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| This is getting really good and interesting! I love mindf*cks. |
bakuramariks said: Hands making out FTW! xD ♪ Hands making out - FUCK YEAH! ♪ ^ (sung to the tune of "America, Fuck Yeah" XD ) Valentiln said: And the hand scene between them was indeed hot. Seeing people agree with me brings warm feelings to my heart. TastyOrange said: Yay, break down episode! Sort of waiting for that to happen. Those hand scenes always bug me because one party always hesitates and I'm thinking, "Just grab their hand and get on with the episode!" Was still hella sexy. Like two bodies coming together for the first time...if you get my meaning ;) The awkwardness, ya know? |
LadyOrihimeJul 14, 2011 2:09 PM
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| I marathoned this series and realized how good are the recent episodes. It's like an infinite loop and Mayuri is destined to die. Okabe somehow represents Homura man, where he has to save someone important to him, like Homura saving Madoka from her cruel fate. Seriously I didn't expect Suzuha to be John Titor, it was really an epic twist. Just end that endless looping already. You can do it, Okabe! |
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| GG NO RE. I'm speechless, Makise was <3. |
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| My John Titor can't possibly be this bishoujo. |
PseudoJord said: My John Titor can't possibly be this bishoujo. That was a nice one! :D |
| Finally, this was more of a not-so-mindfuck episode. About John Titor... I definitely didn't see this coming. And Kurisu was really kawai when she was acting like the mad scientist xD |
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| Holy mother of crud! Bombshell revelations in this episode from Suzuha. She was John Titor all along!? Also, that satellite was a time machine? Unbelievable, I did NOT expect that. Great job Nitroplus/5pb./White Fox/VAs. Now THIS is a plot twist done right! Suzuha doesn't give Kurisu murderously hostile looks anymore. Maybe she realized that if Mayuri can be saved, so can Kurisu be prevented from becoming a SERN agent (she claimed Kurisu was one, a few episodes back). Maybe Kurisu becomes a SERN agent if they allow her to be captured by SERN. Okarin learns to rely on his friends. Kurisu has really grown on me, a rare kind of tsundere who isn't overly annoying, abusive or violent. Excellent episode, 5/5. |
| I FREAKING CALLED IT! HAHA*cough* Erm...anyway, Gel Mayushi was depressing. Also,this is going to be the third Anime i'm giving a ten to. Kurisu's impression was love. I have so many theories right now, you don't even know. One question, what happens to the Okabe in the prior world line, before he skips? If he switches world lines with Time Leap, only his memories move, how does it work for D-mail? Maybe I missed something. |
HoshiNeko said: I FREAKING CALLED IT! HAHA*cough* Erm...anyway, Gel Mayushi was depressing. Also,this is going to be the third Anime i'm giving a ten to. Kurisu's impression was love. I have so many theories right now, you don't even know. One question, what happens to the Okabe in the prior world line, before he skips? If he switches world lines with Time Leap, only his memories move, how does it work for D-mail? Maybe I missed something. The previous timeline after the shift ceases to exist. There's always one active timeline only. Technically, D-mail and time-leap are the same, if not the contents being sent or the limitation. |
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| My favorite part of the episode was Okabe's existential breakdown, essentially proving that he actually is sane. However, it did take him more than an entire episode to realize that shit got real. |
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Kansokusha said: Didn't Kurisu explain she basically just compresses memory as data? The basic principle is similar. The method, data and destination are different however since they are sending information directly to someone's head and are making use of SERN's black hole.HoshiNeko said: I FREAKING CALLED IT! HAHA*cough* Erm...anyway, Gel Mayushi was depressing. Also,this is going to be the third Anime i'm giving a ten to. Kurisu's impression was love. I have so many theories right now, you don't even know. One question, what happens to the Okabe in the prior world line, before he skips? If he switches world lines with Time Leap, only his memories move, how does it work for D-mail? Maybe I missed something. The previous timeline after the shift ceases to exist. There's always one active timeline only. Technically, D-mail and time-leap are the same, if not the contents being sent or the limitation. |
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| damn, i thought john titor was okarin from future so when will okarin go to the past this show was so awesome |
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| Other than having a few really dumb plot holes (unexplainably escaping the armed thugs when making the second time leap, his hands getting untied when rushing in from the car to make the Xth), this is quite enjoyable. |
| We know Kurisu was stabbed in the original World Line, but in World Line 0.571024% (the divergence after Okabe sends the first D-Mail), she is not stabbed. It might be possible that he could find a world line above 1% but below the original world line enough so that Kurisu isn't stabbed. |
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| Have to say that the ending threw me i already guessed that "part time warrior" was from the future giving her inexplicable dislike for Kurisu but the thought never occured to me regarding who she actually was. Man this series justs gets better and better unless the ending kills it, this will go down as an all time favorite for me. |
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| A remaining question is: what exactly happened during the Gulf War and Y2K that split the major world lines? The invention of the time machine is obviously a big deal when it comes to world lines, and it must've been done because Okabe's first D-Mail jumped a major world line, actually affecting events that happened earlier than July 23, 2010 (most likely because of the Y2K world line split). Perhaps Okabe's conception (which had to have happened around the time of the Gulf War) caused the first split? And then Okabe obtaining the Reading Steiner caused the second one? |
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RedMage23 said: A remaining question is: what exactly happened during the Gulf War and Y2K that split the major world lines? The invention of the time machine is obviously a big deal when it comes to world lines, and it must've been done because Okabe's first D-Mail jumped a major world line, actually affecting events that happened earlier than July 23, 2010 (most likely because of the Y2K world line split). Perhaps Okabe's conception (which had to have happened around the time of the Gulf War) caused the first split? And then Okabe obtaining the Reading Steiner caused the second one? I like your thinking! That does seem plausable! Heh, so Suzu is Titor himself (well, you know what I mean!) which is crazy! I think when she had the badge and mentioned it was a memento of her father, I figured she was the daughter of Titor, but we'll hopefully find out who her father was! Also, this show seems to be useing a crazy mix of fatalism vs causality! So causality cant really affect fate unless its a really big change (over 1%) in which case it can overpower the divergent effects of fate. It's a new one, I'll give it that! |
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| Kurisu is so awesome <3 And omg Suzuha is John Titor? I did not see that coming at all. |
darkerealmAug 25, 2011 11:03 AM
| It was so heartwrenching to watch the previous episode..I was wondering how would he solve the problem. Never did I expect that Suzuha provided the answer more than what I was hoping for. Suzuha knew more than what she let on but hahaha no one expected she was John Titor. Argh..they even made it obvious when they said her father had the name Titor as well. |
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| That's not how determinism works :/ |
| I thought for sure Okabe would be John Titor, so this twist kind of surprised me. Makes a lot of sense in retrospect, though. I think this is also putting the first episode in perspective as well. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
RedMage23 said: A remaining question is: what exactly happened during the Gulf War and Y2K that split the major world lines? The invention of the time machine is obviously a big deal when it comes to world lines, and it must've been done because Okabe's first D-Mail jumped a major world line, actually affecting events that happened earlier than July 23, 2010 (most likely because of the Y2K world line split). Perhaps Okabe's conception (which had to have happened around the time of the Gulf War) caused the first split? And then Okabe obtaining the Reading Steiner caused the second one? That actually makes a lot of sense. Hopefully there's an answer to those questions later on. The events of the first episode are weighing on my mind. In one timeline, Kurisu dies. I'm worried that in timeline beta, Mayurii lives but then someone else dies as a result. Make sense? In any case, I'm definitely rewatching this anime soon so I can see it again with a new perspective. |
| "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 |
| Great, great stuff. You don't get plots much better than this. |
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insan3soldiern said: I thought for sure Okabe would be John Titor, so this twist kind of surprised me. Makes a lot of sense in retrospect, though. I think this is also putting the first episode in perspective as well. Yeah, I had it figured it was him too. This was a nice trick, adding to the already-expected future Suzuha. |
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| I originally thought Okabe is John Titor himself and Suzuha is his daughter but I still like this plot twist. Okabe decided to take a different route this time by going further into the past and discussing the matter with Makise, which ends up with ameeting with Suzuha the time traveler. Makise fails at mad scientist's laugh LOL =) Wonder what they will do to prevent Mayushii's death next... |
Ruri-sanNov 27, 2011 1:10 AM
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| Amazing episode. I also liked the beginning - "no matter what I tried, Mayushii kept dying." :) |
Ruri-san said: I originally thought Okabe is John Titor himself Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this, but Suzuha still kicks ass. I really hope they do find a way to save Mayuri cause I like her with Okabe same for him being with Makise too. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| Knew it. 5/5 |
Saraph said: Amazing episode. I also liked the beginning - "no matter what I tried, Mayushii kept dying." :) Well then. xD |
| I can't really seem to understand why haven't people realised before that Suzuha is John Titor. Or at least it has to be either her or Okabe. I think it was pretty obvious with all the clues. Anyway, great episode. Fuhahahaha~ :) |
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wailofthebanshee said: RazielZero said: I can't really seem to understand why haven't people realised before that Suzuha is John Titor. Or at least it has to be either her or Okabe. I think it was pretty obvious with all the clues. yeah, you, with the fucking lelouch avatar, are much more intelligent than any of us. I'm sorry, but I don't understand how my avatar comes here. Anyway, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to say anything like that :) I just meant that the creators put too many clues about that. She knew too much about John Titor and her past wasn't really clear. I didn't want to offend anyone. I'm sorry if it seemed that way :/ |
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| I knew it, she was John Titor. I love Kurisu even more. Okarin is an idiot as always. |
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Aesthetic said: Kurisu is cute when she tries to do the mad scientist laugh. :) Agreed. And HOLY SHIT! The satellite ended up being The Doctor's TARDIS~!! The satellite ended up being Future Okabe's time machine!! :o I thought it was from the future but...I didnt think it was the TARDIS time machine itself :D |
KotosKahnJan 2, 2012 5:59 PM
| ~Believe in you! Not in the you who believes in me. Not in the me who believes in you. Believe in the you... that believes in you!~ |
| I foresaw this as well, Suzu is John Titor. The reason Suzu had that divergence meter from the future was because it was taken into the time machine. All Okabe managed to do so far is sending d-mails (making changes in the past by sending messages) & time leaps (going back in time, by sending his memory data to his past self) since 'fate' is involved and Mayuri always ends up dying, they need to switch from the alpha world line to the beta world line (and in order to do that they need to make a drastic change so the 1% on the divergence meter is passed). This show is becoming more and more interesting. |
CynicalCruxJan 3, 2012 4:23 AM
| Okabe tries the change things with jump to the same time within the world line instead of trying different times or changing the time lane with D-mail which can be sent much farther into the past. But I guess he's too fixtated on Mayuri to think clearly now which makes sense or he just can't do the set up himself. Alpha and Beta world lines confuses me a bit at this point. From what I heard I guess it means a change from alpha to beta happens when some major event changing history happens, and it's not possible to change it unless you move to Alpha world line where the change originates. If I'm correct Mayuri's life might somehow play a big role in Alpha and Beta being different. For Y2K to be a major branch in history you'd somehow need to make it so that nobody takes corrective measures to their databases although it's an obvious problem. Kind of weird to suggest someone could potentially affect that. So that's who John Titor was. I could tell she's a time traveler but somehow I didn't see it coming for some reason. So as John Titor she helped Okabe to obtain IBN 5100 which was vital for their actions regarding SERN to progress the way they did (I think... although even in a world line without IBN 5100 they are doing this stuff) lol at my fork's persuasive powers. Heidegger is a bit out of place in this context. It's like they forcibly crammed it in there. Pretty convenient Okabe can escape to use time leap time and time again even when he gets surrounded by trained soldiers. And he says he actually STOPPED Moeka's group somehow in at least one time leap? Maybe he's a kung fu master. |
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| Let's see what happens next |
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| FFFFFUUUUUU why must she die!!!!!! :S Just started on this ep, hope he can save her. |
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Kyzix said: Also, does anyone understand the spoon and fork thing? I assume it is a meme from 2chan, but a further explanation would be nice if anyone can give one. Same as you, I'm 100% positive it's a 2ch meme, but I couldn't find it on knowyourmeme... I'd like to know this one, too... Any help, anyone? |
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| i knew there was something behind that girl, her being from the future was still kind of a back thought. i personally thought she was just some1 who worked for titor tho, i wasnt actually expecting it to be her, that part rly surprised me o.O |
| Wow, just wow... |
𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓖𝓾𝓼𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮 |
| wow. I admit that it has been obvious with all that hints but i seriously thinks that okabe= john titor. |
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