User blog:Gundam Legilis/Volume 2 Intro In Depth- Penny's Faction

Hello everybody! Today, we'll be talking about some of the most mysterious characters in Volume 2- Penny's faction.

When we first saw Penny in The Stray and Black and White, we saw her as a cheerful and just character, only when she's not around her superiors. She left us wondering if she was a mecahnoid or a human. Now, she looks scared, unwilling but forced to take orders from her superiors. And with the recent release of her weapon references, the debate between her being human or a machine goes even further, because she could have been human and fired her swords' rifle mode instead of destroying the Bullheads with a laser punch, but the sudden strength, the "backpack" and the use of the string swords has me baffled. Also, the weapon references for Penny's swords is a nod to Monty's version Namine in Dead Fantasy.

Assuming she is a machine, then this character reminds me Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion in the sense that they are both non-human, unwilling to take orders from their superiors but forced to out of a dependence from said superiors, and a possible doubt about their own self-identities.

Her faction consists of bodyguards, two red and blue soldiers, and an army consisting of robots/cyborgs. The leader looks kind of serious. What are his motivations?

Stay tuned for next time, as we talk about the villains.

Thoughts?

-Gundam Legilis