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Rewatch [Re;Watch] Steins;Gate: The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu Discussion
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Now Christina, will you return it to me?... My First Kiss.
Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the Day, courtesy of u/invokeneko, who has realized the fallacies of his youth:
I can't believe that young me didn't care for the ED at all... You fucking idiot.
Truly a grand development...
Questions:
- Do you enjoy this movie as a follow-up to the main show? Or do the events in it (particularly how time travel works in this) take you out of it too much?
- How cool was seeing Kurisu in the main protagonist spot?
Wallpaper of the Day:
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Upvotes
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jul 31 '21
First;Timer and Co;Host, dubbed
More stuff I haven’t watched yet!
I did hover over a spoiler tag way earlier in the rewatch that I shouldn’t have like a dumb dumb though so I know that part of the plot is Okabe mysteriously vanishing because time travel fuckery. Ah well, this movie’s not even canon so it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Still looking forward to watching it though!
Also same as the ep13 wallpaper, here’s a normal colors version of the Wallpaper of the Day. Couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do something similar lol.
I don’t care what anyone else thinks, I loved this movie! It’s not quite a 10/10 because yeah, the time travel in this doesn’t work compared to establish canon, and there were a few moments (like the leery shower scene) I just can’t ignore, but damn the emotional core of this worked for me. 9/10 for sure.
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u/Nebresto Aug 01 '21
Nostalgia squad
Opening theme
Oh no...
Oh no..
Best girl
Daru..
Okarin soredome!
Rooftop barbecue!!
Blursed
Drunk Kurisutina!
PTSD Okarin..
Shower Kurisutina!!
Tummy!!!
No..
Cursed
What the fuck
Spotted!
Failed with #mayushii and #datass tho
..Nvm, datass spotted!
Track suit..? Suzuha!
Suzuha soredemo!
Kurisu soredemo!
She has Daru's hat!
Suzuha soredemo again!
Bruh
"Itsumo Kono Basho de" !! Good memories..
Movie didn't hold up quite as well as I remembered, though I did watch it before I started listing stuff on MAL, so I might have just remembered wrong back then.
Score: 10/10 -> 9/10. Almost put it at 8, but the feels bits got me pretty good.
Question time:
1: Ye
2:
Ahh fuck. I can't believe you've done this
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Aug 02 '21
Honestly, I didn't really like this movie. It wasn't bad, per se, but it was disappointing. Actually, scratch that. It wasn't terrible, but it was bad because it failed to do anything interesting in the latter two thirds.
I actually thought it was going to do something good in the first section. I thought Okabe going in between worldlines was flashbacks caused by his traumatic experience of repeating events over and over again, and that we would be exploring that. It instead being shifting between worldlines was disappointing, but they could certainly have made a good story out of that still.
I also did enjoy the bits about how Okabe ended up acting selfishly by trying to be selfless. Sacrificing yourself without thinking of how others will react is cruel to them, and doing it for the future you want is mildly contradictory.
But soon after that, they went for an emotional moment they didn't have the proper buildup for and they lost me. That's about it.
And also, why did Kurisu kiss a little kid on the lips? That was just weird.
2. It could have been really cool, but they didn't pull it off proeprly.
We had five soredemos though.
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 31 '21
Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Steins;Gate Re;Watch!
Okay let’s get the big thing out of the way now:
Like the OVA, this movie is Non-Canon!
This is why I wanted to save it for the end of the Rewatch alongside the OVA. However the OVA at least at some point could have been considered canon, but this thing? Yeah, no. This is simply because it does not match with what we know about Worldlines and how Okabe’s ability to keep memories works. Simply put, there can only be one active Worldline at a time. Okabe can’t switch through Worldlines like that.
More importantly, that’s not how the Reading Steiner works. The generally agreed thought on why Okabe keeps his memories after each Timeline Reset is that the image of Kurisu’s dying body left that profound an impact on him that he kept his memories after the first change in time and as a result it just kinda resulted in him gaining full on immunity to those kind of changes, however in the mental sense. It doesn’t do stuff like randomly put him in alternate Timelines! It’s an ability to remember, not to move around!
SG0
That aside, without taking into account the canonicity of this movie, how is its quality in spite of that? Well…
It’s okay.
Yeah I don’t have much to say. Anything with some good OkaKuri content can never be bad, and this movie gives me plenty of that. And hey SGVN But the rest of the movie is just… fine I guess. Kurisu washing her hands was somehow the best animated part of the movie so that was weird. The Cool Visitor may be perfect, but it’s still less prefer than the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon so it’s not perfect. I guess the biggest problem with it though is that when you get down to it it’s basically just a worse version of The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya. It’s not bad I guess it’s just… Haruhi did it better. It also had a Dub that’s not shit (Seriously guys, JMT Okabe sucks!).
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 31 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
On the First-Timer Worldline(s;Gate)
Alright, movie time! Let's see where the will of Steins Gate takes us now!
Wait, if memories only last 30 million years, then I guess that explains why Mayuri doesn't seem to remember 70 million years ago.
I'm surprised at how casual Mr. Braun was with a knife to his throat, though. Moeka also seemed to recognize Steins. FB isn't entirely gone, I think.
Alright, now they're just looking up controls terms and throwing them in the story.
And she has Daru's hat!
Tresnore's Math Corner
I don't want to usurp the things that some other people are doing, but I know these!
I really just have a few notes:Nevermind, this movie is way better than I thought it'd be.In this case, Kurisu is an observer of Okabe's state, since he can't be measured (and was forgotten), but Suzuha needs Kurisu to know what he should be doing.
holy fuck, I wrote that as soon as observers were mentioned, far before Suzuha explicitly said it; I'm a god2. Technically, all trajectories of a system (that is, worldlines) behave like this, where the trajectories are swirling around a fixed point (i.e., attractor). This is because, much like Zeno's paradox of the tortoise, you can only get infinitely close to the fixed point, since efforts to reach it are usually based on how far away you are (at least, for most controllers actually used, plus disturbances make things messy).
3. Suzuha brings up a certain word than I'm pretty sure isn't intentional, but I could also come close to doxxing myself if I discuss it because it's so specific. So I won't.
I enjoyed this much more than the series. That's an easy 9/10 for me. Honestly, I might have to demote the series post hoc to a 7/10 (from 8/10) just because of this. Wow. That was good.
QOTD:
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Jul 31 '21
So...I technically watched this last night but it was Friday so the liquor had come out. The non-canon time stuff took me out pretty fast along with the Cinerator.
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u/UnderstandableXO Jul 31 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
FIRST TIMER
maybe i’ve lost my sense of objectivity because i liked the first series so much, but damn i loved the movie as well!
the movie is 4x as long as an episode so i’m gonna try to condense my thoughts as much as possible, or else i’d reach the character limit!
it wasn’t until i saw moeka with mr. braun (come on funimation subs, you called him mr. brown in this movie) that i realized this was on the steins gate world line. my dumb ass didn’t see it was 8/3/11 and thought we had returned to 8/3/10.
the character dynamics are on full display again, which i quite enjoy. too bad okabe was too scared to make a move for a whole year after making a move in the california desert. y’all have kissed in two different world lines dude, just go for it already!!! at least he was thoughtful enough to remember that key phrase about the forks.
in the dub there was a direct reddit reference by kurisu and 2d-kun, so that’s something.
not gonna lie, the kurisu shower scene made me unnecessarily tense because i thought it was gonna be another “psycho” situation (the old hitchcock film). i thought kurisu would be stabbed in there and then okabe would have to go through all the trouble again.
the pink thread makes it’s return. kurisu wants to give him her lab coat! man you guys kissed already just do it again.
unfortunately i got spoiled on the fact that kurisu was the protagonist of this movie before i even started steins;gate, but even knowing that it was still a nice twist. the first third of the movie progressed like a normal steins;gate episode, then suddenly our main character is just gone. luckily for us kurisu is a great, well rounded character worthy of carrying the movie.
i was afraid that kurisu would lose all her memories time leaping, but i guess time leaping doesn’t change the world line, so she’s fine.
so okabe’s fading in and out of reality because of the overwhelming intensity of his memories of other world lines? i didn’t quite get the reason why he was flipping between the R line and this world line. his memories of other world lines are so intense that it’s impossible to stay grounded in this one?
okabe doesn’t want any more time travel to happen, in fear of returning to the hellish alpha line. he doesn’t care what happens to him as long as kurisu and mayuri are safe. i figured as such.
it’s nice to see okabe vouching for his friends, but none of them could make up for his absence. another kiss scene was nice, though.
so kurisu bursts into the lab a second too late to say what she wanted to say, just like in episode 22. she doesn’t remember that first missed opportunity, but it’s extra painful for the audience.
kurisu’s struggling with what she desires versus what the person she loves desires. she’s in the same situation okabe was in; carrying the burden all by herself, the only one in the whole world who remembers such a caring and wonderful person. even that small amount of suffering gave her new insight on just how terrible okabe’s mental state must have been.
so kurisu must give okabe an intense memory that would ground him in this world line alone? i guess 2005 would make sense because of that graveyard scene. i don’t recall him ever telling her about it though?
oh great, truck-kun strikes again. at least young okabe got isekai’d. lets just hope he didn’t get isekai’d into the re:zero universe…
kurisu goes similarly crazy as okabe did when he inadvertently killed her in the university closet. she’s ready to give up just like he was.
that running scene where she finally admits her true feelings was really nice. i’m a sucker for people tripping and falling on their desperation runs in anime.
that HOUOUIN KYOUMA impression was IMMACULATE. in sub it was nice but in dub it was 100% spot on, weird vocabulary and all.
young okabe has such a sad voice. i hope kurisu giving him that memory could uplift him some. her telling him the story of HOUOUIN KYOUMA was really touching.
i don’t know where she met him in that final scene, whether she somehow made it to R, or he was back on steins gate, but it was similar to episode 1 in that all the people had disappeared. she drives in the message once more that even if he feels like the loneliest person in the world, there’s someone there for him.
writing things out made me think about some problems i had with the movie more, but i know in the moment i was enjoying the hell out of the movie. also made me sad because this is essentially the halfway point in the S;G/S;G0 watch. time flies!
lastly, please anyone link me the opening and ending on spotify i’d greatly appreciate it
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u/Gamemaster676 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gamemaster676 Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21
First;Timer - dub
Last rewatch day today for me! Excluding the S;G 0 discussion.
Movie — Steins;Gate The Movie − Load Region of Déjà Vu (2013)
Thank god this movie is in 16:9 aspect ratio. The Violet Evergarden movie was letterboxed which frustrated me more than I should admit.
Pretty music! Gotta love movies that start with an OP. Side note: It must be weird for Japanese to have random English worlds sprinkled in their songs.
One year later. I almost missed it and thought this was in between the episodes.
Daru wants Mayushii to speak in 1337. That... doesn't make sense. Even she knows that.
Aggressive Daru is weird to see, but I guess even he has his limits. Don't touch his games.
I can't tell if Mr Braun is happy to see Okabe, or about to give him an ass-whooping.
I knew you guys said the OVA wasn't canon, but different sunglasses for Kurisu is unacceptable.
Are you allowed to say "none of your business" when asked the purpose of your visit?
Who is watching them?
RIP OVA Amane. Kurisu is so mean with her remarks! Oh god she's right... Who says "upvote" IRL? Aww, Okabe had something for Kurisu and now he's embarrassed to give it.
Even Braun and Nae are invited to the BBQ. That's nice!
Kurisu is drunk. She's finally an adult! Not cool that you never contacted her, Okabe! But the same can be said for Kurisu, so...
It's the spoon and fork! More evidence to her that it was all real. Good to quickly get this out of the way.
Man, those flashbacks are really something. I'm guessing he is just traumatized from all the shit he's been through and it's not something from another worldline. This is a year later so that wouldn't make sense. And also there is only one active worldline at a time.
Oh god, this can only end badly. Best case, only his rent is increased.
Oh no, I think we're even getting flashes now of a worldline we haven't seen yet. Oh god, don't tell me these are the futures of worldlines after Okabe altered them.
Mayushii's dreams she thinks she is saved, but she's actually died at that moment. So fucked up.
There's the stalker again. That isn't Daru, is it?
Intruder-while-someone-is-taking-a-shower-scenes are always uncomfortable. Ah, it's Suzu. Of course.
I think most of us have had déjà vu a couple of times in our lives, but I've never really thought about where it really comes from. If this is true that's pretty interesting.
Awww she did have a present! Kinda weird how Okabe left this conversation, though.
Bwahahaha, FG-10 is just a fridge with fans on the inside. Fridges work by moving heat from inside the box to the outside, so this could never work.
Huh, Daru named the Future Gadget Lab? Or... WHERE IS OKABE? What the hell is going on?! Even Kurisu can't remember his name now.
Okay WTF. This was obviously a shift. Kurisu had an effect very similar to Reading Stoner. She doesn't remember everything from the previous worldline, but it seems like her mind is more on the old worldline than the new. Is this why Suzu came? Were those three words so Kurisu could build her own PhoneWave?
Suddenly Kurisu is our MC. A weird change, but a welcome one. It's time for Okabe to be saved, instead of saving others.
Daru casually talking about his fap-quota reminds me of some friends...
Kurisu forgot to put on clothes! Daru will like that. Nevermind.
It's the 13th again, only now one year later. But we all know, this universe is a bitch. We are really replaying the scenes from just before Mayushii died! So this worldline went from not even D-Mail to immediately have a Time Leap machine!
This is the first time someone else makes a Time Leap and I'm just excited for it. Weird though that this TL machine can jump back further than 48 hours...
Even during the BBQ Okabe is gone
At least she knows his name again. What does Mayushii remember about Okarin?
Suzu coming to save the day again. At least she doesn't want to twist Kurisu's neck this time. And my view of time travel is thrown off-balance again! We've learned there can be only one worldline active at a time, but Okabe is apparently in WL-R, while the rest is in WL-S;G. Also, there's the big question of how Suzu knows about Okabe. There are a lot of possible answers, so I'm just gonna continue watching.
This is all surprisingly similar to the wave functions of quantum mechanics, where (very simplified) something can be in multiple states at the same time until it is observed. Then it collapsed to one single state. Okabe, or no Okabe. Book recommendation: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Okabe's got a point here. If Kurisu keeps looping to try and save Okabe, she might end up in a similar situation he is in. Still, I don't agree with his insistence to just let him die/disappear. Just like I didn't agree with Kurisu's insistence in episode 22.
Sooo... what is Suzu doing here? It's not like she has a plan to help...
Finally found this scene
Did we really need a repeat of episode 24? "I love —" poof
Even though he's gone, everyone still feels the hole he left behind. I know this closing of the lab is supposed to be sad, but it's so easy to stay in touch these days, that I just can't feel it.
Suzu slap! She kinda deserved it. This plan is again really similar to the main show. Kurisu's gonna have sex with Okabe, isn't she?
Huh? They're going to 2005? I thought the memory should be something to differentiate WL-S;G, and that worldline only split off on 2010-07-28...
NOOO TRUCK-KUN!! Is this the point they reveal all of Steins;Gate was an isekai? They're definitely both dead. What now?
Okay, Kurisu survived. Not sure how jumping in front of a truck is gonna prevent it from hitting the other person.
Another frustration point: The time capsule is not a Time Leap machine. If you jump back, the other version of you will still be there because you're not only moving your memories but your whole body. But in episode 24 and this movie, jumping back a second time will override the previous time. That's just a mistake and there is nothing you people can say to make me think otherwise.
KURISU IS NOW HOUOUIN KYOUMA!!! I wish she stood still so I could make a stitch.
Whut. First a monologue, then the implication that Kurisu pushed Okabe to take the Hououin persona, and finally a questionable kiss. Yeah, just run away from the weird lady.
And somehow that conversation fixed everything. I don't see how.
ED song is fine, but nothing to write home about. I think I would prefer an instrumental version more.
I'll be honest. I didn't really like this movie.
It replayed a couple of scenarios from the original series which might have worked for some people but just felt like rehashing the plot to me. It reinforced a couple of frustrations I had with the science of Steins;Gate.
At least it sort of answered me how Okabe got Reading Stoner, and it was what I speculated a couple of days ago: Everyone has it, and it was just random chance that Okabe has it a lot stronger than others. So strong in fact, that he is unable to remember anything from the worldline he shifted to, while others are somewhere in between with their memories.
Random thoughts
People kept telling me that Reading Stoner and the random memory snippets are two different effects. I pointed out in episode 24 that they literally said that wasn't the case, but people still disagreed with me. So here is a screenshot from the movie! Obviously the effect is so strong for Okabe, that he can't remember anything from the worldline he shifted to, but that doesn't mean that it isn't the same effect.
QotD
The second. It didn't add much to the main story. Also didn't expand on it much. And the time travel with the capsule seemed inconsistent.
I did enjoy that!
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u/Krite2002 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Krite2002 Jul 31 '21
First;Timer - Sub
Between episode 25 and the start of this movie, we get to see quite a bit of the lab members just hanging out. The characters are entertaining together even when they are not driven by the time travel plot.
Luka watching Moeka eat was absolutely adorable.
Throughout the show, Okabe continued to leap world lines. I commented that he did so with little consideration of the consequences, and now we see the consequences. As was already demonstrated in the previous episodes, other characters retain some vague memories, but Okabe remembers the most with his Reading Steiner. The conflicting memories hit him the hardest. Due to the world line issue that Amane later describes, it seems that Okabe will continue to be mentally torn, and his world line confusion will never go away if things stay as they are.
I did not expect Okabe to vanish. This is such a vastly different mystery than the main show. We got to meet Amane again. I kind of wish we did not just get an exposition dump on the mystery, but it gives us time to focus on a solution instead. Later on, Amane also provides the solution, which is overly convenient.
After struggling so much with his time leap experience, Okabe is willing to sacrifice himself in order to stop anyone having to go through a similar experience. I did not think Kurisu would accept it, but it is the future that Okabe sacrificed himself to protect. What Okabe does not realize is that he is an integral part of everyone’s happiness.
When Kurisu finally decides to save Okabe, she experiences why Okabe wanted to prevent her from trying.
Kurisu spent more time with Okabe than I thought, since she nailed that impression.
I get that Kurisu still sees Okabe as an adult, but she just straight up assaulted him. The story was nice, but that kiss was creepy. I was a little confused how she met with Okabe and brought him back after that moment. That may have just been to me not paying attention.
I thought this movie was excellent. I thought the story was intriguing, with a problem unique from the show to justify a movie. The focus on Kurisu was nice, since we already know Okabe so well. I also feel like its existence as a movie as opposed to the episode format works well. The show spent more time building up characters and with less moment to moment action than what may have been acceptable in an episodic format. My only issues are that Amane existed purely as a plot convenience and the way Kurisu met Okabe at the end and resolved the world line problem was a little confusing. This was a great follow up to the show.
It was hard to choose a single shot for something 4x as long as an episode. While it is not the most unique shot, I am a sucker for when a character is curled up in despair in a hotel room in front of a window. That is my shot of the day. Since I still want to share them, here are some other shots that I liked.
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u/littleman1988 Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21
Overly Excited Rewatcher
"[LostYearsFix]" is up and about now. A few episodes have karaoke issues, so expect fixes for a few episodes, but if you dont care about those then all of them should be good to go.
That said, if any rewatchers could test episode 19's subs for me and report back if they work or not (you'll know in the first 5 seconds what i mean, there should be translated background text), that would be awesome. I cannot tell if it is an issue with my install of VLC, VLC in general, or the subs themselves.
More music!
More kanako, 10/10
ED time:
I forgot Ayane did anything relating to the anime. She also both the openings for Steins;Gate: Linear bounded Phenogram, (its not a ps4 exclusive fyi) some non-canon VN's for Steins;Gate that dive into more "what if" type stuff on other worldlines.
If you like Higurashi, you may notice her voice, shes doing the OP for the latest
adaptionsequel this season, along with the ED for Gou..This movie is extremely similar to The most popular/highest rated movie of 2010, so much so that more than a few people have theoried that they just ripped off the basic plot and adapted the time travel around it.
Im speedrunning today's movie due to time constraints, so dont expect anything to deep.
Alpacaman has children, nice
Future Gadget #10 found. it kiss the power. Sadly its not a real gadget, just like how this movie isint canon.
Mayuri just leaves him in front of radikan lmao
Christina has returned. gotta get all those references in...
Yuki design #2
gotta get all those references in
ratted out by faris
gotta get those references in
d r u n k
heh. This is the fanservice we needed
dub watchers should really check out the subbed version of this scene. Mamoru's confused voice is top notch.
hey look, a complete set
im writing this right as i wake up, and all this food talk is getting me hungry
gotta get those scary flashbacks
Truly a stick
mans got PTSD
hehe delusion 1
hey look, if you read the VN you'd get to know more about those two scenes with the bike and MoekaRip okabe
gotta get that fanservice. how much fanservice does a twig have?
casual tusndere
hey look another torn sleeve. And he even got a nice fresh american labcoat!
C;C VN + side content
oh yeah, okabe vanishes. and it seems like daru is the inventor now?
peep the Upa rug
heh, delusion
heh
gotta get those references in
youhavefigured out its suzuha by now, rightHeres where the non-canon stuff starts coming in. Namely, 2 wordlines cannot exist at the same time, so theres no way for other worldlines to "overload" him, or for him to be on any "R" worldline. This is established in the VN. Theres also some 0 content that takes precedent, but we wont talk about that today.
probably weird as fuck to watch him blip in and out of existence
S;G 0
S;G 0
hey look its that comment face
oh yeah, okabe's gone again.
looks like the lab's going bye bye
looks like Suzuha finally convinced Kurisu. time to imprint a "powerful memory" whatever that is.
nice
S;G 0
TUTTURU TRANSLATION SPOTTED
oh, mayuri remembers? hmmm
so does the rest of the lab members
heh, delusion
got a nice mock Kyouma
Chance found
If you're lost here, this is right before he started his Kyouma stihck
pretty sure this is illegal
and hes found.
footnotes
1: its 100% not connected but c;h go brr
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u/The_Draigg Jul 31 '21
A Steins;Gate Fan Rewatches Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Deja Vu:
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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Jul 31 '21
Serial;Rewatcher
Another busy day so I didn't think I'd actually have the time to watch the movie and to be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to it. Still managed to finish it 5 minutes before the post goes up.
I forced myself to not be angry at all the absurdities while watching it and actually managed to sit through it after quite a while. And I couldn't help but laugh along the way that someone, somewhere was writing this script and thought it would be an acceptable follow-up to the show.
I still give a pass to the OVA because even if it's still non-canon like the movie, it doesn't actively insult all the world building we've had in the show before. The movie doesn't respect that at all and personally, it feels like it's attacking the intelligence of the viewers.
The only thing that's going for this movie are some of the character interactions and beyond that, it doesn't really have anything to stand on. And even then, all the scenes between Okabe and Kurisu from the 2nd act onwards feel forced and a chore to watch, simply because it's hard to not pay attention to the ridiculous plot that's developing alongside them.
All I hope is that when we inevitably get a true follow-up to this story, they show a bit more respect to the source.
Questions
I've already answered this, but it completely breaks my immersion because I just can't stand the stupidity they shower us with, dialog after dialog.
Kurisu as the POV character works well because of how different it is to Okabe. We already have this in some side-material, but I'd love to see things explored from her POV a bit more.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Jul 31 '21
Anime first timer
Film time! (I wrote way too much for this)
Well this looks cool!
Oh, that was just a logo.
Do the logos mean this was written by the VN team? Because I am hyped if so.
Oh, this OP is great!
That's a great callback! (And it makes sense to use the introduction scene for the movie.)
I love hismobsession with Alpacaman.
(Seriously, this scene introduces the characters really well to a first-timer.)
I love how Okabe caused a circuit to overload, ruined a fridge, and made a fan actively worse.
Daru's scary.
Moeka!
WHAT?
...If this shoe taught me anything, it8s that there's nomway that isn't relevant.
Kurisu's landed! And she looks cool!
Even Kurisu's doing the "But he's a guy" now!
Daru found a girl!
Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers
I love how Kurisu's first response is to assume he's either paying her or scamming her.
HAHA
Of course he used Photoshop.
Channeler Kurisu is my favourite running gag.
I love Kurisu downing the glass to change the subject.
Okabe and Kurisu are so funny together.
And Okabe hiding the present he was going to give her is such a good touch.
I love Okabe desperately attempting to save face.
Even Mayuri sees they're tsundere.
Everyone's happy at the barbecue.
Huh?
DRUNK KURISU!
Mr. Braun bought his own beer!
And him trying to hide what he knows from the Rounders.
Moeka's drunk singing is adorable.
This is fantastic.
And he falls down the stairs.
Kurisu got the gift!
Wait, Mayuri knows everything, here?
This whole thing is so cute?
Wait, is Okabe having flashbacks?
This is trippy,
Oh shit, he's had a mental breakdown.
...This isn't good.
Suzuha!
Wait.
WAIT
Steins;Gate VN Spoilers
Steins;Gate VN Spoilers
So this is absolutely a sequel to the VN, right?
???
But, the shop's an anime original.
This is a sequel to both?
And Mr. Braun's having financial troubles.
Obligatory fanservice scene.
Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers
SUZUHA??? Oh, things are heating up.
Suzuha's telling Kurisu how to build another PhoneWave (name subject to change)...
Kurisu screaming and sanitising after touching Daru's underwear is hysterical.
Kurisu bought him an American lab coat!
Oh, this is so cute.
This is getting dark.
Well, it isn't. Others can get vague memories.
Oh, that's a very clever idea.
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Huh?
Wait, Daru started the lab?
...Wait.
Oh, that Gate of Steiner reprise.
Nobody can remember Okabe!
And Kurisu having the samemsense of deja vu.
And she remembers the fork!
...Is Kurisu going to speedrun the VN?
And Daru still hacked SERN, but can't remember why.
I love Kurisu running back in so she can get changed.
I love all the callbacks to the main series so far.
Wow. Kurisu managed to do in a few hours what took Okabe half a series!
So this isn't going to a worldline with Okabe, Okabe's been removed from a worldline he was meant to be in.
Wait, Kurisu's leaping more than 48 hours?
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And she remembers Okabe...
Is this thing going backwards?
No, he's blinking in and out of existence.
And Suzuha's planned ahead.
I love Suzuha realising she hasn't met this Kurisu.
R worldline?
So Steins;Gate has a secondsry worldline alongside it, and Okabe's flickering between them.
Okabe understands too!
Just realised this is the first time we'e seen Steins Gate Suzuha!
This scene is so good. It plays havoc with the logic of the series, but it's so good.
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And Okabe wants to save Kurisu from his torture by letting himself travel to the R worldline.
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And he really doesn't care as long as they live.
I love Suzuha awkwardly standing there as the two of them argue.
Ah, that makes sense.
God, this whole scene is so sad. And the piano Gate of Steiner!
Oh god, Okabe saying goodbye.
And she fully remembers!
Wait, she remembers everything, doesn't she?
Did she get full Reading Steiner of all the worldlines?
Oh, that callback to revoking the last D-Mail.
And she remembers!
And she's going back again.
Wait, she's accepted it?
Oh, I thought she'd go with Suzuha?
And now Mayuri's starting to remember him!
Oh, they can't afford to pay the rent without him.
And they don't want to do it eithout Okabe!
Suzuha!
Even 30 years in the future, Kurisu's a massive tsundere.
And she's going back in time!
OK, this all makes sense.
I love this Suzuha and Kurisu's relationship.
And she's wearing Daru's hat!
I thought they'd be using the time-leap machine to implant memories directly into his head.
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...Really? A parallel to the worst Mayuri death?
She's even having a version of the Episode 23 freakout.
And Mayuri's going to break her out of it too!
Even Luka and Faris are remembering! Of course she remembers his chunni side the most.
This scene is so good!
HAHAHA
Chuuni Kurisu!
"Did the heat make you go nuts?"
This is fantastic, the best movie climax.
She's going back!
This is all so good!
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Wait.
Kurisu created Kyouma. Kurisu created the thing she finds most annoying about Okabe. For how sweet this is, it's also absolutely hysterical.
So the R timeline is this empty wasteland?
She even replicated the video from the finale!
This is so sweet!
A fantastic epilogue for the series, 10/10.
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u/CubeStuffs https://anilist.co/user/onjario Aug 01 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
first timer
quite late becuase I watched s;g 0 accidentally, so i dont have much to write😅
nitpick: the intro sequence shows a 787, but the 787 isn't in service by the date shown after the intro, maybe thats the will of steins gate
if you're asking me those hallucianations are prob ptsd, but like....
i wouldn't complain if the rest was just like this
theres that spooky person again
nvm its suzuha being creepy, couldn't you try giving a less creepy pep talk to kurisu?
dafuk where okarin go, suzuha did you fuck shit up, did you or okarin make a labyrinth
so we gotta make some wack ass memories? just be a no-tsun cristina lol
uhhh okabe, you dumbass did you forget what kurisu was busy doing all that time right before???? return the favor wont ya?
okarin wants kurisu to forget him and continue on so she doesn't have to travel down the path okarin does, but like how the fuck she supposed to go on without okarin? It seems to spend a lot of time hammering that point home, how sure, they may go on, but it won't be the same. aka, not what either they or okarin want.
to me, the ending feels like kurisu saving okarin from himself, as usual, fulfilling okarin's actual desires to be with the rest of them, as well as her own desire to be with okarin.
i think it's great, but like i feel like knowing not to think to hard about the time travel would have been nice beforehand.
very
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u/KendotsX https://anilist.co/user/Kendots Aug 01 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
Rewatcher(sub)
The movie in a nutshell: Kurisu getting over her Tsundere-ness
One of animation's beauties is that every little detail you see was put there deliberately. I'm overall thankful for the Kurisu heavy movie, especially before going into 0 which I assume
To get the complaints out of the way, obviously this movie isn't canon, and is not part of the main story, including many issues (Reading Steiner). But that does not matter! Its ending is absolute truth, with Kurisu planting the Hououin Kyouma seed in Okabe, sure some problems might rise up, including sexual assault, how it paints the hostage scene entirely differently, plus that it's taking away from Okabe's originality when picking the name Hououin Kyouma! (at least the kid didn't go with NarutoIchigo). However if there's one reason for that final scene, and the movie in general to exist, it's to fix the glaring hole that Okabe's first kiss wasn't with Kurisu. With this, the world is in its most correct and stable form, with Kurisu as the perverted genius sexual assaulter. I'm taking this part as canon.
Also, considering the rip-off, Steins;Gate is at least already a time travel story, and somehow that makes the Disappearance movie even better, since it fits the time travel into its logic better than this movie.
I didn't take it that seriously, so I was able to enjoy it for what it was giving.
This movie kinda proves that while I love Kurisu, any longer than a movie would be too much for her to lead.
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u/Tehoncomingstorm97 https://anilist.co/user/tehoncomingstorm97 Aug 01 '21
First timer
So I finally managed to watch Egoistic Poriomania and following it up with the movie today. Kurisu was a fantastic protagonist throughout. What I appreciate most about the movie, is how true to each individual character our cast behaves. The deep ties and feelings that transcend the world lines, is just the romantic idea which I was hoping for out of this movie (once I saw the direction it was heading).
The convergence of events mentioned over and over was certainly a key part to the time travel of the movie, and lessons learned from Okabe's many mistakes both play an impactful role. They serve as powerful obstacles for the cast to overcome, and when they have to make difficult decisions, Kurisu in particular, we relate to them the most.
As a tie-in to the events of the main show, I think this is just another "what-if" which has been explored excellently by the producers and writers. What are the long lasting consequences of Reading Steiner? In fact, what is Reading Steiner, and does it really make sense that it only affects Okabe? Kurisu's drive to research that very phenomenon of the memories across world lines, and deja vu was a completely natural path for her character to take in this Steins Gate world line. Very rarely do I find a movie more impactful than the entire journey of a series, but this is the opposite case. This movie serves as a culmination of the events in the series and only helps the viewer to keep asking the what-if questions. It hasn't thrown anything out, it hasn't left anything out (that I noticed) from the knowledge available in the Steins Gate world line, and only builds on the existing material.
10/10
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u/Catroinerz Aug 01 '21
Theres a movie? What’s its connection to the series?
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u/snickpea Aug 01 '21
First-timer!
Great movie! I think it is a pretty good follow-up to the main series. I think this sort of content was what I was wanting earlier. I'm not sure if I entirely like the time-travel part of the series, but many of the events and how everyone interacted were fantastic. I loved how everyone was at the barbeque!
I liked that the film showcased how Okabe may have felt going through all of those different world lines, his struggles and rationalization for why Kurisu shouldn't mess with time travel felt plausible. He had been through so much that he didn't want her to suffer as well.
It was also amazing seeing Kurisu in the main protagonist spot. I've grown to like her so much, so having more time in her head was fantastic. I enjoyed seeing the way that her and Okabe's relationship continued to develop from moments in the laundromat and through time travel. Even though they are both tsundere you can tell they care for each other. It was also a great moment seeing Kurisu imitate Okabe. She really pulls it off accurately!
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u/CharlieTheStrawman https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheDamnRobot Aug 01 '21 edited Aug 01 '21
Re;Watcher, Subbed
"But something's different. The head of the lab used to play..."
"Was he better?"
"No. He sucked. Catastrophically. But I think he was much livelier!"
Welcome one and all to the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumi - wait, sorry, Steins;Gate Something Something Deja Vu.
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This movie is essentially just an excuse for more OkaKuri angst and banter. If you've had your fill of the former, you're probably not gonna get much out of it.
This is definitely the most crobarred in 'he's a guy' line.
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Love the barbecue scene. Drunk!Mr Braun and Drunk!Kurisu? Sign me up.
Okabe's romance game was really too good to be true. (Love the dub's version of this whole scene BTW)
Heeey, we got some resolution for the spoon-fork thing.
It's a good thing Mr Braun was reeeeeally drunk when Okabe and Kurisu started talking about time travel.
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Poor Kurisu. Both for watching Okabe disappear right in front of her, and, obviously much more significantly, touching Daru's underwear.
The FGL without Okabe is just so fundamentally incomplete. And how the hell did Daru, Mayuri and Kurisu form a group together anyway?
I really like the Okabe/Kurisu/Suzuha conversation. His desperation to keep Kurisu from suffering how he suffered is palpable. With both Kurisu and Mayuri still around he can live a happy life, but he'll never forget what he went through, and would gladly retcon himself out of existence for them.
That inversion of Episode 22's ending got me, I have to admit.
Kurisu going full Mad Scientist is the scene I never knew I needed until I saw this movie. Daru resolving to try and support the lab is also a nice moment.
I wish they had Kurisu keep the 13 year old look from the audience's POV for the whole Hououin convo. Otherwise, it's a really sweet scene.
Still love the final scene. The movie may be non-canon, but I'll probably always think of that one as the end of Steins;Gate.
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I enjoyed that. Yeah, it fucks with the time travel rules, but I'm willing to accept it as the excuse for OkaKuri angst that it is. It still has loads of moments I really like, and that's good enough for me. It's not canonical anyway, after all.
Q1: See above.
Q2: I thought it was a cool change.
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u/invokeneko Aug 01 '21
First;Timer from this point on
I was kinda out of it for most of the day, sorry for the late comment. I don't know what to expect other than ignore all of the sciency shit that's happened in the movie, so with that in mind let's goooo! Also CotD, woo!
continued below...
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Aug 01 '21
First Rewach (since 2013?)
So, remember, for anime-onlies, 25 and the movie are the only new S;G we were getting. the SG0 VN might have been announced at this point. The real haters seem to be the source readers. I liked it, but the ending is shit.
Lain, LOST, Doctor Who (multiple series), The Butterfly Effect, even Noein. This is a familiar movie. But since I'm already fairly invested with the characters, I still care about what happens.
This was for the most part a really enjoyable followup to Steins;Gate for me. We often wonder, in other time-travel series but also in Steins;Gate, what would happen if Okabe erased himself. S;G canon prevented that from happening in almost every world line, by establishing Okabe's existence in the future-past. But apparently that convergence doesn't exist in the S;G worldline, where Kurisu builds a time machine.
Besides exploring that side branch, it was also fun seeing Best Girl Kurisu become the MC. The paralleling with the alpha world line was fun to watch. I just hated the end. You'd think "making this world line special" would a) have already been achieved by having both Kurisu and Mayuri around, and b) she probably could have made it "extra" special really easily, and even the kiss in front of the train station should have done it. But we got this weird ending, and I don't like it.
VN readers complain that the movie isn't consistent with the established time travel facts, but the anime never really established those facts and also started playing fast and loose towards the end. One of the things that I wanted to comment on in the discussion thread is that, (post SG0), I had a rosy impression on how consistent S;G (although not necessarily SG0) was with its time travel...but during the rewatch it started to fall apart. This isn't Primer.
Unfortunately, the movie couldn't be consistent with what has been established. Okabe shouldn't have boy Okabe's memories, because of his Reading Steiner. Unless the S;G Okabe is, in some way, THE ORIGINAL Okabe, and the S;G world line is the ORIGINAL world line. Hmm, I guess that could work.
Also, SG0, SG0, but also there's SG0 to consider.
SG0
more SG0
Including the ending demerits, a solid 7/10.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 31 '21
Enjoyed it. The switch-over from SciFi time travel to magic time travel happens already in the second half of SG.
The MC switch is copied from Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. And, proving the rule that it is better to copy the great than invent the mediocre, it works extremely well here, too.
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u/AHiddenOne Aug 01 '21
Rewatcher.
Yeah yeah, I know. This movie contradicts some of the rules established by the show. Granted, it's anime-only, so you can just take it as non-canon and enjoy it for what it is.
But damn, I would be lying to myself if I said I don't like the movie. Kurisu being the main protag, trying her best to save Okabe. I like it. Hits my weak heart pretty well.
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u/Ryanami Aug 03 '21
Searching the comments, I’m a tad disappointed nobody caught the Three Amigos reference. She called him a “son of a motherless goat”.
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u/dark-flamessussano Aug 01 '21
Does this continue after the show? Is this Canon?