Kuzzey Buskirk (カズイ・バスカーク, Kazui Basukāku) is a character introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
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First Alliance-PLANT War[]
Kuzzey was born and raised at the neutral Orb Union's space colony of Heliopolis. There, he lived with his parents and attended a technical university with his friends – Kira Yamato, Miriallia Haw, Sai Argyle, and Tolle Koenig. His peaceful life ended when the colony was raided by ZAFT in search of the prototype Earth Alliance mobile suits which had been secretly produced in the colony.[1] The fighting ultimately destroyed the colony; Kuzzey and his friends ended up as refugees in the care of the Earth Alliance battleship Archangel.[2]
When Kira was unofficially drafted to pilot the remaining GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, Kuzzey and the others volunteered to help out. They were assigned to bridge positions; Kuzzey was assigned as the communications operator.[3] After the battles at Artemis and near Junius Seven, the Archangel finally reached Duane Halberton's 8th Fleet, and its civilians were finally allowed to exit the ship in life shuttles. Kuzzey and his friends, as volunteers, were given the option to leave as well, but upon seeing Sai, Tolle, and Miriallia's decision to stay, Kuzzey opted to tear the resignation form and remain on the ship as well.[4]
Upon landing on Earth and moving towards Alaska, Kuzzey acted as Sai's moral support when it was revealed that his fiancée, Flay Allster, had been cheating on him with Kira. Like the other Heliopolis teens, Kuzzey also met his parents during their brief stay in Orb.[5]
Kuzzey's will to fight was greatly shaken en route to Alaska, however, when the Archangel was forced to flee a ZAFT attack, shortly after the signals of Kira and Tolle's units were lost, and the pair were declared MIA. Following this, when they did reach Alaska, the base's leadership treated the crew poorly for losing all the secret mobile suits, and left them to die after setting the Cyclops System underneath to detonate during a ZAFT assault.[6]
While the ship was rescued thanks to Kira's sudden arrival with the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam, Kuzzey had open second thoughts about continuing to fight and managed to scavenge his old resignation form in the hopes that it was still valid. Ultimately, the ship deserted the Alliance and returned to Orb, whereupon Murrue Ramius allowed any crew members to leave the ship. Kuzzey jumped at this opportunity, but worried that he was abandoning his friends to save his own hide. Sai immediately retorted that none of them would think badly of Kuzzey for acting in such a way, and that he was already brave enough to survive all their previous hardships. Thanks to Sai's encouragement, Kuzzey finally decided to leave the ship.[7]
Foundation Conflict[]
By C.E. 75, Kuzzey worked as a newscaster, reporting on the Kingdom of Foundation's demands for Orb to surrender and implement the Destiny Plan on their nation, or be destroyed by the Foundation controlled Requiem. In Kuzzey's own thoughts, he had hoped that Orb would surrender, so that Requiem would not fire on the nation, influenced by his inferiority complex he had years ago. However, his high spirits returned as Cagalli made a speech, issuing an evacuation to the nation while promising her citizens that Orb would protect them.[8]
Other media[]
Decades later, an old Kuzzey appeared in the book Mobile Suit Gundam SEED RGB. He was interviewed by a magazine and recalled his memories of the past. He explained how the word "Gundam" was coined by Kira, that he kept his discharge permit, and how he regularly drank "Glipheptin D," a nutritional drink with a name similar to Gamma Glipheptin (the drug taken by the Biological CPUs). He also talked about how he might have been monitored by the military after the war, and how he met Miriallia and Sai (whose name has been changed to "Mr. Argyle").
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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- He has a Dutch surname.
- His cowardice is somewhat reminiscent of Kai Shiden's.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-01, False Peace
- First Appearance
- PHASE-02, Its Name: Gundam
- PHASE-03, Collapsing Land
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- PHASE-07, The Scar of Space
- PHASE-08, The Songstress of The Enemy Forces
- PHASE-09, The Fading Light
- PHASE-10, Crossroads
- PHASE-11, The Awakening Sword
- PHASE-12, Flay's Decision
- PHASE-13, Stars Falling in Space
- PHASE-15, The Respective Solitudes
- PHASE-16, Burning Sandstorm
- PHASE-17, Cagalli Returns
- PHASE-18, Payback
- PHASE-19, Fangs of the Enemy
- PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
- PHASE-21, Beyond the Clouds of Sand
- PHASE-22, The Sea Dyed Red
- PHASE-23, Fateful Encounter
- PHASE-24, War for Two
- PHASE-25, The Land of Peace
- PHASE-28, Kira
- PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- PHASE-30, Flashing Blades
- PHASE-31, Grieving Skies
- PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
- PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
- PHASE-37, Divine Thunder
- PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- PHASE-39, Athrun
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-01, False Peace
- OVAs and ONAs
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED After-Phase Between the Stars
- Image(s) Only; Appears in Photo(s)
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-01, False Peace
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-03, Collapsing Land
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-04, Silent Run
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-12, Flay's Decision
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-28, Kira
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Chapter 4