Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - No Retreat (Vol. 3)
As the struggle between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT in Cosmic Era 70 intensifies, it becomes more personal for the characters in thismechaadventure. Athrun takes an oath that he will bring his friend, ace Gundam pilot Kira, over to the ZAFT--or kill him. When the Archangel escapes destruction during a ZAFT attack, the young civilians aboard enlist in the Earth Alliance military forces. Kira joins them, influenced by the scheming Flay's protestations of loyalty and forgiveness. Her ruse opens the possibility that the nascent Athrun-Lacus-Kira romantic triangle could become a polygon. However, the emotional entanglements just serve as a backdrop to the dramatic space battles between the giant Mobile Suits. Director Mitsuo Kukada stages the fights with a panache that makes the viewers forget how often the Gundams' actions violate the laws of physics. (Rated  13 and older: violence, minor profanity)--Charles Solomon