NAIDA AND RUBINA: WHAT'S BEHIND THE MASK - 35
By Gerdha & Joe7
(first article: here; previous article: here)

ANALYSIS ABOUT RUBINA

MEETING ON EARTH: FLEED THAT RETURNS TO LIFE

In Dialogue 5, Rubina talks to Duke about Planet Fleed which is coming back to life. Let's read:

Duke Fleed: Not only that, but Planet Fleed was polluted by Vegatron radioactivity too, and was turned into a planet of death!
Rubina: (turning to Duke Fleed) No, Duke, luckily Planet Fleed is not completely destroyed.
Duke Fleed: (astonished): What?
Rubina: (showing to Duke Fleed the picture she took from her spacer) I've seen it arriving from Planet Rubi. This is its picture.
(Duke Fleed watches the picture in total surprise and emotion)
Duke Fleed: The suspicious aura of Vegatron radioactivity which covered Planet Fleed does not exist anymore!
Rubina: Vegatron radioactivity is becoming weaker, and Planet Fleed is going to regenerate itself.
Duke Fleed: (turning his eyesight to the sky in the opposite direction respect to Rubina's position) Planet Fleed is going to regenerate itself?

Examining Duke Fleed's comments looking at the picture of his home planet, we can see that he was totally aware of the fact that his planet was contaminated and it was no longer capable to preserve life.

I have to repeat this: Planet Fleed was completely contaminated: otherwise, if it was not so, Daisuke would have no reason to escape to Earth. He had Grendizer, King Vega only had the Giru Giru and the mini UFOs: if Daisuke wanted, he could win them (in episode 1 he defeats Giru Giru in 2 minutes, years after the last time he had driven Goldrake).

He could still do something for his people, at least to die like a hero to save someone. Instead, Duke Fleed escapes, starting a new life without ever thinking about going back, definitely convinced he was the only survivor.

Basically, Daisuke understood that there could not have been any survivors on Fleed, especially after a particular event he had witnessed: a Vegatron mega-bomb that contaminated all Fleed planet.

Otherwise, given his personality, he would have behaved differently. Well, how many times in the anime he spoke about planet Fleed as a dead planet? Dozens of times, including Daisuke's presentation to Koji in ep2.

How many contrary evidences do we have? None, except Naida's words. Other concrete evidence of this? None. Does Naida give any evidences of what she says? None, you just have to trust her words. It is definitely not much.

Among other things, don't forget that the authors of episode 25 are the same as in episode 72 in which, coincidentally, Rubina shows Duke the photo of the planet Fleed that is just returning to life.

Then, previously Planet Fleed was an unquestionably dead planet. Furthermore, it is a curious coincidence that Naida and Rubina both say the same thing: that is, the planet Fleed is alive. Only, the first one says this while lying, and the second one tells instead the truth, showing a proof.

Please note that ep72 posteriorly validates the theory about Naida’s lie, so confirming also the existing link between the 2 episodes.

In VO (Japanese Original Version), Rubina explicitly talks about Fleed “returning to life”, so implicitly confirming that before it was a dead planet; so posteriorly invalidating Naida’s words and supporting the idea that she lied by her own will.

It has to be noted that Duke Fleed is surprised by the news of Planet Fleed returning to life, so evidently he really believed that it was a dead planet. It means that after ep25 he should have reconsidered Naida’s speech and understood it was a lie.

(to be continued here)

HERE ALL THE ENGLISH LINKS ABOUT GRENDIZER

Edited by joe 7 - 9/5/2020, 14:14