That would be a good plot device if he had to give up his vision too as a primarily narcissistic character
YEP, that’d be the point, since Shunsuke can’t use it anymore he needs to use Yuu for his plans.
I hope his plan fails because I’m an edgy emo dickhead.
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I do have to make an opening statement so people are on the same page when reading the rest of my post 
And that’s why I wanted to open discussion on it; There may be a lot of possibilities, but whatever the cause may be, I expect it to play some part in the story. For instance
Is one theory that I find unlikely, but
Is something extremely interesting, should it be true.
So did everyone lose their memory after the time leap of was it just specifically Yuu and his sister?
I think only a small group remember what happened, it could just be limited to Kumagami and Yuu’s brother
I think that could be an overall downside to their power’s. What if not only shunsuke can’t use his power without light reaching his eyes but everyone can’t use them if you block the light 100%. I think some people used them, like ayumi, with closed eyes but I don’t know if that’s really enough to block 100%. Like when you look into the sun and close your eyes but still see red through your eyelids. And she didn’t have her eyes closed all the time anyway.
It’s only a theory because we have two blind people now. So if you overuse your power, your eyes can’t take it anymore and you become blind.
But I don’t know where’s the point when a power is overused. For example Nao used it all the time in ep7 for day’s or even week’s and is still fine.
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I don’t think so. I get the same feeling as I did about Ayumi.
I’m honestly just seeing them as entertaining supporting characters at this point. Even if they attempted to add them back in for the climax they really never left enough of a mark on me to care. I’d feel no different if sky high saito joined them.
It’s a shame, because I feel like Joujirou has so much untapped potential.
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They should have focussed on more of a best friend approach towards Yuu to add more attachment to him as a character, instead they just made him a punch line…
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Still just wish this was a visual novel. Reading Angel Beats: 1st Beat and being relatively unimpressed with Charlotte has more or less confirmed to me one of two things:
- Key/Maeda is objectively better at creating visual novels.
or
- This type of anime is just not for me.
As I have less time to devote to entertainment, I find myself more and more frustrated when something doesn’t either stimulate me intellectually, provide an atmosphere of social growth, or make me feel fully invested. Key visual novels do the first and third consistently, but neither Angel Beats (anime) nor Charlotte have managed to accomplish any of those objectives for me.
Cynicism aside, I’m still enjoying watching it. I just have not developed any desire to own it nor do I feel I will ever want to re-watch it nor would I even heartily recommend it to a friend.
I’m starting to feel very concerned with the path Charlotte is headed in…
As much as I enjoyed the episode to start with… I thought about it for a while and now with the reveal of this Time Leap ability which I’m pretty sure a lot of people saw coming… This is starting to feel awfully “Steins;Gate’y” if anyone knows where I’m coming from… And don’t get me wrong I know plenty of series have used time travel in their plots before however;
MAJOR STEINS;GATE SPOILERS If the end resolve of Charlotte is really going to be “Save Ayumi, and then every one is happy ending”, then it really lacks originality as Steins;Gate had this core element to it’s plot, i.e redoing the past to reach a world line where the cute little girl survives. Not only this but I feel like the romance flags between Yuu and Nao may also point towards another Steins;Gate’y plot device, where Girl 1 survives but Girl 2 is forgotten forever and MC has to live in anguish as he remembers all about Girl 2 but can’t do anything about it" What would be even more disappointing is if this “Charlotte” turns out to be the name of the world line where this supposed miracle outcome takes place…we’ll see though…
I for one seriously hope this isn’t how Charlotte turns out in the end, but to me it seems to be very much headed in that direction. Maeda is usually the one to set crazy trends, not follow them…
Buuuut I’m still hopeful something great will come out of this though. I’m enjoying Charlotte too much to have to rip on it, but my concern is strong. I want something original by the end.
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Um… It’s not like Steins;Gate is the first original change-the-past-and-save-someone-through-sacrifice story… There’s plenty of precedent for that kind of narrative.
And I don’t read/watch Key stories for originality, I look forward to quality.
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I guess the next natural question, then, would be, “Is it quality?”
It’s not as good as it could’ve been, that’s for sure. But my overall assessment of the series won’t be finalised until it’s over.
I’ve mentioned this during the Kaza Watches event of this episode: Shortly after Yuu wakes up, Nao starts acting kinda weird. Not recognizing Kumagami. Not reading the mood. Asking if she can film the secret hideout.
It’s like she’s a different person or maybe she’s acting dumb on purpose for whatever reason. I’m not quite dismissing the latter, yet. Until now, Nao has always been calculating and adapted to situations quickly.
Maybe she’s hiding her true thoughts on everything?
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Any excuse to avoid the conclusion that it’s lazy writing…
Holy crap, this episode was actually good. Mutant concentration camps, bizarre parallel futures and time traveling, and Nao is somehow less annoying! Wow, why wasn’t the first episode this interesting? 
Okay, I’ll be honest here. I never watched episodes 6-8, so some plot elements were a little lost on me. I inferred that Ayumi died in episode 6 from the foreshadowing from episode 5 (and all the silly memes going around the interwebs didn’t help things). It was nice to see the ego Yuu displayed in the first episode return in some form, and the first scene after the opening felt something like (Rewrite Spoilers) Kotarou’s date with Lucia in her route. Nao felt a lot less annoying, and her nosy behavior is even lampshaded in this episode! I love it! But I digress.
The mutant concentration camp thing came out of the blue for me, along with the whole ‘true power’ plot device thing. Some people were making jokes about the time travel stuff during the Kaza Watches event an hour or so ago, and for some reason, all of this hooked me, even if there were a couple things I didn’t fully understand. Also I hate how the episode ended, because I want to know more! Give me more, Maeda! :3
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My only explanation to this is she was still getting ovee the hype from having watched that ZHIEND concert…
