Aug 13, 2011
I find Steins;gate the best anime of this year (till now), it really cheers me up when I dropped unusually boring animes one after another. I also liked Ano hana for the record, but sci-fi gives me more space of thinking into the show.
Story - 9
I'm glad that I managed to endure the first 3 episodes which are only introductions and are REALLY making people dropping it. But when the plot begins to involve with time travelling, I start to feel that there might be a good story. The main-route story is nice and imaginative. While I thought that the anime is for fun and
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jokes at the 1st episode, unexpected realities appeared one by one which makes me yell "how can that be" but yet logical and when I thought about the whole story again after each episode, I got new explanation about past and more imaginations about after. Indeed I can't help myself and played the whole game at about epi 13. Nevertheless the story is among the best of sci-fi animes. Also there are plenty of relax times in the show that give me a laugh and, since I like tsukkomi, I found them quite interesting.
Art & Sound - 8
Firstly I liked the OP. Next, "Believe me" is my favourate BGM of the game and it also appeared in anime. The art is normal, not as superior as Hanasaku 1st episode, but as all animes now are of this average art level, who cares?
Character - 9
Very good character design as well as performance.
The two main characters - Kyoma and Cristina - are all of two charasteristics. Kyoma - or the Kyoma mode of Okabe - is quite crazy and always speaks meaninglessly. Cristina, on the other hand is tsundere and always do the job of tsukkomi. However, this "upside" characteristic gives good reflection to the "downside" charateristic where Okabe is kind-hearted, always helpful to others and Kurisu is an understanding person who always helps Okabe at the best moment. I liked all scenes when this two are together, making either jokes or moving moments.
The other characters are also vivid and I liked Suzuha (not because Tamura Yukari is the cast) for she resembles Takamachi Nanoha who is the "yasashii yet tsuyoi" kind of girl.
The 8 main characters as a whole is one of the best groups in animes I've watched.
Enjoyment - 10
Ok. I said I liked sci-fi and tsukkomi and netas, so... Plots involved with time travelling are sometimes confusing, and there are some parts in the story that are quite heavy. Despite this the anime is quite enjoyble.
Overall - 9
As of when I wrote this review, only 19 episodes have been aired. I look forward to watch the best part of the story. It's all for the choice by Steins;Gate. El Psy Congroo.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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