Franklin, spouting seemingly justified words, "I never raised you to point a gun at your parent! I have fulfilled my duty as a parent. And yet... without considering my position, you!" continuously fired at the approaching Camille. Yet, Camille never pulled the trigger.

The conclusion came abruptly. When the Rick Dias was hit by a stray bullet on the battlefield, Franklin ejected from the machine but was caught in the explosion, meeting his end. It was an exceedingly anticlimactic demise.

In the extreme circumstances of war, how fragile and easily broken the form of a parent-child relationship can be is starkly illustrated. Episode 5 leaves a strong impression of such "disconnection" in human relations. The overly direct subtitle, "Father and Son," resonates ironically in this episode.

The anime "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam," produced by Sunrise, aired from March 1985 to February 1986. It is a sequel depicting events 7 years after the One Year War in "Mobile Suit Gundam." The series also sparked the "Gunpla" boom. Numerous spin-offs and derivative works of the Gundam series have been produced, maintaining high popularity to this day.

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