Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
Still thinking about it a week later. My train of thought while I was watching G-Witch episode 12 was basically "Ah, yes, Guel has unwittingly killed his dad, now we're going full Gundam! Oh, but despite the earlier panic-moment with Mom Gendo killing those guys, the plot has carefully arranged so that Suletta herself hasn't killed anyone. I guess they're saving that trauma for later! Oh there's a post-credits scene." And then ...
Okay, look, this is my first time watching a Gundam, but I had plenty of fair warning from others. Aerial giving that dude the solar system's most breathtaking low-five was startling, but not really a surprise. Before Suletta climbed out of Aerial, I fully expected that this would be the big "oh crap" moment for her, I thought Suletta would be just as shocked as Miorine, if not moreso. Like Suletta just you-know-how-it-is-with-spaghetti'd an entire dude! She reduced a person to handmade ketchup! Why wouldn't she react by going all Shinji-shaped? It was all within expected parameters.
I was not expecting for Suletta to go "whoopsie I'm so clumsy" while covered in the remains of a human being she'd just swatted like a bug with her giant robot, and her complete non-reaction to all this -- and the fact that she apparently didn't even notice Miorine's reaction -- is the part that made me go "JESUS SHIT."
『BEYOND THE TIME (メビウスの宇宙を越えて) アクシズ阻止ver.』
Imagine making something so iconic, a statue along with it’s movie feature animation is featured on public display like it’s a historical monument.
Japan is really something. This is just great.