Steins;Gate/YMMV

"Rintaro:"But he's a guy.""
 * Awesome Music: "Sky Clad Observer", which sung by Itou Kanako, is already awesome as it is for the PC version's opening, but when it is played as Hououin in episode 23 only adds a new layer of awesomeness to this scene.
 * Base-Breaking Character: Some fans love Mayuri for being the nicest and outgoing member of Future Gadget, her humorous quotes which are sufficiently hilarious, and the fact that she's fated to die many times in the Alpha worldline helps to play a role in Okabe's Character Development and the plot, but some fans dislike her for having a childish naive nature all of the time, lack of intellectual common sense and her countless deaths had fan paint her as the Damsel Scrappy.
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: In Episode 9, Okabe goes to the roof to air out some laundry, when he sees Kurisu up there arguing with someone on the phone. Aside from later on when she storms into the lab crying, this event is never mentioned again; we aren't even told who she was arguing with.
 * Two episodes later, Okabe gets a threatening message, causing him to panic and rush back to the lab to check on Mayuri, only to find her (and Kurisu) in the shower together. Almost immediately afterwards, aside from a very brief scolding from Kurisu, the incident is brushed off in a matter of seconds and is never brought up again.
 * Complete Monster: Kurisu's father, who is willing to, all out of jealousy since he can't handle the thought of his own daughter being smarter than him.
 * Given some of the stuff said about the dystopian future, SERN seems to be this as well.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Okabe and Kurisu have proven to be very popular with fans for their character development, chemistry, and their constant banter. Okabe gets bonus points for his scenery chewing alter ego, Hououin Kyouma.
 * Faris is an In-Universe example, due to her popularity in the RaiNet competitive scene, and being the big attraction to her maid café, May Queen Nyan2. Her influence making Akihabara a Moe hotspot also helps, too.
 * Fetish Fuel: The girls at May Queen. Also Ruka, an extremely Bishonen male who often wears a Miko outfit, and one time cosplayed due to Mayuri's insistence..
 * Gateway Series: The visual novel is cited as one of the best ones for new players to check out, as a popular anime series was based on it and it is one of the few to have an official English version.
 * Harsher in Hindsight:
 * Kurisu at one point warns Okabe that the constant time leaping could potentially cause him to blip out of existence. This becomes the movie's main conflict, and it's up to her to save him.
 * By the end of the series, Okabe concludes that "Reading Steiner" is something that everyone has a degree of. Considering Steins;Gate 0 shows that he has flash-forwards of events that haven't even happened yet, we discover that this is not a good thing to have.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: A few weeks after ending of anime, CERN published about neutrinos traveling faster than light.
 * In Japanese, Kurisu is frequently addressed as "Chris-Chan" by Mayuri. Chris-Chan is also the nickname used by the infamous American YouTuber notorious for bizarre behaviour, e-begging, and poor Sonic/Pokémon fanfic. Considering that Kurisu had spent 7 years in the States, and her frequent posting on @channel, one has to wonder if she has some level of awareness of this...
 * Kurisu wanting her own personalised fork and spoon becomes a lot funnier when you learn that "My Fork" and "My Spoon" are 2chan slang for "my lover" and my friend", respectively. No wonder she wanted to kick her future self's ass!
 * Ho Yay: Despite him insisting otherwise, it is hinted that Ruka does have romantic feelings for Okabe, . Okabe also sees him as a Stupid Sexy Flanders.
 * Les Yay: At least that how Itaru sees Mayuri showing Kurisu around.
 * Memetic Mutation: Dr. Pepper: an intellectual drink for the chosen ones! It's to Steins;Gate as Pizza Hut is to Code Geass.
 * Moe: Faris, naturally. She is the reason Akihabara is a haven for otakus after all.
 * Kurisu becomes utterly adorable when she tries (and fails) to hide her geeky side, and when her tsundere tendencies surface.
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Narm: In Episode 16, Suzuha is reunited with her father, who turns out to be . In what is supposed to a heart felt scene, he of course ruins its impact by asking her what her mother was like, making it more funny than touching.
 * Mayuri simply cannot pull off angry to save her soul, as demonstrated best when she scolds Okabe for making Ruka cry in Episode 18.
 * Non Sequitur Scene: An insanely sleazy one, as Okabe seems to inexplicably completely forget about the entire attempt by Ruka to change her gender, leading to him sexually assaulting her in front of everyone. And then once the scene has passed, without any apparent explanation from him, not a single one of them holds it against him in the slightest.
 * Also Unfortunate Implications that it's okay to grab people's genitals to check their gender.
 * Padding: The only major criticism levied towards the anime is that it is slow to start, as the main conflict of the series doesn't begin until 12 episodes in. One could argue that the first half exists mainly for world building purposes, but 12 episodes is still a long wait before anything major happens.
 * The Scrappy: Moeka became instantly hated when.
 * Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: For some viewers when her traumatic past was revealed as well as her . Only some though.
 * Her portrayal in Linear Bounded Phenogram and My Darling's Embrace also help improve perception of her.
 * Kurisu's father. Unlike Moeka though, he has no redeeming qualities, nor does he have a redemption arc of any kind.
 * Sophomore Slump: Inverted to an insane degree. The visual novel is the first one in the Science Adventure series to be released overseas, and the anime is the most well-known and well-received adaption in the series.
 * Ugly Cute: Daru to some.
 * Uncanny Valley: Though little Nae is the embodiment of childlike innocence, some players have noticed how creepy she looks when her eyes are wide open, due to how bug-eyed she is.
 * There's something about the smiling Daru sprite in Linear Bounded Phenogram that's just off-putting.
 * Viewer Gender Confusion: Ruka is very feminine, so much so that Mayuri asks him to try on her cosplay costumes. He also wears a Miko's traditional robes normally.
 * Sophomore Slump: Inverted to an insane degree. The visual novel is the first one in the Science Adventure series to be released overseas, and the anime is the most well-known and well-received adaption in the series.
 * Ugly Cute: Daru to some.
 * Uncanny Valley: Though little Nae is the embodiment of childlike innocence, some players have noticed how creepy she looks when her eyes are wide open, due to how bug-eyed she is.
 * There's something about the smiling Daru sprite in Linear Bounded Phenogram that's just off-putting.
 * Viewer Gender Confusion: Ruka is very feminine, so much so that Mayuri asks him to try on her cosplay costumes. He also wears a Miko's traditional robes normally.


 * The Woobie: Pretty much all of the characters fill this role at least once during the series.
 * Tough Act to Follow: Is this to its successor, Steins;Gate 0. Many felt that the original adaption had better storytelling, better animation, and gave less relevant characters like Faris and Ruka some cohesive arcs and Character Development. That said, 0 still proved quite popular with an 8.6 rating on myanimelist, though still a step down from the original's 9.2 rating.
 * Woolseyism: The Crunchyroll subs replace references to 2chan memes with ones more familiar to native English speakers.