Circling Thoughts

Circling Thoughts
Circling Thoughts (巡る思い, Meguru Omoi)
Episode Data
Episode	Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury: #10
Airing
Runtime	24:07
Japanese	2022-12-11
English	2023-04-09
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Circling Thoughts is the tenth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury. It aired in Japan on December 12, 2022 17:00 JST on MBS and TBD, and was simulcast at 09:00 UTC by Ani-One Asia and GundamInfo, and then at 10:30 GMT by Crunchyroll.

Synopsis

It has been two months since the duel with Shaddiq. Little by little, the launch of GUND-ARM, Inc. is proceeding on track. As she juggles the company and her schoolwork, Suletta's days are productive and fulfilling. Meanwhile Miorine, pushing forward in her demanding role as company president, unexpectedly encounters Feng once again.

Plot

During a meeting with Cathedra, Sarius is denied from pressing charges regarding Aerial violating the anti-Gundam laws. Vim meets with Sarius on the ride out of the facility, stating that he plans to kill Delling.

It has been 2 months since the duel between Earth House and Grassley House, Suletta takes care of Miorine's greenhouse plants as the latter is away due to business. Shaddiq meets with her, but their discussion is cut short as Suletta receives an angry call from Chuchu, berating her for being late to test the prosthetic GUND legs that they are manufacturing.

The legs clear the test and GUND-ARM， Inc. begins to put things together for a new promotional video featuring them, but Suletta had forgotten to set up a suitable time and place to record the video. However, in spite of the clear tension from the members of the team, she cuts through it with a joke to lighten the mood. Nika notices Suletta crossing her action off of her bucket list, soon revealing to Nika that she is aiming to mark another item off of her list soon; two keychains she had purchased for Miorine and herself to match with.

At the Benerit Group's headquarters, Delling meets with his daughter, Miorine, praising her for the progress of GUND-ARM， Inc., and offering her further advice for it. Afterward, Till meets her by the new company spaceship, alongside Guston Parche and Feng Jun who served as the pilots. Miorine realized that they were working for the Space Assembly League.

Shaddiq has a video call with his father, Sarius, within his office. Informing him of Vim's new plan for assassinating Delling. Shaddiq proposes for them to let Vim try, stating that if he can manage to achieve the role of Holder, the Benerit Group could be theirs. Sarius is still hesitant to go with the plan, but Shaddiq insists that he will win the title and repay what he feels he owes to Sarius for adopting him.

Suletta was unable to book a good place to film their promotional video, so she comes up with the idea for them to use the area that the Holder would be able to access, the Dueling Committee Lounge. Lauda and Petra discuss how Guel had seemingly vanished and it is soon revealed that Guel had ran away instead of being withdrawn from the school as his father wanted. He now operates under the alias "Bob" and is a spacecraft maintenance worker, however, he is ordered to ship supplies to Plant Quetta, a factory operated by the Benerit Group.

Within the ruins of Japan on Earth, two girls, Norea and her friend Sophie, watch the promotional video by GUND-ARM， Inc., stating that the company is merely making a joke of Witches and Gundams, while Naji, who acts as their father-figure, is hired by Shaddiq to assassinate Delling Rembran on Plant Quetta. When the call between them ends, it is shown that the call was arranged by Nika, revealed to be a member of this community and liaison between the two groups.

Suletta quickly departs the newly assembled set for the promotional video as her alarm alerts her to check on Miorine's greenhouse. As she headed to the Greenhouse, she passed by Elan who seemed to have been minding his own business, unaware he was the fifth Enhanced Person who was altered to look that way. Unlike the previous ones who were either reserved or polite, this one was flirtatious with Suletta, asking her out on a date and making light of her engagement to Miorine being in name only, Going to kiss her, he is pushed away and Suletta runs away. In Peil's office, Elan and Nugen discuss the recent body double.

When Suletta arrived to the greenhouse, she found Miorine, who had arrived sooner than expected due to using the new company ship, and two men she had hired to help with the garden. Miorine then asks her if she had met with Elan yet, to which Suletta informs her of his suductive actions, making note that it would be fine for colleagues to get to know each other, as Miorine had brought him on as a second GUND test pilot. Due to Miorine's hiring of more people, Suletta feels as though she has been pushed aside and replaced, getting rid of the matching keychains she had bought for herself and Miorine, all the while Miorine asks her to come and get Aerial after it has finished being repaired at Plant Quetta.

Prospera waits at Plant Quetta for Delling, who soon arrives, while Guel and his coworkers grab a meal on their way there. Before they arrive, Guel's crew is suddenly seized by the Dawn of Fold's Lfrith Thorn and Lfrith Ur, piloted by Norea and Sohpie, respectively. The ship is taken over and while Shaddiq tells his team of his plans to break up Benerit Group, rather than taking it over as he had told Sarius.

Stats

This section was compiled by watching the primary source available at .

Characters

Name	Timestamp
Rajan Zahi	00:05
Sarius Zenelli	00:06
Vim Jeturk	00:37
Suletta Mercury	02:34
Shaddiq Zenelli	02:38
Lilique Kadoka Lipati	03:50
Aliya Mahvash	03:55
Martin Upmont	03:55
Nika Nanaura	04:04
Nuno Kargan	04:04
Belmeria Winston	04:04
Chuatury Panlunch	04:04
Ojelo Gabel	04:04
Delling Rembran	07:17
Miorine Rembran	07:19
Till Nys	07:57
Guston Parche	08:20
Feng Jun	08:20
Henao Jazz	09:30
Renee Costa	09:30
Ireesha Plano	09:32
Sabina Fardin	09:32
Maisie May	09:32
Petra Itta	10:56
Lauda Neill	11:00
Bob	11:19
Norea Du Noc	12:03
Sophie Pulone	12:18
Naji Geor Hija	12:49
Secelia Dote	13:59
Rouji Chante	13:59
Elan Ceres	15:57
Nugen	17:33
Elan Ceres	17:33
Godoy Haimano	20:28
Prospera Mercury	20:28

Mechanics

Name	Timestamp	Notes
XVX-016 Gundam Aerial	12:18	Recording only
Gundam Lfrith Ur	22:44
Gundam Lfrith Thorn	22:49

Factions

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Benerit Group	00:05
Cathedra	00:05
Grassley Defense Systems	00:06
Dominicus	00:22	Mentioned only
Jeturk Heavy Machinery	00:37
GUND-ARM, Inc.	02:34
Earth House	02:34
Dueling Committee	02:38
Grassley House	02:38
Peil Technologies	04:04
Space Assembly League	08:20
Jeturk House	10:56
Dawn of Fold	12:03
Burion House	13:59
Shin Sei Development Corporation	20:28

Locations

Name	Timestamp	Notes
Benerit Group Front	00:00
Asticassia School of Technology	02:30
Mercury	02:36	Mentioned only
Earth	11:43
Plant Quetta	20:16

Technology

Name	Timestamp	Notes
GUND Format	00:07	Mentioned only
GUND	04:04
Haro	14:05
Mobile Suit	22:44

Terminology

Name	Timestamp
Earthian
Witch	00:21
Holder	09:48

Music

Title	Timestamp
"Shukufuku" (OP)	00:56
"Kimi yo Kedakaku Are" (ED)	20:36

Notes & Trivia

• The end card is illustrated by Yoshitsune Izuna .
  • The end card depicts Suletta Mercury, Miorine Rembran, Guel Jeturk, Shaddiq Zenelli, Elan Ceres, and Chuatury Panlunch dressed up as their mobile suits, as well as Nika Nanaura dressed up as an MSJ-121 Demi Trainer.
• Due to Yume Miyamoto's health problems, this episode marks Haruka Shiraishi's first episode providing the voice of Nika Nanaura.

Errors & Goofs

• Exchanging contact info is listed as number 7 in Suletta's list of things she wishes to do during school, despite Suletta previously mentioning it as number 12 in episode 3, "Guel's Pride".

Dub Differences

• After talking with Naji, Shaddiq tells Nika that her father-figure says hello in the official sub. In the English dub, he instead refers to him as her father.

References

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