Robotics;Notes [Series]

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Also, the song "Kagome Kagome" was the ringtone used in Chaos;Head when the "real" Takumi calls the fake Takumi throughout the VN. Which kind of gives me the impression that maybe Takumi was the one to create Airi and is directing our main character in Robotics;Notes. Lots of mystery, lots of references. Me likey.

Gah. I haven't watched C;H. But it sounds like I have to watch that first so I can pull out all the little details. Damn you... evil people and your connected stories!

[Cypher]

Also, in the last episode, the girl who comes from JAXA to take away the robotics club members is Mr.Braun's daughter, Nae, from Steins;Gate.

Nice catch, I totally forgot about that girl 

Also, the song "Kagome Kagome" was the ringtone used in Chaos;Head when the "real" Takumi calls the fake Takumi throughout the VN. Which kind of gives me the impression that maybe Takumi was the one to create Airi and is directing our main character in Robotics;Notes.

This detail is a little off. I first thought it's the same tone but listening closely they're different. The Chaos;Head tone was "Tooryanse", the crosswalk tune.

[newy]

Why?! WHY was Chaos;Head so damn bad compared to Steins;Gate and now Robotics;Notes (final judgement still pending)?! Ep11 was fantastic, pointing to the first climax of the show!
I want all those hints finally connected. It's been a long time since I was anxious to see the next episode(s). Things must be really dire if even "Senomyia the Older" contacted "her past."

[Cypher]

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If it's of any condolences to you, the VN was way more bearable and does a better job of sucking you in, let me rant on what the anime adaptation did wrong:

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First they tried to squeeze the story into 12 episodes when it should have been at least 24, which means they had to sacrifice so many minor details that you can't notice or guess if you only watch the anime, like why does Takumi go to the net cafe to name the least.

Because they made it 12 episodes, they decided to remove at least one important arc which wouldn't be so bad if they removed the later parts of the story that depend on it, which they didn't (bet you're still wondering why little sister's right hand seemed invisible in her captivity).
To make things worse, they ADDED some original content which made them even more restricted into the amount they can take from the original story (the idiotically written part where they attacked the Noah II's so called "prototype"? Never happened in the novel, but the showing of the weaknesses of the two girls did happen at a different part in the novel).

Takumi's character in the anime was taken down a notch or two compared to his VN counterpart, whether this is good or bad depends on your own taste I guess, to me I felt more of him in the VN. His imaginary figure friend had less of an impact compared to VN, not to mention the slight self censor they did in drawing her which aired just fine in other later anime. Ah right I think the VN characters were better drawn, especially the rugged detective.

I will give them a small break on one part though, it doesn't seem the author at the time even wished that the story gets adapated to an anime, there were some nice small touches done in the story that fit into the VN medium which made the story more engaging but they weren't possible to adapt into the anime medium. I don't mean to mention this as an example, but the best gimmick the VN had was how the decision points were made, you had a choice of "good delusion", "bad delusion" or you can skip without making a choice for no delusion, same structure for most of the points.

phew... I had this kept inside me since I finished the VN, good thing it's all out now.

Anyway, robotics, the plot thickens.

I wonder if we'll be seeing any reading steiners or gigalomaniacs in this series, but that's me going way overboard and it will make the plot too complicated anyway.

[jevitsj]

Well, at least we get Tennouji Nae who likes to ride a bicycle just like Suzuha, instead of some motorized vehicle.

But I really like it thus far, can't wait for the rest.

[Derka]

Damn I hate her sister...A LOT...  Any way, seems like Gunvarrel was meant to foreshadow the end of the world, man this is getting so exciting, just how Steins;Gate did around the same episode.  That third report had me wondering more and more and then the top 3 players were actually dead for that long.  Man oh man! Give me MORE! lol

[Tatsujin]

Season 2 premiers January the 10th.

[jaybug]

The story seems to have picked up a bit. whew.

[Derka]

OMFG...WOW, episode 16.

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Wow, I did NOT see that coming. I wouldn't go as far as to blame her death on Kai, she knew that Kou had something to do with all of the crap going on but yet she kept everything a secret and was stupid enough to keep wearing the equipment that she knew would eventually malfunction on her. The least she could have done was tell him why he shouldn't be looking into it. That could have saved her life and some (more) trauma that he had to go through. AND fu*k I cringed like a little kid when I heard her back break and saw her throw up the blood. FUUUUU

As for his idiotic friends, as soon as I saw them moving the thing around I knew the wind was going to blow the damn thing over. I know Mr. Fashionable isn't dead but that was just too stupid of a thing to do in that wind smh.

Now to see what this b*tch of a sister is hiding. Also to tell the truth, that kagome-kagome tone is seriously starting to creep me out now. I heard it and was like "OH NO, NO NO NO NO NO" *chills*

[Cypher]

Episode 17.
I guess this means the cat's out of the bag. So the questions now are:

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Will the world believe the reports?
Will this put a stop to the Committee of 300?
How screwed is Kai since it seems that he already failed to protect the reports?

[jaybug]

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It's hard to completely destroy something once it becomes ubiquitous. School of fish school of thought. Or is that ninja, hide in plain sight? Bummer episode. Things do look bleak. But not quite impossible yet.

[sackii]

Well this anime has been pretty much everything..., comedy, drama, ecchi, slice of life, horror, mystery, suspense, supernatural, etc...  God only knows what's coming up next...Zombie invasion? This had such promise, still kind of does but the pacing... oh gawd have mercy on us.

[Slysoft]

i dont understand why this show seems so unpopular on bakabt

[newy]

I could dish out the usual arguments but I believe you know them.


Right now, I'm slightly confused. Does Misaki work in the name of Kimijima or for those 300. I'm inclined to say for the former since it has been hinted at in the last episode (although I didn't conciously make the conclusion at that time...)

[Derka]

i dont understand why this show seems so unpopular on bakabt

I wonder the same thing.  I guess most are waiting for it to end to watch it, which is what I was planning to do but I liked Steins; Fate too much

[Bob2004]

i dont understand why this show seems so unpopular on bakabt

No idea. Personally, I quite like it. The pacing's been a bit off (the first half was really slow), but it's kept me interested and looking forward to each new episode. It's nowhere near as good as Steins;Gate though.

[megido-rev.M]

i dont understand why this show seems so unpopular on bakabt

No idea. Personally, I quite like it. The pacing's been a bit off (the first half was really slow), but it's kept me interested and looking forward to each new episode. It's nowhere near as good as Steins;Gate though.

For some it's likely just that.

[Cypher]

Something crossed my mind, the VN of this game is so far an X360/PS3 release, does this mean I should expect no fan  translations?

[jaybug]

I think we just saw Misaki change her tune.

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Just guessing by the last minute or so from the most recent episode, Misaki had most likely been trying to play both sides against the middle, and keep her friends and family safe from the megalomaniacs she found herself to be working for. WIth the death of her friend, all bets are off, and she is going to fix it all up. But we know better, because that's why we've been following her sister, Mr. if you want me to anything, you must beat me in Kill Ballad, and that game's creator/daughter of Gunvarrel anime director.

What I have no clue about is Misaki's relation to Kimijima. Ex? Former Co-worker?

And really, is there any point for the character of Subaru? He has some relation to the past, right?

[Dex_Belle]

I caught a couple of S;G references in the latest episode