I finished Steins;Gate some time ago, but recently I found myself thinking about a review from Steins;Gate now that it's got it's recognition and it's really nicely ranked on the site. This review is more about my thoughts on the Anime and not much a preview and may contain spoilers. So here I go.
Steins;Gate is one of those Animes that really catch my eye at a first glance. As you watch the first episode, you keep looking for common anime characters or common anime traits to try to settle what's going on with the Anime or where it will go, but to no avail. You
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really feel a bit lost at the begining, as the anime tells it's own story without giving you more than just hints on what's really happening, and without following major anime trends or themes(initially). So, no big fights, no big boobs, no "suddenly my life changed when I entered High School". And when I see this in an Anime, I know that there's something intersting coming, because the Anime is trying to tell it's own personal story, be it good or bad. Now what's really awesome, even outside of my personal tastes, is that this is one of those animes that gives us an original piece of something AND what a briliant piece it is! Following the middle of the story, you just can't move your eyes away from the screen and, by the end, you just can't hold your jaws up. Yes, that's right, this anime is what we call a masterpiece.
Steins;Gate starts very slowly, and introduces very crazy(interesting for me!) characters, like our beloved scientist Hoouin Kyouma. He keeps spouting nonsense and people around him seems to jupt keep up with him. It's easy to perceive that they are nothing more than internal jokes or "delusions" and we should expect someone who is a friend of his to be as crazy as him or extremly friendly or understanding, as we find the ones around him to actually be. And those characters really make up the show. It's easy to fall in love with them and their manias and personal stories that are very well developed throught the Anime. Even the "bad guys"(not actually bad guys) find a place in our hearts. Character development is impecable, specially for Kurisu and Kyouma, who change completely towards the end of the show without losing their essence. Other characters also develop, but more in a "revealing" way, as main events are more focused on the main characters. But their side stories stay as a major part of the show and are very, very entertaining. Last but not least, all characters have very remarkable and belivable(in their context) personalities that make the show so funny, sad and dramatic at the same time. So, 10 for characters!
The story, as I said, start kind of slow(not for me!) while building up a mysterious atmosphere(wich I personally love) towards events surrounding time travel, wich is the main (serious) theme. Okarin just can't keep away from that, as if a conspiracy is running in the shadows. It prepares us and feed us important information that allow us to understand and enjoy even more the events that succeed the introduction.
The scientist start to mess with time, trying to change the fate of the world, the true job of a "MAD SCIENTIST, SUNOVABITCH". Only to end up messing things a bit too much. Chaos distorts the world beyond the planned(what we call teh butterfly effect) and then Kyouma has to fix what he's done, but it's not an easy task! We embark on a journey involving action, drama, science(believable, much) where shit some times get totally out of control. This is the part where your eyes are glued to the screen. I just couldn't stand the wait, episode after episode, it's SO COOL. And, piece by piece, the story unfolds into a beautiful plot that will leave your mind blewn while, at the same time, entartaining you and your feelings to the max. By the end, you're just amazed by the story and the emotional rollercoaster feels really great. It has briliant thinking, wrap up all the mysteries perfectly and you're just satisfied with what you just watched, all of that summed with a very nice work on the scientific side including time travel. Steins;Gate really tells the story using plausible explanations and event that follow all the rules of physics and reasonable, believable logic. I say believable because when logic is applied to events that may result in paradoxes, today's scientific explanations are all based on theories that, some times, seem to go beyond ou understanding of what's really possible. But this Anime follows what a good article on physics and time theory would say. So, for a story that entertains, is a perfect combinatin of funny, sad and action packed scenes(action as in making you sit in the tip of your chair), concludes epicaly and is in the good side of Science, 10 for story!
Well, about the Art and Sound, I usually am not very specific on these because I think that Art is not something good or bad, it's something fitting. Same for the sound. But I find almost no complaints in this section of this anime.
For the Art, the anime features a good drawing that fits extremly well with this scientific, yet comedic and emotional show. But it has not anything that is specially beautiful, hard to draw or to animate. Nothing that makes your eyes shine, but I must give Art a 9 for the really fitting design and almost flawless animation in what it does animate.
For the sound, Steins;Gate has some really nice themes that fit very well the very diferent moments that the Anime features, but no one of them is really something to remember. That may be a good point, because that means that it doesn't steals all the atention from the sreen. But I must emphatize that the OSTs in the Anime really contribute for the scenes and deserve praise. The opening really is notable, even if I personally didn't enjoy it as much as most people did. About the ending, I actually really liked it, more than the opening. All in all, the sound score of Steins;Gate deserves a 9 too.
Enjoyment: Well, I guess that all that I previously said contributes to this. I really loved this anime. I'm a fan of this one since the first few episodes, and I remember when most peple had just dropped it because they didn't like the pacing. Look where this anime is now, third place(as I write this review) on the site. I really think that people should change their ways of predicting if an Anime is going to be good or not. Steins;Gate is a perfect example of that. I am even very surprised at how high this anime got, because people usually don't go throught their "cover judging". Steins;Gate really is an anomaly in this kind of anime. Cough... 10 for enjoyment!
Concluding, I really recommend this anime to EVERYONE. Even to people who don't usually watch anime. I have a list of animes that I think are meant to eveyone, not just anime viewers, and this anime is on top of that list, together with animes like Shin Sekai Yori or movies like Ghost in the Shell. Just bear the "slow beginning" of the anime(imagine the roller coaster cart going up the rail) and then enjoy one of the best rides you will ever get.
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