We're over halfway through the first season of X-Men '97, Marvel Animation's beloved continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series. The series has definitely delivered plenty of shocking moments thus far, culminating in the massacre of Genosha in the fifth episode, "Remember It." The storyline led to some character deaths, and undoubtedly led to a lot of tears from viewers, and now we have a bit more insight as to how it came to be. In a recent interview with ComicBook.com's Phase Zero podcast, X-Men '97 director Emi Yonemura spoke about wanting to earn the moment among the show's audience, instead of defaulting to misery.