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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wow, what an opening song! Wonderfully made with solid chereography and imagery. Hiyajou's involvement with Okabe is interesting as they bring up the topic of Kurisu. Obviously, Okabe still thinks a lot about her and the events of the past as well as the current world line. I kinda like their character chemisty so far, quite different since when they first met. Hiyajo's reaction to Kurisu was also interesing to note and I want to see more of their past (besides just the short flashback this episode) Hiyajou impresses me with her intellect. Seeing Kurisu on that screen talking to Okabe almost bought a tear to my eye. |
Stark700Apr 18, 2018 11:00 AM
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| The OP and ED visuals are foreshadowing. Amazing. This episode is more calm, the directing in this episode improved but the animation quality is pretty much the same with nice background details. Amadeus is CGI, Prepare to see more Kurisutina. 5/5   [/spoiler]Mod edit: added spoiler tag |
BrandonNov 30, 2018 11:09 AM
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| Hey boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, best character is here! |
xiii-dex said: Just popping in here without reading any comments because I'm on vacation in Spain, and just found out it cannot be watched here. Devastated. rest in pepperonis, my friend  so, a new challenger has arrived, right, maho? kurisu's va seems a bit different from what i remember, maybe because of the ai-ish effect they layered on it and right off the bat ai acts all tsunderish, kinda strange, considering the first time they've met at the conference she destroyed him and why wouldn't okabe tell maho about the time leap experiments? |
uninstallthegameApr 18, 2018 11:02 AM
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| Absolutely tremendous OP. It's tied with the original Steins;Gate OP for my favorite anime openings of all time. Kudos to the franchise for this. Other than that, phenomenal episode. Seeing Amadeus and Okabe together brings back a lot of nostalgia that made me really feel down for Okabe that he has to go through this. So far, 2 excellent episodes out of 2 for this show. Steins;Gate was gone for many years but it hasn't lost its beat in anyway. |
| My waifu is here.\ o/ I'm not sure whether I should feel bad or happy for Okabe. He could never get over his love for Christina, and perhaps never will. |
| loved it. Emotional episode |
| CHRISTINA! I laughed my ass off, man, those times! But the feels were definitely here, they managed to capture Kurisu perfectly with Amadeus. Poor Okabe, i feel for him. |
| Only episode 2 and it already hit me pretty hard.. damn. |
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI |
| I don't believe it! I won't believe it! This is all BS to me! Never! Never! This episode was freaking messing my mind and brain up! Dang it! No no no non on ono on no on ! XD sorry guys I am jsut being mentally agonized... badly... psychologically... XD |
| Op and Ed are frigging great and easily contender for best theme songs of the season. And great episode again,Okabe interacting with Amadeus Kurisu was so heartbreaking. This show knows how to push my buttons,looking forward to more. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| It took this episode to get my brain really in sync with everything Steins;Gate, all over again... Okabe being confronted with AI Kurisu, Mayuri seeming to have a sense of something going on, even if she isn't sure what it is, exactly. The compelling meter is legit through the roof, right now. |
~ sXeblues - Reviews on Youtube ~ |
| OP teases a lot of stuff, including something that doesn't even happen in the two main routes they're supposed to adapt. Hopefully this means that we see plot-points from the other routes merging into the main routes. Great episode though. That Amadeus part didn't really get to me, mainly because I know there's much more feels-inducing moments incoming soon enough. Also, ED is pretty awesome. I think I like it more than the OP. Not as good as the original anime's ED though. That's still one of my all time favorite ED :P |
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| Great OP and ED. Really emotional episode. I can't wait to see future Kurisu and Okabe interactions. |
| Best girl Maho gets more time to shine in this episode. I love it. Also Leskinen (who's my 5th favourite character) shows his more cheerful side. Lintahlo! |
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xiii-dex said: Just popping in here without reading any comments because I'm on vacation in Spain, and just found out it cannot be watched here. Devastated. There. Are. Ways. El. Psy.Congroo. I need to hear more Engreesh from Okabe: "uh, sorri" and that bit at the end is not enough for me. I'm enjoying this immensely. I never knew I missed Steins gate so much. Oh God, Kuristina is back too! |
FarabeufApr 18, 2018 11:54 AM
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| I am so glad this is as good as I hoped it would be, it is hitting every point I feel it needed to after playing the VN. My only complaint is now I have to wait another week! That OP/ED tho |
| Dimmock is a lot like Veal, an acquired taste. |
| I knew Amadeus had Kurisu memory and Okabe english w. |
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| I need to change my worldline too so my waifu can live in an app. |
| KURISUTINA IS BACK |
| Some good feels this episode. It was very well done. I loved the CHRISTINA outburst. I wonder if he explained why he was calling her that. Really excited for the dub to see if they translate the engrish and all that as well as they did in the original. |
| Leskinen: "Is this some kind of JAPANESE lover's quarrel?" "Give her an authentic JAPANESE bow!" OMG! They're already teasing it XD |
| You are not your body, you are your brain, the "self" that emerges from within it. |
MousEro said: The episode was perfect except one thing : i somehow don't like Kurisu in 3D :< I am glad actually, in the VN, it is mentioned that she is in 3d and it means she can do more movements that won't be awkward in the future. |
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| What a great episode, was laughing and crying at the same time :') |
Nanika ga Okashii |
| I feel like this was only a small bite of what's to come, yet I still got rather emotional watching the episode. Great episode. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
Just_Chicken said: My waifu is here.\ o/ I'm not sure whether I should feel bad or happy for Okabe. He could never get over his love for Christina, and perhaps never will. For the best though that he doesn't get over it. It's that obsession with Kurisu that could make all the difference in avoiding global catastrophe. Not that it makes it easier on the guy. It's a visible and painful reminder of what he's lost. Could be the push he needs though. If he can't stand her being gone then has to find it in himself to go out and save her. Being confronted with this replication of the girl he loved may be just what he needs right now. |
| Crying Okabe, made me cry :( |
| That ED visual is phenomenal to say the least. My favorite ED of the season if not the year so far. |
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| I've got to say just one thing BEST ED EVER |
| Steins;Gate is the fuckin best. With just 2 episodes I am almost certain Steins;Gate 0 will also be a masterpiece. ToT |
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| Another fascinating and compelling episode, and I'm glad this week focused in on Okabe and Kurisu. This episode did an excellent job of establishing how far the Amadeus system has already come in matching the real Kurisu: that "uncanny valley" feeling has already been effectively established, and it's going to be interesting to see how Okabe changes as he continues to interact with her. However, Maho - who already seems a pretty great addition to the cast from these first two episodes - said that the system still has its issues and, other than the psychological effects she described to Okabe, I'm curious what that actually means. Then there's also the notion of memory transference (or something to that effect) which Kurisu theorised and that Okabe and Maho discussed at the bar: where's that leading us to, I wonder? |
| This episode was an experience. I laughed and smiled when Okabe began speaking to Kurisu and even said Christina in front of everybody. I got hit in the feels throughout several parts of the episode. The opening is easily my favorite of the season, the ED is also terrific |
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| Dissapointing Opening : the song is good, the rest is meh, the ending is superior on the visuals but the song is meh. At least they don't seem to rush things so that's a good sign. I just hope that Maho's route will get adapted as the OP seems to hint at this. |
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| I like the effect chosen to animate the Amadeus models. It's CGI, both in-universe and probably actually rendered that way, but they did a good job of making the characters look like a part of the story world, without breaking the immersion with an out-of-place art style. IMO, "Maho" was done better than "Kurisu" but still. The music was an interesting mix of entries from the previous anime, the VN and new songs. I thought the cues sometimes came early and that the soundtrack changed a little too frequently, but that's probably because the visual novel does things differently. The beginning of the episode felt a little unnatural with technical difficulties being the excuse for people to start muttering + doubting the validity of the research, but I can't think of a better way to do it under the time budget so I guess it's fine. Okabe's encounter with Maho at the party was very well done; you could feel the camaraderie that forms between the two, and the crying scene though sudden in timing was completely understandable considering where their conversation was heading. I think the show is also tying things together in a cool and subtle way, knowing that they can't rely on hinting things using multiple endings. |
| Underwhelming opening and ending. I like the visuals, but the songs themselves not so much. Disappointed that they just skimmed through the seminar, not that i was expecting them to have all the technobabble but it was a good chance to establish early on that Leskinen is a top memelord, but it's so obvious anyways that it doesn't matter! Also, the pacing is kinda fast, don't know how (and if) they're planning to merge all the routes together, but they needed to slow down for some of the emotional scenes in this episode. And FFS how difficult is it to get a name right?  Oh, and i don't really like CGI Amadeus but it makes sense as a stylistic choice. |
| i thought they were going to make Maho shorter. Love the professors engrish as always. Kirusu and Maho's relationship was one of my favourite things about this story. They even showed Maho's username "Salieri" :) Besy gril for me. |
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| Another solid episode and once again better than the expectation they portrayed okabe's feeling so well and there are LOTS of foreshadowing of the latter scenes |
| where is the jelly banana machine and d mail? and the ed i think i hear it before somewhere from some old songs but i cant remember |
thethoamApr 18, 2018 12:41 PM
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| Amadeus is 3d animated? whut Anyways, omg I loved this episode, everything is also quite fastpaced compared with the visual novel, so I bet things will happen quickly and I'm not prepared Also, the ending theme is amazing |
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| I'm pretty sure I felt exactly the same emotions Okabe felt seeing Kurisu on that monitor. That's how you know an anime and its characters are effective. |
Mouloxas said: Underwhelming opening and ending. I like the visuals, but the songs themselves not so much. Disappointed that they just skimmed through the seminar, not that i was expecting them to have all the technobabble but it was a good chance to establish early on that Leskinen is a top memelord, but it's so obvious anyways that it doesn't matter! Also, the pacing is kinda fast, don't know how (and if) they're planning to merge all the routes together, but they needed to slow down for some of the emotional scenes in this episode. And FFS how difficult is it to get a name right? Oh, and i don't really like CGI Amadeus but it makes sense as a stylistic choice. I agree that the seminar is fast but we got all the important details from it (I played the VN btw) and emotion wise, they did a pretty good job as it felt more impactful in the anime in comparison to the VN and it seems to be less awkward between Amadeus and Okabe, which I also like. I agree too with CGI Kurisu but I can handle it honestly since... well it's Kurisutina |
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| Very good. CGI Christina Kurisu makes a lot of sense. I have no problems with it. 5/5 |
| Some S;G Movie References in there (first image) Only two episodes and is going great, First 3 hours from the VN Adapted Also Liked how they added some Flashblacks |
Dark-ScorpionApr 18, 2018 12:29 PM
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| I am mad scientist, sunovabitch |
| There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to see it. |
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