Steins;Gate: Oukoubakko no Poriomania

I am a huge fan of the Steins;Gate series, but this is a really unnecessary addition which has nothing to say.

The OVA trots every character out just long enough to do something in-line with their dominant character trait before trotting them off again. Even the main characters feel underdeveloped, you learn nothing new about them and the build-up to the finale is almost non-existent.

The problem is it's about the relationship between Okabe and Kurisu and the main series has already told this story and done it a million times better. All we're left with is the bits we didn't need to see told in the ... dullest, least imaginative way possible.

Let's get one thing straight here, this extra episode does not "tie up loose ends." It's simply an episode premiering Suzuha's mom, and reinforcing that yes, now Okabe and Makise are "together" again. Other than that, it is just a comedic relief episode, with almost no real content in it. It's not terrible by any means really, if you liked the series then yes, you will like this added episode, but this was not even close to needed.

Like I mentioned, there's almost no real content in here, and really no plot. They get to go to America, there's a couple funny scenes, we get to ... meet Daru's wife, and then there's a romance scene. That's it. The art, music, and voices are the same, so there's not much to comment on there. If you want to watch an episode of Steins;Gate that isn't totally serious and drama ridden, then I'm sure you'll like this. It's just a light hearted little extra for people who like a side of romance, so I give it about a 5.

Nothing much other than an extra episode for Steins; Gate. It doesn't really add anything major to the world and is just there for like what happened after the end of the series. There is minor character exposition but otherwise there isn't anything else. We see some of the supporting characters again and the writing was solid.

The visuals are still high quality I didn't see any CG and the music is well done pretty much identical to the series. If you just simply want more Steins Gate then this is it but otherwise like I said before there is really nothing else.