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| In what is definitely the show's biggest plot twist so far (even with the OP spoilers making a lot of sense now), Asahi's life gets rocked when he sees that the world is not what it seems. Meeting the researcher Dr. Yoshino Feynman (acting as his virtual good friend Yoshio Ijuin) and learning of the AOI (Artificial Omniscient Intelligence) Cavendish project which he applied and was selected for randomly with the tools provided, every inch of Asahi's memories is reproduced in a VR enironment, with the girls being AIs. This is for sure, some SAO shitz, with AI leading the world through human emotion, and more specifically for Asahi, in the area of romantic interests, which resulted in the 5 girls which appeared in his life for months in the virtual world, even though it lasted only a day in the real world. This and all, throws Asahi to a fit of rage and shock as they were booted out of the virtual world, and trying to grasp this in the context of AIs becoming more human to the point of trespassing over data and technology, this brain simulation technology went mainstream, and that includes the 5 simulation AI girls themselves. The progenitor of this mind-uploading technology? Someone named Kotaro Izawa, who had a daughter named Ai who died due to an illness, and you can't tell me that the boy living alongside her is for all coincidences, Asahi himself. Ah yes, the childhood friend trope strikes again, and the ED makes this clear. As much as this episode is depressing, this show has begun to be interesting from here on despite the tropes, NGL. Will Aoi start to shatter this experiment being the DDLC character she's been hiding all along? |
KANLen09Nov 30, 2022 8:33 PM
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| What is that plot twist... all of that was an IA simulation and the girls weren't even real?! Well I didn't really expect that xD |
AshhkNov 30, 2022 7:38 AM
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| Oh no the show is turning Pantheon. |
| That was very sad. That's it! That's it!! AkeZZZ said: The ending was very interesting though. This could confirm that the entire world is either simulation or some kind of experiment with multiple servers. |
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| The first ep was great but it turned into plotless shit, now it had again a great ep but in different way, but I feel there wont be anything interesting from this moment. |
| Well, I think we should consider those 7 episodes a prologue. It's nice to know, that this incredibly generic trash we have seen so far was deliberate and self aware. But this is where pleasantries end, because from now on it seems we gonna have pure misery. It's hard to imagine a happy ending now unless Asahi somehow mqnqges to somehow cope with the truth. This situation must have caused Asahi a huge distress. Finding out, that people he forged a bond with and deeply cared about never even really existed must be really hurtful. Reminds me of that Red Lamp story. |
PiromyslNov 30, 2022 9:15 PM
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| I did not see this coming. |
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| Straight up "Bad End", wow. - Asahi lost his childhood friend - became a recluse - signed up for the experiment to escape everything - comes to the realization that his new-found friends are not even real after losing his memory You don't get a good end after all this, it's gonna be either bittersweet (Asahi coming to terms with his life after all the sadness and heartbreak) or just straight up depressing (Asahi willing to escape the world and become permanently trapped in the VR world to be with the gang) |
AkeZZZ said: That was very sad. That's it! That's it!! AkeZZZ said: The ending was very interesting though. This could confirm that the entire world is either simulation or some kind of experiment with multiple servers. I suspect it's AI becoming self aware (which was literally everything this episode was about) and will try to reach Asahi in real life, because they developed actual feelings. |
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Piromysl said: I suspect it's AI becoming self aware (which was literally everything this episode was about) and will try to reach Asahi in real life, because they developed actual feelings. I also thought like that as well. Ai is the one behind the incident and she tried to reach Asahi, somehow. My guess is she will try to throw out some chaos to the real world in the next episode while trying to contact Asahi. |
何それ？意味分かんない |
| This was such a lovely but bittersweet episode, the ending song would also make you cry after this episode. There's so much information given like it was summarized mostly completely but it was wonderfully made that I have no qualms about it. Tragic ending but he still has that girl who knows him from his class, better ship them or tears will flow again... (ᗒᗩᗕ) |
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| I called it, that this was all VR but I don't feel good at all. The girls were AI? Well fuck. So Aoi was created from Asahi's childhood friend and most likely the other four AIs are also created from girls Asahi knows since there was all the flashbacks. Fuck my harem end this won't even have any sort of good ending. Unless they bring back the girls to life or something. |
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| That's pretty fucking sad, can't imagine waking up to be told all of that... What a show dude |
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MegamiRem said: So Aoi was created from Asahi's childhood friend and most likely the other four AIs are also created from girls Asahi knows since there was all the flashbacks. You sure you were properly watching the episode? 'Cause it was explained that the girls had no relation to Asahi and were just creations of scientists from different countries. Those memories were most likely planted by Ai AI who has decided to interfere with the experiment. |
| This episode was really good. I don’t like the whole “you were in a simulation” thing though. It just removes all the really good character development they had. Why did they make already fictional girls, fictional? I really liked the ending though. Pretty decent episode and I did like the plot twists. Hopefully we see the girls again… |
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| Welcome to Total Recall, girlfriend edition, featuring Steins Gate 0"s Amadeus... |
| ngl, that was a pretty godlike plot twist lol |
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| Still think they took too long with the reveal...and now a whole episode of scarred passive amnesiac mc (worst trope) + new exposition dump (also bad thing to do). And yey despite the exposition dump they still don't explain why he seems to have amnesia or something? I mean, rejecting reality is one thing, but going in for an experiment, having a realistic long dream and then waking up insane is... Did the newtwch fry part of his brain sao style..? I like that they're trying something original but so far the execution is kind of lacking, the only really special and well made part was the second half of ep7 |
| Damn, that was quite a cool (not to mention cruel) twist, just so happened to be in the worst anime of the season lol... Raise my score by 1 for that episode. |
| BRO, i spat on this anime for literally 7 episodes, and out of nothing, in the 8th one, they send the BIGGEST PLOTWIST IN ANIME INDUSTRY I mean, they had to give some high context, and now everything makes sense that it was cringe af, caught us out guard |
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| Episode 8 be like: 「Wait..it always has been？」 |
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Chipp12 said: MegamiRem said: So Aoi was created from Asahi's childhood friend and most likely the other four AIs are also created from girls Asahi knows since there was all the flashbacks. You sure you were properly watching the episode? 'Cause it was explained that the girls had no relation to Asahi and were just creations of scientists from different countries. Those memories were most likely planted by Ai AI who has decided to interfere with the experiment. You two need to watch the episode again lol, Yoshino said that ALL the human-like AIs are created from the same AI the doctor (Ai's father) created 3 years ago (by copying his dying daughter's/Asahi's childhood friend's brain). The designs were created from people from different countries, but all the girls have memories from their childhood with Asashi because they're all based on Ai Izawa. |
Tsukumo_YuumaNov 30, 2022 1:42 PM
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MegamiRem said: I called it, that this was all VR but I don't feel good at all. The girls were AI? Well fuck. So Aoi was created from Asahi's childhood friend and most likely the other four AIs are also created from girls Asahi knows since there was all the flashbacks. Fuck my harem end this won't even have any sort of good ending. Unless they bring back the girls to life or something. Ai's father scanned her brain prior her death and it served as a template for all other AI, who were later customized. She was the first. |
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| all the random cringe nonsense shit now falls into place perfectly. I must say this was rather well done. Can't wait to see how it pans out. If they take what they have and run with it seriously, this could potentialy be awesome |
misfit25 said: bruh what the f is going on. it went from generic plotless title to somewhat mysterious and exciting. can someone tell me how many episodes of renai flops and how's the manga progress compared to it's adaptation? The anime will be 12 eps, and the manga is still in the Ilya/Irina episode (it just has more ecchi than the anime). |
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| Hey yo. I came here for the cheap laughs and the raunchy fanservice, not for the feels and the overwhelming takeover from Sharon Apple and her AI pals. |
| Wow. The absolute insanity of the last two episodes, with twist after twist basically entirely changing this show. There was a LOT of exposition this episode, but it was all fairly important and has set the show up for an interesting conclusion. |
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| Nothing beats an AI that literally went yandere for you. |
| Well i expected this kinda twist, but i did not expect it to be THAT depressing. That ending... it looks like the Yandere AI is gonna make the whole world go to sheet. But not all hope is lost, because another heroine is introduced this episode (and this time it's a real person). I didn't catch her name, but that classmate of Asahi will most likely be crucial later on to save him from Aoi. But heey that's just a theory. It's also very possible that Asahi will accept Aoi and will live forever in a fake world. But that'd be really messed up so i don't want to consider that. |
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Avbuub said: Legitimately took 2/3 of the entire run to start to a have a plot that makes sense. Despite that, I've got to say, kinda hooked. haha, well yeah, this happens in a large amount of Animes based on Manga, which the manga version keep going on for several years... (even decades like -One Piece-, detective Conan (Aka Case Closed, etc) ... while the anime just adapted to the few volumen.... (3 to 5 usually a series of 12 episodes) |
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| This episode changed my opinion on this anime tremendously...like everything leading up to this episode had me like "Damn what is even happening in this anime any more? Magical girls, Ninjas, other crazy shit...this show is all over the place." And it turns out it was all a dream. Honestly I am okay with this. Especially the in depth analysis of who these five Ai's were modeled after. I am super intrigued to see where this anime will go from here now. |
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