Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
VeiledEdge
This Steins;Gate special delivers about as ideally as you would expect from a Steins;Gate special. It looks and feels exactly like you'd expect it to, and it tackles some very relevant plot points. It's like a ribbon that nicely ties in some questions left over from the main series.
I'll do a quick breakdown of what it entails:
The first half is a bit of comedy and world-setting, very similar to the series itself. The second half, it spends dissecting Kurisu's (and Okabe's) interpretations of their conceptions of the other world lines they experience as well as introducing a character I can't talk about at all without spoiling it.
This exploration of reality in terms of world lines, memories, and dreams that happens between Kurisu and Okabe is the primary incentive of the special. Thei…
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Steins;Gate Episode 25 Review only!
(There will be SPOILERS in my review)
[REVIEW]
This isn't how I usually write my reviews but writing an OVA review using my format was impossible so I'll switch my review format only for this review.
When I first watched the 25th episode, I thought it was the official final episode. I never realized the 25th episode was an OVA until someone on the internet told me that the 25th episode was an OVA. At least the OVA was canon, based on what I've read from multiple sources.
So..Okabe has entered the Steins;Gate world line where none of the characters died and now they live happily ever after. In this OVA episode or Special episode or whatever you want to call it, Okabe and the gang (and by gang, I mean Mayuri, Daru, and Ruka) has been invited by Faris…
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Normally when you finish an anime and then you read there's a OVA, you usually think its an episode with no plot and just cheap fun, just to remember the characters. Usually with fanservice. But not here, White Fox just gave us a sequel of the True Ending of Steins;Gate and god, how I loved it!
I'll talk about the episode so, if you don't want to be spoiled, skip =)
After all the suspense and drama of the original S;G, maybe a month later, I'm not sure, Okabe is still a mad scientist. The only mention of Kurisu made an impression in Okabe, it was obvious that he wanted to see her again. It was logical that Kurisu wasn't there, it made sense. I was not watching the classic "character popurri" that almost always takes places in OVAs. Then Daru adresses to Kurisu like "tsundere as always" s…
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It's just a special bonus episode, but... ***WARNING: SPOILERS*** anyways.
Story: 7/10
Didn't particularly care for the story in this episode but I understand that as a special you can't really have a complicated and deep plot.
Art: 9/10
It was great as usual.
Sound: 4/10
Yeah... sorry but I cringed a lot at the voice actors' attempts to speak English. It was difficult to take them seriously because it was just... too thick of a Japanese accent. They need to work on their English I guess :P Character: 8/10
I found it really cool to see the future mother of Suzuha :D
Enjoyment: 6/10
Not a whole lot happened in it, was a little bored aside from a few parts.
Overall: 7/10
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This is essentially a 24 minute epilogue to Stines;Gate. Stines;Gate was one of the first anime I ever watched. Seeing this so many months later reminded me how much I liked the characters in Stines;Gate. Just to see them in all their unique glory be together is incredibly enjoyable. It also has a great ending with the words "closer your eyes" and then the playing of the full Stines;Gate theme. If you have finished Stines;Gate, don't miss a chance to be with these great characters again. 9/10.
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Personally, I started watching Steins;Gate because of its plot which involves time travel time paradoxes, and etc. The problem with this special episode is that it contains little to no "essence" of what Steins;Gate really was all about.
Story: 6
Again the story had nothing to do with the whole Steins;Gate. It focused too much on the romance with little Sci-Fi. The plot consists of Feyris inviting them to L.A. There Hououin Kyouma starts acting like himself thus creating funny and stupid situations. Okabe also wants to come to closure with Makise. The rest of the plot is romance.
Art: 8
I bought the blu-ray edition for this so obviously I expected a great art and scenery.
Sound: 8
Same I also expected it.
Character: 6 (SPOILER)
It mostly focused on Makise and Okabe which is to no surpr…
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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 seriou…
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Steins;Gate is still one of my favorite series of all time because it makes you cry, laugh and feel something you've never felt before. In the time I finished steins;gate series, I decided to watch this.
This OVA is perfect to watch after you finish series, because it's happening just after it all ended. You just get this feeling like:" I missed you all ". I was a bit skeptical about this OVA, but I'm not disappointed, because this made me cry once more. There is no real plot or something interesting so anyone who didn't watch series, don't watch this neither.
Characters are still the same, Okabe is a "mad-scientist" with this charismatic voice and funny acts, Daru is a pervert who still likes Faris, Mayuri is still a lovely girl who cares a lot about her friends and Kurisu is still den…
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After marathoning the whole TV series I could not resist watching its sequel, this OVA, Oukoubakku no Poriomania (or in English, Egoistic Poriomania) right away - and I was not disappointed at all. It is just as beautiful as its prequel, and I am talking about the final scene. It was not serious, but it would be redundant anyway. Feiris has to go to America and invites her friends - the laboratory members. They visit Kurisu, but she lost her memories about the other world lines, but her life in the other world lines always appears in her dreams. The kiss scene in episode 22 also once appeared in her dreams. In the end of this special episode, Kurisu and Okabe are finally together again. I was so happy when I saw that scene.
Actually Steins;Gate has not changed here. Okabe is still the mad…
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This is a special 1 off Episode added to the BluRay release.
Was shocked to find this follows on from where the finished the series a few months after.
The plot is Feyris is going over to America to attend a convention to play the board game she played in the series, Feyris can bring over guests so asks her fellow Lab members to join her plus reunite themselves with Kurisu who is over in the US.
I enjoyed the different setting, but something was lacking for me, it felt too much content shoved in one episodes and somewhat glossed over parts or skipped sections all together. This is prevelent in how the concluded the Kurisu/Okobe part which i felt disappointed by, was wrapped up too quickly and for my was simply rushed, it's frustrating this technically is the last episode of what was a s…
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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 did 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.
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I usually really hate watching OVAs because they are always not relevant to the story. But after watching the anime Steins;Gate from start to the end, I did felt that something else was missing or it lacked something. It was the romance between Okabe and Kurisu, I wanted more of the 'Mad Scientist's' craziness and my curiosity of who Daru marries. And so, this OVA gave me a clean finish to the anime. It was worth the watch.
I recommend people to watch this only after the anime or else, you won't enjoy it as much as I did.
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Tutturu...!!
This really made my life a lot more comfortable! I really love seeing Okarin, Kurisu and Mayuri all together again I really loved it :') to think of it people that are attached to Steins;Gate really love this OVA! But then I already know that everyone that is attached to Steins;Gate already watch it and I guarantee they felt very comfortable and happier after watching this, and of course wanting to see them more!! I Can't wait for the movie I'm dying to watch it now :') Cheers Overall 10/10 Makise Kurisu :')...
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If you are not a fan of Steins;Gate, then you will not enjoy this special episode. But if you are a fan, this is a good conclusion episode. It answered a lot of open questions that the main TV series left us, and gave a better picture of what's going to happen in the world line called Steins;Gate.
The episode somehow changed its focus from a mystery science to a love story that conquers time and space. Its completely relaxing and is really a good conclusion to the story.
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Oh the memories that this brings back...
[review doesn't have spoilers]
I remember watching Steins;Gate due to a friend's recommendation. I didn't really expect much; it was science fiction. In my head, science fiction solely revolved around giant mechas and melodramatic teenagers with daddy problems. Surprisingly, I got into it, and I caught up to the 22 episodes in a day. Then the last two episodes aired. The feeling while watching it on-going is completely different than marathoning through it. For me, it was one week of constant trepidation; I was expecting the worst [probably slightly exaggerated]. Then it was followed by a week of being ridiculously pumped up; I vividly remember speculating on the finale with a friend, those were some really great memories. When the finale came; it…
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NNNOOOOOOSSTTTALGIAAAAAAAAAA DRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYBU~
Five months after the original series, this is the best line I could describe my feelings while I'm watching the OVA
When I first hear the word OVA, the first thing that comes to my mind is "filler" or pretty much something pointless to the plot and just an episode for enjoyment that is mostly composed of fanservice but instead White Fox gives us a little sequel to the original series, which is AWESOME.
This OVA greatly met my expectations, it has almost everything that I enjoyed in the original series. Well first of all is the romance between Okabe and Kurisu then the complete cuteness of Mayuri to the English speaking Okabe that got him caught by the police two times in a row. But of course, there was also suspense, from Okabe running d…
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I remember when I finished Steins;Gate. I was left yearning for more, that last speck of satisfaction and glowing epicness that just made me.....feel perfect. But knowing that Steins;Gate was so epic, I didn't want it to go on, simply because sequels usually, quite frankly, suck. But then again, this wasn't a Hollywood movie; no, that's because it was so much more. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Steins;Gate, tying up loose ends.
As usual, the story is stellar. Told perfectly and fluidly, it never misses a beat and keeps up its slightly fast-paced, yet humorous plot points. The entire time, I had a grin from ear to ear; if there wasn't comedy, there were several points of abrupt seriousness that left one with a sense of accomplishment. I couldn't soak in enough Okarin Kirusu and M…
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Eagerly anticipating a sequel after a month having watched Steins;Gate, I was pleasantly blessed with an OVA special.
After the fantastic concluding scene of the original series, viewers probably shared my curiosity of: "what happens next?" The OVA certainly isn't something that I can recommend to people who haven't watched the series, as its plot (although considered a side story special) is a short continuation of Steins;Gate's aftermath. But since it carries the title of an OVA episode, it wasn't meant to include the familiar emotionally stressful setting in a 25 minute timespan. Rather, the Future Gadget Lab gets into a few comedic antics while reuniting with the principal heroine (Makise Kurisu) in America - mild fan service and all.
What set Steins;Gate apart from typical OVA spe…
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Steins;Gate: Oukoubakko no Poriomania is exactly what you would expect from an epilogue episode. It picks up sometime after the series ended to show what become of the characters. Because of this it is not particularly watchable if you haven't seen the series but then again it is not intended to be.
Most of the entertainment value for this type of show is derives from the pleasure of seeing characters you loved again; even if it is only for 25 minutes. To that effect this OVA succeeds on every level. It is like a reunion with friends.
I will conclude by saying, it leaves me with high hopes for the movie.
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White Fox does it again.
Instead of a generic beach episode that we witnessed maybe a million times already in many different anime series we get a true sequel to the Steins;Gate anime series in this special titled: Oukoubakko no Poriomania or in English Egoistic Poriomania.
And this special has everything. EVERYTHING!
Extremely funny comedy moments. Strong plot moments. Romance. Okarin speaking hilarious English. Christina with cat ears and in a maid uniform. Daru in an Hawaiian shirt. A Suzuha 'look-alike' that drinks with Okarin in a bar.
White Fox knows how to spend their budget right. If you seen many anime series you know that usually in these kind of special extra episodes we get some crappy beach episodes and not true sequels to their respective series.
But White Fox knows how…
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