[FlareKnight]

Congrats Yukiteru, you got a future diary and a stalker companion all in one episode . Good to have someone to watch his back since he's obviously freaking out quite a bit. Someone a bit unhinged like Yuno is handy since she will just act.

Poor Yukiteru went from highs of avoiding school ambushes to the lows of having to avoid muderous ambushes . Interesting that Deus was hanging out in his imagination and decided to start up this 'game.' Very nice job painting a target on Yukiteru's back as well by naming him the early favourite.

Love that bit about the Third though. What an idiot killing himself twice .

Originally Posted by Sackett

Dang, we need another thread for manga readers to compare stuff so that we aren't tempted to spoil the non-manga readers.

Think the manga thread is good enough for that. Can bring up anything since with the manga done that thread won't be too busy anyways.

Originally Posted by hyperborealis

Excellent episode.

The idea that future knowledge can be a weapon is fascinating. But--if one can change someone's future based on foreknowledge, as Deus explains, doesn't that mean Yukitere and the others are basically back in the ordinary human situation, where the future is unknown and instead what we make of it collectively?

Well I think it's a mixed answer there. There wouldn't be a point of the game if the future was iron clad and all they had to do was follow the diaries to the conclusion. In the end they are humans and are simply being given incredible tools. These are just really good tools since they provide useful information about what is coming. The future in this case isn't completely known since it can be changed, but there are limits to what different actions a person can do to avoid a certain situation.

It does make the whole thing pretty interesting though. Using their own diaries and also predicting how their opponents will respond and change their actions based on their diaries.

I thought the brief period where Yukitere was overjoyed at knowing his future very creepy: imagine being a slave doomed to doing what is written down in your phone journal...

He was getting pretty carried away there .