Gundam Is Gay And Not Just Subtextually Anymore
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury is pretty gay and while this revelation may have been a cause for some celebration, it's also not the most surprising discovery. Ever since Char and Amuro's time, the franchise's melodramatic writing has produced scenes that, on a subtextual level, feel heavily queer, but few are as direct and bold as this premiere.
At the end of Witch From Mercury's first episode, Suletta Mercury defeated Guel in a duel for the sake of Miorine's honor, who had been bound by the school's rules to be Guel's husband. After the duel, Miorine revealed that by defeating Guel, Suletta had inadvertently just become her new groom.
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The reactions to this exciting premiere have been thankfully positive for the most part, with many in the fandom drawing comparisons between Witch From Mercury and Revolutionary Girl Utena. Granted, that is a bold comparison that feels like setting one’s self up for failure, but it's quite an apropos description of the vibes it gives off.
It’s also such an in-your-face reveal that there’s no getting around how gay the series is making itself appear. They even spell it out with Suletta telling Miorine that she’s a woman in the biggest display of ignorance of the basics of human sexuality since Shinji from Evangelion responded “I’m a boy” to Kaji.
It isn't even as if the moment is presented as comedic or even an inconvenience for the characters in question. Miorine's attitude suggests it's wildly more preferable than her previous arrangement, though that admittedly doesn't say much. But she goes out of the way to suppose Mercury must be more conservative, citing the obvious fact that same-sex pairing is common,
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