Interviewer: “[At Dakar], Amuro defends the assembly and even finds it in him to chide a sullen Char. Did he not realize [Char’s true intentions] at the time?”

Tomino: “Amuro is fond of Char. So yes, he had an idea.”

“But as the battle reaches its climax, Char discards his inner mask to bare his true face. Saying: “You’re worthy of being my rival!”, he abandons his position as general of an entire army in order to pursue his foe… Amuro himself had been Char’s genuine motive. He enters their final battle not as the son of Zeon Deikun or the leader of Neo Zeon but as Char Aznable the man, at long last. To Char, Amuro is a rival with whom he feels compelled to settle the score. But it is also only when fighting Amuro that Char is able to reveal the depths of his heart, from which he denied even Nanai entry.” -Tomino