#suletta 01

[twohundredpower]

"How's everything goin' with your fiancée, anyway? I got married since I last saw you, y'know-- now I guess I'm really equipped with advice if you need any! Heheh!"

@mercurywitch

[mercurywitch]

@kindliar

☆ "H-Hey! I'm the one who cornered that snowflake. Don't run off with it..." It had felt almost like a fool's errand to run around the Mermaid Cove Mall (see: Snowflake Scavenger) to capture the runaway snowflakes. Suletta had gotten four of the five she had needed to claim her prize already, and just as she'd managed to corner the last... a boy around her age had scooped it up!

She didn't try to physically stop him and she wouldn't. But she did throw out her arms to dry and block his path. They were in a dead end, after all. "Could I have it back? P-Please? I literally chased it for like ten minutes..." If not for Suletta's freakish stamina she probably would have given up long before that.

[mercurywitch]

☆ "Mhm! I've met a lot of people who care about me, both back in the world I come from and in this one. I'm lucky that Miss Miorine is here with me, so at least we have each other." Despite everything she had learned, Suletta still fell blessed to be alive. She smiled, that awkwardness from when she gave the explanation gone. "I'm sorry... I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me, but I only learned recently so it's a little hard to just... put into words I think." The girl had picked up that he was trying to steer the conversation into something cheerier. He might have felt bad for asking.

"My mom and my older sister used me as a stepping stone for something bad that will hurt a lot of people. But they're my family. I still love my mom even if she might not love me the same, so I want to stop her so that she doesn't stain her hands with any more blood." For that reason she really hoped that the rumours that time stopped for you when you came to this city were true. "But they aren't here, so it probably doesn't matter."

"A-Ah! I'm getting off-topic, sorry!" Aside from with Miorine she didn't really have anyone to vent to about Prospera and Ericht. It had just slipped out; a sign it still ate at her. "In the end I've decided what I want for myself and who I am. Clone or not, I'm just me and I'm going to protect the things I want to, regardless of what other people expect of me."

★ --;; Ah, he's gone and stuck his own foot in his mouth again, hasn't he? It's not as though it had been on purpose, but the immediate guilt that lances through him makes Vash's mind automatically want to veer wildly to try and correct. He should have guessed, what with the name and all-- it's his own fault.

"Well," Vash says, not allowing any sort of awkward silence to stay put for very long, "what we're made for and the people we turn into are two totally different things." He shrugs, then grins. "Second one's way more important, in my opinion."

His sisters had been similar; expected do so their singular job, their sustainment of humanity, without much care into who they were as people. But he had known, and humanity had begun to know and understand as well, and that had been enough.

"The people who love you now love you for who you are now, anyway. Not for the expectation of who you could be."

[roguemaki]

So I finally had time to do some digging… apparently both the commander!Suletta and mistress!Miorine tidbits have been known for a while. I tracked down a scan (posted on an image-board on 2023/01/24) of an interview with Mogumo, the character designer for the series.

Unfortunately, the original post didn't include a source >.<, but the info is broadly corroborated by other interviews with Mogumo so it's probably legit.

I think the recent commmander/mistress fanart surge was just prompted by this cool drawing posted by 0321smith (the comment says: "delusional doodles based on rumored initial concepts").

Here's a translation of the scan:

Suletta Mercury: Distinctive eyebrows conveying a strong will During the initial planning stages, I envisioned a cool and unemotional female commander character, a protagonist who calmly exterminates her enemies. I wanted to see a Gundam show with intense mobile suit battles contrasting against slightly dispassionate characters. However, the story pivoted away from the initial premise so we had to completely change the character's image. I'd drawn a few too many cool characters, Miorine included, at the start. The director requested that I design a more expressive, diverse cast to better fit a fun school setting, so I made adjustments. Red hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing a white jacket – at a glance, not much has changed from the initial design, as the color palette and silhouette remain the same. But the character's personality had become the complete opposite, so I spent a lot of time fine tuning her facial features. After this change of tack, Suletta is now a naive child from the countryside, inexperienced in the ways of the world. Her distinctive eyebrows convey a strong will. The hairband is her only stylish accent - I tried to find a balance where it wouldn't stand out in the city but would still be fashionable by Mercurian standards. It took a lot of time and effort, but I think in the end I was able to design a character that differs from previous Gundam protagonists. Miorine Rembran: A face that shows all kinds of intense expressions Miorine and Suletta contrast each other. While Suletta has a dog-like presence, Miorine is a cat. With sharp eyes and a cool demeanor, she's not friendly at all. She's an unapproachable beauty, so I designed her as having a somewhat distant feel. Her character started as a mistress, not a student at the school. The dress I initially drew really fit her original design, but it didn't suit her at all when she was changed to a younger student character. With her original character design, I had imagined a quiet, cool woman, so it was surprising that she turned out to have such a fierce personality. I like that she's always telling people off and makes all kinds of facial expressions while sometimes showing a cute side. The animators really further developed Miorine's design, I think.

[kachikirby]

NEW SD GUNDAM GAIDEN WORK HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED

So, first is the little intro about this work. It's a new entry banner called SD Gundam Gaiden NEO. (The Knight Gundam series is separated into different banners that each series falls under. The previous one was New Testament SD Gundam Gaiden.)

The motif for this series is the 2022 Gundam series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

The title of this first entry is "The Forbidden Magic" and this first arc is "Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God".

I'll be translating stuff from the snippet on the P-Bandai page. (VPN needed to access it from outside Japan)

STORY

Many years ago, the Benerit Clan wiped out the Dragon Village. However, some villagers, mainly children, were able to flee into the deep forest. It has been said that mysterious magic since ancient times has been hidden there…

In the Benerit Clan, which destroyed the Dragon Village and built a city in the remaining wasteland, a struggle for supremacy was underway among the young chiefs of the three families. The control of that power spread to the surrounding area, and the people of the Dragon Village are once again discovered by the Benerit Clan.

Under orders from the head chief, Delling, the elites of the three families approached the silent forest…

CARD LIST

In numbered order: (1-01, 1-02, 1-03, and so on.)

Knight Gundam Lfrith VS Knight Beguir-Beu

Knight Gundam Lfrith

Knight Gundam Lfrith Jr.

Elder Cardo

Warrior Nadim

Summoner Elnora

Soldier Heingra

Knight Beguir-Beu

Magic Knight Aerial

Mage Suletta

Summoner Prospera

Spirit Spirit Geist

Spirit IceBurn

Sprit Ericht

Shrine Maiden Miorine

Warrior Demi Trainer

Hunter Demi Trainer

Hunter Keinanji

Hunter Chuchu

Blacksmith Nika

Shopkeeper Martin

Waitress Lilique, Aliya

Monster Goblin Kapell-Kuu

Monster Orc Clibarri

Monster Bear Azrawan

Monster Killer Hosler II

Soldier Demi Garrison

Warrior Dilanza

Fencer Heindree

Mage Zowort

Noble Knight Dilanza

Noble Knight Michaelis

Noble Knight Gundam Pharact

Monster Pharact Dragon

Noble Knight Guel

Noble Knight Shaddiq

Noble Knight Elan

Chief Delling

Shaman Nugen, Kal, Nevola, Golneri

Item - Shrine Maiden's Tomato

Revealed Individual Card Translations

Magic Knight Gundam Aerial

"Water, Fire, lend me your strength! Magic Sword Gunbit Rondo!"

Welder of the Magic Sword Escutcheon

Mage Suletta

"If you move forward you gain two, if you run you gain one...I-I'll protect you!"

Dragon Village Mage

Shrine Maiden Miorine

"I made this tomato. Eat this, and you'll definitely win!"

Shrine maiden who worships the dragon

Noble Knight Dilanza

"I'll correct the ignorance of these hicks!"

Unites the Warriors of the Benerit Clan's Jeturk Family

Noble Knight Guel

"I'll get the priestess, I'll get the chief's position, I'll get it all, I'll show you!"

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Jeturk Family

Noble Knight Gundam Pharact

"I can expose your true form."

Unites the Mages of the Benerit Clan's Peil Family

Noble Knight Elan

"I'd like to hear more about you."

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Peil Family

Noble Knight Michaelis

"The dragon's shrine maiden is still alive? This is getting interesting."

Unites the Fencers of the Benerit Clan's Grasley Family

Noble Knight Shaddiq

"If you're a survivor of that village, I won't leave you alone."

Benerit Clan, Next Head of the Grasley Family

Additional art

Current Thoughts

I hope these aren't the final card artwork because it looks a bit bland with the default silver background. The ones with gradient look a bit better, but they are nowhere near as the fully rendered backgrounds in New Testament or previous works.

They do not give a gender, but I feel like Aerial is male here and idk how to feel about it. The card list does mention Ericht separately as a spirit, so that kind of alleviates my concerns. I just don't know how to feel about it.

The first chapter is Shrine Maiden of the Dragon God, which likely refers to Mio.

One of the spirits is Spirit Geist, which is one of Roux's main summoned Spirits in Kikoushin Densetsu, which makes me think this is in the Dabat Kingdom, but at the same time, I'm not sure since we've yet to learn where and when in the SD Gundam Gaiden timeline this takes place in.

It would make sense to have a story that takes place in that kingdom's area, since Seikihei Monogatari is the only one whose yet to have a post-Saddrac Knight Saga era work connected to it.

[pencil-peach]

G Witch Onscreen Text: Episode 3

This is part FOUR in my ongoing attempt to transcribe and discuss all of the text that appears on screens and monitors in the show! Because it's COOL!!!! HUAHHHH!!!

<< Click here to go back to Episode 2!

Take My Hand..... Let us go....

TEXT (Bottom) No. 001 MOM

This is just the UI that appears during the video call, not much to say, but the fact that No. 001 appears above Prospera's contact name in Suletta's Phone probably means that contacts aren't sorted in alphabetical order, but by the order they were registered into the phone.

Suletta's Mom is No. 001 because she's the first (and by this point in the story, probably only,) contact in Suletta's phone.

Following this same line of reasoning, Sarius is registered 39th in Shaddiq's phone, and his contact name isn't "Dad" or something like that, it's just his full name, Sarius Zenelli. All business with this guy, huh?

TEXT: ID: 5011-01 NAME: PROSPERA MERCURY COMPANY: Shin Sei Development Corporation POSITION: REPRESENTATIVE PLACE OF BIRTH: MERCURY FIELD: PERMET MINING TECHNOLOGY, MS DEVELOPMENT CHILDREN: 1 SPOUSE: DECEASED PERSONAL HISTORY:

Assigned to mercury development group Married in the field Gave birth to SULETTA MERCURY Injuries to half her body from resource mining accident

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION: Mining accident victim

HOKAY. There's a lot to dig into here.

So first, minor thing but I figure it important to mention, the ID on Prospera's profile is 5011-01. The first half of the ID matches that of Aerial's Permet Id, which is 5011-0083. What this means particularly is beyond me I think. Maybe the first half of an MS ID is in reference to its creator? Maybe it's just coincidence? Who knoooows

It's very interesting how almost all of the data that's recorded here is just straight up wrong. Prospera was not born on Mercury, didn't marry in the field, (well...i guess technically she did. Not THIS field though.)

But what I think is most important here is that Prospera is in fact receiving workman's compensation for a mining accident. It's easy to assume that this is also misinformation, that there never really WAS a mining accident, but lets think about it for a minute.

We first hear about this accident during the Shin Sei hearing, when Prospera claims the accident took her arm and face. We KNOW that she's lying about this, because she lost her arm back when she was a child. It doesn't explain her helmet, though.

Then we see this, and learn that she's actively receiving workman's compensation for the incident. In episode 24, we finally have a name to the condition she has: "Data Storm Infection," and we learn that it's actively paralyzing her body.

So, I think the mining accident did really happen. The resources they were mining for would had to have been permet, which would explain how she became infected with a Data Storm.

This is mostly speculation on my end, but look at Prospera's Permet scar. It's focused around a single point. We can't know what specifically happened, but if I had to make an assumption, during the accident she probably got blasted in the head by a potent chunk of permet at that spot. Or something like that. I could talk about it another time.

Anyway, moving on !

TEXT: (El4n's phone) EXCHANGE COMPLETED PILOTING DEPARTMENT ID No: LP-041 NAME: SULETTA MERCURY CONTACT INFORMATION REGISTERED (When the two are in the process of registering, the tab says ADD FRIENDS instead of EXCHANGE COMPLETED)

Just the contact exchange screen.

Not text, but I think knowing now that Jeturk Heavy Machnery was the top company in the Benerit Group gives new context to how swiftly the company began falling in the ranks entirely because Guel lost the title of Holder. It really does give you a lot of sway within the Group.

TEXT Subject: Regarding the next Duel From: Vim Jeturk To: Lauda Neill

Follow my orders for the next duel. Make sure to look into the attached file.

Regards,>>attachment file

This is the email Vim sends Lauda before the duel, about rigging the sprinklers to go off.

Not going to transcribe all this again, just wanted to point out that when one of the main settings in Aerial is yellow, that means its currently active/online

TEXT: SEMI-AUTONOMOUS MODE [???]

Cant read the sub heading in this shot, but we can see that the Darilbalde is currently on Semi Autonomous Mode

TEXT: INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM LOCATION: 7TH TACTICAL TESTING SECTOR CURRENT STATUS: ABNORMAL STATUS: LOCAL HEAT ABNORMAL. COOLING BY WATER

Here we get a brief look at the environmental control system that Felsi and Petra messed with for the duel. They turned the humidity up to 98

When Suletta wins the duel, she already has the Holder emblem and colors on her Duel card. She also has 2 wins, so her and Guel's first duel is no longer voided.

TEXT: KP001 ELAN CERES CONGRATULATIONS!

When Suletta wins the duel, Elan is the first person to send her an email congratulating her on the victory

She also gets a bunch of other messages from other students at the school. Most of these are repeats of each other, so I'll go ahead and only type out the unique ones: YOU'VE DONE IT! CONGRATS! SO COOL! WELL DONE, MERCURIAN GIRL! HOW LUCKY! WOOHOO! NICE FIGHT! CONGRATS! YOU WON! MERCURIAN GIRL...G... GIRL, DONT LOSE! I THOUGHT YOU COULD DO IT! YOU'RE A SPECIAL... GREAT! GREAT! BEAUTIFUL VICTORY!

When Miorine tells Suletta to set her inbox only to friends, you can see that she does at the top there.

No text here. I just really like this frame.

TEXT MOTION DETECTOR ON

Nothing super interesting here. I just like it

Anyway!!! THAT IS ALL!! WE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH!!! As a reward, here is a funny image

Me when a pretty girl is nice to me one time.

Lots of fun stuff this episode! Please excuse the tangent on Prospera, I just think she's really interesting. I think my favorite email from this episode was GIRL, DONT LOSE..... GIRL...YOU HAVE TO WIN....!!!! I'm still having a lot of fun with this! And I hope you've been enjoying it too! Until next time....hoyaaaahh...

Click here to go to Episode 4! >>

Click here to go to the Masterpost!

[mercurywitch]

☆ "H-How do you make it work...?" The question seemed strange from Suletta's perspective. What did that mean? "Do you mean like how do you pilot it? There's a cockpit, of course!" Seeing as the Aerial wasn't at full size though, it did seem a little impossible that someone might be able to just climb inside.

"Umm... An accident w-won't happen with me piloting her!" That seemed like such a bad argument to respond with his valid concerns, but Suletta was that confident. "I've been piloting her since I was four, and there's never been an incident like that..."

oh so that robot thing has a name? leo can't really put his finger on it...aerial or whatever it's name is, there is something off about it. though if this girl didn't know, then he won't say anything. "right...i can guess what being a pilot entails, so how does it work or how do you make it work?"

"still...wouldn't it be super bad if someone did get harmed? not saying you would go out of your way to hurt someone, but what if an accident happened?" there he goes again, worrying about something that isn't his problem. really could have just left this alone and gone home.

[animefeminist]

Chatty AF 190: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Part 2 Retrospective

Vrai, Megan, and Maddie return to cap off our retrospective on the tragically short but triumphant run of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury!

Episode Information

Date Recorded: August 4, 2023 Hosts: Vrai Guests: Maddie, Megan

Episode Breakdown

0:00:00 Intros 0:01:50 We got Sam-Flam’d 0:11:54 Should’ve/could’ve been 4 cour 0:16:57 *Slaps hood of Gundam* “This baby can hold so much Utena” 0:18:29 Guel 0:20:18 The time-out room 0:23:48 Shaddiq 0:25:53 Miorine and the princess of peace trope 0:31:36 Space capitalism 0:32:49 Suletta and her family 0:38:02 Disability elements 0:51:07 Suletta and Miroine 0:52:55 LGBTQ+ representation in media 0:57:26 Gay people are Gundam’s past and future 1:01:48 Outro

Further Reading

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Part 1 Retrospective

[paxesoterica]

Some Thoughts on Episode 13 (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury)

(spoilers & long)

*Most of the new footage included in the Season 2 trailer seems to have been taken from this episode, so you could think of the trailer as effectively a preview.

*There’s a few ways in which this episode hearkens back to Ep. 01, the first being an establishing shot of Asticassia from a descending elevator; Elan Ceres (aka No. 5) then starts narrating about Suletta fighting a serial duel, due to the special arrangements Shaddiq had previously made to delay challengers to Suletta’s title while Aerial was being repaired.

*Due to Guel's disappearance, Lauda's promotion to CEO, and Shaddiq's father forbidding him from being involved with dueling, there's a new Dueling Committee roster:

“Elan Ceres” (Enhanced Person No.5) - Peil House

Sabina Fardin - Grassley House

Renee Costa - Grassley House

Felsi Rollo - Jeturk House

Secelia Dote - Burion House

Rouji Chante - Burion House

*For those not familiar with Revolutionary Girl Utena, there was a similar shakeup of the Student Council from the first arc, with a couple members absent, and a new member declaring herself the next president, so this was a development I was anticipating and am pretty happy with since it looks like it will highlight some of the supporting cast.

*I am curious if Renee and Felsi are estranged half-siblings or cousins, or if they just happen to be two people with similar appearances and mannerisms who despise each other as a running gag; either way, between them and No. 5′s jaunty manner, the new Committee is shaping up to be a lively bunch.

*We learn from Rouji’s Haro that there is a rule that ”the Holder must accept a duel once every two weeks”, which is probably something that should have been mentioned earlier but does add a bit of nuance to two past events.

There was a brief exchange between Lauda and Guel in Ep. 01, when Lauda questioned why Guel accepted Suletta’s challenge, since he could have ignored her for 2 weeks at that point. However, given the Holder rule and Guel’s impulsive nature, it makes sense that he would rather deal with an annoyance now than be challenged again later (coupled with the loss of face in front of his flunkies and the fact that Suletta likely seemed to be a new ally for Miorine to use against him).

There was also the convoluted way that No. 4 challenged Suletta, which likely means that Ep. 5 took place less than 2 weeks after Ep. 3, or else No. 4 could have simply challenged her directly, and she wouldn’t have been allowed to refuse.

*Another thing that hearkens back to Ep. 01 is that Suletta absolutely thrashes her 5 consecutive opponents without breaking a sweat; at least two of them seemed to be girls, which means we have another low-key queer moment, which I always appreciate.

* We have a new opening, set to “Slash” by Yama. There’s a lot of shots of major characters, peppered with symbolism and foreshadowing that I’m going to wait on analyzing until a few more episodes are out, with two exceptions:

1) There’s an opening shot with Suletta and Miorine staring at the sky, at a distance from each other; there are ruins on Suletta’s side and trees on Miorine’s side. Towards the end, Suletta runs toward Miorine, who smiles at her (Suletta continues to be the source of 90% of Miorine’s smiles), and the two stand together looking toward the sky. This seems likely to be foreshadowing that Suletta will abandon the dark path her mother is trying to set her on, and instead rejoin Miorine (hopefully sooner rather than later).

2) Aside from Miorine and a group picture of the Earth House kids, nobody else (except Sophie Pulone) is smiling in the opening, which is understandable for Guel in particular, but is odd for Shaddiq and No. 5, since, presumably their plans are going well, so this is likely foreshadowing future troubles for them.

*Despite the smiles above, Earth House has been having a rough time since Plant Quetta, with several visibly flinching while watching Suletta’s duels. The Benerit Group has issued a cover-up, declaring what happened at the Plant to be an accident and threatening expulsion to any student who says otherwise, which effectively means none of them can talk about their experience with professional therapists (assuming any are even available). Chuchu is pissed off, especially with the terrorists (which greatly undermines any theories that she’d ever consider joining Dawn of Fold), Nika is quietly withdrawn due to guilt, and Ojelo and Lilique are huddled on the ground, seeming to be the most visibly distressed. I sigh once again at my inability to offer fictional characters hot cocoa, headpats, and therapist recommendations. Suletta, at least, seems in oddly high spirits (which is remarked upon by others) and tries to be encouraging.

*Fortunately, there’s an upcoming open campus event which might help distract Earth House, which also technically makes this a school festival episode (but with giant robots and, as we’ll see, attempted murder, since this is Gundam).

*There’s a short scene with Miorine, who is absent from school and at the Benerit Front, looking after her father during his recovery. She’s wearing a dark business dress and apparently hasn’t been sleeping properly, poor girl.

*Meanwhile the Benerit Group is investigating the Plant Quetta incident, with Sarius and Shaddiq seemingly in charge, because of course they are. They’re avoiding outright war (for now), and instead sending a small fleet to Earth to punish any terrorists (real or otherwise) they can find. Of course, anybody familiar with the real world history of the U.S.’s so-called War on Terror is likely horrified right now at the potential atrocities that are likely to occur, made worse by the fact that Benerit’s media blackout will ensure most Earthians don’t even know *why* they’re being punished. 

*”I wouldn’t lie to you, Father,” lies Shaddiq.

*Shaddiq seems intent on continuing to cause chaos for the Benerit Group, summoning Sophie & Norea to infiltrate Asticassia as students.

*Suletta wonders if she did the right thing at Plant Quetta and her mom reassures her that she was right. Prospera continues to be a very effective manipulator, since she cleaves to technicalities; she’s *technically* correct that Miorine and Delling could have been killed, and realistically, killing the terrorist was probably the best way to protect them, but acting like killing at all is unambiguously good, instead of a necessary evil, and the fact that Prospera coerced her daughter into that position in the first place, instead of using her own piloting skills to help people, undermines any claims Prospera makes to being morally justified.

*Curiously, Prospera seems to be investigating the source of something that’s not explicitly stated; the only current possibility that comes to mind is that Prospera doesn’t know where Lfrith Thorn and Ur came from, and since there was previously speculation that Prospera herself was the source, if true, it raises some interesting questions.

*Suletta to Nika: “You’re a precious friend to me”, aww. While Suletta and Miorine are unquestionably my favorite characters, I also enjoy seeing their friendships with the other characters; Nika in particular, is the second person Suletta met at Asticassia, and since then has helped Suletta join Earth House, and led the mechaincs who have repaired Aerial several times. Recent events have prevented them from interacting much, so it’s great to see them have a friendship moment.

*Suletta describes her mother as “a gentle magician”, which is accurate, but I kind of hate it.

*Sophie and Norea arrive, and join Earth House.

*Sophie and Norea are *tiny* compared to Suletta, on par with Miorine.

*Big Sister Suletta!

*There’s was zero need for me to include the picture above, I just think Suletta’s facial expression is hilarious and adorable (also it somehow matched my expression with the return of this show).

*To anyone who, somehow, thinks Suletta’s bond with Miorine is ‘sisterly’, this episode is an excellent example of how Suletta interacts with someone she explicitly regards as a sister; it is notably not even slightly the same.

*Nika is less than pleased at the latest additions to Earth House, since she knows too well who they really are. She questions Norea in private, who threatens Nika with a knife (yup, just like the trailer) and tells her not to expose them. We also learn that Nika has long wanted to act as bridge between Earthians and Spacians, which is probably why she put her father in contact with Shaddiq, only to find out later that this was a terrible idea, and has been regretting it since; if Nika survives everything, hopefully she can pursue her original dream with the help of Suletta and Miorine.

*There’s a montage of Sophie and Suletta having fun at the open campus festival, with Sophie acting like a little gremlin all the while. Despite being on an undercover mission, Sophie genuinely seems to enjoy spending time with Suletta, though how much of that is genuine affection and how much is excitement with someone new and shiny (until she gets bored), is currently anybody’s guess.

*Hey, No. 5? Stop trying to take advantage of Suletta’s inexperience with sexual harrassment (due to her isolated upbringing) and pressuring her into dating you, go jump out the nearest airlock instead, kthnxdie.

*Fortunately Sophie rescues Suletta, and instead Elan encounters Norea, who has some bleak drawings, says vaguely sinister things, and steals No. 5′s datapad. No. 5 seems intrigued by her, and on the one hand, an alliance between the two would be a match made in hell and probably terrible for anyone around them, but on the other hand, it might get him to stop creeping on Suletta, so, possibly worth it.

*In another nod to the earlier episodes, Felsi & Petra get a scene! They bluster and threaten to take Suletta down during the Rumble Ring, a mobile suit mock-battle royale held at the end of the open campus event, which the Holder is required to participate in. So it looks like we’ll finally see Felsi get to pilot a suit, and might see the return of some or all of the Grassley girls as pilots, and hopefully Chuchu as well. Poor Suletta, girl does not get a break (and yes, despite her recent confidence boost, Suletta still hides behind other people sometimes).

*This is such a small, but sweet, character moment. Ojelo usually gets comedy bits, which is fine I guess, and here he’s seemingly back to his normal self, talking about money, but then makes it clear he’s doing his best to act normal to try cheer up Lilique, whom you’ll recall was displaying distress similar to Ojelo at the start of the episode, and I just...I did not expect to get attached to Earth House kids like I have, but they’re such a good-hearted bunch, who, despite the occasional disagreement, try their best to care for each other, even now after one of the scariest situations they’ve been involved in, and this is yet another example of that. I truly hope they all manage to survive the series, but I also worry.

*Speaking of worry, I legitimately thought that Nika was going to die when she confronted Norea & Sophie while they were trying to steal the Pharact. It’d be shocking for a character death like hers so soon, but the endings of Ep. 06 & 12 made it very clear that it’s a possibility, and it’s actually something I really like from a craft of writing perspective, even though it makes me squirm, about Witch from Mercury’s precise, surgical use of violence in its narrative thus far; having many, relatively light-hearted moments occasionally and unexpectedly punctuated by violence creates tension and dread at the first sign of possible conflict that constant and continual depictions of violence could never achieve.

*But Suletta arrives to save the day, speeding on a scooter, and then using its momentum to kick off into a powerslide, grabbing Nika just before the Pharact stepped on her, and then princess-carrying her to safety.

*Suletta Mercury is a character with a lot of nuance: she’s an anxious mess, an adorkable goofball, and a terrifying killer. But beside all that, one should never forget (despite the fact that it hasn’t been directly mentioned in the show, unfortunately) that she is someone who trained since her pre-teens as a rescue pilot in one of the most hostile environments in the entire solar system; to many, despite everything, she is a hero, and I 100% agree with this post that refers to her as ‘strong and gallant’.

*Before Norea guns her down, Suletta quietly apologizes to Miorine in absentia, and challenges Norea & Sophie to a duel; Sophie accepts, disagrees with Suletta’s belief that GUND technology’s purpose is to save lives, and promises to prove to Suletta that Gundams are nothing more than killing machines.

*I’ve seen some folks concerned over Suletta losing this next duel, and while possible, I don’t think it will be in a way that would cause her to lose Holder status. Consider the following:

The nature of duels in The Witch from Mercury are largely inspired by the duels from Utena, in which they were actual fights, yes, but also character studies of the participants, something that Witch has continued, using them to flesh out Guel, Elan, Shaddiq, and now Norea & Sophie as well. In this sense, the threat of loss is mostly unnecessary, with the protagonist of Utena losing only 2 of the 23 duels she fought during the TV series and movie combined. In other words, it’s not the threat of failure that makes the duels interesting, it’s what we learn about Suletta and her opponents.

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There’s also the matter of the technical stakes versus the actual stakes of the upcoming duel. If Suletta loses the duel conventionally, then Nika would likely be killed, which I doubt will happen next episode since if she was going to die soon, it would have been this episode, and either Sophie or Norea (or both?) would end up as the new Holder and Miorine’s groom(s), which would make for a funny omake but doesn’t really feel like it would mesh with the story’s current direction. Aside from that, it also ignores the actual stakes: the clashing ideologies of Gundams as life-saving vs. Gundams as killing machines, and Norea & Sophie don’t need to technically win to achieve the victory they desire; all they need to do is put Suletta in a position where she is either forced to kill someone or let them kill someone. This is complicated by the fact that, despite Suletta’s stated beliefs, she has killed, and I suspect this duel may act as a catalyst that forces her to actually think about her actions at Plant Quetta, and just how far she’s willing to go to protect people she cares about, which may lead to the first step for Suletta in a painful but necessary journey to reconsider her mother’s role in her life, and that’s a far more interesting outcome than her losing Holder status.

*I also appreciate the parallel between Suletta squishing a man to death with her Gundam last episode, and now being on the opposite end and saving Nika from a similar fate; it’s another reason why I expect her duel with Norea & Sophie to have an impact on her character development. The Earth Witches are also shaping up to be interesting foils to Suletta, and I kinda hope they survive the conflict to see where that goes.

*There’s a new outro, featuring the song “Red:birthmark” by Aina the End, and I am currently obsessed with it.

*UTENA!

*Ahem. Witch from Mercury continues to show off its Revolutionary Girl Utena influences, while putting its own spin on them, and it’s great, and I love it. The scene above is a visual reference to one of the characters magically pulling a sword out of another’s chest for the latter to use, and given the imagery that follows, it seems to be an allegory for Aerial pulling Suletta free of Prospera’s influence and allowing her to transform into her own person.

*You should honestly just watch the video, but Suletta looks very stylish with her hair down, both as a witch in a black dress dancing with her GUND-bits, and as a dancing partner for Miorine.

*Miorine looks a bit uncertain about Suletta, but ultimately follows her lead, and it makes sense that she’s nervous since it’s a perspective of Suletta she’s never seen before (although, I personally think there’s also a tiny bit of Miorine feeling really, really gay while looking at Suletta).

*Speaking of Miorine, there’s an after-credits scene featuring her and Prospera.

*While it seems Miorine hasn’t been answering Suletta’s e-mails, she’s definitely been contemplating that dorky keychain Suletta got her.

*Miorine’s already figured out that Prospera manipulated Suletta, and Prospera responds with her typical gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss routine, pointing out that Suletta did it to save Miorine, admitting that Suletta went too far (which is very much *not* what Prospera said to Suletta), and then correctly guessing that Miorine wasn’t planning on abandoning Suletta despite this (while Prospera phrases it as ‘remaining friends’, I’ve heard this was an inaccuracy of the sub, similar to another one back in Ep. 10 that incorrectly inserted the word ‘friends’, so I’m going to trust that Prospera wasn’t being homophobic here and that the dub will be more accurate).

*Prospera then mentions to Miorine that, with Delling inactive, she wants Miorine to help her with the Quiet Zero project, which will supposedly create a world without war.

*And so the battle of wits between Miorine and Prospera begins; Miorine knows Prospera can’t be trusted, and in normal circumstances, I’m sure she would turn her down. But Miorine also knows that Prospera has some sort of influence on Suletta, and is clearly plotting something, and unfortunately the best way to find out and save her groom will involve walking straight into the spider’s parlor and accepting the offer. Miorine has repeatedly demonstrated she’s one of the smartest characters in the show, but so has Prospera, and despite being suspicious of Prospera, Miorine is also vulnerable due to her recent trauma, and her worries over both her groom and her father. If she loses, Prospera will likely either kill her or worse, but Miorine has little choice if she wants to be with Suletta (and the show makes it pretty clear that she does).

*Whew! What a way to come back from hiatus; thanks for reading, and I hope you’re enjoying the show as much as I am.

[retro-friki]

Ayer, como por tercer semana consecutiva no hubo Gundam en la tele. Así que Suletta todavía sigue sola flotando en el espacio.

¡Alguien tiene que rescatarla ya!

En vez de eso sacaron "El rey escorpión" 3,4 y 5... lo que me hace preguntarme:

¡¿Cómo que hay más de una película de "El rey escorpión"?!

¿Ya habrán cancelado la serie? No sé si tengan bronca con el capítulo 20 porque muestra una situación que podría sentirse más "real" y por lo tanto más inapropiada para un horario familiar. O si se dieron cuenta de que la serie es demasiado corta y andan haciendo tiempo para que no se les acabe. (Digo, podrían repetirla unas dos veces más, sin problema).

No lo sé, todo está muy raro. Mientras tanto, pueden esperar leyendo el fanfic de su preferencia (puede ser el mío, jajaja) o escuchar el podcast "Brujas y duelos" 😎👉👉

También pueden checar las películas recopilatorias de Gundam 0079 en Netflix o ver Utena... eso nunca está de más.

Bueno, es todo por el momento. Saludos.

[mercurywitch]

☆ "Ericht...?" It would definitely have been wrong to say that Suletta didn't know what she was looking at. It was more disbelief. Ericht was here? That wasn't even the strangest part about it. She wasn't in Aerial, she was walking on her own two feet. Well, kind of. Regardless of her own feelings on the matter, with her athleticism the teen immediately ran forward and dropped to her knees, catching the smaller girl in her arms before she could hit the ground.

They were touching? She had a physical presence? This wasn't what Prospera had wanted for her. It was something better.

Suletta made sure Ericht was standing upright, but held her hands on her shoulders. "How is this possible? This is beyond anything mom could have ever wanted for you, but..." Their mom wasn't here to see it.

@mercurywitch

"Suletta?" Eri had spent most of the day wandering about in an attempt to get her bearings and find her family, relief flooding her chest when she identified her younger sister. Everything was confusing right now- Aerial was tiny, she couldn't connect to the data storm anymore, and she had a physical body. But things were looking up now, and she was certain she could make sense of it all once she found mom.

"Suletta! What h- ah!" Still unused to the feeling of gravity and need to balance herself while walking, she stumbled forward; clunky space suit not helping. "Urgh..."

[thegundamjourney]

Mobile Suit Gundam - The Witch from Mercury Episode 01 Review

I may or may not have related to Suletta Mercury's social issues. I did not expect Gundam to get into a school setting but that's my lack of knowledge of other series. Guel Jeturk is a…..Jejerk. Sorry. Had to put a pun. Miorine Rembren is an interesting character being stuck in a forced marriage. Well, it was forced until Suletta completely decimated Guel in their duel.

Obviously, Suletta is geting set up to be an amazing pilot. Hell, they did that in the prologue when she was just a kid. I feel like there's more to it though and I hope to have that answered in the future. Gundam fights are still so smooth. Their gonna be the highlight for me. I just know it. Not the Suletta x Mio pairing from the ending. This is gonna be interesting.

[mercurywitch]

☆ A Foam-idable Foe. It was a friendly combat event that Suletta hadn't intended in participating in, but she'd been scouted after someone witnessed her well above average physical abilities. Abilities she still didn't think were all that amazing, honestly.

"Um... I'm not really sure how this happened?" The contestants in this round were down to two, a sea of (pretending to be) wounded fellow contestants laying on floaties, rafts, or just floating in the water. The other was a girl with teal hair on the other side.

Suletta had taken out about half of them herself with only her foam saber, the girl had dealt with the rest. She seemed pretty serious. "I... don't mind withdrawing! I don't really think we need to fight?"

@inheritai

[corporativoarcanos]

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury T2 HD Animes #CorporativoArcanos Eps. 01

Disfruta de nuestro contenido y entra a nuestra web como redes sociales para ver mucho mas..  El siguiente contenido a ver no es de nuestra autoría los derechos están reservados al autor de la obra y al estudio de la adaptación Descripción: Una época en la que una multitud de corporaciones han entrado en el espacio y han construido un enorme sistema económico. Una chica solitaria del remoto planeta Mercurio se traslada a la Escuela de Tecnología de Asticassia, dirigida por el Grupo Beneritt, que domina la industria de los trajes móviles. Su nombre es Suletta Mercury. Con una luz escarlata ardiendo en su corazón puro, esta chica camina paso a paso por un nuevo mundo. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury T1 Episodio 01 Catalogo 2023 Series de Anime Esperamos que les guste el contenido recuerda compartir lo y dejar tu DONACION eso nos apoyara Read the full article

[paxesoterica]

Time for more Sulemio propaganda!

For better or worse, the experience of watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury as it aired cannot truly be replicated; even if one was willing to wait 3 months between watching Episode 12 and 13 (note: don't do that to yourself), it would still be absent of the general atmosphere of the fandom going semi-feral.

However! One great aspect was preserved and is still available to be experienced, whether this is your first time or not:

The Sulemio Japan Tour!

In the days leading up to Episode 13, the G-Witch staff posted a series of skits on Twitter, consisting of a still picture with voice acting provided by Kana Ichinose and Lynn (Suletta's and Miorine's Japanese VAs) that were, essentially, omakes of Suletta & Miorine going on dates at various locations associated with romance throughout Japan.

Below lies a masterlist of links.

@arystocrat took the time and trouble to port the 28 Days of the Sulemio Japan Tour over to Tumblr as they were initially posted, and provide English translations (with a bit of bonus commentary).

@roguemaki (who has done *a lot* of translation work for G-Witch supplementary materials besides these) made a compilation of all 28 days and provided a translation for a bonus skit that was released toward the end of Season 2 of G-Witch, as part of a collaboration with JAXA.

@md-guel found a link to another, post-show bonus skit, which needed no subs because it was related to Kana Ichinose and Lynn attending an event in the U.S.

Day 01: Shibuya, Tokyo

Day 02: Goshikinuma, Fukushima

Day 03: Miyagi, Matsushima

Day 04: Megane Bridge, Iwate

Day 05: Sannai Maruyama Ruins, Aomori

Day 06: Odori Park, Hokkaido

Day 07: Ginzan Onsen, Yamagata

Day 08: Yajima and Kyojima, Niigata

Day 09: Kurobe Gorge Railway, Toyama

Day 10: Lake Shirakaba, Nagano

Day 11: Arakurayama Sengen Park, Yamanashi

Day 12: Mishima Skywalk, Shizuoka

Day 13: Nagoya Castle, Aichi

Day 14: Shiroyone Senmaida, Ishikawa

Day 15: Kurashiki City, Okayama

Day 16: Tottori Sand Dunes, Tottori

Day 17: Shimanami Kaido, Hiroshima

Day 18: Akiyoshi Cave, Yamaguchi

Day 19: Fukuoka, Itoshima

Day 20: Nagasaki, Dejima

Day 21: Mt. Aso, Kumamoto

Day 22: Yakushima, Kagoshima

Day 23: Araha Beach, Okinawa

Day 24: Sun Messe Nichinan, Miyazaki

Day 25: Usa Jingū, Oita

Day 26: Iyo City, Ehime

Day 27: Katsurahama, Kochi

Day 28: Tsutenkaku, Osaka

Day 01-28 Compilation

EX Day 01: Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, Mercury

EX Day 02: New York City, New York

Tumblr Top Ships Bracket - FINALS

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

[amalgamasreal]

The entire Gundam fandom post G-Witch ep6