#g witch episode 2

[mahoushoujotechsupport]

hey its time for episode 2! lets hope tumblr doesnt decide to randomly flag my rewatch post like it did for episode 1 (which i sent for re-review and still no answer lol)

insane this seemingly throwaway line was probably about the calibarn and not the lfrith as you're led to assume in the beginning episodes. and then shaddiq just outright asking rouji if its an ochs earth suit. knowing now that he had been working for the SAL/ochs earth, i wonder if he and they both started looking into aerial and shin sei separately.

i always assumed feng and guston were ordered to look into shin sei because of delling style anti-gundam fuckery but seems pretty obvious it was just ochs earth people within the SAL being like where the fuck did this possible gundam we don't have under our watch come from

wow the op sure hits different knowing this didnt turn out to be MEGAFRIENDSHIP and these little gaybies are actually in love, your honor

so technically suletta is a delinquent character, right? right? i mean she's been arrested.

honestly enjoying keeping an eye on sarius during this rewatch

again, i just gotta wonder the extent of how shitty all these people have treated miorine for years. like yea cool, shes witty and smart enough to lash back out verbally like she does initially here about guel but man, is like all her dirt out in the open? that's a low blow and felsi knows it

miorine rembran, you're not beating the homosexual allegations. her reaction here to finding out suletta might end up expelled because of trying to stand up for her is Very Good™

we never really did get an explicit answer for how elnora was able to turn the lfrith into aerial. before notrette ended up being a big bag of nothing, her involvement seemed to have been the fan favorite for secret backer. i read some theory like in the last week saying that maybe it was delling all along and then he was unhappy that she sent aerial to asticassia and suletta ended up engaged to miorine hence the entirety of episode 2 and him trying to get the gundam away from miorine. not really sure i buy it but you could argue that later on when she tells him to call her elnora samaya while theyre talking about quiet zero that it's possible she had been collaborating with him under the prospera mercury moniker

space covid

yeah so i guess delling sending a message to miorine that she's being pulled from school and he'd choose a suitor is all because he knows prospera used his plan against him and knows aerial is a gundam, at least that is according to that delling as long time prospera financial backer theory.

second theory time: even if he wasn't prospera's backer until well after the grassley duel when aerial is actually taken to plant quetta for repairs on delling's dime, IF there was any chance aerial could be a gundam, he'd know from experience that a gundam would blow through any and all duelists, so he's being pragmatic here just in case it is a gundam

mio just so happens to get the chance to get to earth again, but we are practically a day or two into suletta's time as asticassia and this girl is so down bad that she's throwing her who knows how long plan to escape down the drain already. her immediate hesitation is once again Very Good™

it's also incredible how in your face this show is with its imagery that it really shocks me how even then so many things fly over people's heads lol

so like she definitely had just off the bat asked them to take her to the benerit group instead of earth.

oh, i love her. vim you stood no chance.

yeah, delling, she's just gonna say why yes of course i am mr rembran.

it is so unbelievably wild to me that there were speedwatchers who coming up on episode 23 or something were JUST realizing prospera is elnora. like 1. this scene right here was your tip off 2. she fucking says it herself in like episode 10 or 11 or whatever ep that is lmao

there really is like virtually no fan service in this show for which i'm very much grateful for but lmao the first few episodes they really just cannot hold back from the mio leg shots, huh?

spoken like a true sick hypercapitalist fuck. fuck you, delling.

i also hate how he's basically forced miorine into a position where her trying to fight for her own autonomy is seen as acting out or throwing a tantrum. just another notch in a series of things she's spent her life being made fun of for

she really gave away her plan from the beginning eh?

i really am such a sucker for girl who upends her whole life for the first person to show her kindness thing. looking at you homura.

really though, miorine could have just said fuck it and left to earth, like she JUST met this girl, but at the end of the day miorine rembran is a good girl and there's no way she was going to extinguish the first sign of light shes had thrown her way probably since her mother died

i guess not really much to say about this episode lol and nothing really that made me go "oh wow they did allude this this back in x".

will probaby watch ep 3 later tonight, now lets hit post and hope tumblr doesnt hate me and tries to flag another of my rewatch posts

[saccharinescorpion]

it's a small thing but something i've noticed about Witch From Mercury is that this is probably the highest amount of plus-sized women i've seen in a single anime

[lordsmaf]

this show hella gay

[livegastrodonreaction]

the symbolism and visuals in the absolutely STUNNING G-Witch ED 1 is so much more meaningful with the discoveries us viewers have made in Season 2.

ESPECIALLY this scene. This. fucking. scene that has made me explode whenever I think about it.

With the very likely theory that this ED is from Miorine's POV, directed to Suletta, it'd make sense that the visuals are Miorine's perception of things as well.

When all we had was s1, this was more of a cute, but ominous and foreboding moment with the two lovers. But now this scene stands for Miorine's twisted and hurt perception, influenced by years and years of being used as nothing more of a trophy piece and exploited for corporate purposes, and her sheer desperation to make sure her beloved wife is safe after learning of what Prospera wants - Miorine's view that SHE is the chain that Prospera uses to bind Suletta, that her and Suletta are trapped together because of her, that the only way for Suletta to be free is to shatter the glass and their bonds.

(this also relates heavily to Miorine's character structure and her chronic self loathing, how she believes everything is her fault, how even though she presents herself as apathetic she cares way too much about everybody around her. Which also supports my HC that she is neurodivergent!) Oh my god. The writers were so sick and insane and cruel for this. I'm so delulu about this oh my god. Oh my fucking god I'm biting my arm off. Sunrise I'm begging you PLEASE get Sulemio back together, if you make them kiss, I will literally leave my firstborn in your office's PO box.

[doctor-orbagels]

A note to people who got into Gundam through G-Witch:

The Gundam fandom has an awful elitist problem and pretty much always has. Don’t let anyone put you down for your faves or your ships and ESPECIALLY for G-Witch’s amazing lesbian representation! This fandom has needed to mature for a long ass time.

I’ve seen almost every watchable Gundam property from 0079 to IBO (IBO was the newest show when i started my journey through the franchise). Shows, movies, OVAs, ONAs, specials, you name it. I can guarantee you that even before they were being openly chuds, if you said “my favorite Gundam show is ____”, no matter what show it was, you’d still have people saying you have shit taste.

TL;DR- you are absolutely in the right for loving G-Witch, this fandom just kinda fucking sucks in some ways. This isn’t new, sadly, but I’m optimistic that y’all new fans are starting a new age!

[seaofolives]

OH WHAT A PLOT TWIST YOU WERE... (tuheena.raj)

[most-likely-shadowhisker]

RIP in Peace, Sohpie Pulone. She was a poor little scrunklo meowmeow who only wanted food to eat and family to love, and never did anything wrong ever.

Just ignore all the terrorism, mass murder of defenseless civilians, reckless endangerment of the lives of her comrades, threats of violence towards the main characters...

(Source for the original art is here, and the shitty edits in MSPaint are by yours truly.)

[daisukoth]

imo suletta has not killed enough. Imagine getting a new big beam rifle along with that epic music and all it does is melt the enemy mecha's foot :/

tho i guess that scene will service as foreshadowing for later

[cradlestar]

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury vol.1 Blu-ray

Release date: March 24, 2023

[not-a-mawmouth]

I am coming to a conclusion that the easiest way to get Nika Nanaura out of the basement and back into the main plot is to start a counter of how many episodes she has spent stuck in the basement. As it has already been five episodes the counter is a bit late but hopefully that means I get to eat my words soon! Which would be nice.

[ship-garbage-pile]

Man begs for forgiveness in the Chicago divorce court

but instead it’s Sulleta begging for forgiveness to Miorine in the Asticassia divorce courts.

[leminoh]

Suletta's on the set path to having a psychotic break and honestly... go get that character development girl. Bob had to go through it too.

Nah but fr, the main cast is having a cook-off and Suletta's outside the window wearing a blindfold. She just had her heart broken, now let her cook too.

[hesitationss]

the way i was able to buy not one but two aerial gundams for low end pricing bcuz bandai decided G witch was not going to be so popular bcuz it was about a woman who also has darker skin (for anime) is so fucking funny to me like the last time GUNDAM was good/had high impact was IBO. wow it's almost as tho the original anti-war themes and the high desperation of children feeling hopeless fighting adult war in metaphors for nuclear arms resonate w audiences? almost like heavy criticisms of capitalism and war are also emotionally evocative? and making G Witch start out at a school to make it enjoyable for a broader audience made it EVEN MORE universally appealing, and showing the protagonists fight for each other and love each other despite war only added to it. like OFC it would be popular but bandai rly said hmm idk if we can make money off of this and gave it the span of 1 traditional season, and rushed the hell out of the ending, didn't produce much merch design for fans and went full homophobe despite all the creators and seiyu's talking about suletta and miorne's love and *canonical* marriage to eachother?

[lordsmaf]

Mio, she literally just said she wants to go on dates

[master-thief-gray-shadow]

Do not talk about fictional couples getting a happy ending and then bring up Utena. Just don’t

[the-eeveekins]

Suletta is an Amazing Pilot

I still see this idea floating around that Suletta is NOT a good pilot. That this is even a somewhat accepted opinion is WILD to me, because the show makes it clear she is a fantastic pilot. I shouldn't even have to write this article, because one can simply see it by watching the series with their eyes open. To claim Suletta is not a good pilot is to jump through way more mental gymnastics to make that claim than to simply accept what G-Witch is literally showing you.

1) Cradle Planet

At age 6, Suletta has already been training to fly mobile suits. By age 11, she's the best pilot on Mercury. Eri states that Suletta handles her beam sabers with surgical precision and calmly pilots her mobile suit through dangerous terrain that would terrify any normal person. Prospera raised Suletta with the purpose of her piloting the Aerial in mind. She raised her to be the best.

2) Episode 3

So, I'll give reigning Holder Guel the benefit of the doubt and say he only lost the first duel because he dicked around and then got caught with his pants completely down. Surely he'll do better in round 2. Except, even though Guel knows what's coming AND he's in a better suit, Suletta would have ended this duel in about 20 seconds were it not for the Darilbalde's AI saving Guel from a head shot. That this 2nd duel lasts as long as it does is only due to Vim's interference, and even with that Guel couldn't win. Suletta doesn't even use the Gundbits for the final strike of the match, the decisive blow she scored against Guel was all her own piloting.

3) Episode 4

This is the episode most people continue to cite as evidence that Suletta is a bad pilot. But the facts are clear: Suletta was doing just fine in that test and would have passed with flying colors of not for bullies blinding her mobile suit. At that point she was piloting an unfamiliar MS, not allowed to use backup cameras, and needing to navigate using only someone else's word. Anyone would struggle. Imagine trying to drive a car through an obstacle course at full speed while blind with only an outside spotter. And that completely ignores that she was having an emotional breakdown the entire time because she was being bullied. And even then, with each successive attempt, she was improving! Would a "better" pilot have adjusted faster? Sure, maybe, but this wasn't the heat of battle; this was a high school test, and Suletta is using an unfamiliar machine. And Suletta's emotional state was compromised, leading to her struggles. Because that was what this scene was about: Suletta's emotional state, not her piloting skills.

4) Episode 6

Suletta holds up incredibly well considering she's using a cobbled-together-in-a-week thruster pack and still at a heavy disadvantage against the Pharact. Not to mention this time her pilot also has a Gundam with the benefit of the Gund Format. And while Eri's data storm resonance may have opened up the final blow for her, it was Suletta’s piloting that pushed Elan to go to Permet Score 4 despite his advantage. And even at Score 4, Suletta was pushing Elan into a corner.

5) Episode 9

This pretty much speaks for itself. Suletta holds off multiple mobile suits at once, eventually finding herself alone against 6 of the best pilots at Asticassia and none of them can take her down. She survives even through her self doubt, even through the GUND format being disabled and having to pilot normally. And then she activates Score 6 and it's all Suletta. Suletta was the one completely outmaneuvering the entire Grassley team, piloting the Aerial AND manually controlling the Gundbits the entire time. While also processing all the information the Gundbits were feeding her about the battlefield. Suletta survived that 1v6 and may have even won it if she was forced to. We'll never know because ultimately Shaddiq fell into Miorine's trap.

6) Episode 12

Gundam vs Two Gundams! Suletta has a new ride and it's arguably the strongest MS in Ad Stella. Still the best mobile suit means little without a good pilot. And Suletta takes on two Gundam pilots actively trying to kill her. Two Gundam pilots that just wiped the floor with Plant Quetta's professional security forces and also have the Gund Format. And yet Suletta fights them both off.

7) Episode 13

Okay, this isn't really fair. Suletta and the Rebuild are far and away superior to anything the lesser Benerit companies can throw at them. But it's still impressive she went through a gauntlet of what presumably the best of the rest could throw at her w/o breaking a sweat.

8) Episode 14

Sophie is ultimately killed by the Gund Format before there could be a conclusive resolution to their fight, but again, Suletta did not struggle against a trained child soldier using a Gundam trying to kill her.

9) Episode 17

Suletta does not lose this duel unless Miorine and Ericht betray her. In fact, it's not even a contest if Guel doesn't use the Darilbalde's AI. He even admits he's not a match for her without it. And to top it all off, the Aerial starts this duel still damaged from it’s battle against Sophie. Guel has some success this duel, and thanks to the AI piloting is able to put Suletta on the defensive, but despite having multiple shots at taking her antenna, he still couldn't close the deal, and once Suletta got serious, it was over. It took one of the best pilots in Asticassia piloting a top of the line new model MS using a top of the line learning and piloting AI just to get a solid shot at defeating Suletta 1-on-1 and he still couldn't beat her.

10) Episode 18

A short scene of Suletta easily passing one of her Demi Trainer tests. All while she's suffering from severe depression due to the divorce.

Calibarn

Her piloting the Calibarn as a whole is a testament to Suletta’s superb piloting skills. Suletta takes on Quiet Zero and Aerial all by herself, and she comes out of the battle with only some superficial damage. Before this battle, Ericht took on an entire SAL fleet of professional soldiers and was wiping the floor with them using her Gundnodes, before even engaging the override. The story establishes that Ericht + Quiet Zero > A fleet of trained soldiers. And Suletta takes her on all by herself and comes out on top. You can't even use the excuse that she benefited from an advantage with the Gund format and piloting a Gundam because so is Eri. And Ericht is perfectly synchronized with the data storm.

And yes, they weren't trying to kill each other, but that is actually more difficult in the heat of battle. In fact, you can see Suletta making the fight more difficult for herself by punching and kicking away the Aerial’s Gundbits instead of simply destroying them because she doesn't want to kill the coven. It's a testament to Suletta incredible skills that she's able to dodge all the incoming fire without accidentally dodging into it, all while dueling her sister without killing her.

And of course, she's doing this all while the Calibarn is trying to kill her. Even with her permet resistance, she is still under constant strain while piloting the Calibarn, you can hear it in her voice the entire time.

The only other argument I see made against Suletta’s skill as a pilot that isn't a double standard rooted in sexism is that the Gund Format elevates her from a terrible pilot to a good one. Which is pretty ridiculous because we don't see that with any other Gundam pilot in the show. Yes, they have a tech advantage being in a Gundam, but the format is not enough to turn a terrible pilot into a one-woman army. Otherwise Suletta would have been easily overwhelmed by Sophie and Norea at Plant Quetta. Would Lauda struggle against an AI-less Guel in a Dilanza, needing Guel to let Lauda score the finishing blow to win, if the Gund Format made every pilot as good as Suletta?

If your only other arguments are that Suletta isn't a good pilot because she pilots a Gundam, she's some form of enhanced human and/or she doesn't directly control the bits for most of the series, those can all be dismissed. Every Gundam MC pilots a Gundam, usually carrying with them a significant tech advantage over their opponents, does that make every Gundam pilot less skilled by virtue of piloting a Gundam? Nearly every well regarded pilot in the series is some sort of enhanced human depending on the setting. Newtypes, Coordinators, Innovators, X-Rounders, etc. Nearly every main series MC has some sort of supernatural and/or super human ability. Are you going to argue that Amuro, Char, Kamille, Judau, etc are all bad pilots being carried by Newtype powers alone? And regarding the bits, not every Gundam series has telepathically or directly controlled bits. Many are controlled by advanced onboard quantum computing systems. Suletta’s situation with Aerial is no different than many famous pilots over the years. No one argues that Lockon is a bad pilot because he's assisted by a Haro.

Every single one of the above arguments is rooted in misogynistic double standards. The things that people argue that prove Suletta must not be a good pilot are things virtually every male Gundam MC has, but are basically never used as an argument against their skills: it's just part of their skill set.

Ultimately you have to jump through more mental gymnastics to argue that Suletta is a bad pilot than simply watching the show and seeing what it's showing you: that Suletta is a tremendously skilled pilot with no peer except Ericht herself and maybe Shaddiq. Someone in Discord mentioned that Suletta as a pilot is very much the equivalent to an endgame Amuro or Kira. She was already raised to be an elite pilot before setting foot in Asticassia, and her only defeat in the entire show was not to another pilot with better skills or a better mobile suit. It was to Miorine, who attacked her heart and betrayed her at a critical moment. The show was not about her growth as a pilot because unlike a lot of young Gundam protagonists, she's already starting with elite piloting skills because she's been training in harsh environments since she was a child. Her only struggles piloting in the show are entirely due to people attacking her emotionally, something she was not equipped to handle due to her upbringing on Mercury. And that is where Suletta’s character growth lies.

I don't like comparing pilots across the different Gundam universes because there are way too many different variables to take into account. But I think the only reason the fandom in general doesn't consider Suletta among the elite pilots of the franchise is because she's a woman. Instead, I see her compared against other female pilots that fans will say are "average-to-bad" and then make the claim Suletta is worse because of some of the above arguments that they don't make for male pilots.