Aikoto Moments: Episode Aigis vs The Answer
Finished Episode Aigis, so time to gather what was added & what was removed in comparison to The Answer!
As usual, lots of images and SPOILERS for the entire game below the cut.
I won't be going over the moments that were either still included or left intact, I'll cover that in another post!
Additions
✤ We now have not only an Aikoto Opening, but also an entire song detailing Aigis' feelings after he's gone and throughout Episode Aigis: Disconnected.
✤ We also have a new battle theme, Don't, which focuses on Aigis' feelings during the conflict with SEES all while containing references to her feelings for Makoto ("Only had one wish now it's never gonna come true. Trapped in time, forever in remorse, how could I ever be in peace when nothing else matters to me?")
✤ We get a new cutscene with Aigis' reaching out for Makoto during her awakening.
✤ A new comment from Metis that shares some insight about how Aigis feels at being the Leader instead of Makoto.
✤ When Metis describes the fulfilment she feels whenever Aigis gifts her something, players have the option to let Aigis reply "I think I understand." If they do, they will get this dialogue from Metis.
✤ There's an added line after Mitsuru tries to explain why Yukari has been feeling jealous of Aigis.
✤ Aigis' Trophy is named after her dream of chasing after Makoto.
✤ Aigis now reaches out for Shadow!Makoto when he dissolves before their eyes.
✤ We get two dictionary entries involving Aikoto.
✤ Unlike in the original game, this time Aigis' possible fate is kept from SEES. Selfless as she is, Aigis says she doesn't want them to worry about her when they're focused on Makoto.
✤ After Aigis' awakens to her powers, she is under the impression that reaching the Answer to Life could mean her death. This is the same in The Answer as well, but Episode Aigis adds a new comment from Aigis during her confrontation with Metis showing just how indifferent she has become to her own life. She truly lost her reason to live when she lost Makoto :(
✤ The first line has always been in The Answer, but Aigis saying that she wouldn't willingly put Metis through what she went through herself after losing Makoto is new.
✤ Since the SEES confrontation is now handled differently, some lines are added and some are rearranged. Among the additions is Yukari questioning Aigis' feelings for Makoto, which leads Aigis to reaffirm them before she fights her.
✤ In The Answer, Aigis says that she understands Yukari's feelings. Here, she outright says that she wants him back too.
✤ We get two new shots of the rooftop scene during the Erebus cutscene.
✤ There are a few new lines during the ending, including one where Yukari says Aigis' must have inherited Makoto's power because she's the one most like him.
✤ While this scene is the same in The Answer, this time we're properly shown Aigis' tears 😭
✤ This time around, there are fully visible cherry blossom petals blowing past Aigis as she stands on the rooftop, yet another reference to those last moments she spent with him.
✤ During the ending sequence, we see Aigis looking back over her shoulder as she walks through the Moonlight Bridge (the place that started it all for her and Makoto). Lastly, cherry blossoms welcome her when she reaches the school.
Omissions
✤ Aigis awakening to Orpheus is handled differently. This time we only see Makoto's back (like in Aigis' dream), instead of Makoto smiling at her (in a clear parallel to Makoto's own awakening to Orpheus).
✤ This Elizabeth line seems to be gone. Or at least, I didn't get it.
✤ This heartbreaking game over screen is gone, too :(
✤ In The Answer, when Yukari talks about her promise to Makoto, she explicitly compares it to Aigis' by saying "It wasn't a promise like yours...". Here instead of comparing them, they have Yukari clarify that her promise wasn't made to Makoto, but to herself:
✤ This line below is replaced by Aigis saying that she, too, wants Makoto back.
✤ The lines below were replaced as well:
✤ As she finally breaks down in The Answer, Aigis says that she thinks she's finally at peace with losing him. She no longer says it in Episode Aigis.
✤ The original credits begin with Aigis and end with Makoto (a parallel to the credits of The Journey, which begin with Makoto and end with Aigis), but Makoto was removed all-together from the credits in Episode Aigis :(
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Lance from Voltron is something else man… like yes I want to do face masks with you but I also want to witness you literally wrecking people. That can be interpreted in different ways.
Like his boyfriend, he’s so babygirl and zaddy at the same time. Except he isn’t really zaddy… he’s like… sir. Do you get this???
Like he’s too babygirl to be zaddy, but not enough babygirl to be a babygirl… so, we have sir.
He’s so skrunkly… so awhbwhbwyg!!!hehe. So dorky and adorable. Adorkable. But when he gets serious oh no my airflow is suddenly getting constricted I’m gasping hollering for hair help me haha I’m so fine (I’m really not), you know? Like you want him to grab you or something (replace you with Keith)
Maybe sir isn’t the right word… he’s like dude bro… but hot????
Idk really, but when you think about it, just think about post canon Lance.
Of course, he’s still very babygirl wifey with the most snatched waist known to man kind, but…. He’s actually kinda zaddy material.
I’d like to think he teaches at the Garrison while helping on the farm like on weekends or something?? Just a mix of both but he does work on the farm more in the summer
So his skin is like a few tones darker than before, he gains muscle and strength because of the frequent manual labor, he (probably) starts eating a healthier diet from just food goo and the occasional dish Hunk will cook up. Combine that with other things Lance would totally do (morning walks, swimming frequently, etc.), you get a guy literally straight men would drool over. Also, malewife potential. Don’t ask me why. Just. Malewife.
So, in conclusion, Lance is an adorkable little skrunkly which Keith could get on his knees for and call him sir.
( I don’t even know if that post-canon part is canon-compliant I just needed to get this out of my system)
(I am rereading this. What was I on??? Probably pure desire.)
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