3
Finally binge-watched Steins;Gate in one weekend and it hit way harder than I expected
So I had this whole Saturday free and decided to finally start Steins;Gate around 10am. By 2am Sunday I had finished all 24 episodes plus the OVA. The slow burn in the first half almost made me quit, but once Okabe started jumping timelines I could not stop. I literally had to pause during episode 22 to process what just happened. Anyone else have that one show they put off for years only to have it wreck them emotionally?
2 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In2 Comments
nora_barnes23d ago
Hit pause at episode 22 too and just sat there staring at my screen for a solid five minutes. It's wild how that show makes you realize that even the smallest choices can totally shift everything, like how I once missed a train by two minutes and ended up meeting my best friend because of it. The whole "microwave fixes emotional damage" thing actually makes me think about how we all have these random objects or routines that just... hold us together without us noticing. Like my grandma's old coffee mug, it doesn't do anything special but having it on my desk keeps me grounded when things get messy. Steins;Gate just takes that everyday feeling and blows it up into a crazy time travel story, which is probably why it sticks with you so hard.
7