Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma

機動戦士ガンダムSEED SEED Club 4コマ
Genre	Comedy/Parody, Shōnen
Manga: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma
Authored by
Publisher	Bandai/Sunrise Newtype Japan
Serialized in	Newtype
Original run	2002 –
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma is an official spin-off Yonkoma from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anime and later its sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. It is a series of parody comics, usually four panels long (yonkoma). The comics are a joint venture between Bandai/Sunrise's official Gundam SEED fan club and Newtype Japan magazine. The series has spun off into a line of merchandise, including gashapon figures, t-shirts, etc. Also, two compilations (authored by Azu Maria (Ａｓ’まりあ)) were published by Kadokawa Shoten. The second compilation (published August 2006) consisted of characters from Destiny.

In this series, the names of the characters are written in hiragana instead of katakana. However, for characters that exist only in the spin-off series, their names are still written in katakana (e.g. Ryoko and Takahashi).

[edit] Running Jokes

The manga makes use of a number of running jokes, usually based on the actions of the characters within the regular Gundam SEED and Destiny series. These jokes include:

Athrun seemingly having a crush on Kira's adoptive mother.
Cagalli's lack of cooking skills.
Mu constantly upstaging his rival Rau.
Kira portrayed as a spoiled crybaby (something that was noted in Super Robot Wars Alpha 3).
Flay going to disturbing lengths to bend Kira to her will.
Lunamaria, Meyrin and Meer as an unwanted harem for Athrun
Yzak's "friendship" with Dearka; in comics featuring Destiny characters, Rey's "friendship" with Shinn is also parodied in the same way.
Talia's hairstyle.
Stellar portrayed as a spoiled girl (sometimes even as a "pet"), especially when Shinn is around.
Murrue's search for La Flaga in Destiny