Dr. Nick: Oh look, civilians. This added Director's Cut scene gives us a brief glimpse that Tokyo-3 is still an inhabited place, even though the plot is starting to be so deep and the original production so frayed that whatever above-surface normality is left is starting to lose all meaning.
The general fan consensus has always been that the DC additions are needed and worthwhile ones, and you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find a contrarian who thinks otherwise, but when you know what you're looking for, the transitions between the DC money shots and the by this point very, very limited original animation can feel lowkey janky.
