From my impression and understanding of japanese and the scene, it looked like he had no idea that Zeheart would kill himself. I don't know what you mean by "Zeheart ranting" from Asemu's perspective, he and Zeheart had (to borrow a phrase) 'finally understood each other.'bullethead wrote:
I'm kinda annoyed that we get yet another death that could be easily prevented by yanking the pilot out of a busted open cockpit (or taking the entire cockpit) though. I think the TV version does a better job of making seem like that wasn't an option, while MOE just makes Asemu look dumb for letting Zeheart rant instead of trying to save him. They've got that cold sleep tech, just stuff Zeheart in there until they can get to a proper hospital and treat all those internal injuries of his.
Asemu had just poured his heart out to Zeheart and had finally gotten through to him. In his mind he was probably going to take Zeheart out of the cockpit and drag him over to the Dark Hound...but Zeheart did the "unexpected." To sum up, I think Asemu was more focused on getting through to his friend, than preventing his suicide.
The scene was a little cheesy, that's about it. After all, I would say it goes against the gimmick since it looked like Asemu was actively trying to get Zeheart out of the cockpit without wounding him further by dragging him out with his mobile suit. Because doesn't that run the risk of...well...crushing him to death? Or the head exploding? Or causing more shrapnel to fill the cockpit?
Without reading to much into it, the scene was about the emotion of two friends, and in that category I have to say the scene worked very well. Music was spot on too.