History Recap / MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercuryEpisode23

* SwordOverHead: The instant before Guel and Lauda's attack each other with their suit's blades, Guel leaves his at the side and turns the beam edge off. This makes Lauda immediately regret impaling Guel's Dilanza, though thankfully he missed the cockpit and Felsi is able to keep the suit from detonating.

** Guel ''attempts'' to sacrifice himself to bring Lauda back to his senses and save Miorine, but Felsi refuses to have any of it.

* HeroicSacrifice: Ericht puts herself and as many Gundnodes as she can between Quiet Zero and the Space Assembly League laser cannon, successfully blocking the shot, but at the apparent cost of her life.

* SwordOverHead: The instant before Guel and Lauda's attack each other with their suit's blades, Guel turns his off. This makes Lauda immediately regret impaling Guel's Dilanza, though thankfully he missed the cockpit and Felsi is able to keep the suit from detonating.

* SpannerInTheWorks: It's implied that Notrette is a part of Quiet Zero and disabled the Gundnodes attacking the Demi Barding so that Miorine's group can complete their mission. Additionally, it's the posthumous message she left for Miorine that allowed her to hack into Quiet Zero and stop it for good.

* {{Callback}}: After Quiet Zero is shut down, Miorine tells Prospera that she should follow her own advice, and move forward, noting that the two of them, along with Suletta and Ericht, will be a family once she and Suletta marry, recalling a more mocking sentiment from Prospera back in Episode 7 by comparison to Miorine being sincere. She also extends her hand out to Prospera, referencing similar scenes in Episodes 12 and 22.

* {{Callback}}: After Quiet Zero is shut down, Miorine tells Prospera that she should follow her own advice, and move forward, noting that the two of them, along with Suletta and Ericht, will be a family once she and Suletta marry, recalling a more mocking sentiment from Prospera back in Episode 7. She also extends her hand out to Prospera, referencing similar scenes in Episodes 12 and 22.

* {{Callback}}: After Quiet Zero is shut down, Miorine tells Prospera that she should follow her own advice, and move forward, noting that the two of them, along with Suletta and Ericht, will be a family once she and Suletta marry, recalling a more mocking sentiment from Prospera back in Episode 7.

* EvolvingCredits: The opening switches out the scene of Aerial fighting Lfrith Ur & Thorn for one of Calibarn and the Demi Barding fighting Aerial and her Gundnodes, the shots of the Pharact, Darilbalde and Michaelis with the Schwarzette, and transitions to Suletta piloting Calibarn rather than Aerial.

* SayMyName: Prospera cries Eri's name out in desperation both when she moves to intercept the blast threatening to kill them all, and in the aftermath where she's seemingly perished to it.

Boarding Quiet Zero, the infiltration group make their way down to its system core before their path is blocked by Haro-controlled security drones. Kenanji uses a flashbang to temporarily disable the drones, allowing Belmeria, Miorine and Elan #5 to proceed deeper inside. Attempting to shut Quiet Zero down, Prospera arrives with more drones, revealing she changed the password Belmeria had previous expected to be in-use. While Suletta and Ericht continue battling outside, Miorine argues with Prospera about her treatment of her daughters as she attempts to hack into Quiet Zero's systems. As Belmeria and Elan #5 hold Prospera off, Miorine discovers a sub-admin bearing her mother's name, using the information Suletta had shared with her before the operation to successfully disrupt the data storm. With the data storm weakened, Rouji is able to create a Permet Link, allowing engineers at Benerit HQ to shut Quiet Zero down completely.

** Aerial Rebuild and the Gundnodes tanking a shot from said huge laser cannon is reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn the Banshee Norn and Unicorn Gundams blocking a colony laser]].

* BeamSpam: Once the Gundam Schwarzette releases its GUND Bits it begins to swarm the battlefield with a cascade of small beams that begin to converge into a single big one.
* BifurcatedWeapon: The huge slab-like blade that the Gundam Schwarzette is equipped with is able to split apart into a six GUND Bits that can serve a variety of uses as well as revealing a smaller sword kept hidden by the bigger version.

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* HeroicSacrifice:

Boarding Quiet Zero, the infiltration group make their way down to its system core before their path is blocked by Haro-controlled security drones. Lauda, suffering under the effects of the Schwarzette's data storm, uses his bits to dismantle Guel's Dilanza, proclaiming he will

Suletta and Ericht begin their battle, Calibarn evading Aerial's GUND-bits as Suletta pleads with her sister to stop, Ericht refusing while also asking her to give up. Outside the data storm, Lauda continues to attempt to attack Miorine's ship with the Schwarzette, while Guel stops him. Felsi leaves the ship's bridge after a narrow miss from Lauda's assault, while Chuchu launches the Demi Barding carrying the non-Permet shuttle. Struggling at first once the Permet Link is disabled, Chuchu adapts and proceeds to carry the others closer to Quiet Zero.

Raising Schwarzette's Permet Score, Lauda reveals its sword to be comprised of its own GUND-bits, continuing to attack Guel, accusing him of finding him undependable, thus why he hid the truth about their father from him. Guel insists he believed it his sin and burden alone to bear, while Lauda dismisses his thinking as arrogant, believing it to be how Miorine took advantage of him. On the other side of Quiet Zero, Guston's shuttle makes contact with the Space Assembly League fleet, carrying Delling who resumes his role as Benerit president, requesting a special session be held to reconsider the previous decision to intervene in the Group's affairs.

* MythologyGag: Aerial Rebuild and the Gundnodes tanking a shot from a huge laser cannon is reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn the Banshee Norn and Unicorn Gundams blocking a colony laser]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Aerial Rebuild/Ericht Samaya sacrifice herself to block the laser cannon, leaving Prospera/Elnora utterly grieved and everyone else in shock as the Space Assembly League's sinister side rears its ugly head.
* MythologyGag: Aerial Rebuild and the Gund-nodes tanking a shot from a huge laser cannon is reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn the Banshee Norn and Unicorn Gundams blocking a colony laser]].

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Aerial Rebuild/Ericht Samaya sacrifice herself to block the laser cannon, leaving Prospera/Elnora utterly grieved and everyone else in shock.

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