Technology & Combat Characteristics

The Shining Gundam was developed for the 13th Gundam Fight by Dr. Mikamura, a Neo Japan scientist. Designed with an emphasis on mobility, it has an excellent balance of offense and defense, and is equipped with the ability to faithfully reproduce the many techniques of the school of the "Undefeated of the East," performed by Domon Kasshu, the champion of colony martial arts. Since the Shining Gundam is a machine that exerts its maximum potential in close combat, there are few fixed armaments.

A special feature of this machine is that the emotions and conditions of the passengers are reflected in the machine's performance. In addition, a mechanism that can power up the machine in stages has been introduced.

This form is the default mode of Shining Gundam. It is used when Domon is fighting another opponent without the use of the Shining Finger.

This is the first of Shining Gundam's high-powered modes, which allows it to employ its devastating Shining Finger attack. In this form, the Gundam's arm covers pop out, and its face armor opens for extra ventilation. This transformation briefly increases Shining Gundam's speed and offensive capabilities, but reduces its sensor effectiveness, adaptability, and defensive strength.

The second of Shining Gundam's high-powered modes. In this form, Shining Gundam's overall performance is increased by 50%, its speed and offensive power are doubled, and the panels of its armor open up to reveal a variety of cooling systems, boosters and generators. The Super Mode is powered by the emotional energy of its pilot Domon, who at first could only attain this state when he lost control of his rage and passion. However, through the instruction of Schwarz Bruder, Domon learned to attain the serene state of mind of a true warrior, allowing him to activate the Super Mode at will.

Shining Gundam's True Super Mode is similar to the regular Super Mode, but changes Shining Gundam's colors completely gold. The overall capabilities of the unit are increased tremendously. However, this mode can only be used when Domon is in a serene state of mind ( in the original Japanese version). Later, after Domon had replaced Shining Gundam with the God Gundam, both he and the other members of the New Shuffle Alliance achieved variations of the True Super Mode called "Hyper Mode".

History

After being built by the colony of Neo Japan alongside its sister unit, the JMF1336R Rising Gundam, Shining Gundam was sent to Earth with Domon and Rain at the onset of the 13th Gundam Fight. Though Domon used it for various Gundam preliminary fights across the globe, he also used it for battles involving his and Rain's secret mission to hunt down the JDG-00X Devil Gundam. After the betrayal of Master Asia in Shinjuku, Domon took Shining Gundam with him to the Guiana Highlands to train himself to master its Super Mode. When the Devil Gundam later appeared in the highlands, Domon was ultimately able to activate Shining Gundam's True Super Mode and deal a devastating blow to the Devil Gundam. However, Shining Gundam was severely damaged soon after by Master Asia's GF13-001NHII Master Gundam. Fortunately, the Neo Japan government had deployed the more powerful GF13-017NJII God Gundam to Domon's location, and he transferred Shining Gundam's combat data into the new unit's system with Rain's help in order to activate it. Domon then used the God Gundam to deal a finishing blow to the Master Gundam, after which he reluctantly abandoned the wrecked Shining Gundam as he rushed to the Gundam Fight finals in Neo Hong Kong.