When Does Steins;Gate get good?

Alexioos95 said:


The first half is famous for being a little bit slow and boring if you are not interested in Time-travel explanations.
However , the second half is reputed as one of the best Thriller in the media , so just keep watching , it'll probably get "better" for you when the tone shift at the end of Episode 12.

__booth_ said:
bro I'm currently dissapointed, but apparently it gets good around episode 12 but idk man, already wasted time watching 5 episodes, would be a shame to just drop it so I hope it gets better so I don't waste more time

Koshiki_Zensu said:
It doesn’t really ever get good, I really really don’t understand why this has the rating it does, it’s so bad and just not special at all. I would really like to hear from others explaining what they find enjoyable about this anime.

__booth_ said:
It's been kinda difficult for me to get into this anime as there's nothing that's really making me want to watch, but maybe I have to wait until a certain episode until it gets good and I was wondering whereabouts this show actually gets interesting.

DCSuperman_293 said:
It was trash for me from 1 to 24. Really disappointed

DCSuperman_293 said:
It was trash for me from 1 to 24. Really disappointed

Aug1799 said:

hmmm this is just me.

So for me I'd say steins gate is amazing because of the complex plotline, ofc they don't rush through things and give proper time to set up the characters till episode 12 from where the real showtime begins, which in my eyes is the sign of a wonderful anime. I guess seeing all the things how they turn out in the second half of the show, it was so unexpected and full of twists and suspense. I didn't ever realise how the day went by as i binged through 24 episodes in one go. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

now that I've answered your question, can you explain to me what you felt was lacking. what were your expectations from the show which you felt were not met? I'm genuinely curious.

__booth_ said:
It's been kinda difficult for me to get into this anime as there's nothing that's really making me want to watch, but maybe I have to wait until a certain episode until it gets good and I was wondering whereabouts this show actually gets interesting.

DCSuperman_293 said:
That’s the kind of reply I expected from someone like you mmm what can I say …….just grow up

Pablurp said:

You like Sao so your opinion is invalid as I'm smoking on that SAO PACK RIP BOZO

Koshiki_Zensu said:
Ive never quoted before or posted anything to be honest, didn’t even know it was an option, so hopefully this looks right, cuz it looks weird for me right now. For me it was just mediocre sci fi nonsense covering up for a mediocre love story. I found the characters unlikable as well, and the fact that my friend has this anime rated 10/10 is beyond me, it was just really poor.

Aug1799 said:

now that I've answered your question, can you explain to me what you felt was lacking. what were your expectations from the show which you felt were not met? I'm genuinely curious.

uhboof said:

people like it because of the story, they think its complex but in reality its not that deep. They cut so much from the LN and made it unenjoyable. I find it crazy that people call the first 50% of the show boring and still proceed to give it a score of 10

cipheron said:


I know there's a dub, and I'm wondering how many people saw the dub vs the sub, and if they didn't like it.

The voice actor for the sub gave a pretty stellar performance, and that energy pulls a lot of the early scenes along. He does the full gamut from maniacal madman to deadpan snarking so well. It's seriously one of the best things in the show, considering the amount of screen time he has.

While in the dub version the actor's delivery is pretty flat the whole time from what i saw in episode one. I quickly decided that the dub version was unwatchable for that reason. Rintarou is just too critical a character for someone to just phone in a "standard" performance.

Aug1799 said:


Oh that's an interesting take, so do you suggest that some ppl are hating on the show and finding it boring because of sloppy dubbing? Because that wouldn't surprise me at all, some dubs maybe better than subs very rarely. In my opinion mostly dubs ruin the feel of most anime.

cipheron said:


A definitely possibility. Google Steins;Gate episode 1 dubbed, it's on Vimeo, you can see what I'm talking about. The guy just isn't that good.

Mooprs said:
episode 1. have patience. i loved the whole thing after episode 8.

not to be rude or disrespectful, but the people who hate on this usually just want boobs and action.

xZabuzax said:

I'm one of the guys that usually hate dubbed animes, most of them are plain horrible, but I must say, Steins;Gate is actually one of the very few animes with a great English dub.

I'm not defending the Eng dub just because I love Steins;Gate, if the dub is horrible I would simply say that it's horrible but the English dub is actually pretty darn good, one of the best ones around IMHO.

But taste is subjective, if you think the dub is bad then that's ok, I respect your opinion.

Mooprs said:

Thing is you act like you know a lot but then say "LN". Steins Gate is not originally a Light Novel. The good old "not that deep" argument from pseudo intellectuals who refuse to enjoy a good story because of their superiority complex.

Maybe anime fans don't know what build up is? The first half of S;G was completely fine.

uhboof said:
I don’t act like I know a lot, im literally clueless as I have not followed any other sources from steins gate except this anime. I have however gone on reddit and have been explained how much more complex it is on LN & VN, the main antagonist isn’t even shown in the anime, pathetic. thats just one big thing I remember off the top of my head, I won’t go on and list mad examples because I simply forgot all these reasons but if you’re informed, you know damn well im not the only one who would mention this as there is already more knowledgeable people in this thread talking about it.

and to the “not that deep” comment, its REALLY not that deep in the anime, I won’t go out and say its the worst plot they’ve could have ever thought of but its pretty weak. The anime tried really hard to complicate things that were plain and simple. I could enjoy this story if it were faster paced FOR SUREEE. Superiority complex comment is unnecessary, I really did try to enjoy the anime

I also believe the first half is fine but we’re only the minority, I found both half’s to be in par to each other but I would say 90% of the community don’t think thats the case

JaniSIr said:
The first episode is kind of horrible, but I enjoyed it from episode 2.
The first half is basically a buildup to the "big conflict" in the second half.
If you aren't invested in the first half already, the second half will probably fall flat too.
The second half cannot exist without the events that came before.

xZabuzax said:
I'm one of the guys that usually hate dubbed animes, most of them are plain horrible, but I must say, Steins;Gate is actually one of the very few animes with a great English dub.

mzzzman said:

The first episode is actually a masterpiece itself and arguably one of the best in the series, at least from a directing/cinematic aspect.