Steins;Gate – 18

Do you prefer the trap-tastic male Ruka or the emotional female Ruka?

Steins;Gate – 17

Answers! Glorious answers!  And the return of Faris Nyannyan, too.  Is this episode the tipping point where everything begins to be resolved and life will return back to the way it once was?  It sure seems so.

Steins;Gate – 16

Is going beyond 1% on the Divergence Meter and entering a new timeline truly solving the issues before us or is it simply an escape in order to avoid the problems caused by time travel?

Steins;Gate – 15

Despite Okabe being the founder of the Future Gadget Lab, being Lab Member 001, and becoming the father of time travel, among other accolades and accomplishments, he’s never really felt like a leader.  He just seemed like the one who cared too much and bossed others around for his own selfish purposes.  And we know at times, like the past few episodes, he took the entire burden of messing up time and Mayuri’s numerous deaths all upon himself.  But that’s all changed.  It finally feels right to call Okabe a leader, especially after all he did in this episode.

Steins;Gate – 14

Even with all the doom and gloom going on in Steins;Gate, Kurisu still is a beacon of light for Okabe.  Her intellect, attitude, and thoughtfulness were again brought to the forefront in this episode and it’s about time we examine just how great a person Kurisu is.

Steins;Gate – 13

Steins;Gate casts a wide net to create a diverse audience of anime fans.  There are elements present to please every fan, from the sophisticated/elitist fans, who enjoy storytelling, mystery, and intriguing science fiction, to the more otaku/repetative fans, who enjoy nekomimi maids with their traps.  I often felt these elements would create a schism between Steins;Gate fans since the different pods of anime fans have dissimilar preferences in their anime and they’d enjoy the anime for opposite reasons.  Well, this episode provided a new element that both sides are sure to enjoy.  And that is action.

Steins;Gate – 12

I’m hoping Steins;Gate takes some time soon to go back and answer some of the questions raised in the previous episodes before continuing down yet another unexplained and mysterious timeline.