It's a Gundam after all; Witch From Mercury episode 12 impression.

It was the last episode for the witch from mercury first season. As what I expected, it pulled no hold barred beat down to the viewers and fans; giving all the action and quite a body count in one episode. The first part of the anime followed the continuation from the last episode in which Sophie in Gundam Lfirth Ur cornered Suletta. As she thought Suletta didn't hear her, she swarmed her with a barrage of machine gun shoot; making Suletta running for her life. In the other side of the door, the princess could hear the commotion outside yet she could not do anything. After trying to find another exit, she met again with her father yet the only words muttered from his mouth was asking why she didn't wear normal clothes when evacuating. Off course Miorine got pissed because he seemed to care less about her but in actuality that was Deling 's way of showing concern. 

heavy machine Gun dodododododo

One important event from this episode was when Guel found a chance to escape the earth terrorist. He hijacked one of their old mobile suits and deployed from the ship hoping to save Suletta. However, Vim Geturk; who happened to sortie with another better developed Geturk mobile suit, incidentally had an encounter with him. Since both of them didn't know about the other pilot, they were engaged in a mortal space battle. Once again Guel's got more developed as a character as we saw him crying for his life. He might be an ace pilot yet when he did Dueling, the stake was not life or dead. There was safety to the duel in the academy back then. Now he had to feel the realism or war where one wrong move might cost his life. At the end of battle, he managed to stab his father mobile suit yet his anguished know no bound after finding out that the other pilot was his father.  I thought Guel might be the most wholesome character ever made in this series. His story was a very tragic one and he had a serious character development throughout this series. The first time we saw him, he acted more or less a school bully. Then when he fought Suletta for the second time , we saw the first glimpse of quality in him which was having a good sportsmanship and noble pride (he even apologize for Miorine later). Not long after he tried to fight Elan because he made Suletta crying (showing that he started to consider Suletta as his friend). Even after everything that happened and he lost his place, he still didn't fault anyone else and prefer to start anew. What made me touched was..this man never killed anyone before..he fought really hard against his father because he just wanted to live and when he did won his first mortal battle, his first victim was his own father. To rub a salt to his wound, his father had been searching for him all this time. This really touched me as no matter how vile Vim was, he was still a loving father. He still cared for his son and if we look back, despite of Guel's failure, he still paid for his tuition money. In fact he already got another job position ready for him. This made me felt so sad 😭.

Oh noo..Martin is gonna get Marco'ed

Another important parts of this episode was when Suletta tried to reach for the newly upgraded Aerial Gundam. The earth terrorists already took control of the hangar and she had zero experiences dealing with armed combatants. As she hide in one of the rooms corner, Prospera; with a help of Mr Godoy, shot the terrorists. Suletta was terrified seeing the dead bodies in front of her yet Prospera ensured her that sometimes one had to take arm to protect the one dearest to them. This part is very interesting because we found out how depthly rooted Prospera's manipulation toward Suletta was. If we compared Suletta's mom and Miorine's dad, we could see a very contrasting character. Deling might be a stout and very airheaded at times yet he did actually cares for his daughter's survival.. He actually planned along with his late wife that if one of them died first, the other must ensure to choose the best option for the survivability of their child. Even if he had to make his daughter felt neglected, he did it so that Miorine was far from danger especially with the reality that some people wanted him dead. In fact, in this episode, he was covering Miorine when the upper part of the ceiling broke; which made him got fatally injured. In addition, he even told her to choose the best option for survival; which is leaving him.

 Dub Step Father 's injured

In contrast to Deling, Prospera used Suletta to her bidding. If we look back at episode 8, Suletta was having that disturbing face expression after Prospera told her that she lied to her in order to protect her and Aerial. She gave her a false security and brainwashed her that in some way violence is justified; moral code can be neglected for a "just" cause. She actually never cared about Suletta as her "daughter". She was more or less a tool for her vengeance purpose. The words: "move forward gains two" seemed more like a password to activate her scarier persona; a psychopath child soldier no less. What amazing from this episode was how extremely shocking Suletta's personality after her mother ensured her that killing was necessary at times. Back then, the writer really made her very likeable; a shy and adorkable girl who had a good and caring personality. I believed no one would bat an eyes if she was more or less acted like Heero Yui or Mikazuki August. However, she displayed one hundred percent character's change when she splat the terrorist using the Aerial's hand. She was smiling as if she forgot that the one he just turned into a tomato paste used to be a human being. Miorine saw the horror as her lovely groom turned into a very different person. A dork and timid girl that she loved turned into a psychopath who could smile after killing a man..even if Suletta did it for ensuring her safety.

Twin bastaa Raifuru~

It won't be a complete review if I haven't take a quick look at the new Aerial. The upgraded Aerial had a blue backpack thruster behind it's back that guarantee better movement in the space. The unit had a similar looks and capabilities (movement) to the GP01 full vernier. The same unit that Kou Uraki took for a space battle. Also it now had a buster rifle like armaments that blasting a green large beam rifle quite in similar fashion to the one we saw on Gundam wing zero. It also had a strong thruster as it could drove Sophie unit back to the space. Combined with the Gun Bits to act as funnel weapon as well the Gun Bits defender, It made Suletta capable to make the Earth terrorists ran away. Still, I believed they would make even stronger Aerial in the second season. In term of the terrorist attack、Shaddiq did fail the assassination mission, yet, somehow he could take Vim Geturk out of picture. 

Final Verdict of Witch from Mercury season one

Witch from Mercury was a really amazing Gundam experience for me. At the beginning of my review, I thought it was just an ordinary Mecha anime with a Yuri element. In reality, it managed to portray every character flawlessly and made the rest of the episodes watchable and very interesting. Even the supporting character like Ojelo and Lilique was decently written (albeit they had fewer scene). The way they made the battle scene interesting and had a good tension. The series also gave quite a good twist on it such as Elan's double and Suletta brainwashing. They managed to make us luled into a false security; thinking that it was a more lightly themed Gundam..so good was the storytelling that the first time Suletta whacked a man flat, the shock effect reverb throughout the entire community. Some said that even if the gore was less explicit, the way they handle the violence was up in the cloud. It manages to shock the viewers with the sudden gruesome moment. Even some really think that the episode 12 as the peak episode for the show but I am in the other hand enjoyed every episode and considered it as one of the best series that Gundam franchise had to offer (well to be honest it still need to keep the quality of the second season

Miomio just realized that she was in Gundam anime not love life

Pros:

+ Very good characterization and individual development

+ Shocking plot twist and unpredictable outcomes

+ The battle was great and the story building toward it was not rushed.

+ Due to the story building, the logic for every fight was justified and had a good reason to happen 

Cons:

- Some supporting characters like Secelia Dote and Lauda Neil still haven't thouroughly explored

I hereby grant the first season of Witches from Mercury as 10/10 ..congratulation. Hopefully the next season could be even better than this one.. remember it was even harder to stay at top if it had high expectations.