Ugh, I just read that this is from the maker of Chaos: Head? Well, I liked that show (except for the disappointing development towards its end). The feedback to the first two episodes doesnt sound that exciting, but I guess Iīll see by myself.
Ugh, I just read that this is from the maker of Chaos: Head? Well, I liked that show (except for the disappointing development towards its end). The feedback to the first two episodes doesnt sound that exciting, but I guess Iīll see by myself.
It's a LOT better than Chaos;Head. I can't stress that enough.Originally Posted by MFauli
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I dropped Chaos;Head halfway through but enjoyed this show from the beginning till the end.
Chaos;Head probably would have been better if it was spread across 24-26 episodes.
I liked it well enough though. Been too long, so I can't remember if I was content with the ending or not.
Steins;Gate wraps up almost perfectly in my opinion. I'm not quite sure why the feedback on the first two episodes doesn't sound exciting to you, since there is a major "wtf" moment in the first episode alone. But I guess it depends on the viewer. If you liked Chaos;Head though, you'll like Steins;Gate.
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Nah, the problem with Chaos:head was that it started out as this interesting, psychological otaku-drama, but then turned into a full-fledged Sailor Moon-like fantasy-plot. Aka, I liked it better when it was uncertain if the main characters delusions were real or not.
Anyway, still have to watch SG episode 1.
Episode 25
Awesome epilogue.
Peace.
Yeah, it was a good extra episode. Okarin was as crazy as ever, Christina as tsundere as ever.
Daru's wife was an out of the blue revelation, though...
It's a great twist. Everyone kept guessing wrong and rationalizing relationships among introduced characters when the obvious answer based on the daughter's looks is this one.
Peace.
Now Daku will either meet her in a Rainet event by himself or through Okabe when they start the "you chased me across the desert one time" convo. Time paradox!
This ova provided a more satisfying closure for Okabe/Kurisu, but in my eagerness for it I didn't tune in to the comedic first half as much.
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It wasn't unexpected, but I liked how they ended the episode with the sudden cut after the assistant's 'Close your eyes' command.
Peace.
Cliffhangerish, most "logical" reasoning would imply it was the kiss Okabe so longed for, or in my comedic mind..a slap o.o was never truly revealed what she did, so to each their own i guess, on that note...anyone think it's good as it is? or think a Sequal might be possible? (they could come up with a "problem" 7 years in the future or something if ya ask me, such as Okabe fucking up the future by meeting that woman in the desert endangering the daughter's "existence" and must somehow be "corrected" or something along certain lines ._.)
Time travel stories really cannot 'end' with finality because of the nature of the theme. I am already satisfied with this ending, but I am the type that loves characters over plot so my answer will always be I want shows that I like continued. The only exception to this would be Chrno Crusade.
Peace.
That was pretty good, the way progress was constantly being canceled out via d-mail was getting very personally annoying but having those unclear dreams really saved the show for me. It wasn't meaningless, not all of it anyway.
I also enjoyed the ending and epilogue, after all the bulshit they wen't through it was about damn time fate worked in their favor for once.
Watched ep 1, thanks for the recommendation.
While I enjoyed it overall, thereīs on BIG problem I have so far. I should be used to that since Im not new to anime, but still: So the opening scene shows a very young doctor. Next to him an even younger, clueless moe-girl. And they soon meet a similarly young girl that publishes her articles in science magazines. WTF?! Yeah, yeah, in anime and JRPGs, itīs always young people that save the world, but come on! The world of science is a world of older people because it takes time to gather the required knowledge. I could accept the fairly young doctor, but the girl? Sigh. Pandering to the otaku audience.
Anyway, will keep watching.
EDIT: Ep 3 finished. So I take it Kyouma isnt a real doctor, just making up stuff. I really like the similarity of his character to the protagonist of Chaos;Head. Totally deluded in his own crazy world. The only thing Iīd like to know now is how he sustains this life of his. Where does he works, how does he get money for a living?
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ep 16 watched.
Fantastic show. So far. What I hope to see adressed, though, is the fact that while Kyouma stays the same, EVERYTIME he leaps back in time, he forsakens his friends in that world line. Because every time leap creates a new world line with all the more or less subtle changes he set in motion. Thatīs what I donīt like about this showīs concept and I cannot see a non-tragic end because of it. Like, even if Kyouma manages to save "everyone" in the end, he should realize "Nobody here is the original. I sacrificed hundreds of friends to create this one ideal world line ..."
Well, I donīt want anybody spoiling me anything, so Ill just go watch the rest.
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Finished the whole thing.
Great anime, but last episode was completely unneeded. Did they have to fill that time slot or what?
Kinda disappointed that the anime didnīt respond to what I mentioned earlier: It might be a happy end at first look, buuuuut all those "failed" world lines are just as real as the one Kyouma ended up in. Just he has what he wanted: a world line where Kurisu and Mayushi are well alive.
But now there are dozens of world lines where Mayushi died, sometimes Kurisu, too. AND he left his friends behind everytime he leapt through time! Was it ever explained what happens to the body that stays in the present, while the memories leap back through time? Maybe body is left without a mind, maybe everytime Kyouma went back, his friends from that world line had to watch their friend die. And so on.
The only reason why it appears like a happyend is because Kyouma doesnīt think of all this stuff, or chooses to ignore it. Otherwise heīd realize: He didnīt save anyone but his own desires. And if heīd think some more, heīd come to a point where heīd say "fuck it all, itīs all meaningless". You know, because when anything happens, be it in this or that world line, why try at all? You know that in some world lines you fail no matter what. That the people you care fore have to suffer no matter what. That aspect is being ignored. And maybe for the better.
Oh, and wtf, biggest surprise at the end: Kyouma is supposed to be 18? What, were they afraid to have an older protagonist? I though heīd be something like 25 or older. He certainly looks it.
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it's a while since I read it but the visual novel had decent alternative routes and may have explored that notion( I can't remember for sure). Probably boring to read right after watching it but I'd suggest trying out the VN instead of rewatching the anime if you feel like rewatching it sometime later on.
I suppose it didn't matter to him. As long as he created ONE timeline that where everyone was safe, he was satisfied in knowing that somewhere in the universe there was a happy end.
Which was the "last episode"? The one where they explain Daru's wife? If so, that's an OVA that was added on at the end. The last episode from memory was the one where Kyouma faked his death.
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ok, that makes more sense then.
Steins;Gate 0 episode 1&2 are out.
First ep is more a quick setup and character review. Somehow these are the initial parameters for that timeline.
But it was boring.
Second ep is more like I like my Steins;Gate
Hope we'll get some reactions in that thread.
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Greatly enjoyed both episodes. This anime feels like a weekly emotional punch to the gut, though. I wanna hug Okabe and cry together ...
I've got to go back to RandomC and re-read some parts of the main story, but so far I agree that the first 2 episodes are pretty good. Kurisu dropped her politeness a little too quickly to be believable, but I'll tolerate it for the sake of getting on with the story.
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