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- It's Isaiah Colbert,
the Otaku of Kotaku.

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Remember when I put you on
this gay ass mecha anime,

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"Mobile Suit Gundam:
The Witch from Mercury"?

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They're gay.

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Well, its first season has come and gone,

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so I think it's high time we
talk about the shocking finale

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and how it's protag now joins
the long illustrious list

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of anime characters doing
some morally gray shit.

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The end of G Witch, our tanuki
daughter, Suletta Mercury,

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was having a bit of an episode.

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You see, she just gotten
over her misunderstanding

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with her bride, Miore Rembrand,

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and used the tried-and-true
talk no jutsu method

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to reaffirm their
affections for one another.

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It was very sweet and I
clapped when I saw it.

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Then, episode 12 had our iPad
baby squash an enemy soldier

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like he was a beef steak tomato.

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In the span of 12 episodes,
Suletta went from,

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"Hmm, that's a little
fucked up baby girl."

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To, "Yeah, she's cracked."

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While Suletta's heel turn
with Miore was shocking,

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the signs were always there that Suletta,

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under the guiding hand of
her mother, Lady Prospera,

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was capable of unspeakable violence.

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All she needed was a
series version of Char

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to tell her that she's not a burden,

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it's okay to ask for
help, and murder is okay.

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As shocking as a season
finale of G Witch was,

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Suletta isn't the first anime character

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to rug-pull viewers with
the simplistic justification

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for committing atrocities.

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Exhibit A, Light Yagami.

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While the list

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of crimes against humanity
Death Note's protagonist commits

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in the pursuit of cleansing
the world of criminals

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is as long as Misa
Amani's lifespan is short,

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the egotistical high
schooler definitely crossed

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an uncrossable line

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when he justified orchestrating
the death of his own father

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to one up his rival, L Lawliet.

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Dude was already trash,

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but he became a roaring dumpster fire

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when he took out his supportive ACAB,

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assigned cop at birth, father.

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Boo this man.

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Exhibit B, Lelouch vi Britannia.

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My heart bleeds for Code Geass's Lelouch.

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The dude only wanted to plot a coup d'etat

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while organizing his school festival.

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Things skyrocketed downward real fast

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for Lelouch when he
mistakenly used his geass

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and killed his half-sister, Euphemia.

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This devastating turn
of events led Lelouch

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to commit to the bit of
being the show's villain

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in order to orchestrate a
long-lasting change in the world.

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Exhibit C, Eren Jaeger.

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My audience will agree
that Eren's transformation

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from Attack on Titan's
babyface military scout

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to its genocidal antagonist

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could have been called
way back in season one.

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Dude just gives off don't
come to school tomorrow vibes.

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Charitably speaking, Eren's fascistic plan

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makes worlds more sense

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than his half-brother's dogwater plan

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to euthanize all the Eldians,
still a war crime though.

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We'll see how anime onlys feel

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about being Jaegerists come
its final season, part four.

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While the jury is still out

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on whether or not Suletta will
walk down the path of evil

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in G Witch's second season,
it's hard not to call

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her whoopsy daisy act

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of ultra violence compelling television.

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Let us know in the comment section below,

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whether you plan on checking
out G Witch's second season,

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and be sure to comment
if you think Suletta

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is about to become a full blown batty

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or if she's just clumsy sometimes.

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(upbeat music)