History Awesome / GunXSword

* Meta-example: The entire premise. Seriously, the anime managed to make a RoaringRampageOfRevenge not only heroic, but did so in totally epic style.
** Also, Van is a walking CMOA as an anime character. When you can channel the awesome of Sanger Zonvolt/Wodan Ymir, Spike Spiegel and Vash the Stampede in the same character, you are guaranteed to be a totally cool badass.

* Watch the first episode without knowing its a giant Robot anime, then see Van summon his robot, your mind may explode

* Meta-example: The entire premise. Seriously, the anime managed to make a RoaringRampageofRevenge not only heroic, but did so in totally epic style.

* Van has a couple in ''Anime/GunXSword''. His epiphany and complete dismantling of [[spoiler:Woo]] definitely earns him a few fans, especially due to [[spoiler:Woo's]] {{Narm}} preceding it. But his true moment is in the second-to-last episode: [[spoiler:just as things are at their bleakest, "Dann of Thursday" sounds during the EyeCatch. He then plummets out of space, lauches himself at Michael's previously-unbeatable Saudade of Sunday, and smacks the ''hell'' out of it, finally ripping it apart with a V-shaped slash. As one fan put it, "Michael got ''fucked''."]]
** Michael's response to [[spoiler:Van beating the daylights out of him by repeated rams with Dann's transformed mode. "He's not supposed to be able to do something like that!"]]
* Ray's [[spoiler: death scene]] counts simply because Ray managed to make the previously unflappable BigBad panic. [[spoiler: Knowing he's about to die, he fires one shot at the Claw. The Claw absentmindedly swats it away and tells Ray he missed. Ray just smiles and points. The Claw turns around... and gapes in horror as he sees he's swatted the bullet into the gears of the machine fueling his lifelong plan]].
** Made even more awesome by the preceding quote. [[spoiler: [[SadisticChoice "Now choose!]] [[BatmanGambit Your dream]], [[XanatosGambit or your LIFE!]]"]]

* Final Episode: [[spoiler: [[HeroicResolve "ELENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"]]]]

* Yukiko giving Ray a BrightSlap for his epic {{Jerkass}}iness.
* All the good guy TrueCompanions and the secondary {{Heel Face Turn}}ed cast putting together a space launch program.........''in a week!''

** What's great about this is that he's NOT doing it for revenge, either, but to give meaning to [[spoiler: his brother's death]], which suggests that even in this revenge-laden anime, revenge isn't the only reason for saving the world.

* Any time Van or Ray summon their armors.
* The final confrontation of The Claw and Van.
-->The Claw: [[spoiler: Van, I really like you.]]
-->Van: [[spoiler: [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe *slice*]]]]
* Let's give Wendy some credit, too. In her final confrontation with Michael, she's able to articulate exactly what is wrong with the Claw and his plan more clearly and fully than anyone else in the series. She also proves that she's willing to follow through on her statement back in episode 13 that [[spoiler: if she decided that what Michael was doing was wrong, she would stop him.]]

** Also, Van is a walking CMOA as an anime character. When you can channel the awesome of Sanger Zonvolt/Wodan Ymir, Spike Spiegel and Vash the Stampede in the same character, you are garunteed to be a totally cool badass.

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** Regarding the above, this troper just finished the series and was especially amused by [[spoiler: Michael's response to Van beating the daylights out of him by repeated rams with Dann's transformed mode. "He's not supposed to be able to do something like that!"]]

** An earlier CMOA was his total pwnage of Fasalina/Dahlia of Wednesday, in which he proceeds to fight her agile, superadvanced armor, versus his slow, BadassNormal [[ImprovisedWeapon modified mining armor]], and win.
*** While ''half-blind''.

** Also, Van is a walking CMOA as an anime character. When you can channel the awesome of Sanger Zonvolt/Wodan Ymir, Spike Spiegel and Vash the Stampede in the same character, you are garunteed to be a totally cool {{Badass}}.

** Made even more awesome by the preceding quote. [[spoiler:"Now choose! Your dream, or your LIFE!"]]

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* Van has a couple in ''GunXSword''. His epiphany and complete dismantling of [[spoiler:Woo]] definitely earns him a few fans, especially due to [[spoiler:Woo's]] {{Narm}} preceding it. But his true moment is in the second-to-last episode: [[spoiler:just as things are at their bleakest, "Dann of Thursday" sounds during the EyeCatch. He then plummets out of space, lauches himself at Michael's previously-unbeatable Saudade of Sunday, and smacks the ''hell'' out of it, finally ripping it apart with a V-shaped slash. As one fan put it, "Michael got ''fucked''."]]

* All the good guy TrueCompanions and the secondary {{HeelFaceTurn}}ed cast putting together a space launch program.........''in a week!''

** An earlier CMOA was his total pwnage of Fasalina/Dahlia of Wednesday, in which he proceeds to fight her agile, superadvanced armor, versus his slow, BadassNormal [[ImprovisedWeapon modified mining armor]], and wins.

* Ray's [[spoiler: death scene]] counts simply for managing to make the previously unflappable BigBad panic. [[spoiler: Knowing he's about to die, he fires one shot at the Claw. The Claw swats it away and tells Ray he missed. Ray just smiles and points. The Claw turns around...and gapes in horror as he sees he's swatted the bullet into the gears of the machine fueling his lifelong plan]].
** Made even more awesome by the preceding quote. [[spoiler:"Choose now, your life or your dream!"]]

** An earlier CMOA was his total pwnage of Fasalina/Dahlia of Wednesday, in which he proceeds to fight her agile, superadvanced armor, versus his slow, BadassNormal (in relative comparision) Armor, and wins.

*** Made even more awesome by the preceding quote. [[spoiler:"Choose now, your life or your dream!"]]

* The entire good guy {{Nakama}} and secondary {{HeelFaceTurn}}ed cast putting together a space launch program.........''in a week!''

** Ray's [[spoiler: death scene]] counts simply for managing to make the previously unflappable BigBad panic. [[spoiler: Knowing he's about to die, he fires one shot at the Claw. The Claw swats it away and tells Ray he missed. Ray just smiles and points. The Claw turns around...and gapes in horror as he sees he's swatted the bullet into the gears of the machine fueling his lifelong plan]].

* Any time Van or Ray summon there armors.

** What I love about this is that he's NOT doing it for revenge, either, but to give meaning to [[spoiler: his brother's death]], which suggests that even in this revenge-laden anime, revenge isn't the only reason for saving the world.