[Simulcast] Steins; Gate Episode #02 Review

[Chris Beveridge]

Review by Chris Beveridge



Mania Grade: B

In Summary:
Steins; Gate offers up another episode where the mystery is paramount but has the very proper way of making sure it's intriguing while drawing it out. The central focus on Rintaro is especially welcome since it avoids the school age aspect and gives us someone who wants to be the bad guy in a way, but only to a certain degree. He has aspirations of being hugely important and there are plans to do so, but he's now feeling out of place because of the whole time travel thing that's confusing him like nothing else. It's hard to pin down this series at this stage since it hasn't really revealed much, but it's put some intriguing things out there. Some shows can work very well in teasing things out like Steins; Gate is doing and it definitely keeps you coming back to see what the next little twist will be. The show continues to be a dark horse favorite for the season with its approach and style as well as the actual story potential.