That's right... This guy came up and asked me to make him a pin.
And the sketch he showed me
looked like the pin you came around with.
Sort of like it, or exactly like it? A lot is riding on this!
What did this customer of yours look like...?!
Look like...? Man, I don't know...
I guess the dude kind of looked like a barrel.
Like a barrel?
Did he ever give you his name?!
He didn't say... And I didn't ask...
But he was round, I can tell ya that much.
Round like a barrel...
Didja know "taru" is another word for "barrel," you guys?
Taru...?!
Uh huh! I picked that up from watching the Rai-Net anime...!
There was a barrel-monster guy, and his real name was Taru!
I'm telling ya...
He looked just like a barrel... Or maybe a balloon.
So he was a big guy who looked like a barrel or a balloon?
He didn't leave you his phone number, perchance?
Say what?!
He came to get a pin made-- not ask me out on a date.
The trail went cold, huh?
But hey... he'll go back to pick up his pin
when it's done being made, right?
When the vendor informed him it would take a full week,
apparently he left without placing an order.
I see.
I don't wanna say it, but maybe we can't find him after all...
Yes, we can.
There is another option.
Makise will have the time-leap machine finished by tomorrow...
Once it's operational...!
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
Sacrificial
Necrosis
Where's Suzuha?
Huh?
She left here a little while ago.
Don't you remember?
I'll explain later!
Dammit...! I didn't think to ask him
what time Suzuha's father shows up...!
Hey... can I help you?
Is that him?!
He does cut a rather spherical figure... Wait, that hat...
Daru?!
Aw, man! Okarin?
What's gotten into you...?
Sneaking off to make a copy of Suzuha's pin...?
Seriously, how bad's she gonna feel
if we never find her old man...?
I figured I'd get another pin and fake being her dad--
y'know, give her some hope.
But the hope you speak of is based on a falsehood!
Not all lies are created equal...
Sometimes a little white lie
can spare somebody's feelings, y'know.
Think about the bigger picture...!
We can locate her real father in due time!
I'm not supposed to tell you this,
but it's the only way you'll stop busting my balls.
Hmm?
Her time-machine's a one-way street...
It can't go forward... Only back.
Once she leaves us... she's gone for good.
How goes it?
Take a soda break... heh?
Awesome! I got me a wicked thirst on that
only an ice-cold diet soda can quench...!
It's like you read my mind, man!
Well? Do you think you can get it working?
Should have it done by tomorrow.
Check this guy out! We're gonna have time to spare!
Daru's a cheetah when it comes to tech jobs...
I told you not to judge a book by its cover.
Huh? Wait, you did? I don't remember that.
Anyway, ol' Daru here's so unassuming,
I'd have never known he was such a bad-ass.
So I guess you're right, Okabe.
Wanna hop in and lend a hand, Suzuha...?
The heat in the time-machine might be oppressive,
but it's nothing that can't be fixed
by stripping down to our unmentionables...
Why're you such a creeper?!
Wow, Suzuha and Daru make a pretty good match, huh!
Listen... There's something I need to say,
and the chance might not come up later, so...
Thanks so much...
You guys have really gone to bat for me.
When I first came to this time,
I didn't know a single person around here, you know?
This place might be a walk in the park
compared to where I'm from...
but to me, it was still as scary as hell.
But now, just get a load of all the awesome people here
that I can call friend...
Traveling back to this period was a good idea...
This was... the most fun I've ever had, y'know?
I'm glad I got this time to be with you guys,
even if it wasn't for long...
Being a member of the Future Gadget Lab... it was nice.
Once she leaves us... she's gone for good.
It's up to you now--you're the only chance we've got--
I promise you I'll do it!
Suzuha, I'll keep the world exactly the way it is right now!
Okabe, how did you...?
Do you...
Do you regret... the time you've spent with us...?
If you could never see us again...
would you come to regret having known us in the first place...?
I mean, were we worth it...?
I get it... Daru told you, didn't he?
He's worried... And he's not the only one.
I can't not go!
Changing the future was my dad's life work,
and now it's mine.
This is your future we're talking about, too!
How can you just maroon yourself in the past?!
I'm not headed to some gulag. It's the '70s.
Long as I can make friends half as cool as you guys,
I think I'll be alright wherever I end up.
Here goes nothing...!
I think you're good to go now,
but if you wanna double-check, then knock yourself out.
All systems are go! I can't believe you got it working!
Wouldn't kill ya to smile...!
Hey, you just fixed a time-machine!
Cheer up...! No one else on Earth can say that!
Okay, what part of '75, you guys...?
Oh, I could go in the summer;
the weather'd probably be pretty nice.
What do you think, Daru?
Nah, I'd aim a bit earlier.
If you arrive just as the cherry blossoms are blooming,
more folks'll be out and about.
Better for making friends, you know?
Wow, good thinking! Earlier it is!
"FG204...?"
Hey, Suzuha!
Huh?
What's up?
What does that mean?
I should have introduced you sooner.
That's the time-machine's name.
My dad came up with it.
What's my bike doing here?
Take the tires off and it's small enough to bring along.
We knew how much you liked the darn thing.
i'll treasure it. Thanks, you guys.
I got it...!
Detective Mayuri figured out who your father is,
Suzuha--and just in the nick of time!
What?!
What's better... you could reach out right now
and give your dad a great big hug!
Right... now...?!
See, I was wearing my thinking cap...
...and, I suddenly realized why you two make such a good match.
It isn't just 'cause you're friends,
'cause we're your friends, too...
It's because you two are family!
Wait...! Are you saying...?!
Suzuha's long-lost father...
...is Daru!
Huh...?! Me??
That isn't the sort of thing you joke about, Mayuri...!
As if any self-respecting woman would ever actually--
Hey! No need to be mean!
This is a big deal!
Please tell me you've got more than to go off of...!
Well, remember how I said that "barrel" and taru were the same?
Taru... Itaru... There ya go!
That's your reason...?!
Word-play does not establish fatherhood!
Yeah but, what about that rebel group Suzuha
is part of in the future, Okarin...?
It was founded by you and Barrel Titor, wasn't it?
And... the only other guy who knows about all the
time-machine stuff you're doing in Akihabara in 2010...
and your Reading Stoner thing--
Reading Steiner.
Sure...
Well, the only guy who'd
know about those is Daru, right...? So...
But the very best clue that I found was right under our noses!
What, the time-machine's name...?
Yup--FG204.
FG like Future Gadget, you see?!
I... suppose it could be, but...!
Check out the rest...!
Does that remind anyone of anything?
Kay, it says Future Gadget Two Hundred and Four,
Second Edition, version two-point-three-one!
That padded naming style...
You're my dad...?
Uh... guess you gotta call me big daddy from now on, huh?
Are you seriously gonna make even this moment pervy?
You're my dad.
Yeah, I... guess I am.
I went back... Just like you wanted, Dad...
And I found you...
I found you with the time-machine you built...
Yeah.
You never got the chance to fix the world.
But I'm gonna finish what you started!
And I'm gonna make you proud of me.
That's... gonna be kinda tough...
'Cause I already am proud of you.
I have to know...
Your Mother. Was she smokin' hot?
Short, baby-faced, huge rack--am I in the ballpark?
I'm keeping that one to myself!
Well... I guess it's time...
Right.
I know you're going really far,
but please don't forget about us!
You be careful.
Thanks--you, too.
That IBN 5100 is as good as mine--you'll see...!
I'll make sure it gets to you guys in one piece, K?
I won't see it, but... make it a good future, yeah?
The next time you guys see me, I'll be a little old lady.
You better recognize me when I'm 35 years older!
Suzuha!
Part-Time Warrior
Thank You
Goodbye.
Suzuha...! I promise you... we're gonna meet again...!
Things might get rough, but you gotta hang in there...!
You gotta be strong!
...for your dad...
This just in: The rogue satellite on the roof
of the Radio Building in Akihabara has disappeared.
Hey... this word on the pin...
Call me crazy, but I think it's just our initials...
O's Okabe... H is for Hashida, S for Shina...
Ah! Then the M's gotta stand for Makise,
and the A is for Amane! Right?
Cool--it's a lab member pin!
Guess we should get some made, huh?
Totally!
What's that look for?
Why aren't we seeing any difference
in the numbers on the Divergence Meter.
Maybe they can't change
until she brings us the IBN 5100 in the present.
If I did the math right, Suzuha's 54 years old by now...
Man, that's a trip, that means
I'm three decades younger than my own daughter...
Probably has grandkids, too, she's old enough, you know.
Whoa. Hold the phone...
You mean I might get to meet my own great-grandkids
while I'm still young enough to enjoy 'em?!
You better spoil 'em like crazy!
That's what great-grandpas are for!
Suzuha!
Mr. Braun...?!
Okabe Rintarou
A letter?
Hashida Suzu
Hashida... Suzu...?!
D'you really think it's from her?!
Wait a sec! Why'd he bring it up to us?
That letter is from a woman who did me a favor,
once upon a time...
She told me to pass it along to you, but only on this exact day.
This woman... where is she now...?
A better place.
Hashida Suzu
She passed on ten years ago.
"Dear Okabe... This is your very old friend... Suzuha..."
"In 2010, I've only been gone for a matter of hours."
"I'm writing from the year 2000...
a decade before I left... I need to tell you..."
"...that I failed my mission."
"I failed... I failed... I failed... I failed...
I failed..."
"I only had to do one thing and I failed...
I failed... I failed...!"
"I only remembered the truth of who I am a year ago...
All that wasted time..."
"Everything that happened before 1975 was just... gone."
"When I made the jump, there was a critical failure...
Something in the machine was still broken..."
"Please tell Dad not to blame himself...
The fault was all mine!"
"I should've just gone straight back to 1975, like he wanted...
instead of risking everything with a stop in 2010!"
"God, how could I have been so selfish...?!"
"The future's doomed because of me!"
"I've never even seen an IBN 5100..."
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry...!"
"I forgot... about my mission... my duty..."
"I lived an easy life, with my head in the goddamn sand...!"
Please...! Please forgive me!"
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"Dear Okabe... when I couldn't find my dad that one evening,
Part-Time Warrior
you stopped me from giving up and heading to 1975."
Do not give in to your assistant's threats. Follow Suzuha!
"So I stayed... and the storm that night damaged
the time-machine in ways we never found."
"If you can turn back time...
I ask that you not stop me that night."
"My life was..."
"...a waste."
Mr. Braun.
Huh...? Whaddya want? I'm trying to call it a day here.
I don't mean to pry, but...
can you tell me how Hashida Suzu died?
Why the hell do you care?
Please sir, this is important! I'll beg if I have to...!
I need to know what happened to her...!
All I'm asking for is some closure...!
If this is you just being nosy,
I'll wring your neck like a chicken...
But I'll bite--how'd a kid like you know
a lady who died in 2000?
We were...
...old friends... Very old friends...
But I remember the time we spent together...
A lifetime ago, but it feels like yesterday ...!
Talkin' about the whole thing still eats at me...
She killed herself.
Hanged herself in her house one day.
I should've seen it coming.
She'd been off for about a year... Y'know... mentally.
She was so sunny and all before...
Guess I thought she'd get through it.
It's my fault...
Her time-machine never would have malfunctioned
if I hadn't prevented her from leaving that night
the way she intended to.
If I hadn't messaged myself to follow her,
she could have traveled back to 1975
with the memory of what she had to do intact!
You didn't know...
What are you doing...?! Hey! Talk to me!
I can't let her die... Not again...!
Don't follow her. It's one of
SERN's traps.
Please don't send another one, Okarin...!
If you press that button,
it's like none of this was ever real!
I have to...
Don't you see what'll happen?
She'll never know who her father was if you send that message!
I have to!
I won't see it, but... make it a good future, yeah?
Okarin!
Huh...? What are you looking at?
"Hashida Suzu," huh...? I wasn't expecting that...
So... I'm assuming you knew her?
Yeah... And she's been well... I hope...?
Passed away 'bout ten years ago, give or take...
She was real good to me, Suzu was...
Wish I could've done something to help her there at the end...
Killed herself... Didn't she.
The hell...?! She got sick and died, you freak!
I lived with her, so I would know...!
"Killed herself" my ass...!
That bicycle...!
It's a beaut...
Suzu loved the hell outta that bike--
she'd ride it any chance she got.
I don't have the heart to scrap it...
so it's been sitting out here ever since.
We were just neighbors at first. "Hi."
"How ya doin'?" Y'know... But later,
when my house burned down along with all my stuff...
...she rented one of her rooms out to me.
Charged me next to nothing,
and only accepted that because I insisted.
Did she have a family, or... was it just her?
I don't think she ever got married,
if that's what you mean...
She was a rare bird, that one.
Y'know, I asked her once...
"Why are you being so good to a fella who isn't nothing to ya?"
She just smiled that easy smile of hers, and said...
"Everybody needs a hand at some point or another.
That's how life works... Just make sure you're ready
to lend a hand yourself when your number comes up."
Oh, yeah... Gimmie a sec.
This... thing was her prized possession.
Any idea what those numbers are about?
Near the end, when she was bedridden,
she would just gaze at it...
"Is this the number from before, or the number from after?"
she'd murmur to herself, always asking
"Did I change it, or was it all for nothing?
I can't be sure."... It was constantly on her mind.
The divergence number... it went up...
It's higher... but it's still under one percent...
The train on the outside loop will be arriving momentarily...
For your safety, please remain behind the yellow line.
But that means... nobody's called in a bomb-threat!
Mayuri!
Oh no...!
Mayuri!
Huh?
You feeling okay?
Yeah... I'm fine.
Oh, hey... Mayuri's phone was going nuts a bit earlier.
Sorry if that was you, man...
I hollered for her to wake up, y'know, but no dice.
Suzuha... did we change the world enough...?
Is Mayuri... going to live...?
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