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“Teens in Akihabara accidentally create a time-traveling microwave, attracting SERN's deadly pursuit.”
Steins;Gate
STEINS;GATE
8.07
707 rank · 29,608 readers · 830 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Mystery
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Teens in Akihabara accidentally create a time-traveling microwave, attracting SERN's deadly pursuit.
The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have managed to customize their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Nov 2015 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “The Steins Gate manga has an abridged story from the original story (visual novel) therefore, some details and plot developments are lost but still remains a good story with emotional moments. The...”
- 10 “I was originally going to start the anime first but I saw this and I couldn’t resist trying it out first. The art style was much better than I expected, very beautifully drawn with such intricate...”
- 8 “Originally bought the 3-1 Omnibus and forgot about it...until recently. After dedicating a few evenings to this Omnibus, my thoughts, perception and general interest in time machine, Sci-fi stories...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Sep 2009 – Jul 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11249 catalog