Bodysuit 23 #693 (Patreon)

Finally started watching Steven Universe. I've been enjoying it a lot. There's constant references and random stuff thrown about from shit when I was growing up. The warp whistle from Mario 3 made an appearance, Steven had a figure of fucking Gitaroo Man of all things, and there was a character design that suspiciously looked like Frog from Chrono Trigger. I'm constantly pulling the Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood meme while watching it. Fun stuff.

I wasn't super into the character designs at the start, especially when put over the gorgeous backgrounds, but they've grown on me. One thing I especially find amusing is the weird expressions they love to have the characters make, model sheet be damned. Only issue there is that the show isn't "cartoony" enough to me for it, compared to something like OK KO. Even so, it's fun.

Season one is fucking long as hell, though! What's up with that? Over 50 episodes while every other season only has like 20 something. Usually it's the other way around with early seasons having a few and then upping the episode count later. Was there a reason for it? Is it technically two seasons that they decided to just call one?

Regardless, it's a lot of fun. It's for kids, but all the throwbacks and references is very much for the young millennial crowd.