This review will contain Spoilers for the movie Oh boy this movie. SPOILER AHEAD STORY: This movie tries to wrap up the SteinsGate Series. Instead of focusing on our man Okarin the main character is Kurisutina. Shes coming back from America to visit the bunch nothing out of the ordinary yet. We can clearly see the lab members having fun this seemed like a really good movie so far. But soon enough we were introduced to the WorldLine R. This is the point of the movie in which my hype died drastically. Somehow Okarin is becoming more Unstable and travelling between the SteinsGate WorldLine and the R one this is due to the Reading Steiner. Okay hold up Reading Steiner does not work like that. We NEVER got told that Reading Steiner can do that EVER. Reading Steiner is an ability that Okarin has to remember the previous worldlines he inhabited not travel between them. There is also the fact that two WorldLines SteinsGate and R are active. This also breaks the rules of the Original Series that were made in the series. And this is pretty much it to the story. Kurisu tries to save Okarin from being forgotten and being trapped in the R worldline. She goes through time even all the way back to when Okarin was younger. I also disliked the idea that it was Kurisu who told Okarin about a MAD SCIENTIST. It was so much better when Okarin made up that by himself as a way to cheer up Mayushii from her depression since it proves further that Okarin does care deeply about his friends. The whole story felt really rushed. They just threw in some random melancholic themes and called it a day just to get the movie out and profit from the name. Its a shame really I love SteinsGate its a series that hooked me into Anime. The thought that has went into it was impressive. I still have to play the VNs Especially 0 since I heard its 1000x better than the Anime. 420http://www.animewp.com/wallpaper/2015/11/steinsgatefukaryikinodejavu5backgroundwallpaper.png CHARACTERS: The movie doesnt really bring any new character to the table. I assume you watched the original SG so you should know how they behave. There is a difference though. Kurisu Okarin and Suzuha. Kurisu being the main character falls desperate trying to save Okarin. She goes from her Tsundere self to more of a Chuuni like Okarin. Okarin hes just done. Not even a single care in the world. He wanted to save Kurisu and Mayushii so he doesnt care if he gets in to some trouble. Hes kind of similar to the SG 0 version of Okarin but just more lazy. Suzuha she is a confusing case. Normally she only appears in the past when World War 3 is about to happen due to the Time Machine but somehow she still is here despite the fact that this is the SteinsGate WorldLine. The explanation given in the movie...doesnt really make sense. Kurisu builds a time machine to help Okarin but then seals it off due to the reason This is what Okarin wanted. Then Suzuha uses it. 420https://pa1.narvii.com/6913/50a190e6c3ad7735e6eeb42dbb8ec104b70808far1640356hq.gif ART/ANIMATION: The animation style and the art didnt change that much the movements do seem a lot more fluid. The movies still has the same colour scheme same atmosphere. So its all good here 420https://i.ur.com/mip2JIg.jpg MUSIC: As much as I dont like this movie the OST was quite good. Well this is to be expected from SteinsGate. The OP Sung by our lovely Kanako Ito is amazing she is always able to pull off any OP very well. The ED on the other hand not something I would listen to daily but considering the theme of the movie it fits. 420https://media0.giphy.com/media/VBc6l3CqQonqo/giphy.gif Couldnt find the OP gif so here have this one OVERALL OPINION: I hate to say this but this movie really is an insult to the series. It is clear to see they didnt really try to come up with a story. They threw some some stuff together slapped the SteinsGate logo and characters on it and called it a day. It breaks the things we learned in the SG and SG 0 This even released later than the movie the story is all wonky and confusing and doesnt even wrap up well it just kinda moves forward not really taking its time to explain its self. In my opinion this is more of a spin off. A poor Spin Off.
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