So, I Finally Watched Steven Universe... 

Thanks so much for watching! Are you a fan of Steven Universe? Which fusion is your favorite overall?

Fun Fact: According to series creator Rebecca Sugar, all the voice actors for the Crystal Gems were picked based on their singing voices

One of my favorite moments of SUF was when Dr Maheswaran asks Steven if he’s ever experienced anything traumatic and he starts casually recapping the entire series

One of the things I really loved was how we saw Rose's character development backward. We started off rooting for and by the end, there are still people who can't stand her. But in contrast, if Rose's story was told beginning to end with the development, she probably wouldn't get hit with as much hate as she does.

As someone who was there from the start, those steven bombs were BRUTAL. Waiting almost or over a month between episode blocks was torturous as an ongoing viewer.

As a kid I was very apprehensive about Steven Universe when it first aired because I thought it was replacing my favorite show at the time (Adventure Time) but soon after it aired I was obsessed. When new episodes would air I would cry hysterically and I aged with Steven. The show popped up at a really hard point in my life and it really effected me deeply. My outlook on the world and people around me has been shaped permanently by this show and it honestly led to me going down the path of psychology in college. Ultimately this show holds a very special place in my heart I’m so appreciative that I was able to experience it and get to show it to my daughter in the future.

Amethyst became one of my favorites when she says she has problems but doesn't want to dump them on steven because he already has enough on his plate, that is really mature

My daughter watches this show, and I couldn't help but notice how good the music is throughout. I usually hate musicals but as a 30 year old dad, Steven Universe music was shaking my emotional core lol

"Here Comes a Thought" from Mindful Education changed my life. It aired on a day that I was insulted by a customer at my job. I was fuming all day. That song played, and I couldn't stop crying. It fit so perfectly to the situation I was in. I still hum it when things get tense. It calms me down.

The best part of SU is the background art. Absolutely beautiful. I used to watch this show and pause it to just study the backgrounds.

I love Steven Universe so much. But being there as it was airing was simultaneously fun, stressful, and sometimes downright mentally challenging

It never really sat well with me when people said Steven was unlikable in Steven Universe Future 'because of the way he acted'. But one thing i really liked about the epilogue series was actually how Steven acted and reacted to past and current events. It shows mental health such as PTSD to be ugly at times because guess what? It is. It felt like they handled it very realistically and it had me watching intently to the end because its a little rare to see consequences from previous episodes as far back as season 1 carry on to later ones in cartoons. It definitely felt more rare back then, so to see it in Future was great. Mental health can be extremely painful, uncontrolable and make us say/do things we don't want to. I'm glad Future portrayed this.

I just want to thank you for putting out so many high quality videos during this time of year. I can't imagine what you have to go through as a creator to make something like this happen and I just want you to know it's appreciated and I look forward to each one!

I was really into the series, watching every new episode as they came out, and let me tell you. nothing, and i mean NOTHING, beats the night that the episode containing the reveal of pink diamond premiered. one of the best fandom moments i've ever gotten to experience, unforgettable. this series definitely still has a special place in my heart :,)

Personally I liked sunstone a lot. I thought it was great that Steven’s power of empathy and Garnet’s power of foresight came together to make a walking fourth wall breaking Sonic Says segment.

Lemme just say, you have brought back so many nostalgic hitting memories, especially with the bump reels you do like if we’re actually watching a tv show. I absolutely love the content and how you correlate things with your life and etc. i relate so much and I think I can speak for others that you do a GREAT job at it!! Can’t believe all of us (if not mostly) lived the same childhood. Thank you Jordan!!

this video was so refreshing, now a days there's so much hate given to this show and this being basically my whole childhood obsession, it makes me really sad. Im glad to see there are still people out there who are discovering SU and enjoying it as much as I did. ⭐

I watched Steven Universe right before the movie came out, and I absolutely LOVED IT! I connected with Amethyst and Spinel the most. I grew up with no parents AT ALL. My father and mother both abandoned me, making me relate to Amethyst when she saw herself as a mistake, and Spinel being angry towards Steven and his friends when Pink Diamond chose to stay/take them with her. Because my own mother stayed for my younger sister and chose her friends and boyfriends over me. This show has made me cry so much, and has really connected with me more than any show has ever had. I love it very much.

I love this show so much. I think my biggest takeaway from the show was the very end of the main series, where Steven sings “change your mind.” that song makes me feel seen and understood. it’s only 40 seconds long but it’s so powerful in its message.

To me steven universe is so important, i been watching it since the beggining and practically grew with the show, it will always have a special place in my heart

People who say the “townie” episodes distract from the overarching plot of the show, or are just “filler,” really miss the point of what Steven Universe is all about.

Before watching the video, the “binge” experience is NOT the same as when the show was still coming out with new episodes. It was torture waiting months for new episodes only to get so much filler or “city development”

I was really young when this originally aired, but as I grew older and watched it more (middle school), I really loved it. As bizarre as it is to say, this show really helped me come into myself, and understand my emotions. As a child, I suffered from severe depression and anxiety so having a show like this helped me understand myself, the world, and how to cope. I'll never forget how "Here comes a thought" helped me through the toughest times as a kid, and know that I am not alone.

I always figured Rose shape shifted into the DNA needed to create Steven. She shape shifted a Womb for Steven to grow, but when giving birth, her shape shifted DNA was the only thing holding him together. So instead of tearing the baby up because she's literally part of him, she gives up her form for him to live.

Well my favorite character was Greg, its so damn rare to find a cool wholesome father figured in these cartoon shows.

This series is one of the greatest achievements of television history.

It's crazy how different it mist be to watch the show now in one go and not with deadly hiatuses that come back to episodes that don't even resolve intense situations

I was weirded out at first with the Frybo and cat-fingers episodes, so I didn't catch alot of it. Then I happen to see the episode with Lapis Lazuli and all the crazy stuff other gems existing hinted at. Then I my friend showed me "Stronger than You" and I was hooked with the series and everything it came to be. An important part of my teens, and it still holds a place in my heart

I remember watching this early in highschool and hearing "Its Over Isn't It?" for the first time and understanding what heartbreak feels like even though I've never experienced it. Ever since then I've gotten into song writing and Rebecca's heartfelt lyrical and instrumental artistry has and will always be my main inspiration.

I love Steven Universe. My childhood favorite cartoon show. Such a rarity.

This series was what really made me want to work in animation. I don’t care if it’s “overrated” for some, it meant so much to me.

If I remember correctly the “song and a flash of light” was supposed to shatter every gem on earth at once but because pink diamond wasn’t apart of it, it’s didn’t do that. So instead it corrupted them, blue yellow and white didn’t even know their big attack corrupted them, they assumed it destroyed them and for some reason never bothered to check

I loved the show it was emotional, touching, and adventurous.

I’ve always saw Amethyst as the older cousin or sibling arc type she’s has enough experience that Steven looks up to her but they are close enough on a mental age lvl that they grow to truly understand/relate to one another

My favorite thing about the show is the concept of fusion. They become literally more than the sum of their parts. In "Stronger Than You", garnet sings about being a conversation, she isn't just two people and then one person, she is also a metaphysical embodiment of who they are as people and their love for each other. There are so many fascinating layers to what fusion is and represents that I could talk about it all day. This show's exploration of relationships and intimacy are what mean the most to me. I started binging this show right after losing my brand new job due to the pandemic and it helped me process my emotions in ways I really needed.

It makes me really happy to a positive SU review in 2022. The show did have it's flaws, but it also told a beautiful and intricate story in a creative way and I think people tend to overlook it because of how nitpicky and negative some popular reviews were.

Steven universe help me and my mum communicate during my parent's break up. I remember watching the new episodes with her when they came out, and at the rose reveal we both gasped so much!!

This is my absolute FAVORITE show of all time! I absolutely adore everything about it from the story, songs, characters, animations, themes, and everything else about it 🤩 and this is one of the shows that gets unnecessarily hated on a lot, and that really annoys me, because Steven Universe is just such a beautiful show. Yes it has occasional faults, but overall everything great about it just makes that stuff kind of insignificant.

i miss this show so much, a true masterpiece.

Unpopular opinion: Amethyst acts more like an older sister than a “cool aunt”

Added to the watch list! I'd never heard much about the show other than how toxic the fandom was, but you painted it in a pretty compelling way so I'm all the more curious about it.

Despite the bad reputation that this show usually gets as well as my few peeves with it, Steven Universe has a place in my heart. One of the biggest parts of this show for me was the aspect of trauma and mental health. Watching this series, I often found myself empathizing with the characters and really clinging onto the things they’ve said. In this case, I suppose I would relate to Steven, Amethyst, and Rose the most. Much like Rose, I’ve grown up in a home that was filled with instability where I was often faced with complete opposites on the spectrum on abuse. I was often neglected but also nitpicked on and scared into submission. Much like Rose, I’ve found myself unintentionally repeating the cycle of hurt. I’ve also found my voice in Amethyst due to her extremely low self esteem, her feeling of being inferior and not fitting in, and finally how it’s affects the way I act or even how I maintain my room and hygiene. And lastly, I relate to Steven the most. The way that he had so much put on him at a young age and how it slowly chipped away at him was so relatable to me and I’ve often found myself crying just thinking about what he went through. We’ve both had to find out about horrible things that our family has done, neither of us were able to have a normal, functional life. And as we both grew up, we were often pushed aside and had to be the ones to comfort others. This lack of care has made us internalize our pain until we just suddenly snapped and now constantly face breakdowns over the smallest things. One thing I liked in future was how Stevens trauma was described. All these little traumatic events eventually cracked and chipped at his head and, now, every little thing feels like the end of the world. I don’t mean to ramble but this show means so much to me. This show was how I learned about the existence of the LGBTQ community and eased me into my journey of exploring my own sexuality. Most children shows aren’t this advanced, it’s so lucky that Steven Universe didn’t face as much censorship as other shows. Overall, this series is a beautiful peace of art that will have a close place to my heart and has been something that has completely altered who I am as a person.

I had a similar experience- I was born in 2000 and so I was getting a little older by the time this show rolled around, but the theme song would always stick in my head. In 2014 my little sister and I watched some random episodes on DVR and loved it, but kinda forgot about it and didn’t have a way to watch in order. In 2020, I was bored at my job and decided to start a show, and figured I’d return to Steven Universe and see if it held up. I was completely enthralled, I finished the entire show & movie & Future in about 3 weeks, then I got my wife to watch it all with me again the next month. I can understand why some people have problems with the villains or the narrative being a little rushed, but I have so much love for this show. The music is all amazing, the art and aesthetic is lovely, the characters are so real and lovable. This will be one of my favorite shows of all time (and I did buy the whole Funko Pop set LOL)

This show is one of the reasons I got through a lot of things, the messages they instilled in this piece of media, the characters, the fun I had watching this show...I honestly can't thank Rebecca Sugar and the crewniverse enough.

I was maybe too old for the target audience when this was airing (mid-20s) but I fell in love with this show and avidly followed it when I found it (somewhere around the time they revealed Pink was shattered). I loved the concept of fusions and seeing Ruby and Sapphires wedding was so heartwarming and made me wish I grew up with that kind of representation on TV. I even have two tattoos from the show, I'll always have a fondness for the series.

Steven Universe means so much to me. Every time I rewatch it I learn something new about myself and those around me. Like even during this recap I was getting emotional. This show means everything to me.

I got so tired of the powerful bandwagon hate that Steven Universe was surrounded as a TV show. Anyone rarely talks good about SU, and I am glad that this was the case.

As a short fat kid with curly hair who couldn't admit how much they loved pink I can't describe how validating it was to have a hero like Steven, he didn't randomly go badass to solve his problems but he would use his mind and his heart

I began watching the show when I was beginning my graduate schooling in clinical psychology, eventually training to specialize in PTSD assessment/treatment. This show was a wonderful experience, including the parts that were fun, zany, beautiful, heartbreaking, and unsettling. I appreciated the main show and movie, and I thought a major idea of the show was a reckoning with the concept of the lone hero trope, often reflected in American culture and anime alike. To me, Steven Universe Future was an indictment of this trope, and makes the viewer reflect on the emotional consequences of being in all those dangerous situations, as well as how people can try to cope with them, and the effects that all has on one’s loved ones. (The sacrifice of the lone hero is not just felt on the hero.) The personal toll was literally spelled out when he is talking with Dr. Maheswaren, who informs him about PTSD (great quality in my opinion!). While the series wrapped up quicker than I’d have liked, it’s effects are and will be overwhelmingly positive and long-lasting.

It’s nice to see something positive about this show that I still love. Yes, there are flaws, but overall it meant a lot to me.

This series hit me in ways I never expected. I watched the series twice and it still brought me to tears at some points. This is definitely a special show that I think everyone should experience at least once.

I started watching SU religiously right as Catch and Release aired. I caught an episode on vacation, On the Run, and was like "okay I need to watch this now." Very happy I did so, what a great series.

The show was really something else. Such rich and brilliant story, much amazing cast. It was a fascinating journey where my attitude toward various characters shifted and changed depending how deep I was in the plot. Pearl growth

This show started airing right as I graduated high school, and it will always be one of my favorite shows. I have a son now, and we recently marathoned the show together and he is just as obsessed

the show touches on multiple kinds of grief and how to navigate relationships. I knew I 'Liked' Steven universe when i first saw Giant Woman. I Fell in Love with this show when i watched Rose's Scabbard.

Frankly growing up with the show just made it all the better because just as Steven was find out new things and was growing as a person much of the younger audience (me included) would experience similar things and as the series as a whole ended and Steven grew to be an adult with the world ahead of him I found my self in the exact same boat.

I loved this show from the beginning. I have a lot of attachment because I grew up with Steven. It’s still my comfort show. My favorite part was that no character was perfect. They all had flaws and we saw them grow.

Steven Universe is such an important show to me. I found it at the most depressive years of my life and I was a huge source of comfort for me. It became a massive special interest and I loved i more then anything at the time. My interest faded out in the months after the second series finished, as there was nothing new to cling to. But the show still hold an important place in my heart, and I’ll never forget it

Steven Universe, Star vs. Force of Evil and The Loud House are the trinity of the most controversial cartoons in 2010's

I loved Steven Universe so much, I'm very disappointed with what the show became in its late seasons. It had a great potential and I still think that many ideas used in SU are very amazing and creative

Steven Universe is my comfort show: it entails every emotion i can't seem to put into words, feelings i can't speak, thoughts i couldn't paint - everything about the show has been nothing but comforting for me, like it speaks for me without having to be so serious about it. i laughed, i cried, i screamed, i cheered, i did it all and i would do it all again if i had the chance. its so compelling and immersive that i couldn't stop myself from binging and relating to everything. just an amazing cartoon all around, 10/10 highly recommend.

I got into the show around the end of season 1, and I absolutely adored it. Granted I have some issues with the pacing and writing decisions towards the end, namely some really important arcs felt rushed, but I don't think I would be nearly as upset by it if I didn't love the show so much.

SU was a staple of my life, airing between late elementary and up to my junior year in HS. I'm 22 now and it still brings back warm-happy memories

ok watching this video and learning more about Steven Universe has made me want to watch this show! The concept is so cool!

I know a lot of people don’t like SUF that much but I honestly loved seeing how Steven dealt with his trauma after all of that. That hospital episode got me messed up just knowing that every bout of cartoon falls and hits being taken were legit injuries he was getting in those moments

Steven Universe is my one comfort show I always come back to. I was 16 when it came out and it felt so different to be as a queen positive story since I had just came out myself earlier that same year. (and I really like gemstones so win/win) and wrapped up in 2020 right as the pandemic struck and I lost my job due to the shut down. I grew up with the show and characters, most notably Steven. I know the show hasn't aged the best with how rough season 1 is, the amount of filler, and how rushed the ending is but I still thank Rebecca Sugar and the rest of the Crewniverse for giving me a show that wasn't afraid to tackle real-world feelings and situations in a fantasy setting. I'm really glad to hear your review and enjoyment of the show :) I love seeing new people discover and experience the show for everything that it has to offer.

I was watching this show from the beginning and pretty much grew up watching it. It had such an impact on my life that when in highschool some friends and I decided to make a trpg as a school project, one of the facters we all agreed on was having a race loosely based on the gems. When the future ended I cried for hours because the characters I had been watching for so long were officially done. I would never see them gonna new adventure or sing a new song, and knowing that broke my heart.

really my only issues were that some stuff I thought would be important to touch on was seemingly forgotten or cut because of the budget ,stuff like rose and amethysts relationship, because they did show it for garnet and pearl, and jasper's send of was kinda? too little? idk. but wow I'm glad to see some positive videos now about su, after all the hate it got when SUF ended

First, I wanna say thank you. Back to back videos for every day this month is a bunch of work. Thank you for putting that much effort in. Second, this show is amazing. It touches the heart and is worth it to see

When the series first began, my family was going through a tough time financially so we had basic cable and I would miss episodes so I drifted away. I finally got back around to watching the complete series and movie on hbo max and I love it so much. My mother died a year before I restarted the show and seeing steven and the community around him grieve his mother really helped me get a grip on my own grief and it also really helped me process other traumas (heartbreak, past abuse, self identity issues, etc.). This show holds the biggest space in my heart and I got to get my little brother into it as well. I would love to see how steven fares in from in his time away from home in a possibly upcoming season.

the back to back consistent uploads is something i appreciate much more than i thought it would. thank you

you truly haven't experienced Steven Universe unless you wait weeks in between episodes, googling everything about it while you wait, and watching theory videos on all the characters. It really was the best time

I didn’t realize Sugar was so inspired by her relationship with her brother! I really enjoyed watching this show with my brother. We both love sci fi as well :)

The song in that Garnet episode is so good. Thankyou Sugar for creating wholesome content for kids and a deep story with real life experience and issues

Ooh looking forward to hearing new thoughts on _Steven Universe;_ it's a good show, although it has its flaws... But as controversial as it is in fandom, the show itself really did so much, covering plenty of meaningful themes. So yeah, lots of interesting things to explore! That, and Gems are a really fun concept. I used to design a lot of Gems back in the day. 😂

Man, Steven Universe Future made me cry harder than any piece of media in my life, even up till now. As someone who's battled with the emotions that Steven went through in the epilogue, it helped me understand more about myself and allowed me to grow. I can't thank this series enough for how impactful it was for me as a person.

I slept on SU mainly because by the time it premiered, I had already stopped watching TV. It's pretty awesome, though, and the gem designs(especially fusions) are dope. Even got the vinyl record for the show.

It’s one of those shows where personally I don’t have much bad to say about my time with it but I understand other people’s gripes or negative points about it as a whole.

Man, stephen universe was something i was always aware of but only briefly watched. Ironically the first full binge was watching future and the movie, only watching the full series a couple of months ago. I loved the series, start to finish and future definitely was a unique thing in showing stephen breakdown and i still cant watch it without crying.

I've always found it fascinating that Gem reproduction is intended to mimic how viruses replicate. The injectors (which are designed to look like actual viruses but as machines) cause the planet they are deployed on to produce new gems by pulling the resources from the planet, eventually destroying it. Considering that the gems are also not organic and do not require most things that living things typically require to survive, the gems are effectively sentient pangalactic viruses. It connects very strongly to the show's overall theme of understanding and empathy first even to that which seeks to harm you.

Steven Universe will always hold a special place in my heart 💙

This was so satisfying to watch honestly! Thanks for the hard work! Reassuring all the reasons why I love this show so much. Feel like it's one of the most well-rounded shows ever. Also had to accept the fact that Rebeca Sugar essentially said, kindly, "grow up and move on" just like Steven. Ah...thank you *wipes tear*

This is my favorite show of all time. I am so glad to see new content on RU-vid covering it because I’ve seen literally every other video out there 😅

The best description I've ever heard about this show "it's a Dragonball Z fanfic." And the reasoning was damn good.

SPOILERS . . . Steven Universe means a LOT to me. I started watching it from nearly the beginning with my younger siblings. I was an older teen at the time, and it was something that could connect me with them. We always got so excited when an episode would drop. Two of them were step siblings, so they only came over on certain days. Me and my bio sibling would wait to watch the episodes until they were over. We'd crowd around my phone (we didn't have cable so we would have to watch the episodes through a Facebook group I was a part of) and sit in silence and watch the show together. When I graduated high school, I moved across the country to move in with my girlfriend (now wife!). I couldn't continue watching the premiers with my siblings unfortunately, but I did get my wife into it eventually. She had to have a surgery that required her to stay in the hospital for two weeks. I was fortunate to be able to stay with her, and she couldn't do much so I finally pushed her into watching Steven Universe LOL. She fell in love with it, and we binged every episode (it was a few episodes before we found out Rose Quartz' true identity) until we were caught up. It was so awesome to have her share my excitement when new episodes would premiere. We got to watch all of them up to the Movie and through Future. It's both of our favorite shows. While it has some flaws, to me it is almost a perfect show. It's got loveable and relatable characters, including queer characters! Which this show definitely helped me realize my gender identity. I recommend it for anyone of any age.

To this day this show still brings tears to my eyes. I love it so much! I was also really late to watching it but was so happy when I had. Thank you for covering this!

Such a beautiful show that has so many important lessons about love and kindness for little ones - I haven’t seen this show in years so it was a delight to see you make a video on it :’) 10/10!

I freaking love Steven Universe, it's on my top tier list of cartoons, thanks for this video ♡ you're great and I love to watch your content A minor correction, on 8:29 you said that Sapphire along with 2 Ruby guards will be shattered, in the series Sapphire says that they will lose their physical form, and excpects to meet again with Blue Diamond once she regenerates, not that they will be shattered.

Steven is still by far the best cartoon I've seen since Gravity Falls plus how S.U handles same sex marriages and love is so amazing

love this series so much, and loved your video! Thank you :)

I'm glad new people are still getting into Steven Universe. I think it speaks to the universal (pardon the pun) nature of a lot of Steven's experiences as well as the fascination we all have with the extraordinary. Plus a lot of love from the creators and staff always helps.

You should check out "Wander Over Yonder".

Whether or not this show ages well, I'll always think of this fondly because this show came out about half a year after my father passed, and helped me grieve a bit

It meant the world to me, plus gave me a lot of emotions. I love Steven universe! Thank you for covering it ❤

I remember them Steven bombs. How on tumblr we would all scream “REBECCA!!” Especially when it was the pearl/garnet centered one. This show really helped me make peace with so much of my life, and future helped me find a way to live with it, and live with it in a way that will help me not hurt me

Two episodes have some inspiration in Junji Ito's work. When you were pointing out some of the inspirations I thought you would mention it so I couldn't resist not mentioning it myself hahaha 😋

Dude ur videos are the perfect background commentaries! Thank u :)

Recently found your channel and have been loving it. Nice to have the nostalgia and perspective of someone else who has watched the series.

I'm always gonna subscribe to deep diving youtubers that aren't bigots when watching this show. So many weird af male youtubers making the show about sex and it creeps me tf out. Glad you enjoyed the loving message of the show.

I loved this show. As someone who has vivid memories of trying to stop people from fighting by trying to use the kind exchange of words to reach an understanding, this show was wish fulfilment (? Not sure if that's the right term here) for me.