Unato Ema Seiran (ウナト・エマ・セイラン) is a character introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
Personality & Character[]
Unato was an ambitious individual, seeking to improve his family's place in the Orb hierarchy and seize personal power for himself. To that end, he had no issue with undermining the Cagalli's authority as Orb's leader, pushing her to have Orb join the Earth Alliance through fear of another invasion of Orb.
Although he collaborated with the Earth Alliance (and by extension, Blue Cosmos and Logos), Unato privately viewed Earth Alliance with contempt for exploiting Orb.[1]
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History[]
Unato Ema Seiran is the prime minister of Orb and a member of the high ranking Seiran family. He is also the father of Yuna Roma Seiran and had a hand in the arranged marriage between his son and Cagalli.
After the Junius Seven incident, Unato felt the need to join up with the Earth Alliance, but received strong opposition from Cagalli. With his political experience and high status, Unato was able to also manipulate the young and inexperienced leader to a degree where she finally agreed with his idea.
When Lord Djibril had to flee Heaven's Base after ZAFT conquered it, he went to Orb, where Unato and Yuna allowed him to stay. When ZAFT requested for Orb to hand Djibril over, the two Seiran's denied that he was even there, which resulted in ZAFT attacking Orb. During the battle, Unato takes refuge in a shelter along with other Orb officials, but that place would turn out to be his grave as a Geo-GOOhN broke into the shelter, killing him amongst others.[2]
Relationships[]
Yuna Roma Seiran[]
Unato used his son, Yuna, to put pressure on Cagalli to furthers his own ambitions in the Orb hierarchy. Unato displayed a large degree of nepotism for his son, such as by placing him as Chief Representative and making him the commander of Orb’s forces in supporting the Earth Alliance. This completely backfired, as Yuna lead the forces in defeat and later foolishly denied the existence of Lord Djibril to the public despite evidence to the contrary, leading ZAFT forces to invade Orb and bring about Unato’s death.
Cagalli Yula Athha[]
Unato held a low opinion of Cagalli, as he did not share her ideals for the Orb Union and often showing little to no respect to her as Orb's leader. As a means to further his own goals, Unato had his son Yuna pressure Cagalli, allowing him to influence and control her, making her a powerless figure. Ironically, it was Unato's ambitions and lack of concern for Orb's ideals that lead to his death and allowed Cagalli to retake power.
Lord Djibril[]
Unato both feared and respected Djibril's influence in the Earth Alliance and was willing to make Orb to join Djibril's war with the PLANTs, despite betraying Orb's longstanding neutrality in the process. After Djibril fled from the battle at Heaven's Base, Unato allowed Djibril to enter into Orb and sheltered him at the Seiran's mansion. When ZAFT received evidence on Djibril's location and demanded Orb to hand him over, Unato refused and foolishly allowed his son Yuna to publicly deny Djibril's presence. As a result, ZAFT invaded Orb and bombed the Seiran's mansion. Despite his loyalty, Djibril eventually abandoned Unato to his fate and steals the Seiran's shuttle as he made his escape to the Daedalus Lunar Base.
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Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-06, The End of the World
- First Appearance
- PHASE-08, Junction
- PHASE-10, A Father's Spell
- PHASE-13, Resurrected Wings
- PHASE-39, Kira of the Skies
- PHASE-06, The End of the World
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