Eps 10

Some melodrama interludes

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I say that, but this was a good example of great storyboarding, set up, and payoff. Like the content or not, Witch from Mercury is a very well competently made anime. Even "great" series in other genres stumble at how this is being executed.

It's all Show and not Tell.

They demonstrated to us earlier in the episode that Suletta is being overtaxed in her role. Test pilot, doing PR, the only person that Miorine trusted to take care of her greenhouse without being paid to do it, in addition to all her studies, and trying to branch out in her social life. Suletta got to achieve her goal of telling a pun that everyone laughed at, but it was also showing us that she's forgetting to do things that she needs to be doing. She's fumbling with how much has been placed on her while Miorine is away. They also emphasized that Miorine is also skipping all her classes.

Lastly, Miorine is very well aware of Suletta's bucket list.

So said at the worst possible time and without any explanation, Miorine's attempt to take some of the burden off of Suletta and allow her more freedom to enjoy her own school life while Miorine ramps up their business was twisted into a betrayal. New Clone Pick Up Artist Elan knew that he was being added to the team, so he literally hid in the bushes and took the opportunity to twist the knife and plant the seeds of doubt.

Miorine's only failing was not talking to Suletta as soon as she got back, and it all snowballed from what the others trying to break them apart set up.

Speaking of Miorine, they also showed us a good composition of contrasting the plan to assassinate Delling while bouncing back and forth between Miorine and her father finally reconciling over something. He was impassive, but still quite happy to give her a great deal of business mentoring and reminding her of potential pitfalls. They even capped it off with Miorine giving an expression of conflicted happiness. She hates her father, but she liked the discussions they were having about her work.

Thus, they're setting up for an emotional payoff for when he actually does get killed this time.


So Nika is definitely a terrorist, or at the very least a merc, and quite possibly has blood on her hands already, or at least indirectly. Trinity Sibling spiritual successors.

Final note, Shiraishi Haruka replaced Miyamoto Yume as Nika starting this episode due to the latter's health issues. While she has a great range, she doesn't fit Nika at all, or at least the way they directed her this episode. She almost immediately came off as a different character in a negative way. Maybe they need time to settle her, because from her work history, she absolutely can cover the role in the same pitch and vibe.