This update comes on the late side of things. With moving, life, and Anime Central I hadn’t gotten much time to work on this installment.
My son and I actually watched these episodes the week before ACEN so I am re-watching them to refresh my memory.
Episode 3: The “hentai” name calling episode.
With Okabe already having experienced a time skip in the previous episode where he accosted Makise after seeing her dead on another time line, she comes to the lab to find out what madness Okabe was spouting at her.
She walks in to find the result of the experiment prior to her arrival, the “gel-nana” sitting on the table. Which prompts the following scene:
This opens up a bunch of the “hentai” name calling for a bit. My son found this amusing. Was it a little off to let him hear Daru asking about eating a pervert’s banana? Maybe, but not life damaging.
Makise does get to see the microwave after Okabe, not fully trusting her, makes her a lab member. She leaves in a rush when she realizes that Okabe is suggesting that the microwave is an actual time machine.
There is the hacking of SERN where they discover a disturbing secret.
Episode 4: IBN 5100
Stardust Handshake…
Okabe is able to drag Makise back in to his world (although she is curious but will never admit it) even if it is to prove to him that the Phone Microwave is not a time machine. Makise is fighting her past and determined not to make her father’s mistakes.
Much of this episode is centered around the acquisition of the IBN 5100 for the purpose of being able to hack SERN’s encrypted files. After a visit with Faris, who once again indulges Okabe’s delusions, they get a lead on obtaining an IBN 5100 which happens to stored at the shrine in Akihabara. Makise meets Okabe there and they take the computer back to the lab.
My son, for both of these episodes, was largely distracted with other things. There are a lot of details and exposition going on and I think it was hard for him to hold his attention on this. Was there much “bad” content? Not really, the “gel-nana” bit was probably the most quesioanable part and event that wasn’t that bad.
Episode 3 did also contain one of my favorite parts of the show though…
Until next time: El Psy Congroo!
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