Steins;Gate 0

Just amazing. You need to watch the first season "Steins;Gate" to understand and love this one.

It obviously couldn't live up to the outstanding first season, but for what it was up against...it did amazing! The characters are again the main focus of the show, and it works great, the characters are loveable and annoying when they need to be. They took a risk completely changing Okabes personality and it works also, for the most part, towards the end when he turns back to his old self it gets a bit messy. The plot is goood, not great, there is some repetition from the first season but overall is original. The beginning of the steins gate;0 is the best part, it opens so incredibly with the best pacing, simple story line different characters. Tbh the new characters are alright, they didn't feel like they added much to the chemistry between them, and were simply there for plot purposes. The ending was also alright, a bit confusing, a bit aggravating honestly... I was waiting for something in particular to happen and when it didn't I was surprised but also sad that I didn't happen, cause it would have been incredible...I can't say what, it's a spoiler, I'm sure you know if you know. The whole Amadeus thing was also a really smart way of bringing back a past character without actually bringing them back, it is also what divides this season from the first and makes it stand out from othe timey-wimey nonsense shows. My only real complaint is that I kept forgetting what happened in previous episodes...I may just be stupid, I also did watch each episode at two in the morning...but I kept getting confused if I was watching the right thing. A worthy sequel anyways. 8/10.

Steins;Gate 0 is what would have happened if the emotion and seriousness were amped up right before the end of Steins;Gate. There isn't much else to say besides watch that and then this. It feels perfectly connected with the original plot yet has it's own uniqueness.

This is not the Steins;Gate you know, nor should it be. It's a whole new story just as great as the original. Amazing series.

Steins;Gate was an amazing anime that was full of twists and turns and a very heartwrenching story on sacrifice and moving on. Steins Gate 0 is more of that, but worse in many ways.

Most of the plot twists were really predictable especially since the anime beats you in the head with its 'hints' and assumes you wouldn't get it, but I knew where a lot of plot points were going just a few episodes in. A lot of the episodes feel disconnected and some of them are just repeating the exact same points: Okabe is depressed, Mayuri wants him to be happy, the other guys want to try and fix the timeline. It's the same few cliches done for a long time. The action scenes are also horrible, but thankfully they don't take much screen time.

That said, steins;gate 0 *is* a good sequel to the first, but keep your expectations low. Some scenes were really powerful, and in the end it feels like it wraps up the series in a fairly satisfying way. I'd give this a 6.5/10.