The story of the original Steins;Gate was awesome but when it came to my overall satisfaction of the series, it lacked a bit. It may have been it’s old anime style and it’s somewhat dated look. But in the end, I expected to be more excited bu the show that I really was. With that mind set I started watching Steins; Gate 0 and immidiately noticed something. It’s that I absolutely love it. The music was great. The animation was great. And most of all. It’s certainly my time. Dark and gloomy. I always wondered, what type of stories I like. Or what’s a common characteristic of my most rated and loved shows. It’s through watching this that I understood that I fall over heels for tragedy that’s done well. This story all in all is quite tragic. With Okabe unable to get over his fears and has gone through such devestation to make him even loose his mad scientist persona. Even then, the plot’s complexity doesn’t change and I love it. Yeah, I had to spend a couple of days just thinking about it to fully straighten myself with the whole world line scenarios but still. It was definitely worth it. This sequal truly put the Steins;Gate trilogy in my book as show’s you’d love once you go in neck deep. Along side movies like inception and books like recursion.
On top of this. How can I not mention the animation of Okabe’s Reading Steiner. I mean, I was completely blown away the first time I saw it. It’s just so satisfying plus scary at the same time.
Watching the first Steins;Gate didn’t exactly make a a believer of this world or it’s characters. It was entertaining somewhat but that’s it. It didn’t leave a lasting impression on me. But this second season totally left a lasting impression while at the same time involving me deeply inside it’s world and it’s characters.