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The episode opens with lots of long shots along with the cold wind to show how this isn't the same warm, close group from episodes ago. The third shot does an excellent job of showing how fragmented the group is by having each character face a different direction when Ai enters.pic.twitter.com/7xU0zU5bUR

These two may be the same person, but they're from different worlds. The Ai on the left is more rejuvenated after facing more of her issues which is why her side has the water fountains. The Ai on the right has nothing on her side, immediately telling us she feels more empty.pic.twitter.com/UN3XKuR85j

The idea of parallel worlds that Kotobuki mentioned returned and was used meaningfully. They even kind of do the same type of overhead shot when talking about the topic, this time with two stairs representing two worlds as opposed to the infinite bridges from episode 9.pic.twitter.com/se0KwS2bkX

I've thought about this topic many times before. Just thinking about how different decisions in my life could've drastically changed me as a person. Seeing this idea being explored in Wonder Egg made me so intrigued but the context of who the other Ai is had me depressed...pic.twitter.com/RaVzlJOr5c

A simple visual shot used effectively here, having the other Ai on the left side of the shot while there's nobody on the right of her in this desolate hallway emphasizes her extreme loneliness. This is a very different Ai, one that didn't have Koito to help her in her despair.pic.twitter.com/hhMGDJanCD

OMG! Since the beginning, Ai was constantly yearning to become a happier person, I was talking about that a lot of my earlier threads! Now that I'm seeing Ai in full confidence, tears from her eyes, saying that she's "super happy", I'm emotional, that moment rocked!pic.twitter.com/RzS6PfhTxJ

It appears that this other Ai died from overdosing on drugs and drowning herself. The water dripping like teardrops parallels her internal sadness. There's also the drain, the other Ai saw suicide as a way of draining all of her negative emotions away.pic.twitter.com/ajZX1q2DpQ

As the other Ai is thinking about her suicide, the mother's voice snaps her back. This ep will highlight the mother's constant love and support which the other Ai didn't acknowledge. This voice also comes from Ai, showing how she's now able to support others just like her mother.pic.twitter.com/CZm6Aczwk9

A Sawaki Wonder Killer??? LFG!!! It's also worth noting that aside from the numerous End of Eva memes people are going to make of Sawaki's head, the paints are the same colors as Ai's pen. It's an interesting detail that I don't know what to make of yet.pic.twitter.com/iCKwqm35Ya

Ai drinking milk represents her need for motherly love since milk is a symbol of motherhood. Even when she's about to leave for school, doesn't go, and immediately comes back, her mother is fully supportive of her. Her mother's love is another thing that saved her.pic.twitter.com/219aBxKl5x

This Sawaki is a manifestation of the other Ai, and even Ai's, doubts and suspicions towards Sawaki. The other Ai sees him as monstrous, especially after he started dating her mother, she didn't have the support of others to break her from this negative image she had of Sawaki.pic.twitter.com/fx7jcxOq4M

Ai falls in the water and we get the first-person perspective of Koito pulling her out. It reinforces this idea that people need others to resurface and not drown in their own sadness. This might also hint that Ai has tried suicide in the past, but Koito was there to protect her.pic.twitter.com/gVlcCXuWc1

The adult world is a selfish, scary place, one that both Ais fear, so dying while retaining one's youth was once an idea on both of their minds. However, Ai moved past this fear and grew as a person, the other Ai didn't and allowed that fear to consume her.pic.twitter.com/E6bT1TZmSo

Ai's mother really was one of the MVPs of this show and this episode really spotlighted it! Also, the simple message of enjoying life since you only live once is always a beautiful thing to explore. People, as someone who was like Ai, definitely take that message to heart.pic.twitter.com/o70qNtkxzH

I haven't done this in a thread in a while but... HOLY SHIT WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING SCENE! I HAVE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE RAW EMOTIONS I WAS FEELING DURING THIS MOMENT AND AHHHH, THIS WAS EVERYTHING! SHE SMASHED THE WORLD'S SHELL!pic.twitter.com/3iAAAhY8xK

This Sawaki is a jerk! I love how he's framed behind the fence surrounding the roof, it really emphasizes how he's truly the last barrier that both Ais need to overcome, that barrier being the suspicions and doubts she had for Sawaki as well as her own self-hatred.pic.twitter.com/qpvEITM4Mg

As someone who has a single mother and who can empathize a bit with Ai here, this scene was so fucking good and reminded me of all the times my mother supported me when I was down, and the time I realized this and wanted to start giving back that love and support. This show...pic.twitter.com/VxyV5VmXYf

Once again... HOLY SHIT! Ai loves and supports her mother, she breaks that barrier between them, breaks the barrier created by her doubts, suspicions, and self-hatred, and fucking annihilates the fuck out of asshole Sawaki! If there was ever a moment to shout "MY MC", it's here!pic.twitter.com/CbsNlVqgIE

Ai made this comment earlier about not knowing Koito at all, and Neiru in a flashback refers to Koito as a fake friend. Ai became Koito's friend because she wanted someone to depend on. Koito and her weren't close, but not being alone anymore was enough to keep her living.pic.twitter.com/OFZwG5Z3u3

Now that Ai has gone through this whole emotional journey of self-discovery, becoming happier, learning to love herself more, destroying her fear of growing up, accepting the help of others, and believing in herself, I have one statement to make. Ai has matured.pic.twitter.com/Up78DmperB

Going back to an earlier scene, I like how when Ai says she got stronger, the other Ai is framed in from of a mirror but not looking at it. Now we get the other Ai looking directly at a mirror image of herself, solidifying her resolve to become stronger.pic.twitter.com/yJbe5RNTcd

Bruh, what the fuck?!?!? Also, the shock from that must've been so much to the point where she immediately woke up and checked to see if her eyeball was there. The other Ai protected her from possibly dying by doing the unthinkable...pic.twitter.com/UW7qOBcG1Y

Remember this important detail from episode 1? If the other Ai didn't give Ai her own eye, Ai might've died... It was either that or Ai would've not had an eye when she woke up. There is just so much that I don't want to think about, this episode's ending is just chilling.pic.twitter.com/mel6R3i5DW