Even as Times Change, the Password Remains “Konnichiwa, Oisogi Desuka”! Looking Back at the Mobile Suit Gundam Homage in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX

If you immediately noticed this homage, you might be quite the Gundam aficionado. The phrase “Konnichiwa, Oisogi Desuka” exchanged in the currently airing anime Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX is actually something originally depicted in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam.

Miharu Ratokie (voiced by Satomi Majima), a young girl who appears in Mobile Suit Gundam, secretly works as a spy for the Zeon forces in order to support her family. However, after discovering that there are children on the Earth Federation’s White Base who are around the same age as her own siblings, she begins to regret her espionage activities.

In episode 27 of Mobile Suit Gundam, Miharu and her contact exchange a password in passing on their bicycles: “Hello, are you in a hurry?” “No, I’m not particularly in a hurry.” This exchange was paid homage to in episode 3 of Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.