I started watching this show later than most, around the time of Stevenbomb Three. The promos didn't really catch my eye, I just thought it was some generic kid's show. After some heavy persuasion from some friends of mine, I gave it a shot.
I saw the earlier episodes, and thought it was alright, but not something that deserved the enormous fanbase it had. How could something that was, while beautiful, so... formulaic, be popular? It just struck me as a generic Monster of the Week show.
Then, I got to the Mirror Gem, Ocean Gem two-parter.
These episodes don't just hit you with one or two great reveals. No, it gives you a whole four. This silly, comedic show gets dramatically Darker and Edgier after this, while not completely straying from the comedy. The amount of horrifying things that they get away with on the show surprises me. From the fusion experiments, to Malachite, to the entirety of the Cluster, it seems every episode gets darker and darker, while still staying light enough for a kid audience.
In conclusion, if you watched the first few episodes but thought it was just kiddie crap, give it another look. Steven Universe is a great example of a show that just gets better with each new episode.
Mediocre at the beginning, gets better fast
I started watching this show later than most, around the time of Stevenbomb Three. The promos didn't really catch my eye, I just thought it was some generic kid's show. After some heavy persuasion from some friends of mine, I gave it a shot.
I saw the earlier episodes, and thought it was alright, but not something that deserved the enormous fanbase it had. How could something that was, while beautiful, so... formulaic, be popular? It just struck me as a generic Monster of the Week show.
Then, I got to the Mirror Gem, Ocean Gem two-parter.
These episodes don't just hit you with one or two great reveals. No, it gives you a whole four. This silly, comedic show gets dramatically Darker and Edgier after this, while not completely straying from the comedy. The amount of horrifying things that they get away with on the show surprises me. From the fusion experiments, to Malachite, to the entirety of the Cluster, it seems every episode gets darker and darker, while still staying light enough for a kid audience.
In conclusion, if you watched the first few episodes but thought it was just kiddie crap, give it another look. Steven Universe is a great example of a show that just gets better with each new episode.