Huh? What are you doing?
Impossible...
How...?
You're... You're alive!
Are you a zombie?!
I'm about to scream bloody murder here in a second, mister.
Look, I only want to get to the bottom of this.
Where are the stab wounds?
What is your trauma?! Get away from me!
Feel free to slap him if he gets too grabby.
You were skewered like a pig! I saw it plain as day!
Not more than three hours ago, during Dr. Nakabachi's lecture--
Ix-nay on the azy-cray, dude.
We've been over this,
the doctor's lecture never happened, remember?
But, I...!
Excuse me... They're ready for you now, ma'am.
Uh... Coming.
You can't just saunter off!
No you don't.
You are sick.
Far from it!
I am Hououin... Kyouma!
suujuuoku mo no kodou no kazu sae
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
Time Travel
Paranoia
Are Time Machines Possible?
First off, thanks for coming today.
I appreciate it.
Um... It's only fair to warn you I'm really not
all that accustomed to speaking publicly,
so you'll have to strap in and bear with me a little bit.
Wow, she's cutting her teeth on us?
So I guess a zombie's out of the question...
Will you get over this please?
Time machines will be the focus
of our discussion this afternoon.
Kind of left field from the topic
covered in my article, I realize, but...
I'll try my best to sound semi-coherent.
Coincidence, surely.
Personally, my assertion...
...is that they're no more real than the boogey man...
Tantalizing to consider, perhaps, but framed objectively,
something any serious physicist simply outgrows--
Objection!
I'm sorry?
"No more real than the boogey man..."
HA! Your evidence, skeptic, please!
I hope no one saw me come in with you.
That's not really...
Well-established theoretical foundations
in virtually every branch of physics argues against the idea.
I'm not a lone nut.
Pray continue.
Alright then... Fine...
You're so keen, let's do this open forum...
Wouldn't want the conversation hijacked by entrenched
nay-sayers, now would we?
Agreed...? Hououin Kyouma?
That infuriating...
Safe to say string theory doesn't gibe with the notion
of bouncing around through time in a blue police box...
However charming that sounds... Any argument from you, sir?
So much for Gödel's view...
Let's forge ahead to the next contender...
That is, I should say... if I'm not moving too fast...
That concludes my reasoning with regard to the quantum view...
Unless of course the gentleman would like
to point out something I missed...
Feel free to jump in, sir.
Auuuugh!!
Why must she be so damnably articulate...?!
Blast...
I'm gonna leave you to ramble, go find some AC...
Clearly the bastards mean for this
to escalate into full-out psychological warfare...
Easy enough though... I'll just beef up my defenses.
Yanagibayashi
Shrine
Eight!
Nine... One more to go... You can do it!
Ten!
And the great Ruka is victorious...!
Oh...! Hey, Okarin's here! Too-too-roo!
Huh? Oh, Okabe... Uh, I mean Kyouma... Sorry.
Don't tell me the password has slipped your mind yet again.
Huh? Oh, right. Um, El Psy... Concrete?
Congroo, I'm sure you mean.
That's the one, yes.
Right-o, so what did you need me to carry?
Oh, it's right here... I kinda...
Well, you might say I wasn't expecting the shrine
to give us so much corny goodness.
Father received them as a gift...
But we can't eat enough to keep it from going to waste.
Works out for us...
Your donation to the lab is most appreciated...
No doubt it'll give member morale a little boost.
Really...? You're not just saying that, are you?
Uh, errr...
Don't you think Ruka's sword practice is starting to pay off?
Thank you... Oka--
I mean Kyouma wanted me to show some discipline.
The Samidare Blade is very close to revealing
its otherworldly secrets to you, I'm certain.
Keep at it, and you'll be a worthy wielder in no time.
Yes, sir!
And to think, you found it in the weapons shop for only
980 yen and they didn't even know it was magical and stuff!
Well then, let us inspect your progress, grasshoppa...
Demonstrate an exorcism.
Uh. Well, sure. I guess... Except, I...
Don't really perform them all by myself...
Father's usually around to--
Auuuuughh!!!
A malign spirit has taken possession
of my right hand, Rukako!
Banish it before I'm forced to do something unseemly!
Be right back!
That spirit sure likes messing with you while you're here.
Indeed! It is insatiable!
Urushibara Ruka... Delicate as an orchid.
Fair as a cherry blossom...
The personification of feminine grace... And a dude.
Tall as a willow... Slender as a reed... A dude.
Radiant in shrine vestments... Dude.
The sun dips low in a rosy sky.
Cicadas buzz... Ruka... is a dude.
Bye!
How cool is it that we know someone who can do exorcisms?
Being in good with the shrine has its perks.
Take that evile spirits! Oof!
Oopsie... Heh.
Akihabara Police
Restricted Area
Aww...
Don't tell me they've blocked this off.
They had to. It's leads to the back of the Radio Building.
Guess that makes sense.
I'll take the swag.
You've got work, right? Hand it over.
Hmm... Aren't you a gentleman...?
It's a late shift today,
so I'll probably just head on home after I get out.
Hey...
You, uh...
really don't remember hearing that scream this morning?
What? Where?
The stairwell of the Radio Building.
Umm...
That'd be the kind of thing to stick out.
You'd think so, yeah.
Well, anyway. Never mind.
Hahaha. You're so random sometimes.
I don't get it. No one remembers but me.
If this isn't some elaborate prank, I'm losing my mind.
Open
Closed
Shuttering up early today, Mr. Braun?
Can't speak for this Mr. Braun fella, but I am, yeah.
Interviewing a part timer.
You're kidding me...
Has father time encroached so swiftly that help is needed
to maintain a clientele-free cavern like this?
Come closer and ask.
Hey, you guys!
Sorry.
That's how all the cool kids are sayin' wassup these days.
I'm guessing she's not here to shop.
You stay out of this... Gimme a name.
Amane Suzuha.
Your age?
Eighteen.
Reason for applying?
Serious CRT buff.
You're hired.
Nice bit o' vaudeville; you should take it on the road.
Should I care what you think?
Not 'less you give a crap about some idiot
rentin' the space above us.
An "idiot" who happens to be none other than Hououin--!
You want me to double your rent?
Okabe Rintarou.
Nice to meet'cha! Whacha got in the bags?
Have a look. Donations in the form of intelligence corn.
I could, part with an ear for a song...
Groddy. Looks like it's made of little yellow blisters...
Cool to see how it starts out, though.
You've never seen...?
Lemme touch it!
Easy.
Be warned, girl...
Many a passing acquaintance of mine
has been hounded by the Organization...
Sara. Dear Claudia. Innocent Simone...
That's so tragic... Well, I don't frighten easily, mister.
Please don't encourage the guy...
He's whacked enough as it is.
Yeah?
Ha! Just keep telling yourself that, Cue Ball.
One day, the world shall tremble beneath my feet.
So... Evil laughs are trendy?
Unknown satellite crashes near Akihabara Station, around 12:00...
The crash was right around noon.
Then that corroborates Daru and Mayuri...
Professor Nakabachi's Press Conference Cancelled
So it was cancelled.
"Makise Kurisu..."
Working hypothesis: Reality and my brain are at odds.
Huh? What do we have here?
A time traveler's here! lololol
SERN maintains a strict monopoly on the time machine market...
Civilians and corporations alike are banned from acquiring one.
This is how they've been able to implement
their vision unchecked; why the world's the way it is.
I'm here to reroute the past for the sake of your future.
I've come to take down SERN and thwart the dystopian mess
they've created in my own time. I'm here to protect freedom.
Aren't you worried that by being here
you run the risk of creating a paradox?
Ah, the so-called 'Grandfather Paradox?'
257 Name: Nameless Prophet-san [sage] All I can think of is the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
It doesn't exist.
451 Name: Nameless Prophet-san [sage] If you time travel, can you meet yourself in the past?
It's possible to meet your past self.
You'll simply change world lines if you do.
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You have to let go of this idea of time as a single line
moving from past to future. It's actually comprised of
infinite lines all running parallel.
We call these "world lines."
Let's say for example someone murdered you.
By traveling back in time to prevent it,
I create two divergent worlds:
one where you're killed, one where you're not.
The same basic idea is true of all such actions.
The traveler splits off to a different world line.
So his thing now is he's Japanese...?
He rears up on U.S. message boards back in 2000,
claiming he's from 2036...
...alludes to a war-ravaged future
he's traveled back in time to try and steer us clear of...
...takes the internet and every underground publisher by storm.
Still, though... You'd think
a decade would've cooled down the imitators by now.
618 Name: Nameless Prophet-san [sage] Pretending to be? Huh?
Come on, stop giving me dead links. It's annoying.
Damn it! Why'd you have to nix all your files on the S.O.B.?
John Titor About 12 Results
A dozen results...? No way.
Ten years ago every chode
with a .com address was on top of this thing!
Impossible!
John Titor About 56 results
No, no, no... This is wrong...
I had books about him on this shelf! I'm certain I did!
Daru. It's me.
This better be good, dude. I'm with Faris.
Where'd you move my books?!
I'm sorry?
The ones I had on John Titor, man...
Look, I've always kept them in the same place...
Tell me you moved them!
Wait. Slow down.
What?!
Who the Hell is John Titor...? Dude?
I spent all night trying to turn up pay dirt on the man...
No stone unturned, no forum un-scoured... And yet...
"I have a question for you, Titor...
About ten years ago... The year 2000, in other words...
That's an interesting topic you bring up.
Unfortunately, however, I've never visited the year 2000.
Nor do I have any plans to.
Excuse me...?! What in the...?!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Not so fast!
Er, that is to say, hold the phone just a moment please!
Or rather, delete the pictures you just took of me
from your phone for your own safety!
I'm sorry... Apparently I've offended you in some way.
What were you taking pictures of?
Evidence.
Evidence I was here... I mean...
Of the stuff I've seen... I suppose you could say.
Can I show you something?
Sure?
This.
Quite the dinosaur you've got there, miss.
You're an expert?
Sorry.
Do you know anyone who is?
Well, uh, Daru, but...
A friend of yours, I guess?
I don't think that's any of your business...
Kindly delete those pictures, if you would.
I need this Daru's contact info. Please.
I think not!
I don't believe this...
You're trying to strong-arm me, aren't you?
I'll delete it, if you tell me.
Uh... Ah... Very well then...
But you're mistaken if you think I'll sell out a cohort...!
I'll give you my contact info.
What name should I type?
Can't you read?
It says Hououin Kyouma right there!
Oubouin Kyouma
Fine... Allow me.
'Kay. Just send me a blank text, then...
I'll reply back when I have a free moment.
Welcome home, Meow-ster!
We've been waiting for y--
Oh! I didn't know it was you...!
Well then welcome home meow-ster Okarin.
So... How's tricks, May?
It's Meow-ushii while I'm on the clock, silly...
Ohhhh, you know what?
We should find a way to make your name kitty-ish too.
How bout Rrrowkabe?
Is Daru around?
Oh, he's lounging in the back.
Kyouma!
What happened to your solemn oath to darken our doorway
every three days, you big goofy Frankenstein?
Ah... Blame the Organization, love.
Oh... You poor thing! What have they done now...?
Tell me you've got a plan!
Whatever it is, you know we've got your back!
In good time... I'll take my usual Stealth Field, thank you.
Hang on now... When're you gonna let me join?!
Faris...! I cannot let you fight my battles in good conscience.
Not even when I've mastered my super secret special move?
Do what...?!
Surely you can't have perfected it so quickly...
Oh, but indeed I have...
Months of hardship in the Guiana Highlands couldn't deter me,
nor the death of my beloved master...
No...! I have the power!
You do realize I hate you now...
So, about my text message...
Seriously. I'm not talking to you. You're dead to me.
Ugh... Stop worrying...
I have no interest in a girl who spews naught but falsehoods.
Watch it... I can't allow you to talk about my girl that way.
Strong words for a Don Juan...!
Your precious harem know you're here?
Nice try, chief... It doesn't count if I fool around
on 'em with a flesh and blood woman!
Okay. Change of subject, please...
Here. Have a look at this.
Whoa... That's your classic IBN Fifty-one-hundred.
Is that a big deal?
Dude, it's not just retro, it's like the rarest of the rare.
'Bout a month ago, word through the grapevine
had one floatin' around here somewhere.
Your new friend and me probably troll the same message boards.
And?
It hasn't turned up yet.
Knight Heart couldn't even get a lock on it,
so my bet is the whole thing was
just a rumor someone threw out there
to light a fire under the local antiquing crowd.
What do you think it's worth?
Well it's been about thirty years
since they had 'em on the market...
PCs were still so pricey back then not many people
had the scratch lyin' around to buy one...
Kinda the dark ages, in a way.
Really...
Ah... and speak of the devil...
It would appear this Kiryuu Moeka
is a woman on a bit of a mission.
Sender: The Lightning Shiatsu-ist Subject: I'm waiting Hououin, I sent that mail! I'm Kiryuu Moeka! Age 20! No real job! I can mail you, right? I'm sending it, whether you like it or not! Moeka
Oh joy, the plot thickens: she's a "freeter"--whatever that is.
And evidently only a person of few words in person. Great.
What's up?
You owe me a lunch
for not unleashing this chatty Kathy on you, man...
"Sorry. No dice...
My sources say it was probably just a rumor... El Psy Congroo."
Bon appetit, Meow-sters! Eat while it's hot.
Bitchin'! Prepare to be impressed...
The
World's
in Danger!!
I'm about to do some damage!
Keep it in your pants.
Oh man, this is heaven on a plate!
The
World's in Dang
er!!
I'll be sure to send your compliments along to the chef.
Analysis: the gel-nanas, hitherto fore so to be named,
have been ripped asunder at the molecular level.
Hmm... They're basically mutant bananas, you mean...
That can't be good. What do you s'pose is causing it?
I think you'll agree the only conceivable explanation
at this stage is some sort of uncommonly intense EM wave.
What's your basis?
A mad scientist's intuition, my friend.
Gotcha. Flyin' by the seat of our pants.
Ready when you are, boss.
Superlative! Let us then commence!
Property of Mayushii
Uh, you really wanna use these?
Fear not, Double-O 3.
These specimens are the fruit of Mayuri's generous donation...
Yeah, they're hers.
We haven't time to quibble over particulars, Hack,
for this is science.
Okay, but I think one's more than enough.
Just note, while I was willing to up the ante,
you remain a one banana Cautious Carl.
You know,
I refuse to be insulted by the guy who named this machine.
Phone Wave (Real Name TBA) happens to be
a clever ruse to throw the Organization off our scent.
Well, you're the only idiot here who thinks they're sniffin'.
Oh is that a fact?
Just callin' it like I see it, man.
Done.
What is it?
It's gone! Look!
Impossible!
Red alert...
Implement emergency lock-down protocol Theta 666 immediately.
Don't give me that!
Damn you, there's no time to push this through parliament!
Right now? Seriously?
Is this your idea of a joke?!
Uhh... Hey, if anyone's gettin' punked here it's me.
Look, either you've palmed it
or we have a teleporter on our hands!
A what? You think it teleported??
Come on... That's crazy talk.
Crazy talk, is it...?! Open your eyes!
How else does an ordinary banana go from--
How. The. Hell...?
Um... That's funny...
I could've sworn we tore it off from the rest of 'em...
Funny. I could've sworn I saw you do it not a minute ago.
Yeah... That's what I thought.
I think... we might be on to something.
Kinda seems like it, huh?
Interesting experiment you've got going on there,
Okabe Rintarou... or wait... I'm sorry, is it Hououin Kyouma?
Makise Kurisu...!
kisei sareta chikai mujihi nari juuni no shinri nogarerarenai
We cannot escape the 12 merciless truths and the controlled oath we took
ansoku no asu wo negattara
If we wish 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
the promise we made in captivity turns out to be a phantom
seimei no tenshi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
The angel of life recorded a time of blindness
habatake butterfly
A flapping butterfly
kiseki no butterfly
A miraculous butterfly
anata he sasageru
I will consecrate them to you
namida no butterfly
Butterflies of tears
mabushii butterfly
Dazzling butterflies
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
All those are being rewritten