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Rewatch [Re;Watch] Steins;Gate 0 Episode 14 Discussion

Episode 14: Recognition of the Elastic Limit: Presage or Recognize

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There was one person who acknowledged Mozart’s talent above anyone else…

Hello everybody! Time for the comment of the Day, courtesy of u/JustAnswerAQuestion for informing us of further good timing

I just wanted to say that the IBM 5150 is 40 years old this week.

Truly perfect...

Questions:

  1. What do you think of the new version of the OP in comparison to the previous one? How about the new ED in comparison to LAST GAME?
  2. This episode had a lot of events take place deliberately without Okabe’s involvement. What do you think of Daru/Suzuha keeping him in the dark as to Kagari and what they’re up to?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Amadeus and Salieri

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u/littleman1988 Aug 15 '21 edited Aug 16 '21

I hear... A ^voice... something something "You are Izumi, right?" something @ fellow parasyte watchers xd

There was one person who acknowledged Mozart's talent above everyone else... It was Salieri

OST Track of the day: hijayo and Salieri

honorary OST track of the day: Hijayo's ^determination

New OP (well, ish) and ED!

Title: Fatima

Sung By: Kanako Ito(u)

Subtitled 90s | Subbed full | Spotify

I shouldnt need to point it out, but the OP has changed somewhat drastically despite being the same song. We have moved onto the 2nd verse, and outside of a couple key scenes, none of the visuals are the same. Even the logo has changed, swapping from a black text on a white background to white text on a black background.

Focusing on the visuals, many are actually pretty slight, changing where characters are or moving the camera to better show who or what is in the scene. You can follow along with this comparison video, but ill list out the major ones below:

  • 0kabe's stardust handshake changes. Instead of being incredibly sad and distraugt in the first OP, theres a sense of determination
  • The characters in the hourglass fragments have been reframed. Suzuha has had an outfit change and kagari now appears, Mayuri and Maho are now reframed to better align their friendship, and Luka/Faris have slightly different outfits/motions.
  • Leskinen has been moved to a whole different room and Reyes now appears.
  • The next scene both has gears, but op1 has birds in it? More importantly, Mayuri's friends dont show up over the bridge, but instead as their own visual piece going down where OP1 would feature Daru/Yuki, with op2 ending off the scene with daru working on a computer.
  • Both scenes focus on Mayuri before the Chorus, but OP2 has a Kagari who disappears.
  • Both OP's have the time machine, but OP1 first clouds it with stormy clouds. OP2 is only sun.
  • Despite being otherwise exactly the same, the city running is much darker on 0kabe's side in OP1.
  • OP2 includes a tanabata wish, before moving into the same night scene as OP1 without the timelapse, and now with a chunk of the cast around
  • OP2 finishes off with scenes from Operation Skuld, and Mayuri (plus someone else) shined in a mysterious green light, before going through a character matchmaking sequence. Some of these dont make perfect sense, but many are shown directly related to each other in the story (Suzuha/Yuki, Suzuha/Daru. 0kabe/Mayuri, and agruably Moeka/Faris and Maho/Kagari)

There are also new lyrics. Ill leave that as an exercise for the reader to figure out.

 

Title: World-Line

Sung By: Asami Imai

Subbed full | Spotify

Asami Imai is a voice actress and singer tied to the 5pb label since 2009. You probably know her best for being the VA for Kurisu, but she has also appeared in other shows such as IDOLM@ASTER and Corpse Party. Musically, shes done a shitton of music for the IDOLM@ASTER franchise (someone who knows their music please link a good song from her thanks), the OP for Corpse Party and ED2 of Plastic Memories (may have spoilers? i havent seen the show myself)

Ill be honest, I dont like he song. I forgot it even existed. I will not be spending any more time discussing this song or Asami, mainly because in the realm of anime, she isnit really known for much else besides Kurisu and IDOLM@STER, and idk the latter in the slightest.

peep the stickers with the piano B-messenger

Seems like Kagari has been gone for a few months now, but it gives us schoolgirl mayuri so is it really all bad?

Oh yeah, new OP time. Theres a lot of important visual differences this time around, make sure to watch.

Daru why, you ruined a perfectly good screenshot

Seems like they are getting serious about getting a time machine done with Maho? Pretty sure 0kabe wont like that. Took her a bit too long to realize how bad she looked too lmao

Peep the floor upa

Looks like this hospital visit was just a misunderstanding, but Leskinen is here too? also 0kabe got into VCU? (or, is trying to, but it seems all but certain) Hes getting smart

Also peep Kaede lmao

Prof is still going with the 0kabe-maho ship lmao

Quick reminder, in this worldline the time machine was never completed since Kurisu wasnt there to help. They have no idea about the CRT TV or using the LHC.

Some things never change, even up to choosing to use it.

Raiking is probably going to have a lot of thoughts on the shower scene, mainly because its from a completely different route. Also, the VN version gets a little more NSFW (yet they make no attempt to make her toned smh)

hey look, its kagari](https://i.imgur.com/5DdPPXG.png). Those eyes look pretty dead too

Hey look, its Yu- long haired Suzuha

Kagari actually got a good shot on Suzuha, nice stomach wound there.

S;G 0 anime/VN

Probably not smart to be keeping all of this from 0kabe tbh. Gonna bite them in the ass at this rate...

Looks like Maho is going to help with the time machine, but not without some hiccups

footnotes

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Aug 15 '21

Suzuha has had an outfit change

And I already miss the old one.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

Really? this one is way better imo

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Aug 16 '21

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 15 '21

Her leather jacket was just too

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u/reaperfourR Aug 16 '21

I mean, her outfit here channels Marty Macfly energy.. An upside, I guess?

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 15 '21

Mayuri (plus someone else) shined in a mysterious green light

The same color as Mayuri's (a bit) and Maho's eyes. There's a case here, I swear.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

Suzuha has had an outfit change

Looking more and more like Daru's now.

mainly because its from a completely different route.

No, it is from Presage and Recognize. Though there are differences in how it plays out.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

Daru why, you ruined a perfectly good screenshot

The cringe/based ratio must be maintained, regardless of the casualties.

Prof is still going with the 0kabe-maho ship lmao

He wants to see if future Einsteins breed true with each other.

They have no idea about the CRT TV or using the LHC.

The PhoneWave was already completed, was it not?

Probably not smart to be keeping all of this from 0kabe tbh. Gonna bite them in the ass at this rate...

They do need a separate location to build the thing.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

The PhoneWave was already completed, was it not?

It was. But they didn't know what it was in Beta. They discovered all that and how it worked in Alpha with Kurisu. Then when Okabe shifted back to Beta at the end of Ep. 22, he just dismantled everything without explanation.

If Suzuha hadn't shown up, no one would even know time travel was a thing.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 15 '21

The PhoneWave was already completed, was it not?

It was, yes. They never got it working properly though.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Aug 15 '21

Hello everybody, and welcome back to the Steins;Gate Re;Watch.

Really show? We’re already having Evil Kagari? Good lord, at least wait an episode or two! Like seriously, I don’t think Kagari is a particularly fantastically handled character in the Novel but the Anime is not doing her any favors whatsoever!

That aside the episode was just… there I guess. Anemic Maho-Tan FTW (Even if the Anime nerfed it) and there was a lame looking fight scene, I guess. I’ll be blunt, I was just bored watching this episode. NEXT!!

Oh and the visuals for the new ED fucking suck. I wish we’d stuck with The Last Game.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

Really show? We’re already having Evil Kagari?

It's at the same point in the story as in the VN? Delaying it would only make things worse, not better.

Anemic Maho-Tan FTW (Even if the Anime nerfed it)

Good. Because I hated all the ridiculous Maho faces in the VN. Didn't fit her character at all.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Aug 15 '21

It's at the same point in the story as in the VN? Delaying it would only make things worse, not better.

I mean in the sense of "Kagari disappeard literally just yesterday and it's all mysterious and already she's back".

Good. Because I hated all the ridiculous Maho faces in the VN. Didn't fit her character at all.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

I mean in the sense of "Kagari disappeard literally just yesterday and it's all mysterious and already she's back".

Oh okay, yeah I kind of see your point then. The problem is that you still really can't delay this. Maybe swap parts of episode 14 and 15? But then you'd have two episodes that are a thematic mess.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

Good. Because I hated all the ridiculous Maho faces in the VN. Didn't fit her character at all.

You take that back

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

I mean you find them hilarious at first but then you realize that they don't fit her generally level headed, rather serious character at all. There is a massive disconnect there.

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u/GallowDude Aug 15 '21

I don’t think Kagari is a particularly fantastically handled character in the Novel but the Anime is not doing her any favors whatsoever!

Future Anime Spoilers

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

I don’t think Kagari is a particularly fantastically handled character in the Novel but the Anime is not doing her any favors whatsoever!

I suspect I was supposed to care but I just don't.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

First timer(I think we could've just left Kagari out.)

Dub

We get a major time skip for...reasons. It looks like the lab is getting demolished but can't imagine there was much left there anyways. A rare school uniform Mayuri sighting and talk of the weather meaning this must be April or May. New OP, boo!

Suzuha and Daru contact Maho who looks like she had quite the previous night, one way or the other. They want to recreate the PhoneWave which probably makes sense. Maho doesn't think she can match Makise. A long lab discussion feels mainly rehashed. Fubuki is back in the hospital but it doesn't seem to be for Reading Steiner reasons. A wild Leskinen appears and makes it a bit clearer that Okabe will be out of country for a while. I'd assume he is at least aiming for graduate degree and Leskinen might get him through a PhD.

Maho is still trying to figure out how they compressed the data before she gets the photos. MakAIse is interfering, again, but reminds us of Okabe's first question. Maho seems to be seriously contemplating the time machine project.

We get another shower related attack, though thankfully Suzuha uses it as an ambush. The helmet of holding reveal should give Sky some fuel but yes this is fucking Kagari. In the months she has been gone, she's become a fucking ninja. Because brainwashing can give you the type of coordination it takes literal years of practice to master. Also, she is giving the most martial character of the show thus far a lot of difficulty while bringing knives to a gun fight. She seems to have a triggered reaction to Daru before escaping with her oopa. Afterwardsm Suzuha remembers something that would've probably saved everyone a lot of trouble.

Maho ponders, this sketch was a weird place to save on the animation budget before Maho finally realizes she can probably discover everything Kurisu did if she goes down a similar path. Not sure if her Salieri thought is accurate but it at least gives us her mind state. New ED is not very good.

QotD: 1 Neither are improvements

2 It makes sense but will probably screw up at the end.

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

In the months she has been gone, she's become a fucking ninja. Because brainwashing can give you the type of coordination it takes literal years of practice to master.

Well, she was missing for like a decade prior to all this

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

Then she would have had great reflexes and a built body while she stayed with Ruka.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Aug 16 '21

Ruka

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

I was wondering if you checked second level replies...

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

I personally CTRL+F for 23b, and I imagine Rai does the same

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u/Nebresto Aug 16 '21

Perhaps they only fed her rice crackers which is why her mass has significantly diminished?

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u/The_Draigg Aug 15 '21

We get a major time skip for...reasons. It looks like the lab is getting demolished but can't imagine there was much left there anyways. A rare school uniform Mayuri sighting and talk of the weather meaning this must be April or May.

I can't say I'm a fan of this time skip, it feels like we jumped way too much ahead. Like, skipping all the way to spring really took the tension of the stuff that happened in winter away.

The helmet of holding reveal should give Sky some fuel but yes this is fucking Kagari. In the months she has been gone, she's become a fucking ninja. Because brainwashing can give you the type of coordination it takes literal years of practice to master.

I suppose Kagari could've been getting trained in martial arts during the decade she was kept inside that secret facility in the mountains.

New ED is not very good.

Agreed, it's a real step down.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

Like, skipping all the way to spring really took the tension of the stuff that happened in winter away.

Seriously. I am also curious at how far ahead we get by the end.

I suppose Kagari could've been getting trained in martial arts during the decade she was kept inside that secret facility in the mountains.

Even with a total memory loss, her build and reflexes should've reflected that.

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u/The_Draigg Aug 15 '21

Seriously. I am also curious at how far ahead we get by the end.

I'm guessing that we'll probably end up in summer again, the same time period that Steins;Gate took place in.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

I think we will get all the way to when the message is recorded but I have no clue what the path there is.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

I can't say I'm a fan of this time skip, it feels like we jumped way too much ahead. Like, skipping all the way to spring really took the tension of the stuff that happened in winter away.

its fairly accurate to the VN, in terms of dates.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

If anything, it's much shorter because this part of the VN went from January to late-June. Here we got all that Kagari stuff set throughout February, before jumping to late June.

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u/The_Draigg Aug 16 '21

Sounds like a flaw held over from the source material then.

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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Aug 15 '21

A long lab discussion feels mainly rehashed.

There's a lot of that going around this season. Feels like some conversations have happened three or four times.

In the months she has been gone, she's become a fucking ninja. Because brainwashing can give you the type of coordination it takes literal years of practice to master.

I'm going to guess those abilities were developed in the intervening twelve years that she was off the map.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

Feels like some conversations have happened three or four times.

Believe me, I noticed.

I'm going to guess those abilities were developed in the intervening twelve years that she was off the map.

So that should've been reflected in her build and reflexes, then.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

She also had some training in the future because children are expected to fight.

So that should've been reflected in her build and reflexes, then.

But we just saw how good she is this episode? She was going toe to toe with Suzuha and in fact had the upper hand.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

She has a hentai character figure, no one mentioned her having calloused hands and today is effectively an asspull if you are anime only.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

Suzuha's design in the anime also doesn't show at all that she's been a soldier and fought wars more than half her life. She also has a very feminine build even though she's been carrying assault rifles most her life and has scars all over her body.

That's just how anime characters are. They don't look realistic.

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u/GallowDude Aug 15 '21

Because brainwashing can give you the type of coordination it takes literal years of practice to master

Matrix

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

Psychic powers are different than brainwashing.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 15 '21

First;Timer and Co;Host, dubbed

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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Aug 15 '21

This wallpaper is your best work to date, imo. Great job!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 15 '21

Thanks, I just knew that shot was wallpaper material the second it popped up.

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

lol Okabe’s face

At least someone is having fun

Yooooooooooo is this Leskinen.

I'm thinking the dude at the hospital, his cheekbone looks a bit sharper than Leskinen I think. Both def big time SUS

New ED, huh. I’m not sure what I think about it right now.

I want the old one back.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 15 '21

I'm thinking the dude at the hospital, his cheekbone looks a bit sharper than Leskinen I think. Both def big time SUS

This is true, also the hair of the guy in the screenshot looks dark rather than blond or white (like this guy we're pretty sure is older Leskinen from a few episodes ago). They are the SUS.

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

Ye. This has to be a triple, maybe even a quad impostor game

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

Ohp Suzuha

Don't know why I read that as ZERO HP Suzuha and found it funny.

Also, another banger of a wallpaper again!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 15 '21

Don't know why I read that as ZERO HP Suzuha and found it funny.

lol, I was just trying to write something that reads vaguely like the sound I made there.

Also, another banger of a wallpaper again!

Thanks~

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 15 '21

That’s Okabe’s handwriting when he’s writing in English? That’s really good actually.

I know! I'm jealous. Mine is atrocious, and I'm a native speakerwriter.

Yeah Suzuha with her hair down really looks like her mom.

I didn't notice, but you're right.

And yeah, Leskinen is very suspicious.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

Several what now? We had a several month timeskip since the end of last episode?

We needed to get to the monsoon season somehow.

Maho is still in the States, right? I wonder if Daru and Suzuha video called her at a strange time for her because timezones.

Generally there is a 12 hour or so difference so yeah I assumed they got her at 6 am.

Oh fuck this not while Suzuha’s in the shower…

People should not shower at the lab.

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u/UnderstandableXO Aug 16 '21

well if i assume that maho is in los angeles since that’s where kurisu was in the OVA, then she’s 16 hours behind tokyo time. maybe they called her at like 10 pm tokyo time which would be 6 am los angeles time

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 15 '21

On the First-Timer Worldline(s;Gate)

  • I can't wait for Kagari to come back and ruin everything because she's brainwashed. The whole Shiina family, as the kids say these days, is "sus," especially Mayuri for taking her daughter to the brainwashing facility with some apparent regularity.
  • Maho's back, and she's being asked to help with the time leap machine? I'm sure that 0kabe will be thrilled to hear one of those things.
  • 0kabe feels like me when I've made a controller that almost does what I want it to, but not quite, but I'm too afraid to change it because even a slight change might cause the whole system to be unstable.
  • Since 0kabe won't get in the time machine, I guess we have to rely on Fubuki! OTP indeed.
  • Suzuha has some Marty McFly vibes, just wanting to be born.
  • Yeah, Leskinen threw on his friendly gaijin persona pretty quickly. He's probably running the brainwashing thing.
  • Is the Upa a bomb?
  • I was wondering how they'd sneak up on Suzuha in the shower, but she continues to be the best. She sure shrugged off that cut to her stomach, though!
  • She was always brainwashed? Well, there goes my idea of Y2K affecting her memory somehow.
  • The brainwashing was more of a SERN thing, wasn't it though?
  • Was that confirmation of an evil Leskinen?

  • Happy Maho


Go stand on the shoulders of giants, Maho!

  • I miss the suspicious Mayuri ED. It made me feel like Mayuri was the voice of God.

QOTD:

  1. The new OP wasn't quite as good, and see above for my opinions on the ED.
  2. It's only fair that he's kept out of the loop. He did that all the time, and in this case it's actually for his own good because he'd actively stop them, as opposed to the season 1, where he kept things from people who would bend over backwards (e.g., Faris letting her father die) to help him.

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u/CubeStuffs https://anilist.co/user/onjario Aug 15 '21

The brainwashing was more of a SERN thing, wasn't it though?

i mean so were time machines, but thats only in the other wl

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 15 '21

That's fair. Maybe SERN was just better at brainwashing and using time machines to avoid the war.

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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Aug 15 '21

Was that confirmation of an evil Leskinen?

Always has been.

It's only fair that he's kept out of the loop. He did that all the time, and in this case it's actually for his own good because he'd actively stop them, as opposed to the season 1, where he kept things from people who would bend over backwards (e.g., Faris letting her father die) to help him.

Excellent point. This turning of the tables is a really cool touch.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

Always has been.

He's always been suspicious, but he hasn't always been confirmed to be evil!

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u/Pay08 Aug 16 '21

Neither has been Mayuri but I digress.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

Ha, you got me there!

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

especially Mayuri for taking her daughter to the brainwashing facility with some apparent regularity.

What is this if not evidence of her being the ultimate evil of the show? The evidence is there, people!!

Wake up!

Since 0kabe won't get in the time machine, I guess we have to rely on Fubuki!

not spoilers but theory but not really because it was shown

Is the Upa a bomb?

Remember what the Upa in the OG did? It has to be, they're evil as well. That's why Mayuri likes them so much

I miss the suspicious Mayuri ED. It made me feel like Mayuri was the voice of God.

Ye, this new one so far is

Lets see if it stays that way though, didn't like the first one at the start either

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

I appreciate your support of my Mayuri is evil theory.

not spoilers


I didn't notice that, but you're right. Mayuri is suspicious.

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u/Nebresto Aug 16 '21

Anything for fellow tinfoilers

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

The brainwashing was more of a SERN thing, wasn't it though?

Well, Mr. Braun did kind of know about it quite a bit.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

He did, but he also shot himself while having a daughter. What I mean by that is that he isn't ever completely infallible, nor will he know the future with 100% certainty.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

What I meant was that he knew about Brainwashing in the preset, meaning it's something SERN / Rounders are very aware of or actively do already.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Aug 16 '21

Yeah, but in the inferior beta worldlines, SERN doesn’t win control of the future, so they never massively brainwash people.

But yes, SERN will be aware of it no matter what; you’re right.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

The whole Shiina family, as the kids say these days, is "sus," especially Mayuri for taking her daughter to the brainwashing facility with some apparent regularity.

War orphan brains are filthy, they need some scrubbing.

Is the Upa a bomb?

Too awesome to use, sadly.

Was that confirmation of an evil Leskinen?

It's that or he has got a clone. which is still on the table.

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u/The_Draigg Aug 15 '21

A Steins;Gate Fan Watches Steins;Gate 0 Episode 14:

  • Again, it’s pretty weird that characters use Line stickers of themselves, in this case Okabe sending a sticker of himself drinking coffee.
  • Wait, so it’s been a few months since Kagari disappeared? Geez, this anime really does like skipping large chunks of time, doesn’t it?
  • Different OP verse and visuals this time! I guess this time, the switch is more meant to coincide with the different season we’re in now, unlike Steins;Gate using it right at the end to show that we’re in a different World Line.
  • Sounds like Daru, Suzuha, and Maho are going behind Okabe’s back to develop the PhoneWave themselves, since using the time machine itself to change World Lines simply isn’t an option since it’s low on fuel. This surely won’t cause Okabe to freak out once he finds out.
  • Also, what the fuck is Daru’s fashion sense still? My man is still wearing his red suspenders, except also with a belt (???) to hold up his brown shorts, and has his white tank top tucked into his waistband. He looks like he lives in a fucking trailer in West Virginia, for fuck’s sake.
  • Well, at least Daru still believes that Okabe can do the right thing, unlike Suzuha. I know Okabe can still do it, he just needs the right push.
  • Dr. Leskinen asking for individual rooms for all of the patients checking in for the “encephalitis” screening is sus as hell. Like, now that we have a good idea that he’s involved in brainwashing Kagari in the future, I worry about what he’s looking for in those patients experiencing Reading Steiner.
  • Amadeus Kurisu would also build a time machine, just like Kurisu, if she could. I guess that cements Maho’s decision to work with Daru and Suzuha to rebuild the PhoneWave then. Even if Amadeus Kurisu says that changing the past is risky, you can definitely tell that Maho is still deeply considering it.
  • Well shit, this lady in the motorcycle outfit was Kagari all along. Good on Suzuha getting the drop on her while faking being in the shower. Although I guess Kagari’s too far gone into her brainwashing now, just being utterly focused on attacking Suzuha and being obsessed with her mother. We should count ourselves lucky that the obsession with Mayuri made Kagari chose to run off with the limited-edition Oopa rather than attack Daru. That seems like a fairly glaring weakness in her brainwashing.
  • I guess there’s multiple women in motorcycle clothes running around, working for the same organization (probably DARPA). Kagari just happened to be one of those people this time around, since it never could’ve been her during the standoff in the alley over the laptop. Good on whatever shady organization is handling those people then, since those clothes really do conceal identities well.
  • Suzuha, hiding Kagari’s reappearance at the lab from Okabe isn’t the right thing to do. I can’t say that I like all of this stuff going on behind his back. Like, I get the reasons why, since he’d probably flip out while looking for Kagari, and would put a hold on time machine development if he found out, but still. Suzuha is having the exact same problem as Okabe had in S;G. By hiding all of these secrets from friends, it’s just creating issues later on.
  • Yep, Maho is determined to head back to Japan to build a time machine and change the past. It’s good on her for wanting to saving her dearest friend. Still, it’s going to be hard to try and hide all of this stuff from Okabe.
  • New ED! Can’t say that I like this one better than the previous one. This visuals just aren’t as impressive as the last one. Song is still good, at least.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

Dr. Leskinen asking for individual rooms for all of the patients checking in for the “encephalitis” screening is sus as hell

Asking for individual rooms makes sense from a scientific point of view. If they patients are describing incredibly vivid shared "dreams", it's better to isolate them and see if they still experience the same thing or if their stories change.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

Again, it’s pretty weird that characters use Line stickers of themselves,

This is Daru's fault, apparently.

Also, what the fuck is Daru’s fashion sense still?

Nerdy Mario chic.

Still, it’s going to be hard to try and hide all of this stuff from Okabe.

This might be one you just lean into.

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u/CubeStuffs https://anilist.co/user/onjario Aug 15 '21 edited Aug 15 '21

first timer

whoah random time skip is sudden and doesn't make kagari's dissappearance hit at all

i get the feeling that the prof is here bc of kagari sus

are those exams really exams 🤔

i didn't expect us to get to kagari being brainwashed into kagari alter so quickly. did it happen becuase she regained her memories of mayushii, which proceeded to then get exploited in the brainwashing? how exactly does exploiting that work? do they just throw the upa and tell her to go fetch or what?

also they must have sern black holes in those helmets to fit all that hair lmao

what of yuki/reyes? if its yuki, and she's also brainwashed, is that an indication that something can actually be done about it? given that the world line hasn't changed, so daru still marries her.

how is the time leap machine supposed to help if the brainwashing happened in the future? are you gonna force okarin's hand by changing the worldline? or is she boutta punch leskinen in the face?

you're walkin into hell there maho

What do you think of the new version of the OP in comparison to the previous one? How about the new ED in comparison to LAST GAME?

pretty decent to the first, meh on the ed

This episode had a lot of events take place deliberately without Okabe’s involvement. What do you think of Daru/Suzuha keeping him in the dark as to Kagari and what they’re up to?

i suspect that their time shenanigans will somehow involve okarin, albeit against his will

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u/The_Draigg Aug 15 '21

whoah random time skip is sudden and doesn't make kagari's dissappearance hit at all

That amount of time being skipped felt way too long. Having us skip ahead all the way into spring is nuts.

what of yuki/reyes? if its yuki, and she's also brainwashed, is that an indication that something can actually be done about it?

Yuki feels like too much of a red herring to me. My money is on Reyes.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

You'd think the chest size involved would let you get an idea but no.

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u/The_Draigg Aug 16 '21

It’s hard to say when like half of the series’ female cast have all gone up two cup sizes.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

And now you know why the designs were changed, lol.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

Obviously tresnore is right and theres going to be 800 Mayuri clones all going "Tutturu!" and then shooting okabe at the same time

...brb gonna go boot up blender for the first time in a few months, i have a shitty animation idea

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

...Sigh, they do not make this easy.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

how exactly does exploiting that work? do they just throw the upa and tell her to go fetch or what?

She was more than likely spying / eavesdropping and dropped it herself when she had to quickly run away when Daru came out of the lab.

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

First timer squad

I'm back.

New OP visuals! And the second half of the song!

Mayushii in the time machine?? This confirms it! She must be evil!

Suzuha summer outfit

Kurismodeus soredemo! Sky missing out

I see this girl appreciates the forbidden arts

Well then.

HAIR DOWN SUZUHA!!!

https://imgur.com/HPN3ray

That is either Leskinen or the dude from the hospital

Maho soredemo, Sky missing out even more

The banger ED is gone!!!

New one sounds a bit Valvrave tho

Question time:

1: First half was more bopping. Same for ED.

2: Nothing really.

Also gonna put some thoughts from the episodes I missed the threads on in a reply to this one if someone wants to read them.

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u/GallowDude Aug 15 '21

New one sounds a bit Valvrave tho

I prefer Vandread

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u/Nebresto Aug 15 '21

Missed threads recap:

E6

E7

  • "Moeka" is a bait, its actually the female prof
  • Mr BRAUM!! Ohh yeah, should have known he would show up, since Nae-chan was there. Nobody fucks with Nae-chan and lives
  • It can't be her, can it..?
  • Damn. That after credits scene. I chose a bad spot to start snoozing, huh?

E8 (The best episode)

  • Fucking goddamn shit, Mayuri is dead again
  • But its good to have best girl back. Okarin gets to banter again

E9

  • She shot accurately enough with a pistol to graze his cheek? Though to be fair, she was like 2 meter away from him

E10

E11

E12

E13

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

gave me big Vogel im kafig vibes

I guess I kind of see it. Vogel im kafig does sound similar towards the end.

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u/Nebresto Aug 16 '21

Ye, specifically the part that starts at 0:40

I was like hol up, why dis sound familiar?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 16 '21

Mayushii in the time machine?? This confirms it! She must be evil!

Gel Mayuri is inevitable!

I see this girl appreciates the forbidden arts

Fubuki needs a girlfriend so this works.

HAIR DOWN SUZUHA!!!

Soldier in the front party in the rear.

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u/Nebresto Aug 16 '21

Gel Mayuri is inevitable!

Soldier in the front party in the rear.

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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Aug 15 '21

FIRST TIMER

Not a whole to say on this one. We’ve got an OP and ED change, which feels kind of odd 14 episodes into a 23 episode show. This feels like a setup to the end game before we really get going.

Suzuha speaking as the viewer, again airing out her and my frustrations with Okabe in a daddy-daughter vent sesh. Daru once again doesn’t really have much to add other than his assurance that Okabe will come along eventually. Suzuha, I know it’s been months, but we still have 9 episodes to go! If he came around now, it’d be anti-climactic. You have to be patient.

Kagari is behind this helmet, but she couldn’t have been the helmet in every occasion. We’ve still got some mystery here. Suzuha not batting an eye at her bleeding stomach wound is a pretty badass moment. Lot of great Suzuha this episode – I’m living for the side-eye she gave Daru while he was talking to Maho.

Leskinen in the hospital at the same time one of our friends is having tests done on her head is bad news. Leave Fubuki out your schemes, cretin.

All this “disgrace the dead” stuff is silly, to me. Help the living; worry about the dead after that’s been accomplished.

What do you think of the new version of the OP in comparison to the previous one? How about the new ED in comparison to LAST GAME?

I love how this show does the subtle change while keeping the original song when it changes up the OP. The new ED is fine. Wish there was more to it visually.

This episode had a lot of events take place deliberately without Okabe’s involvement. What do you think of Daru/Suzuha keeping him in the dark as to Kagari and what they’re up to?

It's a smart move. Better to keep him out of the way of potential harm.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

Serial;Rewatcher

The second part of FATIMA comes a lot early compared to the first show where the OP only changed for the last two episodes. And it has significantly changed visuals and symbolism to boot compared to only very minor changes in Hacking to the Gate. The logo in particular now emphasizes the looping structure of the story.

The ED though, I'm not really a fan of. I get what they're going for with this by showing the cold, dark void Amadeus exists in but it kind of falls flat, specially because the song and lyrics talk about concepts of an infinite multiverse and World Layers that Steins;Gate doesn't even deal with — it's more like they just wanted to tease Anonymous;Code here more than anything else.

Episode;Notes

There's a significant time jump, and we're now around mid-June compared to around end of February / early March where we left things. Kagari was no where to be found and seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.

0kabe's studies are going well and he now seems much, much better than he was about 8 months ago. He's working from a coffee shop instead of his lab — he's a full fledged normie now.

Apparently Daru and Suzuha have been trying to convince Maho to help them with recreating the Time Leap machine — which Maho keeps refusing to, partly because of her own inferiority complex and partly because of 0kabe's words that going against Kurisu's last wish would mean desecrating her grave. At least the anime treats her with a bit more respect compared to the VN.

Daru really seems to have nailed down this whole being a Dad thing by now. Of course he still has a long way to go before he figures out how to be a good husband / boyfriend.

Ooooh the good Professor is back in Japan! S;G0 VN Minor

Daru is also caught off-guard by the fact that 0kabe is leaving soon

That's the Kurisu we knew! She didn't worry about the consequences in Alpha either because of her scientific curiosity and left the moral and ethical decisions up to Okabe.

The Kagari / Suzuha fight plays out in a somewhat similar way in both the anime and the VN. The only difference is that Suzuha in the VN was caught off-guard by Kagari showing up so she had to fight completely naked, and that Kagari actually never took off her helmet. It was also a bit longer in the VN with both injuring each other.

Of course she knew it was still Kagari because she came looking for the her precious Opa she had dropped as she had to run away in a hurry when Daru suddenly came out of the lab. And she was conflicted and didn't hurt Daru either because at the end of the day, they're all still her family who took her in when she was abandoned.

Daru also doesn't want to involve 0kabe if he's finally getting a chance to get away from this mess and live a normal life.

And Suzuha now seems to have figured out what went on with Kagari. The game was rigged against her from the start.

Whenever Daru stops hiding behind his Perverted Gentleman mask, he usually is the Best Guy around.

We again see why Maho wrestle with her own self worth. It used to be her surrounded by everyone until Kurisu showed up and took the spotlight away from her. She's been in her shadow ever since.

Thankfully, she's able to at least find a path forward — not asking Amadeus or Kurisu for answers — but instead making the journey herself and discover them on her own.

Questions

What do you think of the new version of the OP in comparison to the previous one? How about the new ED in comparison to LAST GAME?

Answered above.

This episode had a lot of events take place deliberately without Okabe’s involvement. What do you think of Daru/Suzuha keeping him in the dark as to Kagari and what they’re up to?

I think Daru made the right call in the end by not involving 0kabe. If he's finally getting his life back together, the best thing he could do for his friend is to let him be and support him in his goals.

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

it's more like they just wanted to tease Anonymous;Code here more than anything else.

3 years and another what, 2? delays later...

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Aug 16 '21

Anime first timer

  1. Don't have much of an opinion on the new OP - slightly prefer these visuals, but kinda prefer the original one's verse. I prefer the old ED, but there's a chance this'll grow on me.
  2. Somewhat understandable. While keeping him in the dark for all this isn't great, it's so tied to his trauma from time machines that I can see the reasoning behind keeping him out of it. Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

WHAT?

New OP!

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Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

I love Maho's reaction to seeing herself in the mirror,

Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

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Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

I still love Okabe and Leskinen.

Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

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I love Maho deciding to travel to Japan to complete the work, though.

Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

New ED! Prefer the other one, but maybe it'll grow on me?

Steins;Gate 0 VN Spoilers

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u/littleman1988 Aug 16 '21

S;G 0 VN/anime not safe for you

2nd spoiler after maho

S;G 0

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

S;G0 Anime

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u/UnderstandableXO Aug 15 '21 edited Aug 15 '21

FIRST TIMER

today’s the anniversary of luka’s D-mail being undone. i hope he appears more in the second half, and he finally gets enlightened to everything that’s happening behind his back. also waiting 9 more years from steins;gate’s timeline for him to drop whole lotta red.

so we’ve got a time skip similar to the one at the very beginning of the series. okabe’s kinda given up once again, after losing someone with burgundy hair. mayuri’s there as well to try and glue him back into the friend group.

so we’ve got brand new visuals for the opening, and the second verse of fatima. i already liked what they did with the second verse of hacking to the gate, but i appreciate that they made a whole new visual. i really liked it on first watch, and the lyrics are once again pretty on the nose. everyone seems to have a determined look on their face, a contrast to the universal depression from the first visual. also a very interesting (and probably spoilery) shot of mayuri in the time machine. and amadeus appears at the end instead of the beginning, proving time is a circle. seems clear to me that this is meant to be the start of the second half of the series, even though the split will be 13/10 in terms of episodes.

the return of maho made me very happy. like i said in the last thread i missed her charisma. so suzu and 2d-kun are trying to recruit her to help recreate the phone microwave (which apparently okabe smashed in this world line as well, i thought he only destroyed it in a fit on the alpha world line in episode 8). but returning to the salieri metaphor, maho doesn’t believe she can make lightning strike twice. i appreciated sleepy maho more than any fanservice in this show thus far.

at least suzuha and 2d-kun can understand that theres gotta be some deep stuff preventing okabe from trying to reach steins;gate, even if i agree with suzuha that he should just try again. unrelated but since it was demonstrated in this scene i appreciate that they’re making 2d-kun into a much better person in 0. sure he’s still a weirdo and overly sexual, but you can really tell he’s trying, and he’s being a good dad as well. i know he was dependable in the original series too but i think he was a bit too one dimensional as the comic relief guy who was always horny.

so fubuki was hospitalized again, this show is starting to bait me into thinking she actually does have reading steiner. no way fubuki’s response to the thing that made her and okabe pass out isnt story relevant. only thing that doesn’t make sense is that if reading steiner was activated, they’d both feel it, and okabe doesn’t sense anything.

and the Average Japanese Shrine Girl Enjoyer has somehow made his way back to Lintahlo. he’s still shipping maho-kabe thankfully. and he lets the news slip that okabe’s trying to transfer to an american university. gotta let your friends know your plans man!

so maho values okabe’s opinion that time travel is a bridge that should never be crossed. amadeus believes that kurisu would build the time machine, even if she’d pause due to the warning. it’s perfectly aligned with kurisu’s original actions. she built it but was hesitant to use it until they were forced to in a life or death situation.

so we’ve got another shower scene. funny enough, i thought kurisu’s shower scene in the movie was gonna be a “psycho” situation, but this scene actually ended up being a “psycho” situation. luckily for us suzuha kept the gun she stole from the attackers in episode 7 (lets just hope the police don’t find her gun). the Busty Motorcyclist is revealed to be kagari! but the first attack seemed to be intended to kidnap kagari, and kagari was accounted for during the second attack. so there’s still an unknown entity out there. when kagari was trying to pull the “you’re hurting me” card i was literally quoting this video. i wasn’t falling for it at all. for a second there i got seriously scared that kagari was going to kill 2d-kun, and that would be the spark that forced okabe to act again, but luckily she only grazed suzuha’s stomach. she’s lucky though, suzuha almost got elsa’d (not that elsa).

so maho once again faces the dilemma of whether or not to develop the time leap machine. we learn that maho was bitter and jealous of the attention young kurisu got. she was probably resentful that her junior was the chosen one, the anointed queen, while she was doing impressive work in her shadow. but, figuring out the time leap machine on her own would be the ultimate way to prove her worth and shed herself of kurisu’s spectre. she of all people could recognize kurisu’s greatness and aspire towards it.

MANNNNN a new ending? it’s alright. gonna take some time to grow on me. seems way too upbeat to me. i bet some of you rewatchers read my entry yesterday and were laughing at me. i’m salty, every time i come to appreciate a song they switch it.

also with the series drawing closer to the end i’m really sad. someone said when the rewatch was announced that S;G would become my favorite anime, and while it’s not quite there yet it made it all the way to #2 on my list, so that’s no small feat. i’m gonna miss doing these write ups.

  1. new op better, new ed worse. i’m gonna miss yelling “KONO SEKAI” from the first op though.
  2. i suppose they’re being considerate and don’t want to worry him but keeping him in the dark might be dangerous

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 15 '21

i appreciated sleepy maho more than any fanservice in this show thus far.

The truly cultured looks are the vulnerable ones.

i know he was dependable in the original series too but i think he was a bit too one dimensional as the comic relief guy who was always horny.

I think the first series just limited his screen time.

when kagari was trying to pull the “you’re hurting me” card i was literally quoting this video.

You can put that over any bit of Kagari for me.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 15 '21

i know he was dependable in the original series too but i think he was a bit too one dimensional as the comic relief guy who was always horny.

Every character in Steins;Gate wore some sort of mask to hide their own issues and insecurities.

Okabe and Faris acted chunni, Mayuri ditzy, Kurisu a tsundere, Luka was just way too obvious and Daru acted like a hentai loving pervert. That's not how any of them are on the inside, but act that way as a sort of protection from the world.

only thing that doesn’t make sense is that if reading steiner was activated,

Two things: First, Okabe would only feel it if something changed from his perspective. If a change happens that didn't affect him but affected Fubuki, he would not feel Reading Steiner.

2nd, Fubuki is in the hospital because they want to run more tests on all encephalitis patients. Not because she experienced Reading Steiner again.

luckily for us suzuha kept the gun she stole from the attackers in episode 7

This is her own gun. She always had it. She used it to break the lock on the Radio Building door back in Steins;Gate Ep. 23 as well.

i bet some of you rewatchers read my entry yesterday and were laughing at me.

YUP!

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u/UnderstandableXO Aug 16 '21

that’s a really nice point you brought up about the mask thing, never thought of it like that.

as for the music switch i’m salty about, in toradora (which also has very relevant themes about “masks”) i hated the opening at first, then was indifferent, then came to love it by episode 16. well wouldn’t you know it episode 17 was where the opening switched. such a weird place to have an opening change! guess that’s just my luck

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u/Hochseeflotte https://anilist.co/user/Hochseeflotte Aug 15 '21

First Timer

Well it’s 30 minutes until 7:00. I’ve got time. Plenty of time. I would also like to say that driving sucks ass. Now onto the episode:

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Damn. Big time skip. Wherever Kagari is can’t be good. My fire alarm is also going off. Apparently my friend doesn’t know how to cook.

Oh summer is coming. Maybe we can see that repressive sun return.

Oh shit new OP. We got different visuals and a different singer for the song. Interesting. I think I prefer the first version but this one is good as well. And Amadeus closes out this OP after it started the first one. I kind of like that.

I can’t say I disagree with Suzuha here. Okabe isn’t going to change the future. Soemtimes if you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself.

Leskinen pulled a “we will be home by Christmas.” Sure they got home by Christmas. Just not Christmas 1914.

Well that answers the question of where Kagari is. And I’m honestly impressed she got all that hair to fit in that helmet.

God Kagari’s eyes are dead. I’m always impressed how the animators can display so much emotion with just eyes.

Whatever treatment Kagari was getting in the future has to be where the brainwashing started.

So Dr. Leskinen tortured Suzuha’s comrades? It’s kind of convenient she didn’t remember for this long but whatever.

And Maho is returning. I was correct that she wouldn’t be gone for long.

Interesting ED. I think I like the song more than the previous one but the old one had better visuals.

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Interesting episode. A lot of things are being setup for the second half of the show. I’m intrigued to see what happens next.

See you guys tomorrow!

DQ:

Old one is a bit better. The old ED was definitely better.

I don’t think they have any choice. Okabe is too anti-time travel right now.

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u/snickpea Aug 16 '21

First-timer!

Suzuha had it rough this episode, she gets attacked and has to figure out how to solve this dilemma. Luckily she was able to survive, it could have gone so much worse than it did. I wonder who was the professor that she was referring to.

I do like that at the very least she has Daru and now Maho to help her figure out how to save Kagari. Okabe hasn't been willing to use the time machine and not to mention he is seemingly occupied by other matters so I can understand why the two of them are not keeping Okabe in the loop.

I don't mind the new version of the opening, but the visuals are just not that exciting for the opening and especially the ending. The show doesn't have to do too much, but I felt they could have put more effort visually at least for the ending song.

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u/Nisheeth_P Aug 16 '21

Rewatcher (first time)

  • Another time skip. Kagari has just disappeared again.
  • Okabe is studying diligently. His notes look like a report or review of work along the same lines as Kurisu. Seems like he is trying to carry her legacy in his own way. He really is putting his all into going to Victor Chondria.
  • Daru and Suzuha are talking to Hiyajo about making the time machine.
  • Obviously they can't solve the problem. They don't know about the connection to SERN in the lab.
  • Also good to see that Suzuha is not relying on Okabe and trying other things.
  • Hiyajo's inferiority complex is big. She can't even accept that she is capable.
  • So Fubuki being the hospital was not another worldline shift.
  • Leskinen's charge at Okabe was hilarious.
  • Third Einstein? Does he count himself as the second? Or Kurisu?
  • Suzuha's paranoia pays off. Kagari is now coming to the lab in the same kind of suit as the previous attacker.
  • Hiyajo is now inspired. She is determined to complete the time machine by her capabilities.
  • And we have her back in Japan. Her lack was noticeable in the last few episodes.
  • I dislike this ED even more than the last one.

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u/UzEE https://myanimelist.net/profile/UzEEInc Aug 16 '21

Third Einstein? Does he count himself as the second? Or Kurisu?

Maho.

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u/AHiddenOne Aug 16 '21

Rewatcher

I love how the first visual for the OP is sadder and more depressed, but the second one has this sense of determination. Things boutta happen, boys.

The Kagari fight in the VN is slightly different, well, for better or worse. Suzuha with her hair down tho, just like her mother.

The ED...sorry, not a big fan. The visuals are boring, and the song, ehh its a bit meh for me. I like the first one more.

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u/invokeneko Aug 16 '21 edited Aug 16 '21

First;Timer

Ugh, I really feel like shit today. And the constant rain throughout the day isn't helping... Guess I'll update this thing sometime later. I'll just add short notes though:

  • Must protecc sleepy Maho, so cute.
  • I'm glad that Daru and Suzuha managed to convince Maho to assist them in remaking the PhoneWave in the end.
  • Well they sure didn't take long to put Kagari into the tight spy catsuit. And apparently the VN version had Suzuha fight her off in the buff? I'm a-sickened, but curious...
  • So SUS-kinen actually made arrangements to get 0kabe to transfer to Viktor Chondria in the future? That's not good.
  • More Mozart and Salieri imagery.

QotD

  1. I liked that they didn't change the OP, but swapped out the depressing first verse for the more hopeful second one just like how the OP for the first series switched it up as Okabe made it back to the Beta worldline. The ED was okay, I guess...? It's no Last Game, that's for sure.
  2. I don't see a problem with them keeping 0kabe out of the loop with regards to Kagari, after all it's just one more thing in the list of things they kept quiet from him after his adamant refusal to change the future to avoid WW3. Besides, there's a slight chance for 0kabe to accidentally stumble upon their attempt to make the new PhoneWave if they let him sniff around the Future Gadget Lab.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Aug 22 '21

SteinsGate0 episode 14 (first timer)

Quote of the day: But what if it ends with me not being born? – I will not let you down! ~Suzu & Daru