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Does Steven Universe Future Fix The Steven Universe Problems?

Cameron Lee Cowan
5 min readJul 22, 2022

If one thing is clear about Steven Universe, it’s one hell of a controversial show. I’ve written about it before and there are a litany of videos about the Rebecca Sugar created show. After the Steven Universe Movie, they did a short follow up series called Steven Universe Future. And that’s what we’re here to talk about today.

Poor storytelling

Steven Universe has always suffered from poor and inconsistent storytelling due to the fact that the storyboard artists also write the scripts. I have to say that Steven Universe Future does a little bit of a better job but many of the storylines are still a hit hackneyed and somethings are just shoved in without any natural progression.

The animation issues are still part of the show. Characters are drawn off model, aren’t drawn consistently, and when they do change characters, the changes often don’t stick. They also break their own rules (like when Steven brings back Jasper using magic/chemicals/healing powers) and to top it all off, the plot about Steven not understanding…

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Cameron Lee Cowan
Cameron Lee Cowan

Written by Cameron Lee Cowan

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