Revisiting Victory Gundam’s Stupidest MomentsBe warned! Spoilers up ahead.
Death is always a part of the Gundam series. Even when you die as a hero, there is nothing poetic or romantic about getting killed in the Gundam universe. You are just trash, and the Gundam showed this well to the audience. We see a lot of people suffering horrendous deaths inside their suits, from getting crushed, vaporized, blown, everything! This is just the reality of combat, and heading into battle in your vehicle simply made the manner of deaths even worse.