How...? What in the...?!
All traces of moe culture have vanished
from the streets of Akihabara?!
Please, Okarin! Wait for us!
The hell, dude...? I'm a hacker... not a hiker...
Where'd Toranoana and Animate go, huh...?!
Where're Mandarake and Gamers?!
Now you're just being silly.
You know we don't have any of those around here.
That's why I gotta go all the way to Nakano for my doujin--
Wait a sec...!
You still work part-time at Queen May's, don't you?!
Huh? What's a Queen May's?
Our favorite maid café!
Impossible...
It's quite alright, actually.
Moe culture thrives here mostly because of my influence.
So it's a compliment.
Did she send a D-mail back in time to undo that?
An entire city... rewritten by a mere text message...!
Even the number of several billion heartbeats
suujuuoku mo no kodou no kazu sae
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
is basic research with little glamor for you
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
Even locked in the past and lamenting the future
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
it's an inevitability that won't forgive miscalculating one speck of dust
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
The dreams that stretch out forever and the future we imagine
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
are a vain theory we allowed
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
Finity, that's what the two hands of the clock point out
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
towards a cruel agreement and choice
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
Hacking to the Gate
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e hacking to the gate
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
That's why I want to cross world lines with each passing second
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa
and protect your smile
kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no loop e to
And once again, into a time loop that contains no sadness
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no loop e to
nomikomareteyuku kodoku no kansokusha
A swallowed solitary observer
nomikomareteyuku kodoku no kansokusha
Symbiosis
Homeostasis
Hard to believe May Queen Nyan-Nyan is no more...
May Queen's a type of potato, dude.
Not feeling it as the name of a maid café...
What are you, some tuber savant?
Wait, if Queen May's never existed...
then how did we first meet Faris?
You can mock my random bits of trivia all you want,
but we wouldn't be friends with Faris right now
if it weren't for the spuds.
Dare I even ask?
How'd you forget...?!
I was gonna kick some ass in the Rai-Net tourney in Ikebukuro,
but some bad potato ramen was all "No--not yours,"
and I had to skip it.
Go on.
So you and Mayuri filled in for me against Faris...
Got both of your asses kicked, in case you forgot that...
But the girls've been friends ever since, so good times...
Hell, a little food poisoning was worth the scenery.
Interesting...
Check it out, Ruka...!
It's a photo-book full
of professional cosplay I bought in Nakano!
Oh wow...! They're so adorable!
So even though the past has been substantially altered,
our relationships are essentially the same...
Yeah? Me, too!
If only I could get you to coo over schematics
the way you do over cosplay.
Oh...! Afternoon, Okabe!
It's super-cute, don'tcha think?
Whoa...!
Huh...?
Sedona...
So much detail!
And there's a swimsuit version, too!
I wish I could wear that...
But I'm so not curvy enough to pull it off well.
Don't you worry!
Small boobies will have their day!
Hey! We should all take a field-trip
to the beach some weekend!
You gotta come, Kurisu!
School swimsuits for the win...!
I dunno... Us and the perv brigade?
Aww...
Hey! I'm not saying we can't go--
if we make it a girls-only trip,
then I'm totally down for some beachside fun in the sun!
Hahaha! Abandon this charade, Christina!
In truth, you don't want us along
because we might see the unfortunate birthmark
marring your hindquarters... Right?
What?! I don't have a birthmark!
Besides... if this outing to the beach
were really girls-only, that would leave Rukako high and dry.
Huh...? How so?
As I pointed out the other day...
Ruka is, shall we say, of the masculine persuasion.
Huh?
What the hell's wrong with you...?
Calling her a boy is a pretty shitty thing to do.
It makes me sad when you say mean stuff like that...
Dude... Not cool.
Wait, why're you crying...?! Oh, honestly!
You troglodyte...! Apologize to Ruka right now!
Why should I apologize
for saying what is clearly the truth?!
No--it's fine!
You shouldn't have to apologize...
If that's the way that you think of me, so be it.
Well naturally it is!
What else am I supposed to think?
Put a sock in it, you jackass!
I should go! I'm sorry!
No y'don't!
This has gone on long enough...!
If Ruka's really the girl you say she is...
then why does she have a--!
Uh...What the hell?
No, stop!... Please...! Okabe!
Rukako... You're... a female...?
That's what we've... been saying... this whole damn time!
You look thrashed. Everything okay?
A little torture. Nothing a new pair of legs won't fix...
Tortured...?! I bet it was that Makise chick!
Yeah... But I... got it all cleared up... I think...?
What did she do to your legs?!
Huh?! Sweet heavens no--don't touch them!
She compelled me to sit stock still
on my haunches for a full hour...!
Lesser men would have broken... but not me.
I dunno...
That seems pretty darn low on the torture-ometer.
Is that so...?
You sound alarmingly like a woman
who knows what she's talking about.
Let's just say that I've done my time.
This is absolutely perfect weather to go biking.
I suppose.
Hey... you feel like going for a ride?
I did assume... you had, a... second bike...!
So... I didn't come to Tokyo to work in a TV shop...
I'm looking for my dad.
Why is that...? Did he run off or something?
It's been years...
I don't even remember what he looks like.
He's somewhere in the city
but that's all I really have to go on...
It's not much of a smoking gun...
but I have an old pin of his.
You might want to think about dropping
the part-time job and focusing all on this.
Look, I... can't tell you why exactly...
but I'm only gonna have one last chance to see him.
Huh?
Short version?
I think my dad's gonna be somewhere tomorrow.
But if I show up and he doesn't, that's it...
I gotta move on, either way.
There's a place I gotta be getting to pretty soon...
'Cause y'know... I'm a busy girl.
Hell, if I don't find him in Tokyo...
I might as well quit looking.
You are ill at ease. And I... find I can relate.
However...!
You just made the serendipitous error
of disclosing your tale of paternal woe to a mad scientist!
Henceforth! You are Lab Member Double-0 Eight!
Resign yourself to being our newest guinea pig!
What are you gonna do to me?
Alter your past, of course...
It's all part of my master plan...
Helping you is just a side-effect...
You will send a D-mail to your father, understood?
In it, you will tell him not to leave--and presto...!
Home he shall remain!
You're a nice guy, you know that?
What?!
Either way...
I feel a little bit better about this than I did earlier.
Guess I should get back to work...
Thanks for being a pal, Okabe!
Hey, listen, I want you to promise me you'll come
to the lab tomorrow whether you meet your father or not...!
If he's not there, we'll help you... for science, of course!
For all your world-dom talk... you're just a big ol' softie!
All right...
I will now summarize
the basics of Operation Eldhrimnir in layman's terms.
What's with the Norse mythology?
If Suzuha locates her father,
we'll have a farewell banquet...
We'll have dinner if she doesn't find her father, as well...
But we'll present it as a kind of consolation send-off...
If so, the D-mail will be dessert.
Uh oh... Who's gonna tell Daru the plan?
He's off meeting his online friends,
or some such nonsense...
But never fear, I've got his number...!
This is how you hook a Daru.
To: Daru
Now is the time to choose
Feyris's cooking or your meeting. Which will you choose?
I took the liberty of sending him a little white lie.
Wait, are you bribing him with food or Faris...?
Either way, that'll probably work.
Huh...? But Faris told me she couldn't be here tonight.
Which I'm willing to look beyond,
since she's never met Suzuha, but our
resident hack's attendance is decidedly mandatory.
Um, actually...
I've never met her, either. Is it okay that I'm coming?
But of course...!
You ladies can do the shopping for our little soiree.
While you...?
While I tail the scrappy part-timer
to see if her errant parent "pops" up.
Aw, come on...
Don't go spying on their father-daughter bonding time.
Yeah, Okarin...!
Why don't you just come on our shopping trip with us!
Following Suzuha is my--
It's not gonna happen, so drop it!
Where does my assistant get off telling me what to do...?!
You remember earlier, right...?
How 'bout three hours?
All right...! Shopping it is!
So shall we be off...?!
I'm watching you.
Is something the matter, Okarin?
It's nothing...
What in the...?
Do you think we should go with the mild curry...?
Oh but, hot is so good.
Which do you think she'll like?
Whatever is fine... Let's go with the hot one.
Hmm... Good idea! 'Cause Suzuha's a pretty spicy girl!
I betcha she can't even taste the mild stuff!
Okie-doke... Next stop, the meat aisle!
Wow!
Lookit these prices--they're sure proud of their stuff!
Hey, Okarin...
You've been so quiet all night...
I keep waiting for you to say something like...
"Looks like the Organization's been messing around
with the price of local meat...!
Launching Operation Half-Off Sales Event!"...
Or something like that.
"Operation Half-Off Sales Event" lacks in Nordic flare.
It's me... They've sabotaged the beef supply...
Operation Audumbla is still viable,
albeit at a greater cost.
Unlock additional culinary funding on the double.
Huh? Look...! First star of the night!
Oh that's Venus, actually.
Hey, Okarin.
Remember back when we were little kids...
and you had that really bad fever?
Yeah... Right when everyone was losing their head
over the whole Y2K thing.
I was scared...
You looked so sick and frail,
I thought you were gonna just fade away...
I didn't want you to die.
So I looked up at the stars, and said a prayer.
And right then... one went shooting past right above me.
So, as it went I said...
"Don't take my Okarin!"... I said it three times in a row...
And the very next morning...
your fever had broken and you said you were feeling better!
I don't mean to brag,
but I kinda saved your life, y'know.
Sorry, but... you didn't...
My surviving that fever was the decision of Stein's Gate.
Yeah...? Aw... That's no fun.
I'm afraid so.
Okay... Hey, remember when you first got sick,
how you fell down? Remember what you said?
You said you were dizzy,
and that the world felt all wiggly...
Like you'd been zapped by lightning, you told me...
Like things didn't make sense anymore.
When we were back at Faris's...?
Your face reminded me of then.
Sick in bed with that fever...
I'd forgotten how that felt...
It's the same way I feel when I shift world-lines...
I wonder... was that bout of illness...
the emergence of my Reading Steiner ability...?
Hey!
Hey, you two!
Huh...? What's that odor assailing my nose?
Oh, that? Kurisu decided to make an apple pie for us...
That stench is dessert?!
I'd love to help... you have a job for me?
Sure! Why don't you boil some eggs for me.
Okay!
Let's see... Ooh!
I'll just pop 'em into the Phone Wave!
No, Mayuri--don't! They'll explode in there!
I can take care of it!
Aww...
You can chop the mushrooms instead, yeah?
Yaaaay!
Wait a second...!
What manner of Stygian dessert are you trying to foist upon us?
They're for the salad, genius.
I defy you to find me a single world-line
in which egg and mushroom salad goes with apple pie!
Chop...! Chop...! Chop!
I'm calling a moratorium on the "chop chop chop!"
Outta the way!
Woe betide me...
All the women have turned into evil kitchen ghouls...
If I don't call you back in an hour's time, please...
tell my parents that I loved them...
right up until the bitter... end.
'Scuse me, Okabe. Is there a rice cooker in here?
Heeeere's Daru...! Wait a sec, where's Faris?
Sorry... She can't make it to our dinner tonight...
looks like someone pulled a fast one on you--guess who.
What...?! Son-of-a...! Man, you suck!
Y'know, truth is a very subjective phenomenon.
Fat load of good that does me!
I skipped my time-travel meet-up for this!
Time-travel meet-up?
Don't judge.
It's just a bunch of posters from a sci-fi forum
I moderate sometimes...
We had a writer coming as a guest tonight, too!
This little kit is so cute! What do you keep in here?
I wouldn't go touching that, Ruka!
It's Future Gadget numero four: Moad Snake!
Is that a Claymore?!
No, no, it's merely a mock-up...
In actuality, it's a humidifier.
Aha! Here we go!
No--don't pull that!
I'm so sorry, you guys...
What's done is done.
Just watch what you touch from now on, all right?
Hey... This might help with the clean-up.
A vacuum? Yeah, good thinking.
Guess again...!
It's Future Gadget number three...!
Or is it the second one?
Number Five. A.K.A.
"'I've Connected Yet Another Trifling Thing,' a la Goemon."
A.K.A. a hair dryer that uses the heat output
of a vacuum cleaner... Here, gimme.
Hold on!
You have to unplug everything else
before you use it, otherwise the--!
...breaker will trip.
Yeah... Anybody know where the flashlight is?
Um... is this it...?
Uh... no... That's a cucumber.
So... where's the fuse-box...?
What's with that giggle, Mayuri?
You're just going to trip over something!
Told you so.
Oww...
It's by the front door.
Cool. Thanks.
You okay?
What's so funny?
Sorry 'bout that... It's just...
Hmm?
I thought of the lab I work at back in America...
It's top-notch, y'know?
We're talking wall to wall geniuses...
But they're all so... cold...
Scientifically, it blows this place out of the water, but...
I feel at home here.
Hey!
Don't go thinking that was a compliment or anything...!
I was just comparing and contrasting the labs...
That's all...
I made this place because I couldn't invent friends.
It worked... I mean... I'm still here, aren't I?
And you know earlier...
when you said you cherish our friendship, it...
well... it made me happy... Like, a lot.
Did you fall on your head?
Wait, what...?!
I try to say something nice, and that's your reply...?!
You're such a bastard!
Suzuha sure is late, huh.
I hope that means she found her dad.
Sure, I bet they're catching up
on father/daughter stuff and they lost track of time.
I made it very clear she was to report to the lab either way...
But I guess my instructions were all for nothing.
She isn't coming. Let's call it a night.
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So she's going to slink off into the night,
fatherless and alone...?
Not on my watch. Hououin Kyouma cannot abide this!
Dammit!
Where could she be?!
Of course...
I'll send a D-mail instructing myself
to tail Suzuha this afternoon at all costs...! But...
After everything that's transpired...
dare I alter the past any further...?
You're a nice guy, you know that?
Either way...
I feel a little bit better about this than I did earlier.
I'm no thumb twiddling milquetoast
trembling in his lab coat... I am Hououin Kyouma...
I look into the abyss with nary a fear!
"Ignore assistant..."
Do not give in to your assistant's threats. Follow Suzuha!
"...tail Suzuha!"
Do not give in to your assistant's threats. Follow Suzuha!
Whassup.
It's good to see you're so hard at work...
Late night, eh?
No kidding--that party really took on a life of its own!
I'm running on fumes today...
Humor me, if you would...
We threw a consolation dinner for you last night,
one at which you served as our test subject.
Did we not?
Yeah, but we never got around to the guinea pig part,
'cause I don't have my dad's contact info.
There's a detail I'm kind of fuzzy on...
Refresh my memory as to how you ended up at the lab last night?
Huh...? What were you drinking...?
Sounds like somebody needs to lay off the sauce.
Please, just indulge me for a moment.
Yeah, okay...
I was just leaving the time- travel forum meet-up when you--
Uh... Time-travel forum meet-up...?!
When you told me your father might show up somewhere,
is that what you meant?!
Yup. On the message boards,
he posts under the user ID Titor.
Wait... John Titor?!
Nuh uh, sorry. Barrel... It's Barrel Titor.
I told you at the party, remember?
You recorded me saying it and everything.
Oh man...! Last night was so much fun!
Course, it would've been better without you-know-who...
That pie of hers almost made it
a farewell party for everyone...!
Ruka's curry, though...
now that was some tasty stuff!
I really do dig your lab... Seriously cool!
You all get along, and you're always having fun.
First time in my whole life I felt like I really fit in.
Come on up whenever you want.
Surely I needn't remind you...
You are a member of the lab now.
Yeah. Maybe I'll stick around...
Look for dear ol' Dad a little bit more...
kisei sareta shikai mujihi naru
Our vision, controlled by someone, fills with cruelty
juuni no shihai nogarerarenai
We can't escape the twelve rules
ansoku no asu wo negatta
We wished for a tomorrow full of rest
te no naka no toutoi jishou no chihei he
to be given to the precious event horizon in our hands
toraware shi meiyaku arawareta gishou no rinkaku
In the promise we made in captivity appeared the contours of a lie
seimei no tenchi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
The realm of life recorded a time of blindness
habatake butterfly
Fly, butterfly
kiseki no butterfly
O, miraculous butterfly
anata he sasagu
I will sacrifice to you
namida no butterfly
Butterflies of tears
mabushii butterfly
Dazzling butterflies
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
Everything is being rewritten