The Plot: Not going to explain it, but I'll tell you what's good about it. It's very solid. There's funny stuff every now and then but the story doesn't go off track and that's what added to the overall feel of the anime. Basically, it's a sci-fi anime about time traveling, but don't let that intimidate you if you're thinking that it's going to be complicated: It's not! It's very well explained that shown without much confusion at all. If the beginning of the story isn't making much sense, don't stop watching because they explain everything at the appropriate time.
The story starts out quite slow and a bit all over the place, but after a few episodes it remains very straightforward the pace picks up dramatically around Episode 12 and again later on.
The Graphics: Very nice graphics, since I'm watching it in 1080p (I'll send you the link). Can't expect stuff like Psycho-Pass or 5cm per second, but quite clear and explicit :)
The feels: by this I mean character development and how my gut felt watching this. In the beginning I was like "GET ON WITH IT" but then one third of the way through I was like "DAYUM, THIS IS GETTING REALLY GOOD" then around two thirds through it was like "Woah, man this is well written," and around the last few episodes I felt a mixture of sadness but satisfaction since the ending was great :)
The characters develop slowly but they develop very nicely. The main antagonist may appear retarded or even paranoid at times but that will be explained in the end why he randomly acts like that sometimes, but after the pace gets taken up a few notches, he gets really really serious and very depressed around the end. I can almost guarantee that at the last episode you will be able to see a big difference between his personality in episode 1. All the other characters develop nicely as well, albeit at different rates, with the main female protagonist taking some time to be stop being irritated all the time. Everyone's all cool in the end though
and the second half of the series. omg
So overall I'd have to say that Steins;Gate is VERY solid in terms of story and character development. There's a lot of funny stuff as well though, but it doesn't interfere with the serious parts. You'll get some twists, some "oh dayum nigga" and some "NIGGUH PLEASE" feelings all around. It's not exactly MIND BLOWING but it's very nice and well written.
I would say to definitely watch it, and
DO NOT STOP AFTER A FEW EPISODES! Watch the whole thing I can almost guarantee that you will not go unsatisfied.
For me, it's a
9/10
- Spoiler:
If Mark watched this, he would probably give it like 4/10