General Anime/Manga/Otaku Thread

[cingchris]

Yo' Steins;Gate is pretty good you know.

I still hate that long opening though.

I'm not sure if you're talking about the VN or the anime, but at least in the VN that's what's supposed to get you interested before you make your journey to the world that they have painted for you and actually serves as exposition for anyone who already knows the end of Steins;Gate. As for how it serves as exposition

Spoiler

It's Okabe (Rintaro) from the future talking about how he killed Kurisu trying to escape to the beta worldline, and how he didn't want that to happen ever and how depressed and crushed he feels because of it, which will then continue into the story, and it reaches full circle in the end when Okabe is actually able to save Kurisu, due to help from future Okabe that spent his entire life trying to figure out how to save Kurisu.

Also for anyone upset about knowing a shit ton about the story before they wanted to because they read the spoiler, that's why it's a spoiler stupid.