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
Сферический ВК в вакууме
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: