0157: Char's Deleted Affair Review Part 1

0157: Char's Deleted Affair Review Part 1

From Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast by Colony Drop

May 20, 2026 · 1h 21m · Episode 158

About this episode

The episode reviews the first half of the manga 'MSG: Char's Deleted Affair' and discusses character transformations and plot elements leading to Zeta Gundam.

We begin our road to Zeta by investigating how Zeon's Char Aznable of UC 0079 became the AEUG's Quattro Bajeena of UC 0087. There is no better way to do this of course than cracking open Hiroyuki Kitazume's 2001 manga, MSG: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet! On this episode, we review and discuss the first half (volumes 1-7) of this often polarizing story, including M'Quve's unquestionable demise redux, whether Maharaja Karn is really a Peacecraft from the After Colony timeline, Axis' Windows installation being out of date, the relative distance of Axis to the Earth Sphere, cameos galore, Fabian the (false) space rizzler and his frozen roses, the sliding scale of increasing Gundams, Char Aznable being without a sail for the first time in his life, and the triggering event in young Haman Karn's future that sets her down the path to become ZZ's final boss. Plus, Isaac is forced to read about Char on his birthday... and he likes it?

People in this episode

Host: Isaac

Topics covered

  • Gundam
  • Char Aznable
  • manga review
  • character development
  • Zeta Gundam
  • story analysis

Keywords

  • Char Aznable
  • Quattro Bajeena
  • Hiroyuki Kitazume
  • Gundam
  • manga
  • character analysis
  • Haman Karn
  • M'Quve
  • Axis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: MSG: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet

Places: Axis, Earth Sphere, After Colony

More episodes of Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the Colony Drop: A Gundam Podcast podcast page.