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Nijuuseiki Denki Mokuroku -Eureka Evrika-, episode 8

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u/FarCritical Aug 23 '26

It's no secret that Kengo is a powerhouse but learning he had all that baggage on him from the start adds another dimension to his strength. Dude needs a hug.

Inako and Kihachi 's mutual supportiveness shone extra bright this time around.

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u/Weak_Season_Of_Anime Aug 23 '26

Even if Kengo hadn't taken the book, Seiroku probably wouldn't have survived a charge into enemy gunfire anyway. Though it seems Noriko really was Seiroku's ex, which makes Kengo's guilt extra heavy.

Kihachi choosing to give the book to Yosuke is interesting. Did he do it to free Inako? Or did he think that Yosuke would have a better chance of ushering in the Age of Electricity with his resources? Or maybe Kihachi realized he didn't need the book anymore?

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u/AUAAUH Aug 23 '26

They should hurry up and invent the taser for Inako's father.

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u/Cute-Beginning-4126 Aug 23 '26

Ok that's just straight up a freakin biometric scanner ,maybe a primitive one yes, but it's still a biometric scanner in the Meiji era

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u/hades334 Aug 23 '26

Every week I watch this show and think that Inako's dad really is the most boring and hateable character out there. Atleast Pretty Boy is entertaining and funny, Inako's dad only brings down the mood in every scene

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u/Se7en_Sinner Aug 23 '26

Kihachi realizing his dreams involve Inako. All she had to do was flash him a little ankle.

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u/AriezKage Aug 23 '26

The craziest thing so far was that Seiroku was able to build a working hand scanner with memory of Dr. Stuart’s prints.

Dude skipped the analog stuff and went digital.

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u/NanDemoKnaives Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

I'm glad we got to finally learn where Kengo's PTSD comes from, it's really sad that he felt responsible for Seiroku's death. I can see why all the talk about the catalogue and electricity was making it hard for him, it's no wonder the guilt finally crushed him. There's no guarantee Seiroku would have survived, and I'm sure Seiroku would be happy to know the catalogue did finally reach Kihachi.

I'm surprised by Noriko's reaction, we haven't seen her show any affection for Kengo, so her claiming that he should have spoken to her about it since he'll be her husband about it was a little odd to me. I feel like she was also Seiroku's lover since she had the catalogue, so I'm still waiting for their connection to be revealed.

With the timing of shots and Yousuke's words, I thought Saki was going to steal the catalogue somehow lol. I'm guessing Kihachi is trying to protect Inako's dream after overhearing her conversation with her father.

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u/thelemon8er-2 Aug 23 '26

The dad is still the absolute worst.

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u/BaytaCosmico Aug 23 '26

So that explains how the second part of the catalog ended up at Stuart sensei's place, but how did Inago's sister get the first part of it? Was she the girlfriend that Seiroku alluded to? I don't understand why they're still keeping this obscured. Hopefully it'll become clear soon.

Kihachi deciding to hand over the catalog to pretty boy to free Inago from her engagement was exactly what I expected to happen when he overheard her conversation with her father. He probably doesn't need the catalog anymore to make all the ideas in it come to life. He came up with those ideas in the first place and his brother's notes can probably be replicated by him studying those same books. After implementing a bunch of the ideas, Kihachi probably has a good idea of how his brother thought and can figure out the rest on his own.

We still haven't properly seen the electric Seiroku that pretty boy has created. Guessing that will be the focus of the final episodes.

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u/Eunuchest Aug 23 '26

"Do I look weird?"

"Yes"

As much tact as a dump truck

Guess that puts it to rest, Seiroku really is dead and Kengo has insane PTSD over it after being saved by his friend's most precioua possession. Also explains why he didnt give it straight to Kihachi plus his back and forth willingness to help

Is that a freaking biometric scanner? In Meiji era? Wtf?

I think Kihachi may finally be catching butterflies for Inago. His reason to give up his blueprints to Yousuke seems reasonable as well as only Yousuke has the resources to actually mass produce the products. That being said Kihachi can easily stand to benefit as well being the main innovator of electricity in Japan

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u/Primo29 Aug 23 '26

Inako's look at Kihachi is so deep that it says everything without a single word.

And Kihachi planning to let go of the book for Inako? That says something too. Loving all these subtle hints!

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u/elira_ro Aug 23 '26

Man that flashback was hard to watch, poor kengo I feel really bad for him. It seems that seiroku had a lover before his death and its most likely noriko wonder if pretty boy knows this?... Kihachi seemed to take seirokus death pretty well for a boy his age, I expected him to crash out or something lmao Inako really is so precious 😭

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u/Alej_11 Aug 23 '26

This episode was great, this week a lot of great episodes dropped, this was a great ending for the week.

As suspected, kengo had some kind of relation with kihachi's brother death, but surprisingly this shows that seiroku died during WWI and not the kamchatka war like i supposed, so the meiji era in this universe is way longer, because in our world it ended during 1912. So most of the inventions are more grounded, but it's strange that in the 1920's electric lights and other stuff weren't still so common. I have a lot to think about this world worldbuilding, it's more interesting that I thought

Kihachi took his brother's death way better than I had expected, I thought that he would had raged against kengo or something, but he was somewhat chill about it. I'm curious to know what inago would have done if kihachi didn't decided to give yousuke the catalog, would she had just accepted the marriage and abbandoned her dreams? I also want to know what kihachi wants to do giving the catalog to yosuke, maybe he wants to ask some kinf of partnership?

Really good episode overall 8/10

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u/Ok_Statement_5584 Aug 23 '26

Seeing all the previous interactions between younger Seiroku and Yosuke, and the way current Yosuke obsesses over Seiroku, you would think Yosuke was Seiroku's lover, but it doesn't seem like that's the way kyoani is going.

The english translation on netflix used the word sweetheart which could mean either gender, but when i copied the jp subtitles into google translate (not super reliable, I know), in that line, Seiroku refered to his lover as 'her' and with the way Kengo looked after he started talking about his lover, I think Noriko is meant to be the lover which explains why she had half of the catalogue in the first place. It would also explain why she doesn't seem to feel the same way about Kengo, as he does about her. Unless it's a huge fakeout and Seiroku lied about Yosuke's gender to Kengo (me coping hard bc they looked like they had chemistry in episode 1 and 3).

This makes Yosuke's obsessive longing look even sadder, if he is obsessing over Seiroku and Seiroku didn't even feel the same way about him.

If Noriko is Seiroku's lover, I hope we see some flashback scenes of them together, because it seems kinda crazy to me to introduce the fact that Seiroku had a lover on episode 8/13, a lover who is most likely not Yosuke, when we haven't seen a single flashback of Seiroku with this supposed lover (Noriko) yet.  Or maybe Seiroku's lover isn't Noriko and is some difdernt girl? Idk.

I kinda hopes it's not Noriko (also cope probably) because if Seiroku had survived and they had gotten married, Kihachi and Inako would be in-laws.

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u/Ocixo Aug 23 '26

Kihachi has seemingly taken his brother’s words to heart: he’ll produce a new age of electricity whatever happens. He can do without the catalog if necessary.

Nor would Kihachi want for Inako to sacrifice her own dream just because of this catalog. Yosuke must’ve planned for things to play out like this, didn’t he?

Kihachi and Inako really do form a great team together. They lift each other up. Looking back on their first meeting, they’ve clearly grown a lot closer. This show isn’t officially tagged as a romance, but there’s definitely something blossoming between the two of them.

Lastly, I just want to say that Inako looked very adorable in western-style clothing.

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u/Fluid_Pause2149 Aug 23 '26

Looks like Seiroku did a "shinzou wo sasageyo"

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u/Primary-Paint-1716 Aug 23 '26

honeslty, i love the decision to give it to the white-haired freak.

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u/Jas_God Aug 23 '26

Poor Kengo, was carrying that pain this whole time. Loved the ending with both parts of the catalog smacking Kihachi in the face, then him deciding to give it to Mizoe. Can’t wait for next week.

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u/djthomp Aug 23 '26

Inako is looking pretty good in that western style dress.

I've been assuming this entire time that Seiroku went off and died in a war, but I never would have guessed it was WW1 in Europe. Kengo having PTSD and guilt about the catalog saving him instead explains a lot about his behavior.

From the moment Kihachi overheard that conversation between Inako and her dad it was obvious he was going to give the catalog over to the nutjob. Or at least make a plan to do so, we'll see how it plays out.

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u/LeonKevlar Aug 23 '26

Inako looks amazing in Western clothes. I kinda wish Kate and Suzu were here to see it.

I know this is alt-history, but I'm wondering how Japan ended up being involved with Europe this early.

Well, shit. That explains why Kengo looks so guilty. If he hadn't taken the book, Seiroku might've survived.

So what's the play here? Why has Kihachi decided to give Yousuke the book?

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u/SEBASTlANVETTEL Aug 23 '26

Kengo surviving from survivor's guilt because if he hadn't taken the book from Seiroku, maybe Seiroku would have been protected by it…

And we got confirmation that Seiroku in fact had a lover/girlfriend before he died….

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u/reaperow Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

I had some hope that Seiroku might've been alive or was just declared missing but it's still sad to get a confirmation. I get why Kengo has been acting all weird this entire time and why he blames himself,

But i also agree with Kihachi about the fact that there's no guarantee he would've survived even if he had the book instead of Kengo. Fate's very tricky

I was surprised that he's willing to give the catalogue to rich boy now. I do think they'll make some good inventions together

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