Steins;Gate

[shinta|hikari]

If it ended in 13 episodes, this would have been a terrible anime, all build up with no proper resolution.

So, only 4 people are watching this?

[David75]

If it ended in 13 episodes, this would have been a terrible anime, all build up with no proper resolution.

So, only 4 people are watching this?

Well, I just checked because it sometimes happen you have a split show. Or everything unfolds in only one ep.


Regarding the ep:
About the death flag line by Daru, I hope he isn't part of the conspiracy.

after all, with the Steins Gate, you can turn anyone from the lab into a spy/ennemy provided you can manipulate them in the future.

[Inazuma]

That single shot tore through my stomach, I attached myself to that character without even noticing it.

[RyougaZell]

Shit... I already disliked Moeka... now I want the bitch dead...

[David75]

For those who can't wait for better alternatives:

[HorribleSubs] Steins;Gate - 13 [720p]​.mkv


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So, I guess we're in an usual loop where the MC tries to save someone dear to them until they understand it's impossible.
It's just that last episode intro would imply that in some timelines Mayushi survives 8pm that day and searches for Okabe who is losing himself trying to save her.

Second part of the intro to the episode was nice. Other than that, the ep was so much of what we know of such stories that I wasn't able to enjoy it.

[RyougaZell]

Oh holy fuck.... Mayuri! T__T

[shinta|hikari]

I loved the scene where the Zombie got shot while in tears. She seems to have taken a liking to Okabe, almost unwilling to risk his life even if it is to save her own and Tutururuun's.

[David75]

HorribleSubs] Steins;Gate - 14v2 [720p]​.mkv


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I liked the lightness of that show prior to last episodes. I'm adjusting to the new setting, although one could argue that the major world line change happened to prevent Kurisu from dying... so we already were in the same type of setting.

When JT did her explanations, I was totally feeling the Visual Novel behind it. The feeling was somewhat awesome for some reason.

[shinta|hikari]

So she really was Titor. I got it the first time, but I am impressed the show made me lose confidence with that father arc for part time soldier.

[lelouch]

Is there a reason this show is called Stein's Gate? Titor chick is totally bad ass btw.

[lelouch]

Is nobody watching this?? It's really good!

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[shinta|hikari]

I am. Right now there isn't really much to say. Maybe we can posit the obvious question of whether erasing the D-mails are enough to shift the divergence number to 1%. If it doesn't, a lot has been and will be sacrificed for naught.

They are also spending a lot of time trying to save Mayuri. I wonder if all this is linked to saving Kurisu as well. It is after all her death that started all of this. That, or it is her death that ends everything, which is what I fear.

[David75]

I am. Right now there isn't really much to say. Maybe we can posit the obvious question of whether erasing the D-mails are enough to shift the divergence number to 1%. If it doesn't, a lot has been and will be sacrificed for naught.

They are also spending a lot of time trying to save Mayuri. I wonder if all this is linked to saving Kurisu as well. It is after all her death that started all of this. That, or it is her death that ends everything, which is what I fear.

It is indeed very possible that the first divergence occured when someone decided to save Kurisu.
I said someone just to open the possibility to someone other than Okabe.

That Rukako ep was full of win in a way

[RyougaZell]

Someone else saved Kurisu? Not likely. That timeline was changed when Okabe sent the first D-Mail by pure mistake. He doesn't know it yet... but in the end, at this rate, he'll have the choice of having either Kurisu or Mayuri.

Right now I'm interested in knowing how he'll get the Moeka bit** to re-send her D-Mail.

[Buffalobiian]

HorribleSubs - Episodes 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Have you caught up yet? Things are getting really interesting.

Just caught up. What can I say.. AwesomeSauce?

Things started picking up real quick after Episode 3, so pacing and confusion wasn't a problem. The biggest issue (if it can be called an issue) was getting used to Christina's character. It's just been so long (if I even remember the last time) since there was a "soft" tsundere whose "tsun" wasn't ball-bitingly fierce.

The whole Mayuri's fate (especially that scene in a deserted world) and Kurisu's initial stabbing remains to be answered though while we get lost in the "means" to solve it by retracing our steps (funny that going BACK to the original timeline increases the divergence number, which supports the previously discussed ideas that Kurisu dying was actually a solution to saving Mayuri). I haven't been keeping up with those numbers until they introduced the retro-counter though, so I can't confirm (nor do I really want to - I'll just let it play out).

HorribleSub's video quality was pretty :S overall. I experienced a lot of banding in all the dark scenes with very little contrast, and in the later episodes I've got this weird smear towards the bottom of the screen.

FB... who on earth is that? I laughed at the name though, since so many people are addicted to FaceBook these days. Didn't expect Okabe to punch her in the face, but what else could he have done against Psycho-bitch Moeka. What confuses me is that she didn't want the neighbour to think anything was wrong in her room.. It would have been much easier to get support, though whether she would have spoken or not's another question.

Anyways, what day of the week does each episode come out?

[shinta|hikari]

Okabe wasn't forced to punch her. He hit her out of the frustration and desperation she has caused him in the other world lines.

FB made me laugh too.

Wednesday 2am in Japan.

Kurisu is awesome. How can someone be open minded enough to believe the ramblings of a self proclaimed mad scientist in so many world lines and time periods? She dulled occam's razor to absolute bluntness.

[Xelbair]

I picked up this series after dropping it. It was a good choice - first two episodes were really weak, but after that it started to be great.

It seems that repeated time leaps have put strain on Okabe's mind. He isn't caring that much about relationships with people(instead of trying to save Mayuri, he would observe her death just to get the accurate time of death), and is getting more determined about the whole case. Punching Moeka is another case of this, heck his every action considering her was kinda forceful.

We also have to remember that Moeka has no idea if FB is connected to CERN... i mean SERN.

[Buffalobiian]

Regarding the idea suggested previously in the thread that Okane's Stein Reader is someone leaping his memory after each D-mail, I don't think that quite works. For one, the mind is entirely consistent.. which would mean that someone would have had to have a copy of Okabe's state of mind right before the D-mail was sent every time. That just doesn't sound right at the moment.

I guess one other mystery that has been overlayed and somewhat forgotten amongst all the things happening is why the hell does time stop when Mayuri's about to die? That just makes no sense, and brings back the earlier wasted-planet scene that suggests Mayuri is somehow related to the space-time continuum itself or something..

[Xelbair]

Or FB works for CERN/SERN and they have more advanced means of controlling time.
Couldn't they isolate/block the timeflow in that area?

[Buffalobiian]

Or FB works for CERN/SERN and they have more advanced means of controlling time.
Couldn't they isolate/block the timeflow in that area?

They can do that while the Phone Microwave Time Machine rivals their own technology? I think that's a bit of a stretch. And then it doesn't explain why the lab members would somehow be immune to this "time freeze". It must certainly be handier to freeze them along with their surroundings in order to capture them.

I think the time freeze happens too when Mayushi dies from non-SERN events.

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