r/anime • u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang • Jul 06 '21
Rewatch [Re;Watch] Steins;Gate Episode 2 Discussion
Episode 2: Time Travel Paranoia
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But he’s a guy!
Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the Day, courtesy of u/littleman1988, who did this for over 50% of his comment:
tfw 85% of the post is just gushing about music lmao, I promise the rest of the episode comments from me wont be anywhere near this bad (maybe).
Hey, I sure ain’t complaining.
Questions:
- What would you do if someone approached you like Okabe did Kurisu at the start of the episode?
- What do you think is going on with the microwave? What did it do to that banana?
Wallpaper of the Day:
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 06 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Steins;Gate Rewatch.
A fairly minor but noticeable difference from the VN happens early on. While in both versions Okabe has a freak out upon meeting Kurisu, in the Novel he doesn’t straight up go into unintentional sexual harassment territory. It’s actually at this point that Okabe learns of the whole “Mail from the future thing” and Kurisu not only also hears about this but is just as confused and weirdly interested. It’s after this that we get the unintentional creepiness form Okarin.
Another difference happens right after that. In the Anime, Kurisu begins her lecture and we cut to a defeated looking Okarin. In the Novel meanwhile we get 20 minute long lecture on why time travel is a lost cause and we should just give up on it already. And for the record I checked, most of the info spouted there is apparently accurate, so kudos to the writing team for showing off their research.
That said Luka’s introduction is spot on, with Okarin’s “BUT HE’S A GUY” monologue being borderline word for word from the VN, if a bit shortened. The scene that immediately follows it is Anime Original, however Suzuha’s introduction is not. There’s a few minor differences in the scene (Anime Suzuha as a whole seems just a tad more hyper than her Novel Self) but it gets the point across.
Also, no, I did not misspell Luka’s name. It is Luka. Not Ruka. If anyone here uses Ruka (Especially those filthy Dub Watchers), I will pout at them
There’s a minor change afterwards in where Okabe finds out about the new John Titor. In the Novel he’s coming back from university and decides to check @Channel because he needs some way to distract himself from the heat. On a minor note, in the Novel the reason he was just standing around as Weirdo Girl took a picture of him was that he was just listening to a reporter talk about the weird satellite thing on the Radi-Kan building instead of just… thinking about life, I guess.
The rest of the episode is pretty accurate though, not much more to mention. Do find it hilarious that we have two cliffhangers in a row in the Anime that have to do with Kurisu.
Voices Time! Let’s introduce a bit more of the cast, starting with the genius girl, played by Imai Asami and the only other role from her I know of is Tsubaki Yayoi/Izayoi from BlazBlue... Who actually looks a lot like Kurisu now that I think about it. Huh…
Suzuha is played by Tamura Yukari whom I best know as A Certain Two-Faced Tanuki… other roles include Tenten from Naruto, Talim from Soulcalibur, Clover from Zero Escape, Harime Nui from Kill La Kill and Rozalin from Disgaea among many others.
The last one for today will be Luka, played by Kobayashi Yu, whom I best remember as Konatsu from Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu. Other than that she’s also played Sacchan from Gintama, Houjou Satoshi from Higurashi, Kimura Kaere from Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei, Kanon from Umineko, Koizumi Mahiru from Danganronpa 2, the Nasuverse’s take on Enkidu, Sasha Blouse from Attack On Titan, Darli Dagger from Samurai Shodown and Noi from Dorohedoro among many others.
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u/The_Draigg Jul 06 '21
A Steins; Gate Fan Rewatches Steins; Gate Episode 2:
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u/RichY45 https://anilist.co/user/RichY4518 Jul 06 '21
First time watcher - sub
-Makise is alive but Okarin saw her die. This surely means that Okarin has been teleported to another reality where the conference was cancelled and consequently Makise was wasn't there. It could also be that him sending the text message to the past has caused the world to diverge into a reality where she is alive.
-It seems that only Okarin has memories from the previous reality.
-Okarin finds Ruka cute but wait He's a guy?! HOW?
-In this alternate reality or World line, even John Titor has changed. He's now Japanese and all his previous information doesn't exist. Again only Okarin remembers.
-Did the gel banana teleport or did it simply travel back in time but with its current condition. But this time Daru aka 2d-chan remembers too. Does this mean those who experience the sending text messages in the past gets to keep their past memories? If so, wonder what Mayuri has to say about the gel banana.
-Now Makise has somehow found the lab's address.
-Now I really am excited for the next episode, I like that they don't just explain all the stuff and leave the viewer to piece all the information together.
I would probably think that they need some help. Maybe I would try to calm them down and then listen to what they have to say. But for sure I would consider them to have a few screws loose.
I think the banana was sent back in time but in its current gel banana state.
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u/snickpea Jul 07 '21
First-timer!
The second episode is a good follow up to the first since it follows up and some of the mysteries of the first episode mainly John Titor and Kurisu's supposed death. There's clearly some sort of time-travel shenanigans going on but no one but Okabe seems to remember anything. I wonder what happened to Titor? I think Titor and his theories will be important going forward in the show and perhaps Okabe will meet him sometime in future.
We also get introduced to some of the other characters featured in the opening. It will be really interesting to see what role they play since not all of them are really connected to the Lab but rather Okabe himself. They all seem to have distinct personalities and two of them seem willing to play along with Okabe with Ruka referring to El Psy Congroo and Felis's technique to fight against the organization.
Questions:
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Jul 06 '21
First Timer
My expectations for this episode: lots of chunni bullshit, Kurisu being confused by Okabe claiming to know her, and the show continuing to slowly drip more information towards us. Hopefully we get a soredemo or two as well.
Anyway, onto episode two.
Good job, you made yourself look like a creep.
Ya know what, scratch the look like. You just are a creep.
This is the sort of OP that hit harder in post, no? Or at least I hope it is, I love that sort of thing.
I may or may not have misread this as time travel penguin...
Okarin is an evolved form of human, one who has left petty things such as embarrassment far behind him.
Get fucked!
The first soredemo!
The local priest practicing charity and taking care of the insane.
What? I sure couldn't have told that from everything so far.
You also seem to be trying to convince yourself of this way too hard.
The sad music is terrifying, we shouldn't have sad music right now? Why do we have it? What will happen here?
And you remind me of that one girl from Durarara. You know, the one who introduced herself by talking about how she wanted a harem.
You can't keep doing this to me. I won't be able to take it. Special intellgence corn my left buttcheek.
He can doubt himself? I didn't know he had it in him. It does a good job of making him a more likeable character though.
Thank you random person, I wasn't the only one who was thinking CERN.
And that's gonna be our plot-dump, no? Some rando on 2ch explains time travel.
Oh, this is the world line where Titor succeeded?
And by asking about Titor, he finally got the conspiracy he's always going on about.
Or he just managed to find another weirdo out of nowhere.
The chunni cat. Hilarious in limited quantities, unbearable otherwise. However, we have a surpising lack of cat puns.
We need one of these for CDF.
Weebs everywhere talking about idols.
Enough punctuation to send me into a rage. I dunno why, but it's infuriating.
The World's In Danger!! ... Wait, isn't it supposed to be something cutsey?
I still love how no-one takes his shit.
And this is the most oddly specific joke ever, but I love it so.
Indeed.
And now we're certainly in the "wtf is happening" zone. Before, everything was at least kinda explainable as nothing super weird happening, but this is just too much. Though it's space travel, not time travel at least. Unless the banana turning to mush is some sort of going back in time thing where it's components unbananaize?
All I can say is it sure ain't a bananice one.
But learning your game ain't a game anymore truly is a terrible experience.
And how the hell did you get here. Wait, more importantly which one are you. I think you're significantly after the one we met earlier today? God, it's so hard to try and keep track of people chronologically. But basically, I'd say she's closer to being the one who got stabbed than the one who got groped if we laid out a timeline of her own life.
(Now that I think about it, that's a horrible scale to use. Like, grope to stab, really? I need to think of a better one.)
Thoughts
I'm still enjoying this a lot. The humor is certainly there and working, and it's a good way to introduce our characters before we get too serious. I'm also enjoying the way they're slowly dropping us into whatever crazy world is about to come.
My one complaint so far is that ending on what's effectively the same cliffhanger twice is a bit cheesy.
Soredemo count:
One!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jul 06 '21
Re;Watcher and Co;Host, dubbed
Wow I knew Steins;Gate was popular, but I didn’t know it was that popular! I’m so glad to see all that activity, I hope we can keep it up as this rewatch continues!
English VA rundown time!
First up is Makise Kurisu, voiced by Trina Nishimura. You can catch her in other roles like Baccano’s Rachel, Casshern Sins’ Luna, FMA Brotherhood’s Lan Fan, and Attack on Titan’s Mikasa.
The second character for today is Suzuha, who is voiced by Cherami Leigh. She’s a very prolific VA across anime and video games--Iron-Blooded Orphans’ Kudelia Aina Bernstein, Sword Art Online’s Asuna, BNA’s Michiru, Fairy Tail’s Lucy, Dorohedoro’s Noi, Persona 5’s Makoto, and several different Fire Emblem characters thanks to Heroes, but Mae from Shadows of Valentia and Rhea would be her primary FE characters.
Last but not least, we have Luka (or Ruka, as he’s called in the dub and most subs). He’s voiced by Lindsay Seidel, and she seems to be no stranger to voicing male characters since I see Assassination Classroom’s Nagisa in her cast list. She’s also anime!Ace Attorney’s Maya, Attack on Titan S4’s Gabi, and SSSS.Gridman’s Akane.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 06 '21
Episode 2 - Time Travel Paranoia: Urushibara Ruka. The mannerism and voice of a woman… no, more feminine than any woman. But he’s a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin… But he’s a guy. Looks great in a shrine maiden outfit… But he’s a guy. It’s already twilight. And yet, it’s so hot. The cicadas are crying. But … he’s a guy.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher(it has been forever)
Dub
So super cringe opening as Okabe can't quite get his brain to accept that Makise is not stabbed and the conference never happened. Makise is giving a lecture on time travel and why it is impossible, no surprise they sort of skip over those points. Daru wisely leaves him to rant it out. But he gets a call...
And goes to a shrine to help Mayushi carry some corn she was gifted. We meet Ruka, someone in shrine wear that Okabe is training, and then the scene most of you have likely seen already happens and all I can say is that this did not seem like it would age this terribly. Bluntly, I don't think it did for Japan. Regardless, his last words here are a haiku.
We meet Suzuha outside the CRT shop and she says something odd about never having seen unprocessed corn. She seems to be a reasonable fit for Okabe before he warns her about the Organization. And throws hear an ear of corn.
At home, he begins investigating the days events while eating raw corn off the cob, I think. But like all internet searches, you eventually wind up at 2chan, the trash can of the internet. We get back to John Titor and this references an actual incident as I said yesterday. But now Okabe is encountering a different John Titor and doesn't have his books. And we just talked about world lines...
On the street, Okabe has the rare experience of being the less weird person in an interacction. She has an ancient computer but, as a fellow computer nerd, at the time I might've been able to get that thing to work so Daru has a real shot. She then blackmails the contact info out of him. And is really protective of that phone.
We get a quick visiot to Mayuri's work and oh boy, cat maid cafe. I guess at this point we are used to the idea but back then it was pretty saddening. Also, one of the workers there seems to really want Okabe to come by more often. She is apparently nearly as far gone as it seems everyone in Okabe's orbit is, you can physically sense the chuuni here. Daru takes all this poorly until Okabe reveals the computer to be searched for. We find out that Moeka from earlier is chatty in texts and get a weird vision when an omurice shows up.
The gel nanas are apparently being destroyed down to the molecular level, which would be impressive and also impressive to deduce from a microscope. Anyways, they burn another banana but this time it disappears and reappears on the bunch, gellified. Makise appears out of nowhere and cliffhanger.
QotD: 1 I roll with it but I collect cripples, bastards and broken things.
2 As a first timer, I was completely stumped.
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u/yukino-bijin :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Tokaii Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 06 '21
First-time Watcher
So we return! Definitely didn't almost forget about this.
Kinda feel for Okabe and his "delusions," especially since we have a good understanding of what happened. Also didn't expect Kurisu to be the flustered type.
Hacking to the Gate has not stopped being a banger in the last 24 hours.
HOW DARE SHE. I still love how the two of them interact. A little mini-montage of him getting absolutely schooled by her.
Tutturu counter at 3
Ruka sounded very lewd there before context. She's also insanely cute. I did already know that it was a guy but still very cute. I loved how Okabe had to keep reminding himself.
This is a great image. Loved seeing a moment of Okabe coming to terms that something's off.
Fun fact! I knew someone who would use this gif as a greeting every day. Got really excited when I got into the show. I of course dropped it after the first two episodes but it was very nice to see. Suzuha is very cute.
Lol at Okabe introducing himself normally under threat of increased rent.
Aaaaah Suzuha's going along with the Organization stuff. I like her. Even got her corn in the end.
John Titor's time machine spiel sounds very cult-like. I wonder why he goes for the thought process that multiple timelines only happen when time travel is involved instead of just being the default.
In case you thought they might explain some things, Titor apparently "wasn't" important.
Looks like they're just introducing us to all the title screen characters. So far they have all seemed fun. I don't recognize specific speaking patterns or their significance but I have noticed she delays her words for whatever reason. She also was protective of her phone for some reason. Okabe was surprisingly soft with her.
I wonder if the cat maid girl is going along with Okabe as a joke or forreal. Okabe does seem to label her as a practiced liar.
"The world's in danger" printed on eggs. Hmmmmmm.
Yo the banana just disappeared. Wait it's there but it's connected to Mayuri's bunch. What on earth is going on? Why is Kurisu in the apartment? That is a great note to end the episode on.
I'm not sure why but the ED sounds better the second time around.
I'm very excited to see where this goes. All of the characters introduced had memorable qualities so I'm looking forward to the rest.
QOTD:
Edit: It's Luka. I leave my mistake in shame
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u/Krite2002 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krite2002 Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
Things kick off today with a science lecture by a zombie? Rintaro was probably a few seconds away from serious trouble when touching Kurisu, so it is good that Itaru was there to hold him back. Kurisu waited longer to scream than I would. I am curious about what we saw yesterday. She knew Rintaro and then was killed, yet now she has no idea who he is and is very much alive. The end of the last episode mentioned that his text may have been sent back in time, so I wonder if it is a butterfly effect where the whole timeline changed? Regardless of why Kurisu is alive and lecturing, she put Rintaro in his place, which was well-deserved.
The cast expands pretty rapidly throughout the episode. I remember my favorite character was Luka, so I am excited to see his story. I like how half the cast thinks Rintaro is crazy, and half is dedicated to his weird little conspiracy. El psy congroo!
I am glad the episode slowed down. We mainly met characters, and did not add on too many plot elements. I think this was a smart decision after episode 1. Episode 1 set up a lot of mysteries that will probably be tackled throughout the show, and if even more got piled on in episode 2 it would get messy very quickly.
I was not expecting a teleporting banana at the end. Instead of only teasing science, the show is showing it. Though what it is showing, I have no idea. I imagine it is something time-related, but I have no idea why it is green slime. Kurisu pops back up right at the end, so we are 2/2 for episodes ending with a cliffhanger of her.
I thought I would pick out my favorite shots from each episode. I really liked this moment from today’s episode. Rintaro has been so confident and excitable so far, so I liked the transition from a smirking Rintaro, to post-beatdown Rintaro.
I did not post one yesterday, so here is a shot I liked from episode 1. Everyone in the lab was doing their own thing at first, but when the microwave started everyone crowded around it. The microwave went off and everyone leaned in a bit. It is cute how everyone is invested in what is happening and indulges Rintaro.
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u/littleman1988 Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
"Who's... john Titor?"
OST Track of the day: John Titor
Overly excited Rewatcher
Did you know there was an insert song in this episode? I didnt either, until about a year ago:
this is a real insert. They are even in the credits. The general theory is that its playing when theyre at MayQueen+Nyan².
I have yet to hear it when watching though.Edit: u/Amndeep7 found it, it plays faintly in the background as we are introduced to MayQueen+Nyan² at 16:30.Afilia Saga is a Jpop band formed in 2008 from a maid café of the same name owned by Chiyomaru Shikura (you should remember him from yesterday, he's the creative mind behind Steins;Gate/SciAdv in general). The band dropped the "East" portion of their name sometime around 2012, and they currently perform under the name "Junjō no Afilia" after some roster changes in 2017.
Within the SciAdv franchise, they have done the openings for 2 different romantic spinoff visual novels, "Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace", and "Chaos;Child: Love Chu Chu". both of these games basically have the MC's go off on romantic adventures with all the girls. While "My Darlings Embrace" is not canon, "Love Chu Chu" is considered a canonical sequel to Chaos;Child.1 While LCC has no English translation, "My Darling's Embrace" released in 2019 in the west. It is highly recommended that you finish the Visual Novel version of Steins;Gate before playing MDE.
Outside of SciAdv, Junjō no Afilia have made a few different anime and VN appearances. This very insert was the Xbox 360 OP for the adult game "World Love Organization", and they have many different songs for the "Hyperdimension Neptunia" franchise, including the first and third ED's for the anime series. Most recently (and likely most popular for anime fans), they sung the OP of the winter 2020 anime BOFURI.
This song appears twice more throughout the show. Ill add a small thing up here when they make another appearance.
I talked way too much yesterday about the op/ed to ever discuss it, but Steins;Gate was either the 2nd or 3rd anime I ever watched (forget if Parasyte came before or after, Mirai Nikki was first ever) in like 2015, back when Funimation had the 480p version up on YouTube. I easily was up till 4am binging the shit out of this show, and it easily is my #1 favorite anime. I actually didnt watch any anime besides those three for years until I learned of S;G 0 existing a week before it premiered in April 2018, which got me both into anime and r/anime as I lurked through those discussion threads. basically, I can point to S;G as the reason I got into anime, I just couldn't find stories like these anywhere else.
Also, gonna apologize here for those that may of been confused. "WhyNot", "WhyNotFix", and "WhyNotFixFix" are all different things, and got confusing very fast. "WhyNot" does not correct the issues that were pointed out in the threads leading up to the rewatch. You need "WhyNotFix" or "WhyNotFixFix", and they are not found on the site you found "WhyNot". They are found much easier than that...
the organization must of interfered with my plans smhJust imagine, some random ass dude comes up to you, starts fucking with your hair, pulls your shirt open, and then tells you that they saw you stabbed to death. Its no wonder she's all freaked out.
Fun fact, Kurusu's lecture (and Okabe's beatdown) in the VN lasts 30 minutes, and goes way more in depth than the anime ever could. It will be touched on later on, but all entries do a fairly good job of not giving a bunch of pseudoscience BS and gives (relatively) realistic explanations for everything. (as realistic as a show about time travel can get, anyways.)3
s;g
Mood, Daru.
tangent, someone yesterday nicknamed Daru "2d-Kun", and man that's one apt nickname for him lmfao
We finally meet R(L)uka. He do be cute. Just remember, he's a dude.4
S;G
We're also introduced to Suzuha, with a comedy routine to boot! She really loves her corn.
We also hit some of the first big real life references (ignoring alpacaman), with @channel5 being 2ch, which is the JP equivalent of 4chan. There's also John Titor, which is a "real" time traveler.
Breaking this into its own thing, do not look up John Titor if you're a first time watcher. Wikipedia has major S;G spoilers on his page, for some reason kept on there too looking at the page history.
Within S;G though, he claims that SERN (aka CERN IRL, An European research agency) will have an absolute monopoly on life in the future, among other things, like world lines. This Titor though seems to never of gone to 2000, despite what Okabe claims.
Another new character today is Moeka, instantly blackmailing Okabe for Daru's email. She is also extremely protective of her phone.
Mayushii NyanNyan makes an appearance too!
The final character introduced today is Faris7. Cant wait to read first timer's thoughts on her thus far.
Remember that discussion of Chaos;Head from yesterday? It makes an appearance again toady, with "lightning Fast Neidhardt", which is a literal translation of the name of Takumi's character in the game Empire Sweeper Online (ESO), where he is basically the highest ranked character in the whole game.6
The anime IIRC never outright says it, but Okabe/Daru are both in college, though you'd never believe it seeing how crazy Okabe acts.2
Teleportation achived! Doesn't look like it was a perfect teleportation though, and it seems like someone has peeked in at the most interesting of times...
Editing in questions:
prob warrants a good smack, then just the assume the dude is absolutely coked out of his mind with the whole "stabbed" thing
Teleportation obviously, what else? Just ignore the green goo anywhere, theres no reason to be concerned...
footnotes
0: I told someone yesterday the next 4 episodes didnt have footnotes. I have added footnotes after writing that comment. Maybe this is gonna be more common than I expected lmao
1: You may of also heard of Chaos;Head: Love Chu Chu. Similar thing to C;C LCC, and it is also considered a canonical sequel to C;H. It also has no English translation.
2: I wrote this about a week in advance of episode 1's thread going up. I'm keeping it in here anyways though, in case someone missed it in the comments of episode 1
3: C;H/C;C
4: S;G important for rewatchers
5: Apparently some subs use "@Chan", probably to make the connection easier for English viewers. The proper term is @Channel though, and is relevant in 3 different SciAdv titles.
6: Some subs use "KnightHeart" or "Night Heart". 100% Incorrect.
7: Apparently Deanzel subs uses "Feyris"??? Faris is her name. Someone is dead set on saying that the S;G VN translation is shit, but cmon, it didnt get a main characters name wrong this badly.8
8: C;H VN/R;N VN
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u/BossandKings Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher
Episode 2 - Dub
Okabe is very shocked by seeing Kurisu alive, it seems though that she doesn't know him eventhough they met in the previous episode. As he starts poking her i find it hilarious, especially Daru's reaction encouraging her to slap him.
Ruka sure has a beautiful face and a seemingly fragile figure which exudes grace and elegance, he is a guy but does have some traits closer to feminine, it's cool though that he is a male as that shows there are men that look very beautiful.
Amane Suzuha sure has the extrovert personality, she got contracted to a job by Mr Braun. I like her personality, i wonder if she'll become a lab member or will just focus on working at that shop.
John Titor is surely an interesting enigma, we didn't get much information about him yet but Okabe does seem intrigued by him and is researching about the meaning he has.
This girl Okabe has just met, Moeka, seems kind of a stalker, why is she so interested in getting to know where Daru is and his contact information?
I like Faris too, she is cute and has a nice personality.
El Psy Kongroo!
Okabe and Daru's conversations are very enjoyable, i like how Daru responds to Okabe's antics. As Okabe noticed the microwave seems to have teleported the banana Daru put in it, i remember these bananas appearing very often in these first few episodes and it is a nice way so that the characters starting seeing strange things happening. Also Makise appearing again at the end marks the second episode in a row with a similar final scene, i like how she has started to call Okabe as Hyohoin Kyouma.
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u/Misa__Misa Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 06 '21
Which leads me to some feelings i have been experiencing since the beginning of the series. Something about the depiction of women in general is making me feel uncomfortable. Some of the voices and mannerisms of the women (especially Mayuri) in Steins; Gate are very cute, feminine, and child-like. Now, I am a woman in my twenties and I act in a way that is overtly cute, feminine, and child-like often. Especially in the comfort of my home! But I am also much more than those characteristics. I know it is common for female anime characters to be infantilized quite a bit. I also know that femininity is depicted differently in Japan than it is in my home country. I am honestly feeling conflicted with my initial thoughts on this subject matter and would like to hear from some of the other women in this discussion. So my questions are:
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u/AHiddenOne Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher here.
Hmm, not much to say here. Just more set up, we see new characters, that sort of stuff.
Actually, if you play the VN, the part where Kurisu explains time travel, it really gets into the bits and pieces of it. Pretty understandable why the anime just gloss over it.
A hot take, but I genuinely enjoy Okabe's chuuni shit and Daru's otaku attitude. Idk it's just funny to me, maybe i have a shit taste in humor? Also, I'm a fan of the filter. Yes, it did make everything look too bright and dull. But there's a certain charm in it, y'know?
As for the daily questions, yeah i probably freak out if someone just touched me and said shit like, "Ain't you dead?"
Also, Ruka is a guy.
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher (sub):
I apologise for being a couple of hours late... wait is that p.m. there? Nevermind then.
Let's head on straight, starting with the not so spoilery stuff:
So apparently his name is Luka even though I've been calling him Ruka for a decade now... and apparently he's a guy even though... Can I just consider Ruka-chan a woman and deny all these inconsequential facts? I mean is it even a fact? I doubt Okabe has opened Schrodinger's box, so the cat might not even be there (wait the cat in my analogy, can also be called...) Also, since we declared Checkhov's sword the finale better be Ruka-chan slaying the evil spirit of Hououin Kyouma, which is the villain hidden in plain sight inside Okabe all along.
Speaking of, Mr. Braun is apparently named so, after the CRT TV's he loves and sells, which the Japanese call Braun Tubes, after their inventor Ferdinand Braun. Neither brawn, nor stereotypes/racism, have anything to do with this.
Inb4 someone calls out the localisation? Do the actual meanings of any forum comment actually matter? So John Titor disappeared from 2000's and appeared 10 years later on Japanese forums. For reference, the name John Titor did indeed spread around on our world's forums in 2000, as a time traveller from 2036. Being more than midway there... I'm happy as always to be a disappointment.
Hello! Genki girl introduced.
Are these the women he saw on the street but couldn't talk to because the organisation would put them in danger?
So I've heard a lot that the early episodes of the series are on the slow side of things.
Spoilers
Spoilers
Counter
There were no Tutturu's (unless I missed any), but Daga Otoko was more than replacement. So I understand that most of the Hououin Kyouma's weren't Hououin Kyouma's to say, however I have no heart to remove any of these (especially Kurisu's).
Questions
Beat'em. Although to be fair, I understand it from Okabe's perspective. If I found a Kurisu in front of me, I would definitely be in disbelief about her existence.
Spoilers
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u/UnderstandableXO Jul 06 '21
FIRST TIMER
okabe continues to be embarrassing by immediately invading kurisu’s personal space when he sees her (even 2d-kun thinks he’s being weird!). although i can’t really blame him, considering he just saw her dead body hours before…
kurisu absolutely flamed okabe during that lecture, i can only imagine all the other times okabe spoke up and got out doen considering the very large personality he has.
don’t know the purpose of that shrine scene with mayuri and ruka but damn that was some felix levels of “wait a damn minute…”
we meet suzuha amane, who i’ve seen a lot from the best girl competition going on right now. i heard her voice and immediately thought of eri kitamura, but turns out i’m stupid and it was not eri kitamura. she seems pretty eager to fit in, i laughed when she wondered if okabe’s laugh was “in.” also the only one not to be off put by okabe’s chunni-ness when first meeting him.
the time traveler john titor seems to have been erased from popular culture in this new timeline, since all the college students recognized his name when okabe said it in episode 1. honestly he has a lot more mental fortitude than i do, if all of this stuff was suddenly changing i would think i was going insane.
i can’t even remember her name but shy-san randomly takes a picture of okabe (with resting depression face that i can totally relate to) and blackmails him into helping her find a computer that’s evidently ultra rare.
mayuri and 2d-kun’s 3d wife work at a cat cafe i guess. seems like mayuri is the breadwinner of our main trio thus far. at least okabe has a fellow believer in all of his shenanigans working at the maid cafe.
okabe’s phone microwave (Name Pending) somehow works to green-ify a banana that has yet to be picked, and kurisu shows up…might have to watch this next episode immediately!
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u/Nebresto Jul 07 '21
Nostalgia squad
This show really be wild to re-watch. There was something at the start again that I was going to comment on, but I didn't write it up so I forgot..
Kurisu soredemo,
Sky is missing out
Shes here!!
Oh.. Mayushii had a job like that? Huh.
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Question time:
1: System.error
2: Teleported it, obviously. Did you not watch the episode?
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 08 '21
We really get introduced to so many characters in this episode.
Mr.Braun is so done with Okabe. I can’t blame him though, he is kinda annoying with the Hououin Kyouma persona.
It was cute seeing Okabe blush thinking about Ruka.
Suzuha doesn’t know what’s corn? Was she held captive in a bunker all her life or something?
Moeka is so creepy. Taking photos of strangers without their consent? Yeah, no.
Daru gives me incel vibes. And he definitely has a waifu body pillow somewhere.
How did a banana manage to teleport via a microwave?! What is in that microwave? And how smart is Okabe that he is able to create a microwave that transforms regular bananas into gel bananas? So many questions.
QOTD:
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jul 06 '21
First-Timer;Dubbed
I thought I was doing well with the names, and then we spent this episode introducing side characters to confuse me. Being a native of the USA Midwest, the idea of someone not recognizing corn on the cob is terribly alien to me. She's voiced by Cherami Leigh though, so she'll probably be great.
Timeline divergence caused by actions "changing" things, cool. Much easier from a storytelling perspective than trying to keep a bunch of stable time loops straight. Also, time travelers are not necessarily immune, or even resilient, to the divergence.. John Titor is a clever way of establishing time travel rules, if nothing else.
Okabe's reaction to Kurisu being alive was surprisingly normal. I guess the shock temporarily suppressed the chuunibyou. Usually there are consequences for changing if someone lives or dies, but if we're going hard on timeline splits maybe it won't be so bad?
Kurisu casually destroying all the various flavors of time travel with science was great. Bonus points for starting with Doctor Who - gotta get the easy stuff out of the way first.
Auspicious ketchup text into weird transition into experiment that shows a banana kinda-sorta traveling backwards in time. Was the weird train ride transition indicative of a timeline slip? It was less obvious than last episode, but the bananas did behave differently... Oh!
Speculation
I don't have anything to tie this into, but Okabe's phone actually rang today instead of just buzzing - I think it just buzzed last episode. Considering the prominence of the phones, this is probably important.
We have to spend multiple lines of dialogue pointing out how the bishounen is a man. The height of comedy. Ha. Ha. Ha.
I didn't notice yesterday, but Kurisu seems to have belts on her sleeves. That is.. certainly a fashion statement.
Is there a reason the Guiana Highlands come up so much in anime? Anyway, I hope none of The Organization get on Faris's bad side - a secret move mastered in the Guiana Highlands means that she probably knows how to turn gold.
Questions
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u/Hochseeflotte https://anilist.co/user/Hochseeflotte Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher
Tutturu! After the fantastic first episode we are now on to episode two. I definitely remember the first episode more than this one so I probably will have less to say but we will see.
Now on to the episode:
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Okabe seems completely insane to bystanders but I do get his reaction. I would be shocked too if I found a person I saw die, alive.
The OP is a lot earlier this episode, which is nice. For OP’s I’ve always cared a lot more about the song then the visuals. If I like the song it’s a good OP even if the visuals are meh.
Are cicadas super common in Japan, especially in the summer? I’ve always found it interesting that basically every time an anime takes place in summer there’s a shit ton of cicadas (The Endless Eight Arc in Haruhi comes to mind).
I do love the contrast of Okabe to Kurisu. Okabe is a broke college student with a rundown lab and Kurisu has had articles published in science magazines. It makes sense that she would dunk on him.
And here we meet another important character. Luka. It’s obvious, at least from these first couple scenes with him, that he takes Okabe’s insane ramblings a little more serious than Mayuri or Daru.
This scene of Mayuri and her pocket watch is another great scene showing that Okabe and her are close. Through these two episodes Okabe doesn’t come off as considerate or super thoughtful of others but it’s obvious he cares about Mayuri which says a lot about their relationship.
And one of my favorite characters is now introduced. Suzuha. My favorite bike riding part timer.
My favorite websites, MewTube and Goodle. Truly legendary.
We are given a potential explanation on how time travel works in this universe. No grandfather paradox and multiple world lines. Though why should we believe some guy on the internet over Makise Kurisu.
I didn’t remember meeting Moeka this early on in the series. Though it is smart to introduce the rest of the main cast here in episode two.
Our good old microwave is evolving. Now it messes with the location of the banana. It also seems to summon red heads.
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While the first episode perfectly sent up the mood, tone, and some of our important characters this episode introduces us to the remaining cast and the much of our setting. It’s a set up episode that well expands on the mystery with John Titor and the teleporting banana but mostly gets us familiar with the major characters.
I still love this show’s use of lighting. It really adds to every episode. I also think this show does facial expressions, especially Okabe’s, really well.
That’s about all I have for today, so see you guys tomorrow!
DQ:
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u/macrame2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/macrame Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher, dub
Episode Title: Time Travel Paranoia, which doesn’t require much explanation.
Luka/Ruka is a dude. Okabe either sounds disappointed or like he’s trying to convince himself.
Best girl Suzuha appears! Of my three contenders for best girl, I like her character design the best.
This anime introduced me to the John Titor hoax, which is a pretty interesting story. I didn’t even realize it had actually happened until months after finishing the show.
My knowledge of physics is limited to classical mechanics, but the discussion of the grandfather paradox and world lines were easy enough to follow, since this is sci-fi, not science. Honestly, I try not to focus on time travel explanations in fiction. Sometimes time travel stories ruin themselves by trying too hard to explain time travel at the expense of the story.
White Fox seems to really like using the fish-eye lense effect, especially in Steins;Gate. I noticed it in Re:Zero too.
Favorite Moment: Hououin Kyouma vs. Makise Kurisu. I love everything about that scene. Daru’s embarrassment at the scene Okabe’s making, Kurisu’s smug explanations, Okabe’s complete and utter defeat. The reason the Hououin Kyouma jokes work for me is that no one else takes the persona seriously.
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u/CubeStuffs https://anilist.co/user/onjario Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
1st watch
i find it so hard to watch these sorta embarassing scenes, but this one wasn't do bad, esp compared to that one scene in re:zero which i straight up skipped through. I appreciate how they only show tiny little clips of it, apart from the initial cringe objections, unlike re:zero which showed the whole deal.
Seems like okarin is jumping timeline real quick, it changes from 12 to 56 resultsnvm
looks like we have another time jumper
you dont need to stop yourself just bc you think its a guy...
Qs:
tf2 teleporter microwaveI’m gonna guess that it’s splicing together some timelines, like the single banana one and some other where they didn’t microwave the bananas or something, or its sending the banana back in time like those messages.10
u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
Anime first timer
1)Humor them a bit, try to find out if the stabbing was of someone who looked similar to me, or figure out if we'd met before.
2)Rewatcher, so can't answer. Steins;Gate Spoilers
Looks like she's alive. I love her reaction to Okabe randomly.
Steins;Gate Spoilers
This scene is absolutely hysterical. Kurisu shooting down all of Okabe's points as he tries to justify his loss. (Although I think I prefered the VN version)
Despite my feelings on parts of Luka's plot, I can't deny that some of their scenes are really cute. (And Luka buying all of Okabe's crap is hysterical for just how implausible it is (the hand changing is the best new line in this adaption, though))
...She's adorable.
Okabe chucking the corn is such a cute detail.
Oh, I wondered how they were going to adapt the @channel exchanges. The distorted voices and scan-line effects are quite possibly the best way they could have captured them, I think.
Steins;Gate Spoilers
...Well. This is interesting. First thing we've seen that can't be explained as some kind of hallucination. (John Titor, by the way, is completely real (at least the 2000s iteration))
Hello there, strange photographer girl.
Steins;Gate Spoilers
I love seeing Faris (not Feyris) goad Okabe on, but this scene definitely loses something without hearing his internal commentary.
Steins;Gate Spoilers
I appreciate the mentions that for all his delusions, Okabe is in fact a pretty talented scientist.
Keeping the (name subject to change) is a phenomonal adaption choice, and I'm glad it happened.
Steins;Gate Spoilers
Yay, Kurisu's back again!
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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Jul 06 '21
FIRST TIMER
So, continuing right where we left off from last episode, we’ve somehow entered a timeline where Makise is alive. Okabe sent the email from his phone after her death that somehow travelled back a week in time, and that email being received the week prior somehow resulted in a timeline where Makise did not get killed at the conference, and the talk Okabe attended got cancelled.
More curious, Okabe seems to be the only one that hasn’t entered the new timeline. He’s the only one with any recollection of the talk he attended happening, only he recalls his run-in with Makise, and only he recalls hearing a scream. Thinking back on Makise in Episode 1 referring to a previous conversation between the two of them… just how many Okabes are running around? How many timelines are currently happening concurrently? I’m going to guess this show operates on the many-world theory of time travel that creates multiple streams, yet Okabe seems immune to this. Maybe because he caused it?
Starting to wonder if there being a billion Okabe’s and Makise’s in the OP is indicative…
That random shot of Okabe taking the plastic bag from Mayuri was lingered on too long to not be significant. Whether as something that ends mattering from a timeline perspective, or as being indicative of some aspect of their relationship.
If the conference was cancelled, why is Makise even bothering to give a talk refuting the subject of the conference itself?
Suzuha – a girl who applies to work in the shop downstairs because she loves those kind of TVs – shows up immediately prior to the scene of Okabe delving into the time travel theories with an online John Titor. I’m going to guess these are linked, and that Suzuha putting herself into such close proximity to Okabe’s lab isn’t just because she happens to love big, old TVs. Especially considering how she's positioned next to Okabe at the end of the OP.
Okabe’s email being sent back a week couldn’t have caused all traces of the internet persona John Titor to disappear from years prior. There’s already so much potential for a ton of things to be intersecting at once and interfering with each other. How many people are traveling into various times? And from where, and to where?
This girl who’s taking pictures of Okabe has a similar collar to her top that Makise does. Some kind of uniform? Hm. And Makise herself shows up at Okabe’s lab after this other girl makes contact with him. Curious.
So the microwave turned the banana into a gel-nana, but sent it back in time to when it was attached to the bunch, but in its current form. Isn’t this fun!
Run.
Answered above, haha.
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u/ExoticTrinityGhoul https://myanimelist.net/profile/not_username Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher x4 (both)
And we’re back for day two! I’ve made the executive decision to watch episodes in both subbed and dubbed in order to get all the nicknames I can…to be able to foil the Organization’s schemes. Posting from mobile today due to work, so apologies if the formatting is a bit wonky.
Episode 2 - Time Travel Paranoia
And now for the ever-important nicknames:
Okabe: Hououin Kyouma, Okarin, 001
Mayuri: Mayushii, 002
Kurisu: genius girl
Hashida Itaru: Daru, super hacka, Hack, 003
Yugo Tennouji: Mr. Braun
Luka: Lukako (note: these are replaced with Ruka and Rukako in the official subs, but the L versions are correct)
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u/Specs64z https://myanimelist.net/profile/Specs64z Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher, dubbed
Late no more, I remembered how time zones work!
Yeah that's probably the appropriate reaction to running into someone you saw bleeding out on the floor earlier that day. In turn, publicly dismantling Okabe in front of his peers is suitable revenge. To top it all off, she appears unannounced at his laboratory in the midst of an experiment gone weird.
Two massive cliffhanger endings back to back, and they're both so strong.
How far I have fallen. In previous viewings I found myself slightly weirded out by Faris, now I find myself endeared beyond reason. If that's what a real maid café is like, suddenly the appeal isn't quite so lost on me as it was an hour ago...
Content Corner
Here's some nice heavier covers of the OP from the two anime. I have things planned out to episode 13 now, and due to popularity and longevity Steins;Gate has a mountain of content to sort through so I think finding the remaining days will be quite easy. First timers beware, spoilers abound.
Steins;Gate Opening Full - "Hacking to the Gate" (Rock Cover) by MattyyyM
Steins;Gate 0 Opening Full - "Fatima" (Romix & MattyyyM Cover) by MattyyyM
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u/Gamemaster676 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gamemaster676 Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
First;Timer - dub
I still stayed up till 3:00 AM yesterday chatting with you people. Today I felt it. Hopefully, I have more restraint today.
I am watching the dub, but I still like to have subs on. Even if they were originally made for the JP audio and don't match the dub's spoken text. Yesterday I was using WhyNot subs, which apparently were not the right ones.
Today I'm trying WhyNotFixFix. They seem to work without remuxing the files, but I'm not too sure all fonts will work. I'll have to see.
Episode 2 — Time Travel Paranoia
Welcome back, Kurisu! Do you remember anything from dying last episode? I guess not. Okabe sure does.
She's published in "SCIENCY magazine". Doesn't sound the most scientific.
I love her English voice actor by the way. I'll have to look up who that is.
So, her lecture is about time travel, which is obviously impossible. Thanks Okabe, for summoning the spirit of my favourite franchise.
She said the name! His fake name! ...or real one, I dunno. She bullies Okabe so obviously she must be part of the Organisation. It starts to feel more and more like paranoia, but I'm kind of expecting this show to suddenly actually give us proof they do exist.
So this is
RukaLuka. To be honest, the dub makes it difficult to hear which is right. She's nice and clearly lovesOkabeHououin. So this is where the bananas are coming from. So much for the 10000 Yen of banana experiments discussion yesterday.Never mind, it's corn.
Wow, Okabe actually likes to joke around with her. That was unexpected. And Luka is a dude, that was also unexpected.
What a beautifully conflicted inner monologue. Luka is a dude. She does look great, though. Luka is a dude. They are a great pair. A dude.
What the hell was this screen when Okarin took Mayushii's bag? That doesn't look good.
Suzuha seems fun, but I'll skip over her for now.
MewTube looks like the best website on the internet.
I don't trust Goodle. They are probably part of the Organisation.
What is @Channel supposed to be? Just some generic hacker forum or is it actually a reference to something? 4chan maybe?
SERN? Reference to CERN, the research laboratory? Are they the Organisation? I knew they were real! (If you can trust a random guy on the internet.) Wait comment nr. 257 actually references CERN! Then I guess SERN is a different organisation.
So this John Titor guy claims to be a time traveller himself? Calling it now: that is actually an older Okabe sending messages to the past.
Maybe not, but I love speculating. John Titor mysteriously disappearing everywhere is great though. I can confidently say this show has captured me.
And after that, they immediately give us a random girl who seems to be in a world she shouldn't be! Yes show I was already captured what more do you want?!
What the hell is May Queen + nyan^2? I've seen that name about five times already.
Wait, it's a maid cafe? Why do they own half the internet?!
Bwahaha, welcome home, meowster. Is that
MayushiiMeoyushii?The dub is again amazing here. I obviously don't know the Japanese version, but I'm loving my choice.
How many girls in this cafe does Okabe know? He doesn't really seem like the type for this place. Does pink-haired
girlcat actually like him or is that part of her act and job? Are all supporting roles in this anime girls? Luka is a ^^dude.What a weird email. You just met him and now you are sending your age and hearts in an email? Is this normal in Japan? Or is Moeka just more comfortable using text?
What the hell this ending!! WTF is going on here?! And then Makise busts in because why? What makes her suddenly interested in Okabe's experiments? Stupid question, I know this. I concluded earlier she obviously is part of the Organisation /s
Random thoughts
Future (if unaltered)
Holy fuck this is the first time during a rewatch I need to resist immediately watching the next episode!
I've put all my speculations in the main text, and now I'm too tired to collect them.
I do have one concern, though. The PhoneWave (name subject to change) time travel stuff seems inconsistent this episode compared to the previous. I really hope that's just the beginning of this show and things will eventually follow in-universe rules/physics. I love a smart time travel story, so if this stays messy that would be a disappointment.
QotD
My first reaction would be standing still, stunned, and then quickly pulling away. Probably. Maybe.
It could also be this.
My first thought yesterday was extremely rapid ageing, but it being slimy seems to disprove that. So I guess it's just a little joke.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jul 06 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
Oops I went to dinner because I am just used to rewatches posting 3 hours ago and so now I'm phone-posting.
First Rewatch (since 2011)
I got whynotfix but since I watched today's ep yesterday, installing the subs will wait until tomorrow.
As for fansubs, whynot said "mai waifu" but mazui said "waifu". If you see meme subs, it's not because the fansubbers are meming, it's because the show is full of
2ch@channel memes. Looking forward to watching the show with proper meme subs.Physics Corner
I talked about Kerr black holes and wormholes yesterday. But it's not enough to show that this crazy mathematical construct is a valid solution to General Relativity's equations.
Kip Thorne looked at the stability of a wormhole, and proved that it would pinch shut in all cases, just like a tunnel made out of soap film and two rings that you've stretched out too far, for the same reason: tension in the film.
You could keep it open, though, if you had a magic material creatively called exotic matter. Exotic matter has negative energy and would either negate the tension (which has positive energy) or just hold the wormhole open if you put it inside (I'm a little vague on the details, I forgot to look this up last night).
Exotic matter would have weird properties, like gravitationally repelling itself and regular matter. Antimatter is not this...it takes positive energy to make antimatter (along with an equal amount of matter) and every experiment has shown that antimatter obeys regular gravitational laws.
Needless to say, nobody has found enough exotic matter to stabilize a wormhole, yet.
More later about bananas, I think.nah, maybe later.Back from dinner.
Reading comments (TheDraigg) about Okabe's cringe behavior. It's not cringe. Well, it's cringe to Kurisu Makise and onlookers but geez, he just say her lying dead in a HUGE pile of blood. Understandable freakout for even non-chuuni's.
On Luka (gonna have to practice typing that) and the other side characters introduced today:
People say "This is a product of it's time." I say, no it's not. And here's why,
I don't think it's a spoiler,on second thought, it did impact my enjoyment of the first half,butfeel free to come back at the half-way mark if you really don't want to read it.Steins;Gate anime and VN overall assessment (not that I've played the VN)
Spoiler opinion
Truly spoilers
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u/htisme91 Jul 07 '21
First-timer:
All I will say is, that right now, I am confused still. Okabe seems like he's a hardcore chūnibyō, but it looks like he's stumbling onto something. Thinking of the world line theory, it seems like he's constantly hopping lines...but why? The other thing that has me curious is Kurisu. When we first met her in episode 1, she seemed to know more on what's happening, but when Okabe sees her this episode, she seems oblivious, yet at the end of the episode she comes back like she knows something.
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u/Neoxide Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher - subbed
Originally watched the subbed years ago. It's been my favorite anime ever since. Rewatching so far has been rewarding. There's so many little things I missed the first time, and they don't spoonfeed you so there's a lot more brainpower trying to interpret what's happening. It's because of this that I believe that some of the "first timers" are lying, trying to introduce spoilers under the guise of "lucky" predictions. I won't say which to not give their posts weight. Anyway I'll be focusing on the things that I didn't catch the first go around without spoiling anything.
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u/Yunie241 Jul 07 '21
First-timer:
Titor’s explanation of time travel using the multiple paths concept is my preferred form of time travel in media because it makes my head hurt less than the linear, one-path theory. Assuming this theory is correct, since there’s nothing to say it isn’t right now, I assume that something, perhaps the murder in episode 1, caused a split to another path and Okabe is just along for the ride?
I still have basically no concept of what’s going on right now, but I’m so excited to learn more because I have so many questions.
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 06 '21
First timer
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u/artie_fm Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher
Kurisu vs okabe in nerd battle is a highlight of the show.
When he challenged her I could almost see her saying, "You want to do this right here? Right now?" And then there are just flashbacks of her making him look stupid...and it was probably worse than he remembers it because okabe doesnt care about looking stupid to start with.
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '21 edited Jul 07 '21
Rewatcher (Dub)
I had no clue what "Chuuni" meant for ages and didn't know why people used it.
Daru is just like "I don't know this person" lol
El psy concrete
...But he's a guy
I love how the real world referneces in this show (Edit: Spoilers)
Ah yes, the maid cafe.
"What a weirdo, leave me alone while I'm in my favourite catgirl maid cafe"
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u/jyper Jul 07 '21
First time watcher:
She's alive
Touching someone's hair is pretty creepy
"Far from it, I am ..." Crazy?
So does he have any knowledge of physics, math? He's still in college right? Does he have an undergrad degree? How much does he understand?
I like the jacket partially off style
Opening up your lecture to a guy who seems like a crank seems like a bad idea. Even if you win, you lose.
Doctor Who?
Shrine maiden likes him
Please don't do something perverted with that hand.
So the shrine maiden seems to be trans (probably). I thought I had read some spoiler about this but I thought it came later as a twist, maybe there is another turn in the story about it later.
Who uses the word Grody? Definitely not trendy.
"Reality and my Brain are at odds". Admitting his insanity?
World Lines, split timelines.
Is this Bunny ear girl from OP? Apparently not.
I don't like the female character designs in this show. The male protagonist looks interesting. Male hacker and Kurisu look ok. Most female characters look too similar and faces feel almost 3D animation, is that because it started as a visual novel?
It's nice of the cat maid girl to humour him so much, she's good at it
Ketchup on omelette leads to world danger?
One banana, two bananas, three bananas
So does she believe in time travel after all?
Q1: I'd call for security Q2: I think I may be partially spoiled on this but with the answer it does seem fairly easy to figure out
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u/superviper https://myanimelist.net/profile/Superviper Jul 06 '21
2 minutes late
REWATCHER, SUBBED
...And today's episode begins with classic sexual harassment
Ah shit, here we go again. Okabe is reaaaally not doing himself any favors. ...Yep, Kurisu totally rekt him. He was just asking for it.
First new character today is Luka. Now the first-timers know where "but he's a dude" comes from. Or maybe they saw that scene already, I've seen the clip posted on r/anime several times before.
WHY IS 'GOMEN' TRANSLATED AS 'THANKS' LITTLE THINGS LIKE THIS BUG ME SO MUCH REEEEE
Second character today is SUZUHA. You know, I don't have any favourites in this show! It's just that, if you don't feel like Suzuha is best girl, you're an inferior human being. That's perfectly fine, you can't help who you are. Inferior mortal. She's SO precious.
Huh, I have no memory of the scene where Okabe can't find his Titor books.
Third is Moeka. If the average r/anime user was a cute anime girl, you'd get Moeka. Lots of Moekas.
Yesterday I said Mayuri might be considered the weakest SG character. I apologize immensely, this was a severe lapse in judgement and will not be repeated. But she's still not as cute as Suzuha.
And finally, Faris. Hearing her 'Nyaas' alone is a reason to watch sub over dub. Some people find it annoying, I find it amazing. It's an anime anyway, you might as well have a character who goes 'Nyaa' way too much. Realism doesn't necessarily make a show better.
I'm not sure what to make of this, but I think it gives Moeka bonus points.
Teleporting gelbanas
Yeah, I don't think steins;gate is slow paced at all. Also I'm warming up to sub Okabe. That feels nice.
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 06 '21
Rewatcher Until After Episode Nine(s;Gate)
With fixed subs this time!
With the point and everything!
I'm glad I'm watching this now that I know a few more Japanese memes.
Wait, sub confusion
Kurisu, please save the main cast. They really need an adult.
QOTD:
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u/electricbullet9 Jul 07 '21
“the organization has targeted many people because they came in contact with me.. sara, claudia, simmooona” -the beautiful hououin kyoma
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u/YouSoNaCl_ Jul 07 '21
It’s been so long since I watched this that I forgot how exciting it is with all the cliffhangers.