bloggbigg said:Sorry- length. Skip if you don't want to read 'nit picking'
KappaG3 said:
I have to agree. I don't understand how many in this thread are not seeing how this episode felt a bit off.
First of all, while being a fan of Stein's;Gate, I'm trying to like this anime too. And it isn't bad, but certain things are so... what.
Say, monopoles and the whole "let's build a robot thing". The only thing we've got so far is 5 episodes of preparation and then, magically, a fully functional robot up and running.
And this happened twice.
Also, what happened to the actual Airi? Nobody knows, she just disappeared from the show.
Finally, as you already stated, driving a giant robot under heavy wind is pants on head retarded. They can build a gundam and then they don't even calculate how much force it takes for it to fall down, or at least consider the option of bad weather?
And why didn't Kai try to push Mizune to the side in the first place? That would've been the most obvious thing to do, regardless of what would have happened next.
"LMAO THERE'S A CLIFF BEHIND US LET'S PUSH THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION MAYBE THE LEGS WON'T GO BERSERK KILLING US BOTH"
And lastly, those legs looked fixed to the ground with super glue. Otherwise Kai would've been perfectly able to flip Mizune off easily.
As I said, I want to like this show, but each week odd questions keep coming up...
I realized quick that even though this anime is great, it's science... not so much so- but whatever- I can forgive.
They also have a pile of monopoles- which are either dropping 'just for them'- or are all over the world & no one gives a damn.
Airi in theory got 'killed' by the server cleanup (or whatever- I forget the details), though why Sister Centipede remains is a question, so that makes you wonder (Not even gonna go into cloud/server distribution/redundancy).
As for the robot- they had to drive it (to safety at least), but running alongside it to troubleshoot it is pretty dumb- especially since it's barely tested, and the operator is a noob (apparently Kai (normally designated operator) can't screw up 2 things at once, so they had to sub him for one).
As for the tragic death (which may not be- longshot she survives):
I won't mention the bicycle exercise- which she could have saved herself with. (You're on your back, you prop up your waist with your arms- not such a stretch when you realize physical therapy likely included this )
I assumed that the legs had GPS, but why Mizune just gave up is a mystery more than Kai's slow reaction/cluelessness. No way she could have seen that rope near the cliff and not thought "If I can just grab that". Nope "I must die alone, Kai you bastard (POW)" or even "drag me to that tree." (grabbing anything overhead and lifting wouldn't work somehow). Ok- happened too fast- whatever.
I definitely can't mention any foresight- like the 'seat belt knife' (which would have worked here).
The story is what it is.
To address the point of 'nit-picking' (other posters)- If harry potter ended with... I dunno, Santa Claus joining the fight against Slytherin, people would be so 'wtf'- because the level of writing suggested reasonable evolutions for story elements, not crazy 'this must happen' shoehorning to get plot points checked off. (Though I'm sure it would still be entertaining & people would criticize anyone not agreeing Santa was a natural to join in the fight).
She had to die. Simple. Fine. Whatever. Maybe... have them already at the edge? Make it happen too fast to react? Stay within the framework of 'clever people' we've learned to respect so no one can wonder 'why'- He unlocks reports, she answers mysteries. Neither can undo straps- which are usually velcro. Just sayin'. That's not exactly nitpicking- that's disappointment.
Kai's been unearthing and trying to make sense of the conspiracy sense the beginning. Mizune had some clue, and saw the previous crisis & robot parade and must have an idea of being 'at risk'. Apparently the companies don't do 'recalls' or 'service upgrades' in this world (because 'handicapped people walking to their deaths' is both forgivable and expected?)- though I dunno- an 'emergency shutdown' is way unreasonable thing to expect when people who don't want to die stop buying your product because- I dunno- it just may kill them...
Anyway- all that aside- Kai thinking conspiracy x hours a day, finding tangible evidence of genius & 'not crazy' (real AI, installations, and a 'cryogenically' (not- but something) girl, etc)- maybe he's got no right to actually be surprised when a girl wearing listed 'at risk tech' does crap that was mentioned in other crap he worked hard to unearth- but he was- whatever... lame.
I can go with that.
Bottom line- It just could have been better-- not because I can think of ways (blah blah)- just because (until now), it mostly has been.