Steins;Gate

The self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe rents out a room in a rickety old building in Akihabara, where he indulges himself in his hobby of inventing prospective "future gadgets" with fellow lab members: Mayuri Shiina, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, a perverted hacker nicknamed "Daru." The three pass the time by tinkering with their most promising contraption yet, a machine dubbed the "Phone Microwave," which performs the strange function of morphing bananas into piles of green gel. Though miraculous in itself, the phenomenon doesn't provide anything concrete in Okabe's search for a scientific breakthrough; that is, until the lab members are spurred into action by a string of mysterious happenings before stumbling upon an unexpected success—the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past, altering the flow of history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe through the depths of scientific theory and practicality. Forced across the diverging threads of past and present, Okabe must shoulder the burdens that come with holding the key to the realm of time. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Type: TV
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Season: spring 2011
Status: Finished Airing
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Tags: sci fi sci-fi science fiction comedy female protagonist game male protagonist tragedy earth japan seinen dystopian asia based on a visual novel drama otaku culture plot continuity present conspiracy maids visual novel kuudere chuunibyou tsundere memory manipulation philosophy psychological heterosexual time travel language barrier alternate universe urban gender bending time manipulation thriller lgbtq+ themes denpa cosmic horror shrine maiden suicide lgbt themes trains