Critics noted E08 as “unusually exhausting” and “refusing to let the protagonist off the hook.” Viewers on fan forums complained of “too many meetings.” We interpret this negative feedback as evidence of success: the lossless form produces the exact discomfort that lossy narratives normally anesthetize. The episode’s low “rewatchability” is a feature, not a bug—it resents being consumed as entertainment.
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