The Antoine and Bunnie Retrospective - 155

“How the Other Half Lives” Otherside I - Sonic the Hedgehog #193 

Good news everyone! I finally moved into my own apartment!!!! 

Originally posted by ihiphop

It’s been physically and emotionally draining, but I’ve finally achieved my life goal of being fully independent by 30.  No roommates, no abusive family, just me and hopefully my own cat soon. (I have to get an ESA letter first)

As such, I’ve been busy moving the past few days so I’m going to try to make this entry real quick. 

Sally plans to send Sonic and Amy to Anti-Mobius in the hopes of finding a way to defeat Scourge. 

Now you may ask yourself, “Why Amy? Wouldn’t Antoine be a better fit since he lived there for six months?” Well yes and no. Ant would indeed have vital knowledge about that world and their current foes, but It’s also the place where he was exposed to long term trauma. He may not be able to cope with going back there and I doubt his friends would ask him to risk it. I just hope they asked for his input about this plan off panel because he does have important intel. 

While in the Anti world Sonic and Amy meet up with the good Dr. Kintobor and “Buns” the Anti-Bunnie. We’ve only seen her once before, back in the Sink or Spin arc.  

She’s now defected to good guys since developing a critical illness and is now trapped in a body suit in order to live. 

I like this revelation for multiple reasons. 

1. For starters Buns was a very late addition to the Suppression Squad. By making her an outsider to the group it helps to show that she was never a real part of the team and her previous absences now make more sense. 
2. She now has an identity other then just an Evil Bunnie. She stands out more from the rest of the antis and along with Anti-Knuckles (a.k.a. O'Nux) * further proving that opposites don’t always mean evil. 
3. Buns and Bunnie are still very much opposites even if their trauma has similar overtones. Buns’ robotics are a cure not a curse. She had a measure of consent in obtaining them, bunnie did not. But she has more limited mobility and freedom then Bunnie. She lost most of her support group, save the Dr., while Bunnie gained a large caring family. While she doesn’t have a unconditional loving soulmate like bunnie, she did gain a level of self reliance that our Bunnie sadly never will. 
4. Buns is also now the Anti-Omega/Gamma which adds to feeling of this being an actual alternate universe with different rules and timelines and not just a simple mirror of the prime universe. Which IMHO is a good thing. It fleshes the world out more.    
5. We get just a little more explanation as to what N.I.D.S. is and how it effects people. Before it was just a mysterious illness used to make Maria an ever bigger woobie then she already was. Now it’s something with actual symptoms. It effects the immune system, similar to AIDS, but also has the add effect of attacking to the nervous system itself. Which can cause crippling and presumably other dangerous neurologic diseases like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s. 
6. I just like the idea that there’s a world where Bunnie and Robotnik are BFFs. 

Meanwhile back on Mobius Prime, Miles comes to the FFs with a truce and plan to defeat Scourge. 

Tying back into the events of the previous issue and setting up next issues conclusion. 

Buns takes Amy and Sonic to “recruit” the Anti-Amy, Rosy the Rascal, and I like this little exchange they have in the castle.  

This whole issue is mainly just little character exchanges like this one, and exposition about the anti-world. It brings just a little bit of insight into these characters and their dynamics. Like Kintobor fussing over everyone, or amy fawning over Sonic as he carries her.  

What makes the castle debate interesting is that it shows that this version of Bunnie doesn’t care about appearances that much and is more comfortable being where ever she at the moment then our bunnie. Another opposite. She also places a lot of value on personal freedom. Makes you wonder what her life was like before the joining the Suppression Squad. Perhaps Anti-Bo was a bit of an overprotective control freak or something. 

Anyways the issue ends with them confronting Rosy, who is super creepy and super fun. 

That’s it for this week. Be sure to come back for the thrilling conclusion. 

* I didn’t cover the issue that O’Nux appears in; StH #44. But it’s canonically the first time Antoine visits Anti-Mobius. Only all he does is fly the plane there and never joins in the actual adventure so I skipped over it.