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Review: I eventually found my footing in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-

  How do you pronounce "GQuuuuuuX"? Quickly. It's the question on everyone's mind, what would be the question on everyone's lips, were they brave enough to give that...word (?)...a try. Don't feel bad if you're too scared. It's one of the most intimidating strings of letters I've seen in a while. It looks like someone died at their keyboard, leaving one final, cryptic message to try to decode after the funeral, to no avail. If you feel crazy looking at it, you're not alone. And in  Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- , a couple characters discuss how to pronounce it, landing on "geekwuks," I think. Something like that. In-universe, it's a code name for a mech that the characters encounter. In our world, it's a little special something to make non-nerds' eyes glaze over. And sometimes, we need that. -Beginning-  is, like last year's  Dan Da Dan: First Encounter , a chance to catch the first few episodes of a new an...

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