LogFAQs > #964721945

I finished Steins;Gate. I think I prefer the VN experience more, I liked the routes/alternate endings that the anime didn't cover. Still, it was definitely a good adaptation! My only complaints are ones that I had for the VN too (The Mr. Braun twist in particular always felt dumb to me, and Okabe takes a dumb amount of time to realize things sometimes, like that Ruka turned into a girl or the D-mails changed things). Okabe, Kurisu, and Mayuri are all amazing characters. I love the time travel plot.

I do want to say, though, that I think episode one of the anime was kind of bad. I'd played the VN so I understood everything it was setting up and could follow it because of that, but man it jumped around way more than I remember from the VN. It went from the lecture to the halls and back and forth again without giving anything enough room to breathe. Add in the fact that the first half of the anime is focused on build-up and I'm glad I played the VN first, it made me appreciate everything more than if I'd gone in blind. The latter half is where all the important parts are, though, and the anime certainly nailed those.

Now to maybe track down the OVAs, the movie, and eventually watch Steins;Gate 0