Same comments, different views:
When you hover the "replied to" name, a popover with the parent comment pops up and you can open them in a chain like on image boards:
(I spent way too much time refining these popovers and rewrote them twice)
Oh and now when you click this "show previous comments" thingy, the scroll position is retained
When you hover the "replied to" name, a popover with the parent comment pops up and you can open them in a chain like on image boards: