Okabe Rintaro, a self-proclaimed mad scientist, runs the "Future Gadget Laboratory" in an apartment together with his friends Mayuri Shiina and Itaru "Daru" Hashida. They are soon joined by Makise Kurisu, who with the help of her own theories, manages to create a time travel machine. This event brings the series of incidents in their lives.

The anime is perfect in many aspects. There might be things in few of the initial episodes which you may find difficult to understand but as the story progresses, it all does start making sense. The pacing is terrible. There is a bit of waiting game as some of the things we saw in the very first scene are then resolved or talked about in the very last scene. The show has some nice humorous scenes though and despite the pacing issue, the plot does manage to keep your eyes glued.

The characters are typical. Okabe is a typical deredere, Makise Kurisu is a typical Tsundere, Daru is a typical Otaku, Mayuri has an extreme child-like innocence. I believe out of many characters, Mayuri has got the best catchphrase, Tuturu. Despite their personalities, the characters are developed excellently and they all fit extremely well in the storyline. Same can be said about the supporting characters. Suzuha is the most serious one and more or less directly involved with the main storyline. Urushibara Ruka(beware, it's a trap) and Faris(a cat-girl in the maid cafe) are mostly for the comic relief but their characters do have some significance in the story. A character called Ferdinand Braun was a surprise package. Lastly, my favorite one, Kiryuu Moeka. With such broken personality and unable to hold the face-to-face conversations(she communicates through texts even when she is in the same room), I always longed for her screentime, wanting to see more and more of her. The show doesn't disappoint at all. Her character turns out to be exactly what it is supposed to be. Now you may be looking for the word 'Loli'. Well, wait till the sequel for that.

Steins gate OSTs are nothing less than amazing. The brilliance of the Seiyuu was also very much noticeable during the comedy scenes. Anyway, my suggestion is not to drop this anime just after few episodes. Have patience, it does eventually reach at the masterpiece level.

El Psy Congroo!