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| NUUUUUUUUU, KURISU-CHAAAANNNN ;A; Totally slipped my mind that he'll be thrown back to the Beta Line where Kurisu died TT^TT he has to tell her :'( eventually she'll figure it out on her own if she connects the pieces together esp after what she just said to him nonchalantly which made him realize it :( She needs to know too :{ |
| man the face okabe make when he realize that kurisu going to die . man i love this anime so much . so glad i remember to rewatch it . |
| "Mountains, beings, and nature's laws are bound by an arrangement, and within it, we live." -Mushishi Zoku Shou Suzu No Shizuku |
| [Rewatch - BD version] Shady business as usual and then BOOM, plot twist! Mr.Braun is FB! BOOM! Plot twists, he kills Moeka! And then, when you think it is over, BOOM, brutal plot twist that Okabe did not see coming. The last D-mail to undo was the one that changed Kurisu's death. This cliffhanger sure was critical for him, and us. To save one means to let die the other. |
| Okabe's realization that returning to the original timeline will result in Kurisu getting stabbed was daunting. Okabe has been through so much mental torment in this series with people dying left and right and coming back to life in other timelines that Okabe travels to. He probably never knows who's going to die next, he's always looking out for something else to happen and how he will fix it. His biggest problem is figuring out how to keep everyone alive, because the original, unaltered timeline still results in Kurisu's death. Will he have to choose who he has to sacrifice? Can he keep everyone alive? I can't imagine the crippling stress this is bringing. Another type of stress that no other human has had to deal with. |
| UM WHAT. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED. |
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| How the bloody hell do neither of them realize that undoing all the D-mails will result in Kurisu's death?? I've been wondering about it for a while - and with where they're going with this I mean, come on! It was the very first D-mail that caused the world lines to change - the one that started it all! How could he have not thought of this until now? I was so confused when he said the last mail would be Moeka's. ayyeesh And even the so-called genius, Makise, fails to remember it; I don't get it tf? Oh not to mention Faris just giving up her dad's life like that! I mean HE IS FAMILY. Faris isn't even 'best friends' with Mayuri - or at least isn't close enough with her for that And that okabe is my prince shit oh god //end rant Let's see where this goes to now |
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Transience said: How the bloody hell do neither of them realize that undoing all the D-mails will result in Kurisu's death?? I've been wondering about it for a while - and with where they're going with this I mean, come on! It was the very first D-mail that caused the world lines to change - the one that started it all! How could he have not thought of this until now? I was so confused when he said the last mail would be Moeka's. ayyeesh And even the so-called genius, Makise, fails to remember it; I don't get it tf? Oh not to mention Faris just giving up her dad's life like that! I mean HE IS FAMILY. Faris isn't even 'best friends' with Mayuri - or at least isn't close enough with her for that And that okabe is my prince shit oh god //end rant Let's see where this goes to now He barely slept trying to do this stuff, it's normal for pressure to get to him with all this chaos while focusing on trying to fix everything one step at a time. Kurisu didn't really know much of the details. Faris already remembered parts of her old life, so in a sense she already has some regrets and doubts that what she lives now might be wrong or some kind of an undeserved fake life with memories that will continue to haunt her. It's understandable she wants to turn back what was meant to happen originally, and she also understands Okabe's pain and the reason he is doing that. |
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| Well fuck. I guess some stuff from the first episode makes sense now. The cryptic question Kurisu asked Okabe about "what were you trying to tell me back there?" despite neither of them seeming to know each other (in person. Okabe knew her by name). His phone rang when he found Kurisu's body, but he didn't look at it. And then, when Okabe sees Kurisu after coming off the elevator, is that technically the first time they "met" in this world line? Hmm |
| It was a nice twist that mr braun was FB. As for the other twists... well, they really weren't twists. Things were pretty obvious, at least for me |
Aria_Armstrong said: Actually, that part in the anime may be considered a victim of source material "condensation". There is way more backstory to that which makes more sense and gives the character more justice. Love the scene where Braun kills himself while Nae is waking up and making breakfast. I can't believe he had the guts to leave his daughter alone in the world. This is a stellar anime. I might change my 8 star rating to 9 lol |
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Timebendinghuman said: jdimaria3 said: Well fuck. I guess some stuff from the first episode makes sense now. The cryptic question Kurisu asked Okabe about "what were you trying to tell me back there?" despite neither of them seeming to know each other (in person. Okabe knew her by name). His phone rang when he found Kurisu's body, but he didn't look at it. And then, when Okabe sees Kurisu after coming off the elevator, is that technically the first time they "met" in this world line? Hmm My mind is actually blown. Every minute of this episode was well executed. I don't want Kurisu to die :(((((. To be honest I very much want to watch the whole season again. I went sequentially through all episodes until ep 18. I stopped there for a few days so I kinda lost track of the plot a little. I think this warrants a re-watch perhaps this time I can enjoy it dubbed so I follow through the story clearly without any holes. Haha, it's definitely a mind blowing episode! It's like the big payoffs finally start hitting from here on out with everything coming together and making sense. Enjoy the last 4 episodes! I'd recommend the dub for sure! That's how I watched it and I thought it was great, especially Okabe. Daru was also better in the dub and scriptwriting in general was great, they adapted it really well for English speakers. But you really can't go wrong either way, I played the VN as well which is only sub and liked the voices there too. |
| I forget that in the original timeline from the first episode, Kurisu died. If Okabe saves Mayuri, Kurisu won't live. Mayuri dying or Kurisu dying? Ahhh, that's hard. A nice twist that Mr. Braun was FB. He kills Moeka and commits suicide lol. 4/5 |
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| Okabe and Moeka probably got the most professional kind of relationship. They are 100% serious, even monitoring the IBN package without sleeping. YOOO! What's with the plot twist!? I've already suspected Mr.Braun of enough things now, in the end, he turns out to be FB!!! After his explanation about the fact that he's a basically a controlled puppet/livestock, even though he's the one who leads Moeka to kill Mayuri, Mr.Braun is not the type of character that can be hated for real even though he was the FB who have manipulated people including Moeka into killing Mayuri. Where do all these people get their guns from? Illegal imports? That's freaking messed up! Even though Braun could've just let Moeka go, he chose to kill her instead, followed by committing suicide, basically abandoning his daughter! And just like what happened to Faris and Ruka, Moeka remembers the things she has done in other worldlines. Does undoing a D-mail have to do something to this? Maybe not? The real antagonist in this show is SERN itself, as already stated by Suzuha! The main objective has always been to delete that data in SERN's database. After FINALLY re-obtaining the IBN 5100, it's time to do so. Oh shit! I forgot that the original worldline (Beta worldline?!) is where Kurisu was stabbed! Followed by the first D-mail So it's either Mayuri or Kurisu who gets to live... Such an extremely hard choice. Hopefully, they will find a way to save them both somehow. |
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| Oof. Now there's a big dilemma right there. |
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| It's a shame that everything they worked for must be reversed :( These episodes are getting more and more depressing |
| I am not a weeb, I simply enjoy 2D girls |
| What a twist. So Mr. Braun was FB all the time, I can't believe it. He lives a normal life (at least it seems so), has a little daughter, his job but has connection to SERN? Omg... And then without any hesitation he killed Moeka and himself. It's nice that Okabe was able to change the timeline so much that he was able the get the IBN 5100 back but like me he totally forgot about the fact if everything goes back to normal Kurisu is dead... That's such a fucking dilemma. I just want Kurisu and Mayuri to be alive. Please Okabe find a way. Otherwise I will freak out ;_; |
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| Mr. Braun is the one you should kill, Okabe. FB was just SERN's dog, thought it was the boss. Kurisu's life at the cost of Dystopia and Mayuri's death. "To save someone means to sacrifice the other." Lol, They need to find Charlie or Delta timeline where all live happily ever after. Or Omega timeline. |
| He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame. |
| Looks like he almost saved everyone's life by jumping timelines, now onto the first death that occured, Cristina |
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| Wait, I must be missing something. I remember Kurisu being killed in the original timeline, of course. But WHY do they have to go all the way back to the original timeline? Wasn't the goal for Okabe to get his hands on the IBN, so they could throw SERN off their trail, isn't that what Kurisu said?? And what is this about each D-Mail being undone buying exactly 24 hours? I don't recall that being the point of reversing them, I thought it was to retrieve the IBN. Why wouldn't him stealing it from the locker change the world line? It would stop SERN from ever tracing them, right? Wasn't that the point? Seems sufficient to save Mayuri AND they wouldn't have to go all the way back. Kurisu's reasoning for stopping Okabe from stealing the IBN was just "it probably won't work because the last two D-Mails you reversed (Faris' and Ruka's) didn't work." But wasn't that to be expected? Weren't those just steps being taken to get to the IBN? Am I missing something? I feel like I'm not, but every time leap has made sense up until now. Also, Mr. Braun being a SERN agent was just one plot twist too many. Hate to say it, but I can't help but feel like this show is dropping the ball near the end. Plot feeling too contrived overall; even if I am missing something in regards to the timelines, there's been other, smaller moments that have felt forced. |
LordQuazApr 5, 2020 7:25 PM
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| Fucking hell man, MISTA BRAUN i didn't expect that one seriously but i knew something was going to happen cause he got a lot of screen time and usually only the important ones get screen time in this anime, omfg that ending tho gave me chills, at first i thought Suzuka killed Kurisu cause it was the same day she arrived at 2010 timeline and cause she knew that Kurisu was going to become the mother of time machines working for SEREN so maybe im wrong idk... |
| Oh crap! I almost forgot about how Kurisu was stabbed in the first episode! This is a difficult dilemma for Okabe. But to be honest, the original world line is where Kurisu was dead anyway. But surely there must be a way to save both Kurisu and Mayuri. 🙏😢 |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| MR BRAUUUNNN! Well that happened. |
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| Okarin: "We just want to see FB. We saw that you gave the IBM 5100 to whoever that was." At that point I just knew Mr. Braum was FB. I still think it's hella suspect that his daughter somehow knew of Mayuri's specific location at the time of her execution that one time to throw her in the train tracks... Also, how could I forget. How could he forget. How could we forget?! The first D-Mail was to prevent Kurisu's death!!!! |
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| Bloody hell, another intense episode! Moeka was killed by Braun who was FB all the time, and Braun shot himself in the head shortly after. What's more, one thing that some people might forget about (like me, lol) was reminded: that in the so called "world from before sending D-mail" Mayuri lives, but Kurisu dies! :( |
| I temporarily ditched the show after watching episode 11 because I was frustrated by how criminally negligent and careless the team was (as I also wrote in a forum post on that episode) with the "temporal nuclear bomb" they (somehow) managed to invent, in particular Okabe Rintarou. I was thinking about dropping the show, and calling it "waaaay overrated" due to its implausibly immature and childish characters (Shiina Mayuri excluded, she is a treasure; as is Urushibara Ruka, no matter what gender he/she has) in a forum post or review. Thankfully I didn't. From episode 12 onward, when shit got real, and Okabe saw and realized, again and again and again, ad nauseam, that "foolish/childish actions have dangerous consequences", the show got far better and engrossing. Okabe appears to have had a crash course lesson in maturity in these episodes, despite reliving the same mid August days again and again (I wonder how that would affect someone's sanity). Well, the circumstances forced him to. The emergence of an actual antagonist in the form of FB and SERN also made things far more compelling. And now Okabe will apparently have to face the macabre choice between saving Mauyri-chan and Kurisu-chan, provided he cannot save both. This will probably raise the drama bar even higher.. From a 6.5 - 7 score I would give to the first 11 episodes I believe as of episode 20 the show deserves a ~8.5 I wonder after watching the last 4 episodes if it will round up to 9 or down to 8.. |
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| Theres so many goosebumps moments in this show man. The art of storytelling is different with this one. That last scene in the end. Fuckin hell |
| Damn we got back to square 1 after all of this. We need world line Gamma goddamnnit |
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| It was MISTER.BRAUM! Dammit, FBFBFBFBFBFBFBFB B = BRAUM.. it was so close yet so far.. They finally succeeded on gettin their hands on the IBN 5100 and gettin to the first WORLD LINE BUT.. they forgot a MAJOR thing! In the first wordline were SERN didn't become a dystopia.. KIRUSU DIES. How will he solve this? Dammit |
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| Wow, I've always hated SERN but this makes my hate worse |
HelProcksJul 3, 2021 7:24 AM
| This episode man...pure masterclass. The moment with Braun sitting on the rock hit me as hard as the second half of EP 16 did, on top of that, we get a lovely reminder of beta world line events. This show is insanely good. |
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| Mr Braun is FB! Didn't see that coming. Damn Okabe has been through so much already and now he has to let Christina die by reversing the first dmail to save Mayuri. Can't wait to see what he does in the next episode |
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