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「並列過程のパラノイア」 (Heiretsu Katei no Paranoia)
“Paranoia of Parallel Process”
Steins Gate is first uttered on screen… and it does not mean what you think it means. Actually, according to Daru, it doesn’t mean anything.
The bout with Kurisu was strikingly similar to Bakemonogatari in how it spins to a different topic, especially a sexual one, playing a game of “who’s the pervert.” You know, Daru’s asking of repeating the phrase with an upset tone wouldn’t be so hilarious if I had zero experience with such a typical expression a million times before. Hentai Tensai Shoujo has such a nice ring to it, too.
I didn’t expect the microwave to go out of action so quickly when it’s been building up to become the “time machine,” but at least Okarin was able to realize “his” creation before it was too late. Makise pretty much just bolted out of there, and considering her background in time travel and proving it wrong with string theory, I’d say she went to go research some more. The major introduction this time around would be SERN (or CERN), the European Organization for Nuclear Research, more famous to most people because of the Large Hadron Collider, because people were actually scared it could create a mini black hole. Relating SERN to time travel is clever, and using a corporation on research to eventually turn into a controller of society is kind of like Terminator’s story with SKYNET. But though it is clever, it’s still part of the original “story” on John Titor, and this episode is basically still integrating Titor’s legacy into the plotline.
In terms of character development, which almost feels forgotten, Okarin spends some quality time with Mayushii, and saved her without hesitation from the microwave explosion earlier. It’s great how he’s supposed to be the crazy and obsessed mad scientist, which gives off the impression of single mindedness, but actually takes some time aside to “entertain” Mayushii. Given how aloof she is, it’s cute that he kind of takes care of her (vice versa too). If I were to assume every scene had a purpose, Suzuha (bike-girl) on the surface didn’t do anything. She acted as the jump board for Okarin to rush upstairs and contact Titor, but is that really all? Although explained, her knowledge still comes off highly suspicious. Only time will tell.
Unlike our reality, we have Daru to crack SERN’s email, revealing info about a Z-project, a dead human, and implications of a created mini-black hole. The general synopsis pasted everywhere states that SERN eventually becomes aware of Okarin’s little group, and decides to hunt them down, of which I then assume the time travel manipulation should begin to avoid being captured by hiding in time. Damn, that sounds cool.
I’m starting to think Hououin Kyouma is just a name he uses to surf the web with. :/
April 20, 2011 at 1:05 ambanzmanga
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I just can’t figure out the male protagonist. He is so spontaneous. Can’t never be serious even though serious things happens. Unless they show at the end he is psychotic and he has a very imaginative power.
April 20, 2011 at 1:05 amFlamingYu
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Makise blush
seems to be going slowly, are the no “dark” events that’s gonna happen?
April 20, 2011 at 1:47 amgecd
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that’s still long
up to point the unpatient viewer drop this series halfway
but when “that”comes….
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April 20, 2011 at 1:06 aminnerchihiro
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Makise Kurisu is a rather unusual character. I want to like her, but I don’t really get her yet…
April 20, 2011 at 1:14 amjrj
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when I first read that “human is dead, dismatch”, I thought it meant that the person who wrote the report is dead or something… though who knows, this show could certainly surprise us.
Kurisu is still the highlight of the episode, especially with all the banana jokes :)
but the microwave is already destroyed in the experiment, isn’t it? hope they get it fixed first…
oh and I won’t be surprised if John Titor is connected to our perverted mad scientist in more ways than just chatting friends.
April 20, 2011 at 3:09 am✙Croosboy✙
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From what i understand SERN is trying to make a mini-black hole to travel back in time but failed(Error. Human is Dead. mismatch). I think that time traveling in an microwave with radation = sure a dead person. I hope Rintarou and Chris makes another way.
April 20, 2011 at 1:28 amNhelraios
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Christina!
I was thoroughly entertained with that exchange between the three perverts. The cast of this show makes for such a great comedy. The latter half was interesting too. Suzuha is kinda suspicious, I think she’s a time traveller herself.
“Can you say, Who’d eat a pervert’s banana anyway?If possible with an upset expression.”
I lol’d.
April 20, 2011 at 11:41 amTrystinia
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I bursting out laughing the first time Okarin said Christina. I love how crazy he can be at times.. it’s just so random~
April 21, 2011 at 12:18 amkeiOnDaisuki
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lol. i soagre with you. XDD
April 20, 2011 at 1:31 amdefunkt_bots
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i really like this anime, but watching it late at night makes it difficult to take everything in….
i just hope it doesn’t suddenly backtrack into harem territory.,..
April 20, 2011 at 1:47 amBLACK
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it would not, because I think that this show will base on Makise’s route of the visual nove. Even the ending video confirm that fact (you can see Makise at the end, right?)
April 21, 2011 at 6:35 amThe17thNoah
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the hair is similar but is it really her? 0_o does she wear pads under her shirt cuz the girl in the ending looks pretty small XD
April 20, 2011 at 1:49 amTofu
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Is there a possibility that the “human is dead” could relate to Kurisu’s death in episode 1?
And could there be a possibility that Okarin IS John Titor? xD
April 20, 2011 at 1:54 amjrj
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I won’t go that far just yet, but I am thinking about similar things, they could certainly be related in some way :)
April 20, 2011 at 3:12 amLordRussel
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I thought the same thing! The dead person might be Makise and they altered time to make things right and now Okarin buts in…
Okarin being John Titor. If you give it a thought, Okarin contacts Titor and not vice versa. Still Titor argued that he met his younger self in the USA so it woulnd’t be impossible I geess
April 20, 2011 at 4:30 pmTofu
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@jrj: yeah, it’s still too soon to judge really ^^ Although it is very interesting if it ended up being true
@LordRussel: There is speculation that he said he met his younger self of course but Okarin wouldn’t know John Titor is him and might think his someone else that he can contact. Think for example the Dissapearence of Haruhi the movie. Kyon’s other name was John Smith which he used for that alternate world in gaining the other haruhi’s trust. John Titor could be Okarin’s other name which he uses after succeeding in time traveling. In the usual cases, you shouldn’t meet up with your younger or older self or else that screws up the world. John Titor said he met his younger self but it’s possible that his younger self never knew he met himself. Although right now I’m just throwing random thoughts around xD
April 20, 2011 at 1:52 amgecd
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oh lol
after 3 episodes
I realised that they highlighted a certain moment
and actually they are trying to build up the moment for a certain trope here
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kiihihihihihihihihihihihi
April 20, 2011 at 2:13 amamado
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did mayuri’s name change to mayushii? was it like a diff way of reading her name or another kind of pronunciation or something like that?
April 20, 2011 at 2:37 amSoiyeruda
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It’s more of a nickname, like how Okarin is actually just a combination of the first letters in his real name, Rintarou Okabe.
April 20, 2011 at 2:47 amamado
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ah ok. thanks.
April 20, 2011 at 2:28 amZwei
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human is dead:mismatch
it’s the JELLYMAN, you remember what happens w/ GEL-BANA right? now imagine it happening to a human, JELLYMAN ^^
http://randomc.net/image/Steins%20Gate/Steins%20Gate%20-%2003%20-%20Large%2027.jpg
April 20, 2011 at 3:15 amLordRussel
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Doc Manhatten is what will happen xD
http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Charles/watchmen-blue-cock.jpg
April 20, 2011 at 12:58 pmCommander Shepard
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If you want to be spoiled who JELLYMAN is, watch the XBOX360 opening for the game (which is really awesome, btw, but also spoileriffic):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MJoclZCsbo&feature=related
April 20, 2011 at 2:33 amClick
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Makise is ummm… a real guy’s guy. If that makes any sense.
April 20, 2011 at 3:01 amewok40k
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quote:
Although explained, her knowledge still comes off highly suspicious.
is the paranoia of the main character spreading to the viewers/commenters? lol
also, what are the chances of John Titor coming back in time to OUR timeline to sue the anime for copyrights?
April 20, 2011 at 3:14 am✙Croosboy✙
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Hentai Tensai Shoujo
I agree, it does ring in the ears.
Plus,blushing Chris sure gives a new feel. I also like how she said GOOD JOB.
I’m expecting that this will get darker and darker every episode with a comedy riding on it.
April 20, 2011 at 4:11 amdeafvader
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I third it, the more you ring it the more it rings.
Got a feeling Mayu is hiding something, destroyed the time machine when I’m sure even air heads know you got to off the microwave before you open it.
And she appears too much in the OP to just be a cute side char… she appears in the OP more than Chris!
April 20, 2011 at 5:04 amSoiyeruda
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Though I shouldn’t have spoiled myself (Don’t think the game is released in English, so I can’t really look up the original source, only being able to understand 20% of it, and I rarely read manga):
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April 20, 2011 at 5:22 amAiron
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“I’m starting to think Hououin Kyouma is just a name he uses to surf the web with. :/”
Yeah, but what else did you think it would be. I figured it was his Roleplaying name as a mad scientist, so I wasn’t surprised that he’d use it as an online name.
Also, Kyouma mentioned Steins;Gate in the first episode, after Alpacaman, Daru wasn’t sure what he meant at the time.
I am thinking that Kurisu is the “Human is dead” person. Also, I think Mayushi is not a good girl at all. Especially since she’s so innocent and “accidentally” broke the microwave. I think we should be suspicious of her more than we should be of Kurisu.
April 20, 2011 at 5:23 amBossun
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Ugh, I got so mad at Mayushii when she ruined that experiment. I really wanted to see what would happen and she just wanted to eat whatever it way they put it in there.
April 20, 2011 at 5:28 amKagekyuubi
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Goddamit. I’m really going to have a heart attack if Hanazawa keeps upping her HNNNNGGG game. Is this a two cour series or one? I love the pacing but I don’t like the idea sitting through another Ghost Hound where everything’s perfect till the last episode.
April 20, 2011 at 5:22 pmAisu
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A two cour. It’s slated for 24 episodes.
April 20, 2011 at 6:00 amricz
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Who is John Titor? :P
Spoiler : )
hehe
(already played the game)
I hope they will follow the story of the game :p
April 20, 2011 at 6:28 amZwei
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yes they will, and they will follow the True End route based on the interview ^^
April 20, 2011 at 6:10 amDCLXVI
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Actually the first utterance on screen of “Steins;Gate” was in the first episode.
April 20, 2011 at 6:13 amOrinX
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I am pretty bored with this series. Shits better go down soon.
April 20, 2011 at 6:24 amgecd
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then drop it
because it wont be happen soon
April 20, 2011 at 6:27 amZwei
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yeah, it won’t happen much later on so if you can’t stand it drop it, as if the series itself would do better if you say you’re bored with it
honestly, this is the most irritating kind of viewers nowadays, its like they’re taking everything for granted
April 20, 2011 at 6:40 am✙Croosboy✙
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We can’t blame them Zwei. This anime is hard to understand. Its like “understanding advance biology even though your major is accounting”.
April 20, 2011 at 7:46 amOrinX
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How about you take the broken dishes out your ass. This is a discussion about the series and if I dont like I have every right to speak my opinion. You can tell me to drop it, you can disagree with my opinion but dont act like some elitish shit.
April 20, 2011 at 7:59 amSoiyeruda
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@OrinX: Saying “I’m bored, hope this series speeds up because the pacing is too slow for me” isn’t really a point of discussion. It’s just complaining about something that isn’t conforming to your needs, tbh. =/
April 20, 2011 at 8:06 amOrinX
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Well, I did give the reasons why I am not enjoying it at http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=3577783#post3577783 I just had no idea I had to articulate it everywhere I go.
Many people here just post “Im loving this series” and ends it there. I did not realize there was a double standard.
April 20, 2011 at 8:23 amgecd
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did I sound like elitist when I suggest you to drop it?
April 20, 2011 at 3:14 pmSoiyeruda
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@OrinX: The comment makes it seem like you expected one thing, but got something else, and aren’t too happy with the final result.
It’s a drama-based sci-fi series so of course, it isn’t going to hit you with everything in the first three episodes. Episode 1 established the basic issue/concept. Episode 2 established the characters (hastily, but still). Episode 3 established an epiphany.
Just based off the game synopsis and summary, there probably won’t be any “action” until about episode 7 (at the very earliest), so if you can’t be bothered to spend 80 minutes in the next month to watch something you find boring, then drop it and come back later.
April 20, 2011 at 8:29 amOrinX
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no, my comment was directed towards Zwei.
April 20, 2011 at 11:44 amTrystinia
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I love when a series takes it slow and builds up everything. I just hate when a series doesn’t deliver like it should have all that. I do have to say this is one of the series this season that I can’t wait for next weeks episode just to find out more about the story. I’ve only watched the anime so far, I didn’t check out the game either. So it’s all fresh, new, exciting to follow for me.
April 20, 2011 at 7:03 ambobbymarwan
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I can;t wait for watching it!!!
April 20, 2011 at 7:19 aminfinite
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I think Mayushii opened the microwave on purpose.
April 20, 2011 at 7:20 amOdeus
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Here’s a wild guess but I think that SERN might have had a microwave(time machine) similar to Hououin’s but “human sized.” So they probably tried to get a human to travel back in time and got the “banana effect,” ie: some old guy to frail to live. I assume that the microwave went or will go through some kind of change that will negate that effect.
April 20, 2011 at 7:22 amcybersteel
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I like the reference to the Z-machine. If I’m not mistaken, it could generate temperature’s higher then the core of our sun.
April 20, 2011 at 7:41 amewok40k
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/04/18/light-wave-teleported-without-losing-data/1
they might be onto something…
April 20, 2011 at 7:57 amcybersteel
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I wonder if they could teleport banana’s instead.
April 20, 2011 at 9:40 amSilentGig
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This series is so confusing
April 20, 2011 at 9:53 amLordHuggington
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I eagerly anticipate an anime nerd at CERN to be watching this show, and think, “Oh crap, they know!” :p
April 20, 2011 at 10:21 amewok40k
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I pity the poor IT admin at CERN now needing to deal with hundreds wannabe hackers…
April 20, 2011 at 1:18 pmTenshi_
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ehhhh…. I don’t know what the hell is going on… 70% of the time I just couldn’t get it… is everyone lost like me?? I just can get the grip of how Time-machine, parallel world works and little bit about CERN (real one) and John Titor etc… but yeah, this is embarrassing – I wish I took more interest in science and maybe I would not stuggle to understand something :P
April 20, 2011 at 4:08 pmWingZeroZXT
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it will probbly turn out the the main character or his best friend is john titor ( I CALLED IT FIRST)¬¬
April 20, 2011 at 5:13 pmqntiria
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after reading a manga like deadman wonderland…I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT O_O
April 20, 2011 at 6:44 pmNimmy
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So, we’re three episodes into the series and the name John Titor comes up a lot. Why do I have this feeling that this “John Titor” is actually Okarin and he wants to remember everything that occurred in the present “World Line” event. It’s like what Kiiragi stated in the italicize “I’m starting to think Hououin Kyouma is just a name he uses to surf the web with. :/”
Either that or he has distropy and everything is just his imagination. Looking forward to how this series play though. It got me sitting at the edge of my chair wanting more. :D
April 20, 2011 at 7:57 pmKiiragi
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It comes up a lot because of this.
April 20, 2011 at 7:10 pmkirakun
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I think this has turned into my fav “serious” show of the season. The whole Kurisu vs. Okarin was epic.
April 20, 2011 at 11:04 pm420
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i kept repeating 03:34 over and over. lol.
my take on the mismatch error is that the person didn’t materialize properly after moving in time. just like the jelly banana when it moved back to its original space/time(?). i dunno, just speculating.
April 21, 2011 at 12:14 amkeiOnDaisuki
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i lol’d so much at kurisu and okarin’s banter. XDD so pointless. XDD
better have kurisu return next episode though. XDD
April 21, 2011 at 5:31 pmanishuma
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With the way John Titor was talking on the net, it makes me suspect that he is Okarin.
Also, those other bloggers or whatever talking to John Titor were hilarious.
“John Titor takes a dump and now the universe is doomed!” lmao.
April 22, 2011 at 8:36 amDan
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Who else is betting their money that Suzuha is most probably from the future?
April 22, 2011 at 11:40 amGrant
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Well most of it was interesting but (as is usual for anime) that politics are so irritating it makes me scream. Why would a scientific organization want to revive Communism and reverse global living standards to those of the 18th century? I’m fairly sure they would be filled with men and women fully aware of the limitations Communism put on scientific research because of political restrictions such as denying the existence of genetics*. Wouldn’t a politically motivated scientist be more interested in creating a technocracy? And why would they want to set living standards back three hundred years? It’s a bit hard to make brilliant scientific discoveries and encourage the growth of smart young scientists if the population is wasting away from malaria and they’ve never seen an automobile before. Why can’t anime politics make sense?
And once again Mayuri is very cute around Okarin but that just makes me certain she’s going to get mind raped (at the very least) in under ten episodes.
*At one point the Soviet leaders denied the theory of relativity until they were told that it was needed to make nuclear weapons.