster (who also does many very bad things that annoyed the viewers... in fact both wound up conforming to s3xist stereotypes, with Flay being a toxic manipulative th0t and Kazami being a braying arrogant chickenhawk), Kazami basically got the kind of arc I wished Flay had. While Flay was routinely denied any opportunity for self-reflection and growth to a baffling and frankly un-Gundam degree, Kazami got the kind of tough love that turned him into the kind of hero he himself would look up to. Kazami was a coming of age story that saw an out-of-depth dooofus refined into gleaming steel. Flay was leading a lamb to slaughter and claiming it's justified because the lamb was racist... against her slaughterers.

[@EtheEvil]

We have a Gundam MMO now in 2022 - Gundam Evolution. But IMO is just so low effort, that the PSP games are better

[@WeedDigimon]

Aww yeah, we finally got to the "Ramba Ral goes to Hell" part of the timeline. Wait now that I think about it, does Re:Rise change the timeline?

[@mmdkotetsuth8728]

They make anime about video game instead of making actual video game...

[@irfan-6506]

it's much easier and looking over at g-evo and current state of gbo2 pc. it's much better if they keep making anime about video game instead of actual video game.

[@TheTmoney2016]

Build divers was pretty good this new one not so good

[@hustle_simmons]

Build Divers was so weird and yet so unintertesting at the same time. Not only that but the furry characters were kind of..Jarring?

[@ouch999]

Do you remember me from Minecraft? If you don't I'm Ouch999 friend with StarryNight

[@wanaan]

Build was good. Divers and Rerise were both equally horrid.

[@gundamturkiye]

Build Divers was misunderstood by fans and misused potential by creators on same time. Pros: MC: yeah, I bet you heard hundreds time over and over again, "MC was so boring", "friendship power" or "childish" but Build Divers surprised me presenting first (and only) beatable MC of Buildverse. He's not untouchouble and you can follow his advancement in progress. Break Decal arc: first and only emphatizable story arc of entire Buildverse. Antagonist is truly cynical who hates new version and deeply loved old version in same time. Cons: Furry characters : Its not my cup of tea, sorry. SD Fans: I've been on this fandom since 20+ years and SD kits were only Bandai cared. Sorry.

[@supsup335]

Wht is it? It is a worse built fighters

[@manjackson2772]

"banal" is pronounced like "canal", not like butt sex

[@ZorakGoesOn]

it's way more fun to mispronounce it though

[@Aaron4sub]

Man don’t disrespect IBO

[@Blockio1999]

I disagree that Divers is necessary to understand ReRise. As you said, the story of Divers is generic, to the point where given a basic familiarity with common tropes and a vague premise of the show, you can extrapolate all necessary context to understand what you need to forReRise. I only ever watched fractions of Divers before postponing it to probably one of the last shows to tackle in my ever-shrinking Gundam backlog, and ReRise is easily one of my favorites in the franchise

[@dainatalvirk6853]

Honestly I think build diver and re-rise have better action than ibo and re-rise is definitely the best written gundam show besides thunderbolt and zeta

[@saadayyubi4663]

how dare you call my favorite show Mediocre and bland I love that show and you calling it stuff like that just hurts me very much

[@bootlegyoumufumo4632]

Build Divers is boring and a lot of people prefer to see it not exist. But Rommel made GBD from the wost show from Build series to the best Gundam show ever. All hail the weasel

[@jolemaire6629]

Even the gunpla were really bland and mediocre. That's how low this show went.

[@tlarn]

I haven't seen any of the Build series, but Fighters at least sounded interesting; as far as Divers, it sounds like my time would be better spent replaying .hack//G.U.

[@Kitsune10060]

S1 of Fighters is good stuff, S2 ... less so but still enjoyable Divers on the other hand, you can skip to Re:Rise and miss nothing of value.