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Feb 9, 2021
The sequel to the well known and one of the highest rated animes of all time, Steins Gate, the anime that took 2011 by storm as the best anime of the year. In my eyes, this show's sequel deserves just as much recognition, if not more, and as deserving of a top rated anime as the original series, because this is without a doubt one of the best executed continuations of a well done story. People usually assume a sequel would destroy a already wrapped up anime heavily, this is not the case for Steins Gate as while it does continue to add onto the plot and story of the already perceived ending of Steins Gate, it does not actually change the outcome, more so, it adds onto it giving more depth and meaning then what was already described. The soundtrack was AMAZING, you want to feel a solemn of despair? Get hit with a piano Gate of Steiner. Want to feel like you just saw a miracle happen before your eyes with enjoyment? Re-awaken captures that feeling immensely well. The original series has done wonders with its own soundtrack, and zero is no exception, while burrowing some key OSTs from the original such as believe me and Gate of Steiners it also opens up more with new additions to give you that extra feeling while seeing a powerful scene in the world of Steins Gate Zero. The artwork is decently done, nothing over the top but it does not lack, for a show like Steins Gate decently done animation is good enough, while I was expecting more of a leap in animation quality, in the most important scenes the studio does seem to add more of a spark and quality to make the impact just that more powerful, so the lack of improvement animation wise can be ignored for the most part as they still keep true to that original Steins Gate anime feel. Character development is done fantastically well, focusing mostly on Okabe Rintarou and Mayuri whilst also adding on depth to existing characters and introducing new characters that also have well done backstories for the most part. Enjoyment overall? Very very much, the slow pacing that the original series suffered the first couple of episodes is not present, but while the immense hole left in the series due to the removal of Kurisu in the story may discourage you to watch this sequel, it has to me too so I decided to keep a distance for a while, how wrong I was, I still found very much enjoyment of this show and in my opinion, deserves a rating of a 10 in my eyes. Is it better than the original Steins Gate? Most will say no, but im part of the minority and would say yes, the set-up of Steins Gate was wonderful and hugely successful, but I still felt a bit lacking on the character that is Hououin Kyouma, a major part of Okabe Rintarou's personality, and even at the end of Steins Gate I felt mildly annoyed at this part of Okabe. Moreover, the lack of pacing in the first 10 episodes still does mildly keep me from giving Steins Gate worthy of the number 10. However, Zero showed me a much more painful side of Okabe, not just for some days like in Steins Gate, but a side and emotion so broken and hurt that Okabe never dared to dawn his signature lab coat we all know and resonate with him, and never appearing or even acknowledging the lab he once felt so connected with. Zero showed me how painful a loss of your loved one to save another is, the art of sacrifice, the acknowledgement of this sacrifice, and living with this sacrifice that only you know and acknowledge, the action you did but nobody else would ever know. You're the only one who can carry this burden, to everyone else this never happened. The pain of living with memories that can never be carried on is already painful, but being the only one to remember, that the specific person is non existent and left no trace. I, myself, was hurt just by seeing our main character, the one we despised when he was acting goofy, but also loved, being a shell of his former self, broke, depressed, mentally unstable. A now normal college student with PTSD whenever someone just mentions of the mere words, time travel. Steins Gate never showed this side of Okabe to this amount of extent, how dark Zero became, even more so then Steins Gate, is a absolute masterpiece to develop Hououin. Additionally, since Zero is a add-on to the original series, the slow pace is not as prominent here, since we are already accustomed to most of the characters in season 2, and the new introduced characters were developed reasonably well within the span of this sequel. Because of how Zero had such a affect on my entire view on anime, what I thought my emotion through anime could only be achieved through meaningless deaths and sacrifices, or amazing fight scenes on shounen animes and empty resurrections just for plot, was once again shown, but not through a ending of a happy romance anime ending, not a confession, not a badass fight scene or even a return of a character. I was being overwhelmed with emotions by a man wearing a lab coat once again and laughing like a maniac. I kid you not, but that scene had me in tears, and the soundtrack was no slouch either, hearing that music as the instruments progressed into stronger power, I knew stuff was gonna go down, but even though I knew I still had tears in my eyes anyway. As of now I have yet to feel such emotion from any other anime to this extent, from something that seems so meaningless.
Fans of Steins Gate, I assure you this sequel is no slouch, fellow lab members,
el psy congroo.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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