Process

The thought of time travel effects on someone who doesn't know about time travel came up when I watched Steins;Gate because the main character goes back in time and has to convince another character that he is from the future. I first considered recreating the final timeline of Steins;Gate, but considering it was 24 episodes long, it would be difficult to put all of the events together. I then chose "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" due to time constraints. After I put together the final timeline, I decided to put in all of the timelines the main character Makoto goes through, because her experiences in them are more interesting in terms of character growth. It's also interesting to see how she attempts to change something by going back a little bit, but eventually has to go further back to actually undo everything.

Heres a timeline of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time that served as inspiration: