They really need to show gundams squishing more infantry. They need anti-infantry gundam units they could make it the monster in a horror movie type of situation only to show the protagonist in the gundam. Bonus points if they are a zeon sympathizers or from a zeon faction.
Suletta wasn't REMOTELY okay with Prospera killing those dudes so brainwashing feels like the only plausible explanation. I don't think a simple pep talk would make the girl okay with splattering a dude.
This makes really really interested in how the next season will start. From Suletta's POV, she worked to save her bride... and gets called a murderer in response. In Miorinne's view, her cheerful groom is perfectly capable of killing people without a care.
Which is weird because they're training to pilot mechs. What did she think mechs were used for, public works construction? All those laser rifles and beam swords... they're for turning foes into smears. That was why the ending felt so weird to me.
@@RobertPatrician Remember, these characters are about 17 or so. To them, this is like going from using laser tag guns or fighting in video games to killing actual people with actual guns. So Suletta is now that cheerful girl carrying a blood-soaked knife in hand.
@@RobertPatrician I think it's probably Suletta's reaction to it, if she had been shocked like Miorine then she probably would of seemed more sympathetic, it's her reaction- saying "I'm such a klutz" while covered in fresh blood that makes her fiancé freak out.
People getting upset at Miorines reaction seem to forget just 5 mins ago when Sulleta was about to get shot she had the same reaction of her mom shooting those men, she was completely shook from her taking their lives and objecting until her mom said the brainwashing lines
War is war. Sulettas mother did this to keep her alive. I don't believe sulettas mom is grooming her. But the college for mobile suit pilots definitely has done more harm.
As someone who has watched plenty of Gundam series since the 90s on Toonami, this scene really hit hard. I know some complained about the earlier portion of this series not "being Gundam," but by taking the time to get us into that groove it allowed this scene to have a bigger impact. If the series were full of these all the time, it would lose impact. Spacing them out, such as Eri battling in the prologue, Elan dying and being replaced, and now this, it allowed all these moments to mean more instead of just being violence and darkness for the sake of it. Looking forward to the next part!
I wished I gotten into Gundam earlier but this is kind of like a new take on Gundam because the story leads us into a false sense that its just safe duelling and until the plot twist when blood is spilled
Contrast is absolutely vital in a story, but it takes a lot of good teamwork to make sure it makes it from the initial pitch to the final work like this. Huge props to - basically everyone in the team I guess
@Mark Nobody it's not the first time Gundam has done a bait and switch, thought it's probably the first time they've done one like this with the protagonist. I'd say probably the most notable example before this is ZZ, where it plays it like a wacky sunday morning super robot anime with goofy teenagers fighting incompetent villains, right until around halfway through when suddenly there's a colony drop and hundreds of people including named characters die in the blink of an eye.
As soon as I saw the prologue scene of Eri casually blowing up MSs, I knew this series was gonna go DARK at some point. Definitely didn't think it was gonna be at the post credit scene of the last episode tho.......
I loved how they panned the shot out to see Aerial too when Miorine called Suletta a murderer. They could've just showed Suletta's confused smile, but they chose to show the gundam and her as if they are both murderers. Fantastically framed.
Not sure would call this cold blood. That guy absolutely was going to shoot them and she saved their lives. Now her non-reaction afterwards, that's certainly concerning.
@@joshuarobbins9592 I don't begrudge her using the faster, more decisive solution. It's the lack of attention to the splatter and her actions that really screams OFF, or supreme engineered sociopath.
@Bthsr71 I don't see how slamming the ground next to him is any slower considering she is able to fight non lethal in a full moble suit battle. She can clearly make split second decisions under stress like that. Her actions are completely influenced by her mother's brainwashing.
@@joshuarobbins9592 Having a rifle and a hand grenade while raiding a station with armed guards and Mobile Suits is "COD load out" for you? What do you think actual soldiers are armed with? A BB gun and a few mean words?
When Aerial just... crushed that guy and Suletta just hops out, callously disregarding the blood and failing to recognize Miorine's expression, it was more than just a jaw-dropping moment, it was horrifying.
I haven't seen the series and have no interest in it. I've heard about this scene and haven't seen it till now. And yeah. This is truly horrifying. A friend pointed this out for me about Gundam. "There really isn't any truly good endings in Gundam." I asked him don't you mean happy? He refused to use that in conjecture with Gundam.
Usually, in Gundam, that's not how it is working... Cour 2: Miorine becomes Suletta worst ennemy. She will probably betray her, cause her mother's death
Gotta hand it to whoever directed this scene, for Suletta to stand there, holding out her hand, covered in blood with a beaming smile upon, it leaves an impression upon you!!
Honestly it made me feel she was very... lacking a correct word for it, Immature for her age. It's almost like she was completely sheltered from the world that even basic things like Killing is wrong seem to go past her. honestly she shows a lot of signs of autism now that I think about it, her lack of social skills and being able to read the room, her frequent hiding and not making eye contact... You know what, I think I just broke my own brain with this.
The scary thing is how she reacted,it’s like she pulled up to pick up her girlfriend at her home with her big robot,you can literally copy paste that same reaction to any normal situation and it would be totally in character for her,the problem is that what Suletta did right before that is everything but normal…
I find it kinda funny because a lot of anime characters from 80s or 90s anime would act similarly after killing someone and its just treated as whatever. Like, that girl would probably be thanking Suletta like she didn't just make a guy go splat if this were made back in the day. It kinda feels like parody.
Yeah, if Suletta had been concerned and stressed/ determined in appearance and demeanor, it would have been a lot less horrifying. If she had, she would have been a soldier protecting what is dear, which everyone understands. instead she acted like a callous killer with psychopathic tendencies.
Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can PUNCH through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their GRIP on FreeHOLD.
@@TheAxelandx1 No! You don't get to bring those memories of drudgery here. There is no Mars, no boring, oversized bullet sponges, no rolling fortresses, and no Lignt or Darkness infused warriors.
Fun fact sulletta's va was told to sound as comedic and light hearted as possible to make it more terrifying. How fun! Man the entire episode was insane and that was one hell of a way to end it. Its really starting to look like sulletta is just a puppet for her mother to control however she wishes...
Puppet for prospera because she's not her daughter anymore, suletta is some form of aerial bits/funnel + key component Meaning ericht soul & memory have gone into aerial, but her body is healthy & living, its own "identity" Base on my theory from yoasobi blessing, ericht/eriaru is suletta older "sister"
@@Ren_1106 I mean, she was freaking out. Suletta just killed a guy (admittedly in self defense) in the most brutal way possible, then has zero apparent reaction to the fact she just did that while covered in blood.
There’s a fantheory that Suletta is controlled by her mother and if that’s true. I really love the idea of these two girls coming from two different upbringings; one parent being supportive but manipulative while the other is controlling and content. And these two “freeing” the other. Miorine from her arranged fate and Suletta from her own mind. It kinda reminds me a but of Utena & Anthy, especially in the movie
I mean, all the plot beats for Revolutionary Girl Utena have been here since Episode 1, with the way the school and courtship contest system is built...only with Mecha instead of Swordfights (usually). Tomboyish Girl joins elite private school to become despite being and ends up being crowned a duelling champion and winning the presumptive marriage hand of Princess Girl and has to continue fighting in duels with male students to keep her.
My theory is that it's heavily inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. Prospero is identical to Prospera, and Aerial is too similar to Ariel; their respective prologues are also very similar.
@@sklaWlivE not just that either, Guel has an incredibly similar arc to saionji in the first half, even going so far as to effectively be banished from fighting anymore. the main difference is that the personalities of the main two are basically complete opposites of Utena and Anthy. instead of being confident and self assured like Utena, suletta is anxious and relies on others for motivation and assurance, while Miorine instead of being demure and accepting her place in the demeaning role she's been given, fights back and only goes along with it as long as she has to. they're quite a bit more similar to the movie versions of anthy and utena if anything.
Every Gundam enjoyer knew this episode was coming, they just didn't know who would do what. And my little sister, who is new to Gundam, *definitely* didn't expect this.
This gundam is not connected to the old series. Thus anyone can watch it. _We're just waiting to initiate others into the rabbit hole of what Gundam actually is_
@@Peasham many people had the dumb idea where it was more like build fighters where there’s no life and death stakes, even though the prologue clearly showed differently
Everyone who picked this up as their first Gundam because "cute high school qnties but with robots" got the wake-up call. That Prologue episode was the first warning.
I've been a Gundam dude for more than 10 years and I just got blind-sided by this scene. I was waiting for things to go south but man that was brutal. Can only imagine how shocked 1sr timers might be.
1st timer here.. i was told by older gundam fans that "hey, gundam is pretty messed up, hope youre ready" but i didnt know what they meant. like SURELY it cant be that bad, right? i was so wrong. also the foreshadowing with Prospera talking to Suletta in the hallway after she shot those men and Suletta steps out from the dark corridor onto the blood splattered floor? goddamn.
i think this is the first time i sat absolutely flabbergasted, mouth agape, in silence after a finale of anything i was watching. this episode was just throwing constant punches. and as this being our first gundam series for a lot of us, i wasnt expecting such an abrupt change of tone. IMO this series has been incredible so far and definitely a favorite of mine. also the VA's did an amazing job. the story is great. the characters. the music? *chefs kiss* April cant come fast enough.
I think what’s scarier than this scene is the context leading up to it, how quickly she got desensitized to death. I feel like suletta is just very easily manipulated because of how isolated her life was before this, she doesn’t know right from wrong
Exactly! She has no sense of what's morally correct since she's always been sheltered or introverted only relying on her mother or Ariel to give her confidence.
@@RebelGiga yeah, I still think she made the right action, I think the scary thing here is her reaction afterwards, when a human ends another human life it’s normal to be repulsed or emotionally impacted, but she offed that guy like a mosquito with a smile and reached out with a hand covered in blood
@@artsykero oh definitely, she was shooken up by her mother killing 3 dudes a few minutes ago but after talking to her mother and getting into Ariel she'd happily make some human ketchup if it means protecting her friends and family.
@@RebelGiga I started looking at Suletta at a bubblier, kinda, more socially active Hiero Yui from Gundam Wing. The bit that set my antenna's waving was her reaction to the people inside Miorine's tomato house. She may be able to function.... barely at times.... But that time was quite a trigger to some strange behaviour that strongly suggests deep seated issues for Suletta.
She's got a trigger word, NO ONE goes from that scared earlier to easily killing someone without years of brainwashing. Which makes me even more curious on the identity situation of Suletta...
The mom and is extremely shady afterward what happened in the first episode all the way up to here and how she acts around everyone especially her daughter it's like Bioshock and the "would you kindly" phrase being said but replace with "Gain one step then to" instead I think there is a lot more going on then realized
Suletta’s Japanese Voice actor, Kana Ichinose, has posted a Tweet which adds credence to Suletta being under brainwashing. She apparently is begging Miorine to ‘wake up’ Suletta. It will be interesting if after Miorine has a chance to recover, she’ll realize Suletta needs help. Having a plotline of Miorine freeing Suletta from her mother sounds promising.
Her seiyuu is doing a beautiful job but that’s quite the traumatizing revelation; no doubt it’s going to be very interesting to how she’ll fully recover and couldn’t even imagine the amount of PTSD after all of this, that’s a “big” yikes if you ask me in which I dearly feel very sorry for them!!! 🥺🙏🏻
Yes! This is also what I'm hoping as well. We've been shown that in past interactions with Prospera that Miorine seem to always look at her with a bit of suspicion. Here's hoping that she figures out she is the one pulling the stings for Suletta 😩
The thing about this show is how much current issues it brings up. I'm sure its similar in other parts of the world, but in Japan, we have a problem with how some parents raise their kids. Even into their college years, they cling onto their moms because that is all they have. Fathers work very long hours and are hated due to missing life events. Women face a lot of discrimination and only now are starting to wake up. This show does highlight a lot of these issues which is why it is popular with female viewers as well.
I’m calling it now. Suletta is under the influence of Gundam equivalent of ‘Order 66’, ‘Lake Laogai’, or ‘Would you kindly’. Suletta’s eyes move really strangely while her mother was speaking to her both in Episode 12 as well as in Episode 08.
Yeah the most common theory floating around is that the whole "If you run away you gain one, if you move forward you gain two" thing may actually be a hypnotic trigger that Prospera trained into her. You can see how she went from utterly traumatized by her mother shooting those guys to death to all ready to go like barely anything happened after they said it together.
@@JackgarPrime In both Episode 8 and 12, you can see Suletta’s eyes act strangely both times she is speaking with her mother. The first time was accepting her excuses. Then followed by more or less accepting orders.
@@matteste She did say it in Episode 11 as she told Suletta to listen to her and stay by her side. However, Suletta’s eyes seemed relatively fine either because Suletta genuinely wanted it, or Miorine didn’t say the words exactly.
She literally trampled this man and then got out of the robot she was controlling with a smile like nothing happened.. If that's not scary I don't know what is
When I'm able to make BioShock comparisons with a series, you know it's going about its work well. But yeah, that trigger phrase (or what I assume is a trigger phrase) of "If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two" now completely paints the first season in a different light. What seemed like a uplifting, motivating message/mantra has now been cast in a very different light. Poor Suletta, who knows how much damage she's suffered through in Mother's quest for revenge. Hopefully Miorine can start to put the pieces together, and put them together quickly, so she can discover a way to help.
Also, OP, im not sure if you’re aware but there is a story called Cradle Planet, told from Aerials POV. And Aerial refers to the “if you run, gain one. If you move forward, gain two” as a spell. Like the line used was literally “I wait for the spell to take effect.”
@@Bokura63 Yeah it confirms a lot of what I'm theorising about Aerial's origins and Suletta's role in whatever Prospera has planned. Brainwashing, child experimentation, the digitisation of the human psyche, it's all Gundam, baby.
Oh. So Suletta's mom having massive, screaming terrorist energy every frame of every scene she's in is definitely intentional. Everything about that woman just "Oh, they thought the self-destruct obsessed boy from Wing, and the people who produced him, were a problem case? Just *wait* ."
you just had to bring that part! 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦 but then again, her mom's the defacto villain here because EVERY SINGLE GUNDAM VILLAIN ALWAYS HAVE THE "CHAR" LIKE MASK! and she is carrying out that role IN SPADES!
Man they really put their all into this scene from the detail of her blood covered hand to just how she smiles like nothing is wrong, Lady Prospera you continue to prove why you're the masked character of this series.
The arm was my favorite, we haven't seen gundam have a human arm torn off. They didn't need to but the detail of the arm floating and bouncing off Mironie is the cherry on top for me
Between Bob's trauma, Suletta friends' trauma and now Miorine's trauma, I wonder what happened to Suletta. Just moments ago she was still traumatized by her mom gunning down those men right in front him, now she seemingly oblivious to all of it and smiling like that... Creepy indeed. My hypothesis is that part of her soul/personality/emotion is imbued into Aerial to achieve the strong and natural link between them. So now her own personality is incomplete, lacking fear or human morality. Her mom cares about her daughter's safety, but maybe as a key to her vengeance instead of her well-being. What do you know, maybe Delling is the better parent out of the three afterall.
You could add that Prospera is a puppet master for Suletta. The way she communicates to the characters and showed herself to the audience in the past episodes. She exhibits the traits of a popular maksed character in the gundam franchise.
Best theory I've seen is that the small girl in the prologue episode and Suletta are not the same characters. That kid probably died or something else and is now in Aerial. Where Suletta is a clone of some sort based off that child and that is how they are able to have the strong bond without negative side effects like we have seen with other Gundam. Would also explain this almost brainwashing aspect we see in this final scene. The mother seems super shady and is probably in full control.
Mio is never gonna look at tomatoes the same again... they'll probably trigger a ptsd episode whenever she looks at one. I wouldn't be surprised if she gives up on them for a while, and Suletta takes care of them just to keep some semblance of a connection to Mio after being pushed away for being a murderer. I really hope they dive into the trauma this scene caused.
I hope that Mio can get over it, but Karla Mitchum (Daryl Lorenz's researcher GF in Thunderbolt) lost her mind in a similar situation and regressed to a child mentally.
@hitachicordoba It's an appropriate response to something so traumatic. Seeing someone so innocent and aloof just mercilessly crush someone, and then smile with a blood stained hand outstretched would scar a lot of people for life.
Am I the only one questioning how she can just break all these holes in the space station, and yet they still have air while not being sucked out into space??
She probably burst through a different wall first that closed off due to depressurization. We’ve seen in like Unicorn that ships have that feature to deal with that issue
00:36 You can see behind the mobile suit. Its not space but more space station. Its likely she entered the station through an air lock and then just started smashing internal walls. Suletta may Forgetta but not about needing air to breath.
realistically, your unlikely to get "sucked" out into space if your not in a position to have the bulk of the air behind you, miorine has her back to a wall, so the full air of the station wouldnt have pushed her towards the hole in the half-second it would take to depressurize, that and the hole is so large, that the volume of air in the room could leave without needing a high pressure to move. gotta remember, the difference between ground level on earth, and the vacuum of space, is 1 atmosphere of pressure, and thats assuming a station isnt kept at slightly lower pressures on its outer-most layers specifically to minimize risks in case of puncture. theres a larger pressure differential just diving 10m under water
@@Forry140 And that is exactly why I was waiting for the series to get like this. Episode 0 was brutal and full of drama but the actual series felt like a light-hearted school romcom for the most time.
As hurtful as her words may be to Suletta it's understandable for her to react that way This timeline has been comfy with all it's corporate underhanded politics and "Duels" Now were getting into One year war/Thunderbolt territory and i don't think characters like Miorine are ready for that.
You can always thank Gundam for reminding you the horrors that can be committed with a giant humanoid war machine, including, but not limited to, accidentally killing a mother with a spent shell and squashing a man as if he was a bug
the true witch, true to her name, is prospera, her spell "run gain one, move forward gain two" leaving sulleta, miorene and guel in destruction in her plot of revenge against the world
You know you've made a truly shocking scene when the universal reaction from watchers of every level of experience and familiarity with the series is horrified shock.
If the “you run, you only gain one…” is Suletta’s “would you kindly” I can’t imagine the horror and guilt that’s going to hit Miorine once(or if) she realizes even she has used it on Suletta before and that she manipulating/twisting Suletta when she thought she was encouraging her friend. That’s going to be a heavy burden. Seems like it has to be the whole or first part of the phrase at least
@@zomgpeoplestolemname i don't think Eri and Suletta are the same person. That incident happened 20 years before episode 1. Which mean Eri would have to be around 24. Suletta is 17. Either her age is falsified or she is a completely different person.
@@DefinitelyNotAMachineCultist Suletta is in high school, so 17-18 at the oldest. In one of the episodes it’s mentioned that the incident in the prologue was 20 years ago (Eri’s 4th birthday) so Eri should be around 22
I'm so glad this scene wasn't spoiled for me. I was expecting it to get dark because Gundam, but this was level of brutality that I'd expect from something like Thunderbolt.
I was shocked to see it especially the arm, I knew gundam brutality was gonna be in it but not humans! And the arm just floated to Mironie face and the amount of blood going is insane. To be honest we probably never had a human death as brutal as this outside IBO and I kinda like it, I hope intense scenes are shown more later on as season 1 is already a great start imo.
This actually reminds me a lot of the game "Front Mission 3" in which you, in your wanzers, at times need to go against both enemy wanzers and regular foot soldiers like the enemy guard here. About this as well, Suletta did exactly what she promised Miorine, as in protecting her and winning her battles. However, this is the "real" Gundam world... Also, is it me, or is Suletta seemingly controlled by her mom like a puppet/marionette?
I remembered one of the scene from that game where the wanzer was dropped from the helicopter on top of a character as he was running away. It was pixelated back then and there no blood involved like this though.
If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two. This has always been Suletta Mercury code she followed. Every ep she said it she add to the move forward rewards like courage confidence honor experience love. But for run away it was you get to live but she told people not to laugh at Guel because he move forward but does at mean its OK to laugh if you run away? Ps if Suletta is eri that would make her 25
I don't think Suletta will become an example of Gasai Yuno protecting Miorine in an almost psychotic way. For me, this moment only reinforces how much Prospera has influence over Suletta and that now she will use her daughter's feelings for Miorine to manipulate her, I hope that Miorine is not influenced and that she remains by the bride's side, otherwise Suletta may end up getting lost.
It was such an amazing moment. The nonchalant voice while she brought the hand down on a human body was just so jarring and then her face like she swatted a fly. God I love gundam so much!!
Poor Suletta, trying to be confident and reassuring for Miorine but to someone now in shock she just looks kinda crazy from the outside... They'll have to learn though, things are only going to get harder for all of them.
Imagine those new to main Gundam franchise and they're entry point is The Witch From Mercury. The final episode would have been a shock to them LOL! Welcome to Gundam! Where killing people, war crimes, child soldiers, etc are just normal.
well ive only seen the first 2 gundam series but amuro didnt physically meet char till they were in neutral territory and then his gundam was destroyed before he could face him in person and with everybody else was usually already in a mobile suit when he fought them and similar things happen in zeta gundam in fact i dont think camille and scirocco ever actually met in person
This definitely has the build-up to a horrible tragic ending. Suletta is being manipulated not only by her mother in a plot for vendetta but also circumstances that she can’t control. The theme of innocence destroyed is heartbreaking.
Hands down the best episode, it really slapped. But poor Suletta will have her hands full to try and redeem her image towards Miorine but in my opinion, having a friend like Suletta who can rush into battle to save your life is truly handy.
Delling probably appreciates what Suletta did more than Miorine does. Delling also understood that he now owes Suletta (and by proxy Prospera) a HUGE favor.
@@alexanderchon9058 true but to call her a murderer with a disgusted, and horrified look on her face without a thank you cmon. Like if be scared but still first thing I'm doing is praising
@@KLtheCustard TBF it wasn't the crushing that horrified her, it was the sheer detachment Suletta showed afterwards that was the problem. Even for a soldier (a child soldier might i add) it is a disturbing level of sociopathy that Sulleta has never displayed before, that is whats concerning to Mirorine
@@TheEmolano to be fair, the shift wouldn't feel as dramatic if it wasn't for the earlier tone making ya forget for a bit that it's still Gundam. The prologue and Elan 4 stuff aside, the happy tone made for a really good distraction from all the messed up stuff that was setting up this in the background.
I mean, aside from the insane happy smile what do they think they were learning to pilot giant war machines for? I'm 99% sure that giant robot loaded up with death isnt for construction or to give people hugs. Sure killed without losing herself but at least it wasnt another one of those scenes where the protag sweats and crys over doing the thing theyre actually being trained to do.
I would have done the same thing tbh. She didn’t have time to do anything else, I’ve course she was happy to see miorine alive. I would sleep good at night knowing that I prevented the death of a loved one fr
@@JackgarPrime maybe not those exact words but I’d be pretty nonchalant about it probably. It had to be done, as far as I’m concerned, the method and details don’t really matter
The prologue actually hints at this outcome, when she makes that remark about how the explosions are like candles. Thought she was just naive, but now I wonder if she is just a psychopath when it comes to killing.
Watch episode 12 here! got.cr/cc-msgtwfm12
the OST on this episode made me cry
Why the hell would I watch this if you spoil the last scene?! Are you guys stupid?
Technically wasn't in cold blood. Let alone premeditated.
thanks for the spoiler!
Crunchy you should put up a clip of the end episode art pieces especially 12 that moving art would make such an amazing background
The contrast of Miorine trying her hardest to save the life of someone she hates, with Suletta squashing a person like a bug to save her is so good.
its made even better by [SPOILERS] reaction to killing [SPOILER SPOILER] earlier on and just how much it broke him some great juxtaposition
@@ominousmecha500 Hey thanks for the spoiler thing. Also, I agree 100%
Given it's basically a sci-fi version of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", not surprising at all the drama is grippingly contrasting.
They really need to show gundams squishing more infantry. They need anti-infantry gundam units they could make it the monster in a horror movie type of situation only to show the protagonist in the gundam. Bonus points if they are a zeon sympathizers or from a zeon faction.
@@KwadDamyj. I kinda want to see gundam Macbeth now thanks to you.
"If you run, gain one. If you move forward, gain two” is starting to sound like a trigger phrase for Suletta like the Winter soldier
Seems like it pretty much is. There’s some more info in the sound novel that takes place between the prologue and the first season
And then Suletta became a Winter Soldier.......
Would you kindly...get in the Gundam , Suletta-chan.
Prospera definitely brainwashed Suletta with that phrase, I mean Suletta's eyes turned lifeless after she said that phrase.
Suletta wasn't REMOTELY okay with Prospera killing those dudes so brainwashing feels like the only plausible explanation. I don't think a simple pep talk would make the girl okay with splattering a dude.
Nothing romantic like traumatizing your fiance with the experience of death.
The true Gundam experience begins now people.
Not the first time for this in Gundam
We welcome all new gundam fans with a happy death and very unsettling themes
Great ! In episode 12....
You say that like new fans weren't making "happy birthday" jokes for weeks.
Heero clapping at this. Good job Suletta!
This episode slapped. Truly crushed it.
You did not💀
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@@Chicken.Attack they did 💀
Come on guys give him a round of applause
Woah, not only Suletta is good in Mobile suit duels, but she is a master in Splatoon as well.
You’re a kid now!
You’re a child solider now!
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I was about to say that now
Bruuuuuuuuh
@@shinypikagamingmetal gear be like
This makes really really interested in how the next season will start. From Suletta's POV, she worked to save her bride... and gets called a murderer in response. In Miorinne's view, her cheerful groom is perfectly capable of killing people without a care.
That as well as Nika's involvement with the attack being shown to the cast is gonna make some spicy tension
Very...broken protagonist, isn't it? Mika. Heero.
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Which is weird because they're training to pilot mechs. What did she think mechs were used for, public works construction? All those laser rifles and beam swords... they're for turning foes into smears. That was why the ending felt so weird to me.
@@RobertPatrician Remember, these characters are about 17 or so. To them, this is like going from using laser tag guns or fighting in video games to killing actual people with actual guns. So Suletta is now that cheerful girl carrying a blood-soaked knife in hand.
@@RobertPatrician I think it's probably Suletta's reaction to it, if she had been shocked like Miorine then she probably would of seemed more sympathetic, it's her reaction- saying "I'm such a klutz" while covered in fresh blood that makes her fiancé freak out.
People getting upset at Miorines reaction seem to forget just 5 mins ago when Sulleta was about to get shot she had the same reaction of her mom shooting those men, she was completely shook from her taking their lives and objecting until her mom said the brainwashing lines
Regardless…she was saved before having a hole through her head.
Would you kindly...
Well, these two scenes do not have to necessarily be inextricable.
Well yes but no one was pointing a gun to Suletta at that time but that guy did it to Miorine
War is war. Sulettas mother did this to keep her alive. I don't believe sulettas mom is grooming her. But the college for mobile suit pilots definitely has done more harm.
As someone who has watched plenty of Gundam series since the 90s on Toonami, this scene really hit hard. I know some complained about the earlier portion of this series not "being Gundam," but by taking the time to get us into that groove it allowed this scene to have a bigger impact. If the series were full of these all the time, it would lose impact. Spacing them out, such as Eri battling in the prologue, Elan dying and being replaced, and now this, it allowed all these moments to mean more instead of just being violence and darkness for the sake of it. Looking forward to the next part!
I wished I gotten into Gundam earlier but this is kind of like a new take on Gundam because the story leads us into a false sense that its just safe duelling and until the plot twist when blood is spilled
Contrast is absolutely vital in a story, but it takes a lot of good teamwork to make sure it makes it from the initial pitch to the final work like this. Huge props to - basically everyone in the team I guess
@Mark Nobody it's not the first time Gundam has done a bait and switch, thought it's probably the first time they've done one like this with the protagonist. I'd say probably the most notable example before this is ZZ, where it plays it like a wacky sunday morning super robot anime with goofy teenagers fighting incompetent villains, right until around halfway through when suddenly there's a colony drop and hundreds of people including named characters die in the blink of an eye.
As soon as I saw the prologue scene of Eri casually blowing up MSs, I knew this series was gonna go DARK at some point. Definitely didn't think it was gonna be at the post credit scene of the last episode tho.......
@zennok technically this isn't the last episode though, just the last episode of the first cour, which means this is about halfway through the season.
I loved how they panned the shot out to see Aerial too when Miorine called Suletta a murderer. They could've just showed Suletta's confused smile, but they chose to show the gundam and her as if they are both murderers. Fantastically framed.
Aerial has a mind of her own. So she is no mere tool.
They also had perfectly Matching Blood stained Right hands from the same victim, such thematic and delightful semetry ... ❤
Gotta hand it to Suletta for saving Miorine just in time.
Goddamnit, take my upvote and get out.
She deserves a high five for her timing.
Let's all give her a big hand.
That's what I call a helping hand
Let's give her a round of applause! 👏 😀
Miorine: 😱
Suletta: 😃
🩸🩸😅🩸🩸 Such a klutz.
😃🤝🩸I've come to rescue you, Miorine San
Delling: 😴
Bob: 😭
Terrorist: 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸
Not sure would call this cold blood. That guy absolutely was going to shoot them and she saved their lives. Now her non-reaction afterwards, that's certainly concerning.
Consider the possibility of using that giant metal hand to create a barrier between them. I don't think he is going to shoot through that.
@@joshuarobbins9592 I don't begrudge her using the faster, more decisive solution. It's the lack of attention to the splatter and her actions that really screams OFF, or supreme engineered sociopath.
@Bthsr71 I don't see how slamming the ground next to him is any slower considering she is able to fight non lethal in a full moble suit battle. She can clearly make split second decisions under stress like that. Her actions are completely influenced by her mother's brainwashing.
@Bob Duckington my brother in christ, he doesn't have a COD load out. My man's is gonna call in the ac130
@@joshuarobbins9592 Having a rifle and a hand grenade while raiding a station with armed guards and Mobile Suits is "COD load out" for you? What do you think actual soldiers are armed with? A BB gun and a few mean words?
NOW it's a Gundam series.
This scene has the same energy as "We did it, Patrick. We saved the city!"
Here's the kicker -
The writer's favorite Gundam series is Victory.
_VICTORY._
@@anhilliator1 no...
Let me guess, victory is the darkest one
@@anhilliator1 don’t stop shine on
@@anhilliator1 ooohhhh boy...
When Aerial just... crushed that guy and Suletta just hops out, callously disregarding the blood and failing to recognize Miorine's expression, it was more than just a jaw-dropping moment, it was horrifying.
child-like innocence… like when little kids pulled legs off bugs or tortured them because they weren't taught the value of a life
@@johnnyj.817
Exactly bro… ! 😎
Welcome to gundam
Just wait until the next season.
This is the green light for the emotional roller coaster!
I haven't seen the series and have no interest in it. I've heard about this scene and haven't seen it till now. And yeah. This is truly horrifying. A friend pointed this out for me about Gundam. "There really isn't any truly good endings in Gundam." I asked him don't you mean happy? He refused to use that in conjecture with Gundam.
Cour 1: Suletta saves Miorine from her father's dueling system.
Cour 2: Miorine saves Suletta from her mother's influence.
i hope so
Indeed but man this one is gonna be an EXTRA TALL ORDER
Usually, in Gundam, that's not how it is working...
Cour 2: Miorine becomes Suletta worst ennemy. She will probably betray her, cause her mother's death
Miorine is gonna want the Guel now or maybe she will understand that the world she is in is in isn’t a pretty one
Maybe in season 2 we will she something about child manipulation in Suletta
When you finally catch that mosquito that's been bothering you for the past hour.
I can relate
I remember the bloodstain actually wouldn't come off the wall at first when I did it lol It was quite alot.
Saitama: Mosquitos are annoying.
Oh, the smile I had at that point.
@@Kogasengaha_HishoshiWhy doesn't it come off? :O
Gotta hand it to whoever directed this scene, for Suletta to stand there, holding out her hand, covered in blood with a beaming smile upon, it leaves an impression upon you!!
They used paints iirc
Especially seeing how lovingly animated that blood is. They put a lot of budget into Suletta's hand alone.
She's adorable
@@HubiKoshi "Who did the key frames on the tomato? Front and center, we've got something special."
Honestly it made me feel she was very... lacking a correct word for it, Immature for her age. It's almost like she was completely sheltered from the world that even basic things like Killing is wrong seem to go past her. honestly she shows a lot of signs of autism now that I think about it, her lack of social skills and being able to read the room, her frequent hiding and not making eye contact... You know what, I think I just broke my own brain with this.
The scary thing is how she reacted,it’s like she pulled up to pick up her girlfriend at her home with her big robot,you can literally copy paste that same reaction to any normal situation and it would be totally in character for her,the problem is that what Suletta did right before that is everything but normal…
I find it kinda funny because a lot of anime characters from 80s or 90s anime would act similarly after killing someone and its just treated as whatever. Like, that girl would probably be thanking Suletta like she didn't just make a guy go splat if this were made back in the day.
It kinda feels like parody.
Yeah, if Suletta had been concerned and stressed/ determined in appearance and demeanor, it would have been a lot less horrifying. If she had, she would have been a soldier protecting what is dear, which everyone understands. instead she acted like a callous killer with psychopathic tendencies.
Indeed
Whether we wanted it or not, we've stepped into a war with the Cabal on Mars. So let's get to taking out their command, one by one. Valus Ta'aurc. From what I can gather he commands the Siege Dancers from an Imperial Land Tank outside of Rubicon. He's well protected, but with the right team, we can PUNCH through those defenses, take this beast out, and break their GRIP on FreeHOLD.
@@TheAxelandx1 No! You don't get to bring those memories of drudgery here. There is no Mars, no boring, oversized bullet sponges, no rolling fortresses, and no Lignt or Darkness infused warriors.
Miorine: It's not what you did, Suletta, that scares me so... It's how you did it.
How not. Splatting a man to death is quite a show just a privileged group have the fortune of watching. Not even in real life
This was a brilliant rehash of this line IYKYK
Not the crossover I expected, but one I most definitely appreciate
Fun fact sulletta's va was told to sound as comedic and light hearted as possible to make it more terrifying. How fun!
Man the entire episode was insane and that was one hell of a way to end it. Its really starting to look like sulletta is just a puppet for her mother to control however she wishes...
source?
Yeah, she did a great job
@@Roge9 don't know the details, its from some radio show appearance but the translated clip of it is on "tydusarandor"'s channel on yt
Puppet for prospera because she's not her daughter anymore, suletta is some form of aerial bits/funnel + key component
Meaning ericht soul & memory have gone into aerial, but her body is healthy & living, its own "identity"
Base on my theory from yoasobi blessing, ericht/eriaru is suletta older "sister"
@@Roge9 Kana Ichinose did a podcast with Lynn.
It ain’t Gundam without war crimes.
Or trauma
and child soldiers
It probably isint a warcrime
Which this wasn't. It was the stopping of a war crime.
It's fine bro, reasonable force was deployed in a targetted manner, no foul. 👌
Suletta in ep 10: Suletta forgetta
Suletta in ep 12: Suletta splatta
Miorine won't like tomatos anymore after this
I mean, if Suletta didn't save Miorine and his father in time, things will go worse.
Calling Suletta for Murderer is a bit harsh.
@@Ren_1106 I don't blame her, that was quite traumatizing to see Suletta smiling, she's definitely in a state of shock.
@@Ren_1106 I mean, she was freaking out. Suletta just killed a guy (admittedly in self defense) in the most brutal way possible, then has zero apparent reaction to the fact she just did that while covered in blood.
Bro think like this Miorine does not have any right to call Suletta a Murderer because Miorine's Father killed Suletta's Father
@@deanadhiambo1863 "Haha, I'm such a klutz."
Miorine: *traumatized for life*
Suletta: *smiling like a angel*
There’s a fantheory that Suletta is controlled by her mother and if that’s true. I really love the idea of these two girls coming from two different upbringings; one parent being supportive but manipulative while the other is controlling and content. And these two “freeing” the other.
Miorine from her arranged fate and Suletta from her own mind. It kinda reminds me a but of Utena & Anthy, especially in the movie
Its true, from the beginnigj
Well, it is a utena writer so I'm not surprised.
I mean, all the plot beats for Revolutionary Girl Utena have been here since Episode 1, with the way the school and courtship contest system is built...only with Mecha instead of Swordfights (usually). Tomboyish Girl joins elite private school to become despite being and ends up being crowned a duelling champion and winning the presumptive marriage hand of Princess Girl and has to continue fighting in duels with male students to keep her.
My theory is that it's heavily inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. Prospero is identical to Prospera, and Aerial is too similar to Ariel; their respective prologues are also very similar.
@@sklaWlivE not just that either, Guel has an incredibly similar arc to saionji in the first half, even going so far as to effectively be banished from fighting anymore. the main difference is that the personalities of the main two are basically complete opposites of Utena and Anthy. instead of being confident and self assured like Utena, suletta is anxious and relies on others for motivation and assurance, while Miorine instead of being demure and accepting her place in the demeaning role she's been given, fights back and only goes along with it as long as she has to. they're quite a bit more similar to the movie versions of anthy and utena if anything.
Producers: "How are we going to maintain hype during the two month pause between seasons?"
Director: "TRAUMA MEMES."
Yeah dude, right now the memes are raw savage! Pure ketchup and high fives
@@javiera.riverop.8471on the other hand, we also have fanart of crazed, bloodied Suletta
Every Gundam enjoyer knew this episode was coming, they just didn't know who would do what.
And my little sister, who is new to Gundam, *definitely* didn't expect this.
This gundam is not connected to the old series. Thus anyone can watch it.
_We're just waiting to initiate others into the rabbit hole of what Gundam actually is_
@@halodragonmaster You say that as though this series was far removed from what Gundam actually is. Teen drama makes up most of the series.
@@Peasham many people had the dumb idea where it was more like build fighters where there’s no life and death stakes, even though the prologue clearly showed differently
I'm new to Gundam. Always wanted to watch but didn't know where to start. I had no idea it was this dark. Now I'm about go do some research lol.
Everyone who picked this up as their first Gundam because "cute high school qnties but with robots" got the wake-up call. That Prologue episode was the first warning.
And it was his last day before RETIREMENT! COME ON!
Should picked an easier assignment for his last day
he planned to have salad with his wife that night
Bro was about to get his bonus and everything!
Retirony.
@@milkncoffee04 he was gonna get that nice 401k..
I've been a Gundam dude for more than 10 years and I just got blind-sided by this scene. I was waiting for things to go south but man that was brutal. Can only imagine how shocked 1sr timers might be.
1st timer here and yes
I have a lot of Gundam to watch still, but i don't think i ever saw something so graphic. We have tons of brutal scenes, but this was raw and gruesome
Yep - my girlfriend learned about Gundam from me, and we were watching the series together. She was traumatized.
Sunrise went from being way too slice of life/who gives a F to full Gundam in one episode hahaha
1st timer here.. i was told by older gundam fans that "hey, gundam is pretty messed up, hope youre ready" but i didnt know what they meant. like SURELY it cant be that bad, right?
i was so wrong. also the foreshadowing with Prospera talking to Suletta in the hallway after she shot those men and Suletta steps out from the dark corridor onto the blood splattered floor? goddamn.
i think this is the first time i sat absolutely flabbergasted, mouth agape, in silence after a finale of anything i was watching. this episode was just throwing constant punches. and as this being our first gundam series for a lot of us, i wasnt expecting such an abrupt change of tone. IMO this series has been incredible so far and definitely a favorite of mine.
also the VA's did an amazing job.
the story is great. the characters. the music? *chefs kiss*
April cant come fast enough.
I was crushed by this ending but hey, I'll live.
Like the guy featured?
The other guy sure won’t.
Pun intended?
@@zacharybartolo5111 Rules of Nature didn't kick in for him.
Unlike the guy in this clip.
I think what’s scarier than this scene is the context leading up to it, how quickly she got desensitized to death.
I feel like suletta is just very easily manipulated because of how isolated her life was before this, she doesn’t know right from wrong
Exactly! She has no sense of what's morally correct since she's always been sheltered or introverted only relying on her mother or Ariel to give her confidence.
@@RebelGiga yeah, I still think she made the right action, I think the scary thing here is her reaction afterwards, when a human ends another human life it’s normal to be repulsed or emotionally impacted, but she offed that guy like a mosquito with a smile and reached out with a hand covered in blood
@@artsykero oh definitely, she was shooken up by her mother killing 3 dudes a few minutes ago but after talking to her mother and getting into Ariel she'd happily make some human ketchup if it means protecting her friends and family.
@@RebelGiga I started looking at Suletta at a bubblier, kinda, more socially active Hiero Yui from Gundam Wing.
The bit that set my antenna's waving was her reaction to the people inside Miorine's tomato house. She may be able to function.... barely at times.... But that time was quite a trigger to some strange behaviour that strongly suggests deep seated issues for Suletta.
@@RebelGiga and probably put some of that blood in her hair when she rubbed her head after falling.
"How can you smile like that!?"
"Murderer!"
You're in a Gundam series, Mio-Mio. You'll get used to it.
look at Bob over there, he's having the time of his life
Heero: "First time?"
She's got a trigger word, NO ONE goes from that scared earlier to easily killing someone without years of brainwashing.
Which makes me even more curious on the identity situation of Suletta...
The mom and is extremely shady afterward what happened in the first episode all the way up to here and how she acts around everyone especially her daughter it's like Bioshock and the "would you kindly" phrase being said but replace with "Gain one step then to" instead I think there is a lot more going on then realized
@@AnimeFan4Life2022x she kinda always been this way go watch the prequel you’ll understand
@Sage🌚 wasn't the one in the prequel Eri her sister though, the one that became apart of the suit?
Suletta’s Japanese Voice actor, Kana Ichinose, has posted a Tweet which adds credence to Suletta being under brainwashing. She apparently is begging Miorine to ‘wake up’ Suletta.
It will be interesting if after Miorine has a chance to recover, she’ll realize Suletta needs help. Having a plotline of Miorine freeing Suletta from her mother sounds promising.
That's quite interesting
Her seiyuu is doing a beautiful job but that’s quite the traumatizing revelation; no doubt it’s going to be very interesting to how she’ll fully recover and couldn’t even imagine the amount of PTSD after all of this, that’s a “big” yikes if you ask me in which I dearly feel very sorry for them!!! 🥺🙏🏻
Yes! This is also what I'm hoping as well. We've been shown that in past interactions with Prospera that Miorine seem to always look at her with a bit of suspicion. Here's hoping that she figures out she is the one pulling the stings for Suletta 😩
The thing about this show is how much current issues it brings up. I'm sure its similar in other parts of the world, but in Japan, we have a problem with how some parents raise their kids. Even into their college years, they cling onto their moms because that is all they have. Fathers work very long hours and are hated due to missing life events. Women face a lot of discrimination and only now are starting to wake up. This show does highlight a lot of these issues which is why it is popular with female viewers as well.
Well considering that the lead writers favorite series is victory nah everyone's probably gonna die
I’m calling it now. Suletta is under the influence of Gundam equivalent of ‘Order 66’, ‘Lake Laogai’, or ‘Would you kindly’. Suletta’s eyes move really strangely while her mother was speaking to her both in Episode 12 as well as in Episode 08.
Yeah the most common theory floating around is that the whole "If you run away you gain one, if you move forward you gain two" thing may actually be a hypnotic trigger that Prospera trained into her. You can see how she went from utterly traumatized by her mother shooting those guys to death to all ready to go like barely anything happened after they said it together.
@@JackgarPrime In both Episode 8 and 12, you can see Suletta’s eyes act strangely both times she is speaking with her mother. The first time was accepting her excuses. Then followed by more or less accepting orders.
@@knowledgeseeker4614 Also, I know Miorine said the phrase sometimes. I don't remember but did something happen the times that happened.
@@matteste She did say it in Episode 11 as she told Suletta to listen to her and stay by her side. However, Suletta’s eyes seemed relatively fine either because Suletta genuinely wanted it, or Miorine didn’t say the words exactly.
i would prefer actual manipulation from close family member than the comical brainwash trigger-word thing
She literally trampled this man and then got out of the robot she was controlling with a smile like nothing happened..
If that's not scary I don't know what is
Went from "plucky cute raccoon" to "a psychopathic murderer on the level of Heero Yuy and Mikazuki Augus" in one fell splat.
@@LegendRazgriz So in other words, a regular Raccoon
@@LegendRazgriz ay hol on lets see how many she kills first before we compare her to those monsters
Absolute Wifey activity.
She even got covered in her victim's blood and didn't react to it.
what started like a nice motivational phrase is starting give "would you kindly?" vibes
Suletta surely will need a lot of screws and bolts to be repaired...
Usuallky it is the Gundam that needs those.
It ain't Gundam without at least one psychopath. Never would've thought it'd be the plucky raccoon girl.
Forget screws and bolts, she's probably gonna need electric shock therapy.
When I'm able to make BioShock comparisons with a series, you know it's going about its work well.
But yeah, that trigger phrase (or what I assume is a trigger phrase) of "If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two" now completely paints the first season in a different light. What seemed like a uplifting, motivating message/mantra has now been cast in a very different light. Poor Suletta, who knows how much damage she's suffered through in Mother's quest for revenge. Hopefully Miorine can start to put the pieces together, and put them together quickly, so she can discover a way to help.
Suletta, Would you kindly...
Also, OP, im not sure if you’re aware but there is a story called Cradle Planet, told from Aerials POV. And Aerial refers to the “if you run, gain one. If you move forward, gain two” as a spell. Like the line used was literally “I wait for the spell to take effect.”
@@Bokura63 Yeah it confirms a lot of what I'm theorising about Aerial's origins and Suletta's role in whatever Prospera has planned. Brainwashing, child experimentation, the digitisation of the human psyche, it's all Gundam, baby.
They were so committed to shooting this scene , suletta actually slaps a real terrorist in a life-sized Gundam. Talk about authenticity
hand down the best ever pat on the back of all time.
I see what you did there.
Pat on the head.
She's crushing it here
bahhahahahaha
Well played.
Oh. So Suletta's mom having massive, screaming terrorist energy every frame of every scene she's in is definitely intentional.
Everything about that woman just "Oh, they thought the self-destruct obsessed boy from Wing, and the people who produced him, were a problem case? Just *wait* ."
you just had to bring that part!
🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
but then again, her mom's the defacto villain here because EVERY SINGLE GUNDAM VILLAIN ALWAYS HAVE THE "CHAR" LIKE MASK!
and she is carrying out that role IN SPADES!
Man they really put their all into this scene from the detail of her blood covered hand to just how she smiles like nothing is wrong, Lady Prospera you continue to prove why you're the masked character of this series.
The arm was my favorite, we haven't seen gundam have a human arm torn off. They didn't need to but the detail of the arm floating and bouncing off Mironie is the cherry on top for me
1:01
“Aww man I shot marvin in the face”
“WHY THE FUCK’D YOU DO THAT??!”
*Other Gundam Protagonists:* Receive massive trauma
*Suletta:* Gives massive trauma
For now. She might change her perspective and not like how it feels.
Blunt force trauma to be specific.
0:37 POV: You're the mosquito that landed on my deck
Tanuki: "Today we're gonna learn how to make Napolitana sauce!"
she gave him the ultimate high five
Damn straight man 0:40 🤚
The Biggest Slappy.
Vibe check
0:41
Solider:Ey yo I think you you missed my hand-
Ariel:well don't move- uh oh
"Tomato does not feel the same since that day": Miorine probably...
Suletta: Welcome to war, my beloved wife.
And thus Suletta starts her villain arc.
But she decided donuts are boring, and decided to make pancakes instead.
🥞
i though i heard something about delicious pancakes
@@mendlez2306 pancakes…i never want to hear that word again
SHIZAAAAAA!
The SPLAT heard around the GUNDAM WORLD…..
Seriously, this reminds me how DARK the GUNDAM series can get! And all from a little lady!! 😳
Imagine other Gundam protags reacting to this scene.
Amuro: *pale as a ghost*
Kira: *all but ready to puke off-screen*
Heero: "Eh, a regular Tuesday."
Mikazuki: "What's next, Orga?"
Amuro like 2 hours later:
But moooom, I must shot these guys in the face, voices in my head says they are the enemy
*gets traumatized again*
Between Bob's trauma, Suletta friends' trauma and now Miorine's trauma, I wonder what happened to Suletta. Just moments ago she was still traumatized by her mom gunning down those men right in front him, now she seemingly oblivious to all of it and smiling like that... Creepy indeed.
My hypothesis is that part of her soul/personality/emotion is imbued into Aerial to achieve the strong and natural link between them. So now her own personality is incomplete, lacking fear or human morality. Her mom cares about her daughter's safety, but maybe as a key to her vengeance instead of her well-being.
What do you know, maybe Delling is the better parent out of the three afterall.
You could add that Prospera is a puppet master for Suletta. The way she communicates to the characters and showed herself to the audience in the past episodes. She exhibits the traits of a popular maksed character in the gundam franchise.
Best theory I've seen is that the small girl in the prologue episode and Suletta are not the same characters. That kid probably died or something else and is now in Aerial. Where Suletta is a clone of some sort based off that child and that is how they are able to have the strong bond without negative side effects like we have seen with other Gundam. Would also explain this almost brainwashing aspect we see in this final scene. The mother seems super shady and is probably in full control.
@@ASliceOfGamingPodcast this would explain the time problem. Witches were hunted 21 years ago but suletta is 17
@@veyolaski4324 pretty much all of the masked characters in the Gundam franchise tbh
Even the spinoffs
Mio is never gonna look at tomatoes the same again... they'll probably trigger a ptsd episode whenever she looks at one.
I wouldn't be surprised if she gives up on them for a while, and Suletta takes care of them just to keep some semblance of a connection to Mio after being pushed away for being a murderer.
I really hope they dive into the trauma this scene caused.
I hope that Mio can get over it, but Karla Mitchum (Daryl Lorenz's researcher GF in Thunderbolt) lost her mind in a similar situation and regressed to a child mentally.
@hitachicordoba It's an appropriate response to something so traumatic. Seeing someone so innocent and aloof just mercilessly crush someone, and then smile with a blood stained hand outstretched would scar a lot of people for life.
This has been your friendly reminder that you are watching: Gundam.
Am I the only one questioning how she can just break all these holes in the space station, and yet they still have air while not being sucked out into space??
She probably burst through a different wall first that closed off due to depressurization. We’ve seen in like Unicorn that ships have that feature to deal with that issue
00:36 You can see behind the mobile suit. Its not space but more space station. Its likely she entered the station through an air lock and then just started smashing internal walls. Suletta may Forgetta but not about needing air to breath.
The same way the station can get cut into segments and still has oxygen. It's muti-hulled and has a series of emergency doors to maintain pressure
realistically, your unlikely to get "sucked" out into space if your not in a position to have the bulk of the air behind you, miorine has her back to a wall, so the full air of the station wouldnt have pushed her towards the hole in the half-second it would take to depressurize, that and the hole is so large, that the volume of air in the room could leave without needing a high pressure to move.
gotta remember, the difference between ground level on earth, and the vacuum of space, is 1 atmosphere of pressure, and thats assuming a station isnt kept at slightly lower pressures on its outer-most layers specifically to minimize risks in case of puncture. theres a larger pressure differential just diving 10m under water
Doesn't seem like this was the outermost wall.
This is the dark turn I have been waiting for since the prologue episode!
Man, a boy was pavorized in episode 6
But the prologue was dark
@@Forry140 And that is exactly why I was waiting for the series to get like this. Episode 0 was brutal and full of drama but the actual series felt like a light-hearted school romcom for the most time.
0:47 This wasn't the kabedon I was dreaming of...
As hurtful as her words may be to Suletta it's understandable for her to react that way
This timeline has been comfy with all it's corporate underhanded politics and "Duels"
Now were getting into One year war/Thunderbolt territory and i don't think characters like Miorine are ready for that.
I was told with great authority that this is what the vets mean when they say "Gundam is Suffering."
Better buckle up, because the trauma train isn't gonna slow down anytime soon.
You can always thank Gundam for reminding you the horrors that can be committed with a giant humanoid war machine, including, but not limited to, accidentally killing a mother with a spent shell and squashing a man as if he was a bug
Soldier: threatens Miorine’s life
Suletta: “Catch these hands!”
the true witch, true to her name, is prospera, her spell "run gain one, move forward gain two" leaving sulleta, miorene and guel in destruction in her plot of revenge against the world
You know you've made a truly shocking scene when the universal reaction from watchers of every level of experience and familiarity with the series is horrified shock.
If the “you run, you only gain one…” is Suletta’s “would you kindly” I can’t imagine the horror and guilt that’s going to hit Miorine once(or if) she realizes even she has used it on Suletta before and that she manipulating/twisting Suletta when she thought she was encouraging her friend. That’s going to be a heavy burden.
Seems like it has to be the whole or first part of the phrase at least
New gundam fans: oh my god! how could someone so sweet and cute commit such a act?
Gundam veterans: first time?
When they cry fans: not at all.
Facts.
Gundam IBO and thunderbolt PTSD incoming.
Huh, now i know why i was not that afected by the scene... When they cry really changes one, and i dont even consider myself a fan.
I have IBO ptsd from it, the human arm was a big surprised they took time using the torn off human arm.
@@st3v3nk3 don’t forget about Victory. I’m not even done with that show and I’m worried about where it’s going especially after everything I’ve heard!
You could say it was a *_smashing_* rescue
I just realized a phrase Suletta sometime says, "didn't your mother teach you..."
What I would give to watch this scene for the first time again
The moment our sweet innocent Suletta died.
Still sweet but wrongly motivated
I think everyone forgets how she murdered a bunch of people in the prologue ep lol.
@@zomgpeoplestolemname i don't think Eri and Suletta are the same person. That incident happened 20 years before episode 1. Which mean Eri would have to be around 24. Suletta is 17. Either her age is falsified or she is a completely different person.
@@zaozao48 Her name was falsified and got past a background check right? Age could be similar.
@@DefinitelyNotAMachineCultist Suletta is in high school, so 17-18 at the oldest. In one of the episodes it’s mentioned that the incident in the prologue was 20 years ago (Eri’s 4th birthday) so Eri should be around 22
Death is love.....the only thing that matters in gundam.
Suletta:
Mama~ just killed a man
lifted my gundam’s hand, slammed it down and now he’s dead
Mika, heero, and Setsuna looking sane in comparison
I mean, they never smile after splattering someone in their respected series
Heero and Mika are still flat and bland.
We are in Sousuke Sagara land now boys...
Don't put Setsuna on that same bucket
Setsuna did same bucket too I mean he shot soldier front Marina right
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
I'm so glad this scene wasn't spoiled for me.
I was expecting it to get dark because Gundam, but this was level of brutality that I'd expect from something like Thunderbolt.
Same here, this scene at the end wasn't spoilt for me too. As the situation sets in, man am I shook.
I was shocked to see it especially the arm, I knew gundam brutality was gonna be in it but not humans! And the arm just floated to Mironie face and the amount of blood going is insane.
To be honest we probably never had a human death as brutal as this outside IBO and I kinda like it, I hope intense scenes are shown more later on as season 1 is already a great start imo.
This actually reminds me a lot of the game "Front Mission 3" in which you, in your wanzers, at times need to go against both enemy wanzers and regular foot soldiers like the enemy guard here.
About this as well, Suletta did exactly what she promised Miorine, as in protecting her and winning her battles. However, this is the "real" Gundam world...
Also, is it me, or is Suletta seemingly controlled by her mom like a puppet/marionette?
Remake coming later.
I remembered one of the scene from that game where the wanzer was dropped from the helicopter on top of a character as he was running away. It was pixelated back then and there no blood involved like this though.
Nah, definitely some mental conditioning going on. How deep it goes is the big question
List of forbidden languages:
1. Happy birthday to you.
2. If you run, gain one. If you move forward, gain two.
If you run, you gain one. If you move forward, you gain two. This has always been Suletta Mercury code she followed. Every ep she said it she add to the move forward rewards like courage confidence honor experience love. But for run away it was you get to live but she told people not to laugh at Guel because he move forward but does at mean its OK to laugh if you run away? Ps if Suletta is eri that would make her 25
Hell of a way to end Part 1, amirite?
Suletta's mom : " Suletta, the time has come. Execute order "move forward, gain two" ".
Suletta : "Good daughters follow orders".
I don't think Suletta will become an example of Gasai Yuno protecting Miorine in an almost psychotic way. For me, this moment only reinforces how much Prospera has influence over Suletta and that now she will use her daughter's feelings for Miorine to manipulate her, I hope that Miorine is not influenced and that she remains by the bride's side, otherwise Suletta may end up getting lost.
It was such an amazing moment. The nonchalant voice while she brought the hand down on a human body was just so jarring and then her face like she swatted a fly. God I love gundam so much!!
Poor Suletta, trying to be confident and reassuring for Miorine but to someone now in shock she just looks kinda crazy from the outside...
They'll have to learn though, things are only going to get harder for all of them.
1:04
"Pass the controller, bro"
Imagine those new to main Gundam franchise and they're entry point is The Witch From Mercury. The final episode would have been a shock to them LOL! Welcome to Gundam! Where killing people, war crimes, child soldiers, etc are just normal.
0:40 Why Didn't the Other Gundam Protagonists do this?
well ive only seen the first 2 gundam series but amuro didnt physically meet char till they were in neutral territory and then his gundam was destroyed before he could face him in person and with everybody else was usually already in a mobile suit when he fought them and similar things happen in zeta gundam in fact i dont think camille and scirocco ever actually met in person
Wait, you think they didnt? ahahahahaha go watch other gundam series like Unicorn, Wing or Blooded Orphans
This definitely has the build-up to a horrible tragic ending. Suletta is being manipulated not only by her mother in a plot for vendetta but also circumstances that she can’t control. The theme of innocence destroyed is heartbreaking.
Hands down the best episode, it really slapped. But poor Suletta will have her hands full to try and redeem her image towards Miorine but in my opinion, having a friend like Suletta who can rush into battle to save your life is truly handy.
She better say thank you after she and her father was just saved 💀
in Miorine's defense, she just witnessed Suletta just splatted the gunman into red sludge and is not being disturbed of what she just did.
Delling probably appreciates what Suletta did more than Miorine does.
Delling also understood that he now owes Suletta (and by proxy Prospera) a HUGE favor.
@@tomimn2233 Oh Prospera DEFINITELY just got herself one of the fancier seats in that big board room.
@@alexanderchon9058 true but to call her a murderer with a disgusted, and horrified look on her face without a thank you cmon. Like if be scared but still first thing I'm doing is praising
@@KLtheCustard TBF it wasn't the crushing that horrified her, it was the sheer detachment Suletta showed afterwards that was the problem.
Even for a soldier (a child soldier might i add) it is a disturbing level of sociopathy that Sulleta has never displayed before, that is whats concerning to Mirorine
This feels much more like the Gundam we know and love. XD
Gundams at least classic one didn't dwelled into psychotic staff much
It's good to get out of My Gundam Academia
@@TheEmolano to be fair, the shift wouldn't feel as dramatic if it wasn't for the earlier tone making ya forget for a bit that it's still Gundam. The prologue and Elan 4 stuff aside, the happy tone made for a really good distraction from all the messed up stuff that was setting up this in the background.
I mean, aside from the insane happy smile what do they think they were learning to pilot giant war machines for? I'm 99% sure that giant robot loaded up with death isnt for construction or to give people hugs. Sure killed without losing herself but at least it wasnt another one of those scenes where the protag sweats and crys over doing the thing theyre actually being trained to do.
"Hey! You wanted to not die, right?"
Its less you saved her and more standing there grinning like a brainwashed lunatic in the guts and blood of person she killed.
I would have done the same thing tbh. She didn’t have time to do anything else, I’ve course she was happy to see miorine alive. I would sleep good at night knowing that I prevented the death of a loved one fr
But you wouldn't also be like "oopsie woopsie, I'm such a klutz teehee!" right after killing a man, even if it was to save someone else.
@@JackgarPrime maybe not those exact words but I’d be pretty nonchalant about it probably. It had to be done, as far as I’m concerned, the method and details don’t really matter
@@zoedwight5186 then yes I would be scared of you like Mio
@@Fingleberrys ok ok I’ll take that one on the cheek that’s fair ngl
How you gonna end on this scene and tell us to wait for Season 2!? I'm so excited to see what happens next.
For everyone who forgot after the cuteness last episode: THIS IS GUNDAM!!
The prologue actually hints at this outcome, when she makes that remark about how the explosions are like candles. Thought she was just naive, but now I wonder if she is just a psychopath when it comes to killing.
Hey Miorine, what should I do next?