You Still Haven't Watched Gundam The Witch From Mercury?

Just watch the Witch From Mercury already it's a great Gundam series.

Oh, that isn't enough to convince you?

Well aren't you lucky I made a whole video on it with the entire first 11 minutes being spoiler FREE and DEDICATED to dismissing every objection you might have.

If you don't care about spoilers, or have watched the series already, I also go into a complete series retrospective which is plenty of fun.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride, that was, Gundam The Witch From Mercury.

0:00 Why haven’t you watched Gundam the Witch from Mercury?
1:59 Common ‘complaints’ about the Witch From Mercury (and why they don’t matter)
6:02 A brief spoiler-free intro to the story
9:33 Gundam the Witch from Mercury watch order
11:10 Alright let’s talk about the ending
19:25 Time for a full series retrospective
24:02 Witch from Mercury season 2
29:01 Permet Explained (kinda)
30:02 Season 2 (continued)
34:26 See you, Witch From Mercury

#gundam #witchfrommercury #mobilesuitgundam

[heavydonkeykong]

My first Gundam show and it was great. The fast pacing definitely made it a bit difficult for the plot to breathe, but that lack of downtime also meant that every episode was a hit. The entire scope could change in just a matter of three irl weeks.

[tylercharles]

About your second 'common' The mech designs for the major companies has different artists.... The company that made the Pharact specifically had an Armored Core Artist.

[brony]

Witch from mercury, aka: what happens when you mix Utena, Shakespeare's The Tempest, and robots

[AstralPhnx]

This was my introduction to Gundam and my god just... my god. What a show. I'm so fucking amazed I watched this through. It's outstanding and the story of Suletta and Miorine is just... god it had me crying by the end

[chizkek]

The worst part of the show is not making more screen time for Pharact and Schwarzette. Two cool ass gundams and they just got destroyed.

[SwiftGundam]

Watched it. Reacted to it. Loved it. Wish it was longer. Just 24 episodes. Shortest mainline series ever.

[mayajade]

My read on Prospera not being punished for her actions at the end is that it's just an extension of the show's overall message about cycles of violence. Namely, that responding to violence with more violence, while sometimes necessary, is never the actual solution, and will only create more pain and suffering and cause more people to choose violence as the solution to their pain. Whether we like it or not, the cycle is only ended by dismantling the systems that enable that violence and choosing to leave it in the past, something which is perhaps even harder than fighting, because we don't _want_ to-- We _want_ to see someone like Prospera be punished for all the terrible things she's done, but what would that actually accomplish beyond just allowing us to pat ourselves on the back and _act_ like we're "right" for rejecting and punishing the "right" people? Punishing her wouldn't bring back any of the people she killed or erase any of the pain she caused, and it certainly wouldn't undo any of the damage she did to either of her daughters, or help either of them recover in any way. Are we doing a good thing by violently rejecting evil? Because even if we are, Prospera isn't evil. It's the very idea that evil exists and must be violently punished that created her in the first place, by ripping away everyone and everything that she loved and pushing her to ever greater extremes to preserve the one thing she had left, until she lost all care or empathy for anything outside of the world she created for her lost daughter, up to and including the living daughter she still had. After all the pain that made her who she is today, would further punishing her do anything to make her better, or would it just make her already miserable existence even more miserable for, as far as she's concerned, doing what any mother would and giving the world for her child's happiness? Why would we think that, after surviving all that pain, the pain we inflict as "just punishment" for her crimes would do anything to convince her she was wrong? It's just more pain, not just for her, but for Suletta and Eri, who still loved her despite all that.

At a certain point, stopping the cycle of violence inevitably means letting go of our need to see others punished, and allowing people who we believe _deserve_ punishment to go free. Someone has to look at their own pain and say "I will not allow myself to inflict this pain on anyone else." In Witch From Mercury, suffering is never prevented by causing suffering to someone else, even to someone who themselves inflicts it on others; suffering is only prevented when the tools that people use to cause it are taken away and the people who are in pain, including those who caused pain to others, are given the help they need to heal. Sophie's death didn't teach anyone not to be like her, Norea's death didn't stop her from hurting anyone, pain didn't stop Lauda from killing his brother, and the biggest gun in the solar system did nothing to stop Prospera's rampage, and could have killed even more people than she would have if it had. Instead, the parts of Sophie that stayed with the people close to her were the good things she gave to them; Norea was only killed after she had been talked down by someone who saw her pain and wanted to help her heal from it; Lauda's pain is what drove him to try to kill Guel, Guel's love for him is what stopped him, and Guel's life was only saved by Felsi disabling both of their weapons; and finally, Prospera was stopped by her two daughters, the very tools she would have used to enact her revenge, choosing not to obey her, and in doing so taking away all the power she wielded through them, rendering her harmless forever, and only then was she able to confront the mistakes she'd made and become a better person for it.

**tl;dr:** Prospera didn't get punished because the show's whole thesis is that retribution doesn't solve problems and only makes them worse, and that the only way to break the cycle of violence is through reconciliation and dismantling of the tools and systems that allow people to hurt each other in the first place.

[lunallenadeardillaroja]

If there’s anyone interested, there’s light novels that tells a bit more about miorine past and Cradle Planet which is the story of Suletta told from the Aerial’s perspective

Also I think it’s an anime that you have to watch it with an open mind. I feel like Gundam fans that don’t like it’s because of the name. If you’ve been a long time fan of Gundam series, you expect war and political stuff but instead you get a happy colorful setting that can feel weird at first. I have to admit I forgot it was a Gundam series until episode 12
It definitely works to attract new people and it’s also kinda understandable why old fans might feel weird about it.
Personally it has become my favorite. I like symbolisms, good character development and I think it’s one if not the best relationship development in all of Gundam, it doesn’t feel out of nowhere like in other series, fantastic soundtrack and the openings and endings lyrics also tells you a bit about the story. I just loved it and you have convinced me to watch it a third time 😂 thanks man
New sub btw

[PainCausingSamurai]

I wish the IBO and WFM casts could meet. I get the impression Mikazuki and Suletta would get along very well.

[Raktus]

In an interview, the writer said that the Prologue was initially meant to be released between seasons... but that they released it as a teaser before the show instead. As someone that has produced more than 44 hours of content centered around Witch from Mercury (34 hours more than the show gave us!) I can wholeheartedly agree with the recommendation to watch.

[AntithesisEldritch]

Wait there are people who think WFM designs are bad?

[DuxSupremus]

It's a small thing, but I loved hearing "Apex in Circle" start up in the background at 10:00 after the earlier comparison of some designs to Armored Cores. (Edit: A -lot- of AC music in here actually, nice!)

[absentia]

Ok first review I watch to see whether this anime would be worth watching, and in the first four seconds of this video I already don't want anything to do with it, it's clearly already got a lot drama behind it already, I don't need that.

[officialFredDurstfanclub]

I did. It was awful. Never seen a show squander its potential so spectacularly before. I want my time back

[koju-kin]

I'm happy for the ending after watching through zeta, it hurt so much.

[Jaknaboi]

Decided to watch it as I was curious about Gundam as a franchise and heard Witch of Mercury can be watched as a standalone. Loved it so much I decided to start the main series.

[Eorfhin]

I've watched the whole season, it was absolutely amazing, it became my favourite anime now. But I just wished that there's a season 3 😭

[zetsumi]

Why haven't I watched it?
Let me get the list.
-High school setting.
-Uninteresting mecha designs, both visually and mechanically.
-High school setting.
-Perceived lack of any of the moral and philosophical themes that define Gundam as a series.
-High school setting.
-The visual and casting familiarity of it to harem anime that pander to lonely obsessives.
-High school setting.
-The only thing I see being discussed about it is shipping and character pairings, of which watching paint dry is a preferable experience to me.
-High school setting.
-High school setting.
Perhaps I'm wrong about it and it's actually a deep show with themes about war and the nature of humanity similar to previous Gundam series and all the uninteresting mecha designs actually have hidden systems and mechanics that actually render them fascinating.
Wouldn't know and never will because everything apparent about it without actually watching it points to it being a vapid, uninspired, and uninteresting experience that offers none of what I love about the franchise and instead focuses on things I find boring or outright irritating about others.
First impressions count, and the first impression of WfM is barely short of the typically exceptionally poorly written isekai I dislike, so I have zero interest in it whatsoever.

PS, didn't watch the video, my youtube autoplayed to this while I was watching MS production line vids and playing SRW. If he does address my concerns about it in a way that is aimed at actual discourse and not just offhand insulting the usual types who can't express themselves without using the word 'woke' or some shit, timestamp and I'll check it out.

[zerenixcezerix]

Personally as someone who also watched week to week watching the prologue before was really fun because I was excited to see how the show would get back to that gundam tone from where season 1 started and usually try to watch a show trying to understand what the creator is trying to say rather than just expect it to be what I want it to bs and seeing I love ibo and it's changing themes between seasons I really enjoyed witch from mercury doing a similar thing plus watching the prologue before helps add to the mystery because by the episode at the business conference they give you info that makes you question the connection between the prologue and the characters from it (trying not to spoil). Tbh tho I haven't seen many gundam series I haven't liked (only 2 I can think of are build fighters try and metaverse) I even enjoyed 0079 by the end just because gundam has my favourite theme in any piece of media understanding and I just love me giant robots too

[g_kamikazi]

“don’t gatekeep gundam”

yeah bandai.