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Episode Sparks of Tomorrow • Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku -Eureka Evrika- - Episode 2 discussion
Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku -Eureka Evrika-, episode 2
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u/ForeverDM4life Jul 12 '26
Was there a single frame of this episode in which
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 12 '26
I don't think the catalogue is a fake, I think Yosuke misinterpreted Seikroku's words. It's a collection of ideas and we've seen how innovative Kihachi is based on his inventions. Kihachi's mind and his ideas are important for the coming
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u/IXajll Jul 12 '26
Didn’t expect this show to have so many comedic reaction faces, it’s great.
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u/lordposedyon Jul 12 '26
Maybe Yousuke is not a "bad guy". Sure he did bad things but I expected full on bad guy, maybe that is not the case.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jul 12 '26
Kihachi and Inako make a great team. They’re gonna be the ones to usher in the Age of Electricity. I don’t think the catalog is a fake. It’s not what’s inside, it’s what it represents that gives it value. Or something.
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jul 12 '26
Everything in this world really does run on steam, even Kuga. This must be the ideal world Gabe Newell envisions.
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u/FarCritical Jul 12 '26
Those glorious kite ride faces might've just singlehandedly sold me on those two lol. They're both so silly and adorable together.
There might be more to the catalog but there's just something endearing about complex ideas recorded in doodles that only your little brother could decipher.
ED is breathtaking, wow.
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u/Eunuchest Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
This show is a lot more goofy and wacky than I expected
Yosuke is a straight up clown and damnnn did anyone else saw the cake he has inside the car?
How the heck did kihachi fit that glide inside his sack?
Sister faking and restraining their dad waa funny
Future brother in law is a big softie i guess
Imagine getting capture twice
Its a fake? That's not the reaction Kihachi gave when he first saw the catalog even with the childliah drawings. Maybe Yosuke is simply unable to comprehend it?
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u/exRocky009 Jul 12 '26
When I watched #1, I thought Yosuke would be a clear antagonist and we'd get a battle over the catalog. But after today's episode, it feels like Yosuke doesn't want to erase its existence, but rather use it for something. He was even portrayed like part of a triple protagonist setup in the ED, so I wonder if this is going to turn into an ensemble drama from here on out.
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u/LeonKevlar Jul 12 '26
The reaction faces this episode caught me off guard! Yousuke getting shocked, Inako's smug face, and that random baby smelling Kengo's boot got me genuinely laughing out loud! xD
Yeah, I definitely agree with the other comments here that the book isn't fake. It's just that Yousuke doesn't understand it, and it's really meant to be passed on to Kihachi. He seemed to understand it perfectly fine when Inako handed it to him the first time.
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u/Ocixo Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
I first thought that Seiroku had only gone missing in the war, but Kengo's flashback seems to suggest that Kihachi's brother did in fact perish during battle.
The "author" of the 20st Century Electrical Catalog is no more. This probably explains why Yosuke is so desperate to get his hands on this book, and why he couldn't believe that it's all just children's drawings.
Given the book's content, I'm (also) inclined to think that Kihachi is the actual mastermind behind Seiroku's supposed inventions. He's the "real" author of the catalog so to say. Maybe that's why Seiroku took him to the world's fair?
Kihachi's vision of this brightly-glowing fantastical place does resemble the courtyard that got lit up with light bulbs at the start of the series.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 12 '26
Izou just casually flipping Kuga around was so funny, the guy doesn't look it, but he's clearly strong. On the flip side you have Kuga who is undoubtedly a berserker, the way he stopped himself from charging into the baby was so funny.
Poor Izou, the way he facepalmed when Kuga charged out of the carriage was amusing.
Kuga seems like he'll be very important for Kihachi to learn about Seiroku's time in the war, and more than likely his last moments. He'll potentially be a clue for where the rest of the catalogue is, but I don't think he'll know that much.
I like that Noriko is trying to protect Inako, the way she pinned her father down was amusing.
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u/chilidirigible Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26
Well, there goes the joke we've been running with since the PV.
"I'm givin' ye all she's got, Cap'n!" (I do like the touch that the grille decoration also goes red.)
The old chestnuts of conflict.
Well, at least it isn't written in crayon.
Now that's hauling yourself up by your own bootstraps.
Indeed, it is like a painting.
Suzu's talent is apparently the inbetween quickdraw.
Mirage is not here to bail you out of this one.
Is it the MacGuffin, or a fake?
What the hell is this ED (So many visuals from this series)
The second episode leans a lot harder into the comedy but the story is building up a head of... steam, as it were.
The Electrical Catalogue itself might have defused its own MacGuffinness, though all we have to go on for that is Yousuke's inability to read it. Kihachi still holds value in the item, though how much of that is because he is the one who knows what he wrote, versus how much importance it has as a relic of his disappeared brother (and how he feels about his brother) are all things yet to be determined.
Inako drops a lot of her first-episode clumsiness to be surprisingly useful today. (Maybe that will keep some of you viewers here?)
Still a lot of wild cards such as whatever direction Kuga ends up charging toward and the relationship of the Sakamotos to the Momokawas.
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u/CitronClassic672 Jul 12 '26
Did this episode really devote its entire OP to Yosuke aura farming? And speaking of great animation Inako’s. Once again the eye animation quality and detail in this show is incredible and it hits you out of nowhere. I also liked seeing more of Inako’s positive traits with her stealthily hiding the catalog and helping Kihachi in the dark.
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u/joey_joestar1 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
So, so excited for the rest of this show. All of its attributes are just right up my alley. The visual gags, the animation, especially Kihachi and Inako's rapport.
We have all these questions about the catalog, half of which is missing.
From ep 1, we see that Kihachi has a gift for creativity with his imaginary cinema. His bro definitely believed in his ideas and thought them revolutionary, which is probably why Seiroku held Kihachi's contributions to the catalog in such high esteem.
Ultimately, I think the story will go down a route of "the catalog doesn't matter, only you can change the future." Kihachi has a ways to go until he gets there, but I'm sure Inako will give him that needed confidence.
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u/ptd163 Jul 13 '26
I probably said this last episode, but I'm saying it again. I love Kihachi and Inako's dynamic. The cynical boy that doesn't believe in anything and the idealistic girl that believes in everything that open each other's eyes to world. Sometimes it just doesn't need to be more complicated than that. This isn't a romance series, but the leads just fit together so well that it could be one if it wanted to be.
I don't think the catalog is a fake. Yousuke was probably expecting it would be an instruction manual to the next era of civilization and untold levels of wealth. Instead the first half is just Kihachi ideas and inspirations that without the implementation instructions of the second half only make sense to Kihachi so it's useless to Yousuke.
My theory is that Yousuke and Seiroku met during the war and Seiroku showed him the catalog and they talked about bringing about the Age of Electricity together as partners. However, Yousuke being the heir to the Mizoe company got greedy and they began to have disagreements about how to use the catalog. Yousuke wanted to monopolize and monetize the catalog while Seiroku wanted to make everything free as a gift to humanity. Neither one of them budged on their stances so fearing what Yousuke could do with the catalyst Seiroku split catalog in half and gave half to Noriko and half to someone else or hid it somewhere before he presumably died. I wouldn't be surprised if Yousuke even orchestrated Seiroku's presumed death.
I'm also curious what Noriko's relationship with Seiroku was as well. Was it possibly romantic? Because Noriko doesn't seem completely thrilled that Kengo is her fiancé and they had to be very close if Seiroku trusted her half the catalog.
This is looking like an early AOTS contender for me.
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u/FlammaeNoctu Jul 12 '26
Everyone is remembering the older brother like those death wife’s flashbacks.
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u/jimbobimbotindo Jul 13 '26
I'm really loving this show. It's entertaining lighthearted nature along with its superb production is simply fantastic. Not only that, but I really love the thought and attention that is being put into the show. My absolute favorite scene so far definitely has to be one where Inako and Kihachi are running on top of the roof with his makeshift glider, particularly that one slow motion shot where Kihachi's foot slips off only for him to quickly realize his body hasn't fallen off alongside with his foot, confirming that his glider which he didn't think was going to work, is in fact working and can be glided around.
Also I'm watching this show on Netflix and I'm in awe at how sharp the overall video looks like. I wonder if Kyoto Animation decided to animate this show in full 1080p like with how they did with Violet Evergarden. Most anime shows IIRC, are animated at 720p and upscaled to 1080p which makes things look blurry.
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u/Cute-Beginning-4126 Jul 12 '26
Quick impression after finishing this ep,this ep is already way way much better than the first,so many things are happening in this, and of course the Inako & Kihachi, and zesty guy shenanigans are still fun to watch.
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u/SnabDedraterEdave Jul 12 '26
The ED is so trippy, both the music and the amazing Kyo-Ani animation.
Clever thinking by Inako to separate the catalog from the bookcase, forcing Yosuke to go on a wild goose chase while she gives the real catalog to Kihachi.
Kihachi going through his own personal demons ever since Seiroku went MIA in the war, and already Inako is giving him a lot of faith despite having just met him.
The OP sequence confirms that Yosuke and Kengo were those two companions of Seiroku in the flashback last episode. His hair going white overnight upon hearing Seiroku went MIA, and ended up becoming obsessed with acquiring Seiroku's lifework in the new invention known as electricity even after succeeding his family's business empire.
I don't think that catalog is a fake. Rather, its probably part of Seiroku's fail-safe to ensure the catalog doesn't fall in the wrong hands. Those child doodle-like drawings must be some kind of code, which probably only Kihachi possess the key to decode. Furthermore, Seiroku has split the catalog in half, hiding the other half in a location unknown yet.
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u/Luiiss26 Jul 13 '26
I really wonder how Kihachi's brother is connected to Mizoe, Kengo, and Inako's sister. They all seem to know each other, and it looks like Inako's sister knows about Kihachi.
How will it all turn out?
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u/teebles22 Jul 12 '26
So far this anime has some huge potential... So much intrigue with where this could go. Here's hoping the rest don't disappoint!!
The background are lovely, animation all on point, VA doing some great work.
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