Jun 24, 2017
TL;DR : Have you watched it yet? and again? and again?
*THIS REVIEW MIGHT CONTAIN UNINTENTIONAL SPOILERS, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK*
Steins;Gate is something that I would personally rate as higher than outstanding. The feeling you get when you watch your favourite show as a kid on the TV when you haven't seen it in years. It feels like you belong here, all the emotions flowing into you. Happiness, Sadness, Pain, Cheer. The times of when you would sit outside and think that, life was worth living just to witness that. Well, a show like this only comes to be after many years, nothing
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truly spectacular ever shines beyond what is the norm. But Steins;Gate, that is something I would say definitely belongs there.
Steins;Gate will forever be in my books of anime to re-watch. When I'm older I will marvel at what I watched back in the day and think, how the hell did i understand any of this???
Well, time to crack down on the details
STORY: 10/10
I would say this is personally my favourite story I've ever seen read or played. The way it starts is slow, this may even bore you, but if you stick with it you realise that all of this was necessary to build up an explosion of intense drama.
The time travel, being the main plot device, was greatly executed. The wide range of theories and science covered in such a short time is amazing. Things like the butterfly effect, a really well known part of time travel is explored thoroughly and the way this effects Okabe psychologically is clearly represented in the show.
You will not expect such a massive increase in tension and suspense in the latter episode which leave you clinging to your seats making you beg for more until ultimately giving you a forever unquenched thirst for something that can rival this spectacular show.
ART: 7/10
The art dies its job. It gives off the correct amount of colour and detail for the situation but not much more. The was too little emphasis on what made the characters in the visual novel amazing. Despite this you can tell they worked hard with what they had and the colour scheme was spot on for the majority of the show. There isn't much else to say, it was standard art used in a show that had a lot of potential.
SOUND: 8/10
The OP in this anime is well suited for the show, it is the right amount of intensity for the beginning and the end. However, the 8 is for the background music, or to be precise, the lack of it. The music was quite plain and yes did successfully set the atmosphere, but didn't show the pure amazing-ness of the peaceful scenes. As for the voice actors and actresses I think they did a wonderful job of portraying the characters. i watched this in both dub and sub and they are both spectacularly presented. Good job to the VA's.
CHARACTERS: 10/10
This is what Steins;Gate got perfect.
The correct blend of different stereotypes with their own unique twist allow for interesting conversations that do not get even get a little bit boring. The main character being a person with chuunibyou or the female lead being a girl who's a meme addict who hides it with a tsundere personality.
The way the characters mature over time varies with the character.
In my opinion the anime shows the 3 different types of maturing.
1. Okabe
Okabe is the main character and therefore receives the most attention when it comes to building his character. You see him start off as a delusional man who is socially awkward and cannot comprehend what others think of him. But as the anime progresses you get to see many different sides to this character and events that happen lead to the direct changes in his personality to the point of where he throws away his 'fun' side nearly completely. We witness him change throughout and see the entirety of what he has to go through.
2. Kurisu
Kurisu is the main female lead of this show and therefore also receives a lot of attention. The building of her character is due to her witnessing the growing of someone else's character and her evolving to help that person (if you couldn't tell it's Okabe). She gets told by Okabe exactly what he's going through and you get to see her slowly start to become friends with him later on. This changes her character and allows for Okabe to have someone to lean on when the worlds against him.
3. Mayuri
This girl has a habit of making Okabe sad in the later episodes (You will know what I mean if you watch it). She just happens to be a good childhood friend of Okabe and they get along just fine. Except something happens again and again which Okabe doesn't like, but due to Mayuri not having any memory of it her character doesn't grow, but instead aids Okabe's growth as a character. Mayuri plays the innocent girl which the MC has to save, with her "tuturu"'s as well.
ENJOYMENT: 10/10
This show is enjoyable. There's all types of emotions I felt watching this, all coming together to brew into one ball of greatness that exceeds any other show by far. The way Steins;Gate toys with your feelings like they're worthless makes you welcome the show with your heart and in turn it will ruin it with depression so hard that you will never recover until Steins;Gate 0 is released. O have already re-watched this 4 times and this made me buy the manga and the game. This only reinforces that people should watch this show.
OVERALL: 10/10
I think you can tell I enjoyed this show. The show is worthy off the title 'masterpiece' that everyone seems to be throwing around a lot and that alone makes it worth while. If there is an anime you haven't watched yet, this takes priority.
This show has flaws of course. However, if you look at it from the right perspective, you can see past them flaws and embrace it for what it is.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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