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As we've all expected, Samas conveniently reappeared in this episode. So, either she'll be unceremoniously killed in episode 49, or she'll be let loose to become the villain or side villain of the V-Cinext episodes.

Girori also conveniently reappeared, because the current plot needs a DGP insider who can betray Sueru.

Sueru turned out to have a convenient time-manipulation ability. Why has this crucial ability never been told, shown, or at least hinted at in previous episodes? Well, because this story is written by Yuuya Takahashi. This kind of 11th hour surprise out of nowhere (aka asspull) has always been a staple in Takahashi's book of tricks. The last time he used it was in the last 2 episodes of The High School Heroes, and he succesfully messed up the story.

What's more laughable is the fact that the VIP's (who, like Sueru, are the people from the real world, aka Gods with capital G) can be easily intimidated merely by verbal abuses from 2 mortal humans (Kousei & Neon). Gods can be intimidated by humans? Yeah, right.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Also, finally, something related to the change of time appeared in the plot, because before that, the people of the future could be replaced by aliens and nothing would have changed.

Shouldn't we call Sueru, Niram, Samas, Ziin, etc the people from the real world? Ace's world is just a virtual world created by Sueru and other people from the real world. Why do the writers insist on calling Sueru etc the people from the future, not the people from the real world? Are the writers trying to mislead the audience just to give the story a sense of stake? Geats is not a time travel story like Den-O or Timeranger. Geats is similar to The Thirteenth Floor or West World, not Back to the Future.

You're right. Nothing would've changed if Sueru or the people from the real world turned out to be actual kaijins, robots, programs, or beings from 11th dimension. They are Gods (with capital G) with absolute impunity.

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IThe transfer to the scenery of the opening is as far-fetched as possible. Not only are Ace and Sueru fighting in a warehouse with a set of ruins, but there is no reason for Tsumuri to shoot.

Virtually everything about Geats is as far-fetched as possible. The writers of Geats only have one goal: Putting a square peg into a round hole.

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In short, as you can see, the logic of the show just falls apart.

This. Once again, truer words have never been spoken. The writers are so drunk with their own bullshit. Geats is so full of shit it's finally collapsed from the sheer weight of its own shit.

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It is the inner, and not the realism that Niram dreamed of.

Niram's realism is total bullshit, too. Ace's world is a simulated/virtual world. What kind of realism is there to exist in a virtual world? What kind of realism is there to exist in an environment where everything, EVERY, SINGLE, THING, be it mundane or crucial (e.g.: death) can be manipulated and toyed with according to someone's whim? The definition of reality: Something that can't be changed, whether you believe it or not, no matter how much you try. If there exists a reality where everything can be changed, then it's NOT a reality, but only imagination/simulation. This is the philosophical aspect that makes Geats the most absurd story ever exist. I'm thoroughly convinced that the writers of this show don't give a single damn about logical consequences, let alone philosophical consequences.

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If everything is possible, then nothing matters.

This. I concur. If everything is red, then nothing is red. To continue my previous point: If everything can be changed, then nothing can be changed. This is the ontological fact that Takahashi has utterly, spectacularly failed to grasp.

If something as crucial as death can be toyed with, then what's the point of death (and life)? Death in Geats is just another pack of popcorn: Cheap, easily mass-manufactured, and has no nutritional value. It's completely meaningless and carries no weight whatsoever. The story ends up stakeless. If life is meaningless without the threat of death, then what's the point of the lives of the people of Ace's world? If their deaths can be toyed with, then their lives and existence is pointless in the first place. Their whole lives and existence is totally meaningless. They're identical to The Sims characters. They're just automatons to be toyed with. A very sad existence.

Geats gives off a very strong nihilistic aura. It looks like the writers are more than committed to defy all meaning, all logic, and all sense of reality. Geats is a story that can only be written by people who are out of touch with reality. A story about manipulating reality turned out to be written by a bunch of nihilists. Surprise, surprise.

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Well, I'm waiting for the finale and I'm starting a big review of the whole show. I think I will find something to praise him for, but I will scold him more.

Are you sure? Geats is a colossal, gigantic pile of nonsensical mess with obscene amount of plot twists (or rather, asspulls), multiple instances of violation of internal logic, ad-hoc logic, idiot plots, irrational decision-making, plot convenience, blatant manipulation, and other methods of contrivance and writing cheats known to mankind. It's the most bloated, contrived, convoluted story I've ever seen. Virtually every episode has at least one of those cheats. One could probably write a thesis out of Geats.

I believe you'll find waaay more things to scold Takahashi for more than things to praise him for. It has disproportionately more downsides than upsides. Geats is kinda like cocaine: Something that gives instant pleasure for 30 minutes, and causes irreversible brain damage thereafter.

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Originally Posted by AkibaSilver

I've not been commenting much, but while I've been enjoying the Keiwa/Michi arc of the last few episodes, I feel it accidentally made an issue that's come to the forefront here. Ace has been in a more minor role pretty much since the Grand End, which was good for everyone else's development, but it leaves this big dramatic showdown between the ultimate game master and our godlike protagonist feeling a little more empty than usual? It's not really this episode's fault, I still really enjoyed it, nice to have Girori back to show he really does believe in his own weird version of fighting for world peace (Takahashi really can't help but redeem people, can he?), but it's odd to have the final battle be a 2-episode rush.

There's nothing odd about it. Takahashi and his writers are so drunk with their own bullshit. Drunk people have a very bad sense of time. Drunk people keep drinking the night away, and before they realize it's morning already. The writers keep indulging themselves with their own bullshit, and before they realize it's episode 48 already. Heck, they were even still indulging themselves in episode 45 by making a totally useless reappearance of Kanato/KR Dapan.

At the very latest, they should've started to go deeper with Sueru's plan (if it exists at all) in episode 39. But instead, they made him disappear, and replaced him with a literal puppet character that added nothing to the story. Instead, we were given more useless arcs (Keiwa arc & Gang Rider arc). If you still haven't told anything about your main villain in the last 20% of your story, then you have a big problem. Sueru is basically Gifu v2.0. Or probably even worse than Gifu.

Well, what can we expect from drunk people? Stupid decisions.

This episode doesn't feel a little emptier than usual because Geats is empty in the first place. It's just the audience have finally realized that behind the facade of all those pretty and handsome actors, nice costumes, fancy camera tricks, and shiny, glittering visual effects, Geats is just an empty husk that tells no actual story. If everything can be changed, then nothing can be changed. Without change, there's no story. Nothing.