Winter 2012 – Week 9 Anime Review

This week: why every match in Chihayafuru is remarkable and fascinating, filling the role of lead female in Persona 4, and why Another had one of the best beach episodes ever.

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.