Curséd be these hands... what granted you life...!
Now honor our sulphurous contract... writ in blood...!
Let the ebon flames burn black...!
Fulfill my wish, O beast!
Ahhhhh!
How'm I gonna heat up my chicken tenders now...?!
You can expect this level of disregard for your things.
You might wanna run for it.
Don't be a butthead...!
You should say that you're sorry--
then go out and buy me a new microwave!
Surely not in this economy?
No photographs...! I was very clear on that!
A keepsake.
Huh?
Shining Finger!
Check it, ladies, the upgrade is complete...!
Phone Wave Mark II Version 1.03 is ready to rock your world...!
Thanks to the heroic efforts of yours truly,
we can now shuttle D-mail to any number we feel like!
Excellent work, my friend!
We should get back to the experiments, then!
Is it really a... time machine?
You're not to breathe a word of it to anyone.
I sure do hope Mr. Prawn doesn't get mad at us again...
Part-time girl!
Hello down there!
Hi!
This is no time for too-too-!
Where's... Mr. Braun?!
Who's that?
Daddy's name isn't Mr. Braun...
Oh, you're talking 'bout the big boss-man.
I think he's been out on a house-call
for most of the afternoon.
House call?
Why you think I'm fiddling with my bike?
Now, Mayuri.
Tutturu
Received Mail
From: Mayuri
Subject: (None)
-- Mayushii
It's real!
Hey... what was that...?
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
Divergence
Singularity
I betcha some juicy chicken tenders
would go really well with all this...
Huh? Hold on...! Where's the bag with my soda?!
Sorry. Sold out.
Then you beat a path from store to store till you find it!
I wouldn't have to explain this to an assistant worth her salt!
I'm not gonna schlep all over town just to get you soda...!
Here.
Hand it over...
I'm a mad scientist,
not some shriveled octogenarian mewling about his fiber intake.
Let the round table now assemble!
Just a sec, man--I'm gettin' the sweats.
What in the nine hells do you think you're doing...?!
You want the Organization to hear this?
Why not invite them in?
Yeah, whatever.
What's a Round Table?
Starting now, Operation Wyrd
goes into the second phase of experimentation...
which will allow us... to gauge D-mail's effect.
Barley tea's so good in the summer...!
You want some, Moeka?
Okay, so what kind of experiments are you thinkin' of?
We are going to change the past.
No way. We are not taking that kind of risk...!
What if it results in a time paradox?
Then so be it...!
Any true mad scientist would absolutely kill
to know if D-mails can really alter the past.
You disappoint me, Assistant.
I... I just think...
How are you gonna prove it, Okarin?
Thank you so much for asking.
By virtue of a single event,
the occurrence of which will brook no doubt.
Picking the winning numbers in the lottery!
Okarin... I'm disappointed in you.
Dude, sick! I'm totally rollin' up to the curb
at Queen May's in the earthbound equivalent of a Star Destroyer!
Instead of being Greedy Gus'es,
wouldn't it be a lot nicer
if we tried to make world peace happen...?
We could give everyone on Earth an oopa cushion!
Seriously, man... Way to be a total jackass.
I'm trying to see if I can alter the blasted past, woman...!
We need a quantifiable change!
And that's the first thing you could think of?
Quiet, Little Miss Moneybags!
"Moneybags"...? What the hell?!
Well that's what you really are...!
Lounging in some opulent hotel room
your parents are paying for...!
"Let them eat cake!" eh there, Antoinette!?
Don't you have a lotto to fix?
Makise's right. We should figure that out.
Which one should we win, though?
Which one, indeed...
What's the matter?
Not sure...
Where is Double-O Five?
Dunno.
What're you doing?!
There ya go.
Can't take my eyes off of you for a second, can I?
I texted... You never replied.
I really want to borrow the IBN 5100. Please... Ill take that as a yes?
Dude, smoking hot aside, what a space-cadet.
Christina!
You are hereby tasked
with preventing her from wandering off!
Huh...?! Hey! I'm not your guard dog.
Poor Moeka, stuck on the couch.
Would you like me to give you the grand tour of the lab?
It really is a whole lot of fun...!
If you don't believe me, just ask Kurisu!
Hmmm... now where to start...
How 'bout the Lotto 6? It looks juicy.
They've just announced this week's winning numbers.
So now we send them into the past... and see what happens.
You're really going to do this?
If you've a better idea, speak up!
The numbers're right here, so we can do it whenever...
Looks like the current jackpot's at... Two-hundred million!
Two... hundred million...?!
Whoa, Daru! Hold on...!
That's a little much, yeah...?
Say wha?
Well... hitting a jackpot of that size would only serve...
to... draw unwanted attention to ourselv--
What a total chicken.
Second prize?!
Oh, good call. Only 23 million.
What's third?!
Seven-hundred thousand.
Perfect-that-one-yes!
Good form there, fearless leader.
This from the girl who's quailing in her boots
at the thought--
This is an oopa cushion!
If you ever feel oogy
and you need to some cheering up...
just-give-'em a big hug!
Next stop! The lab refrigerator!
What's inside you today...?
May I...?
Time to earn your keep, Double-O Five.
Here's your first Future Gadget Lab assignment.
Oh! This is exciting!
I would like you to compose the D-mail message...
Something that will convince the ignorant me of a week ago
to buy a ticket with the number we've provided.
Seven days is... 168 hours. Cool if I round up?
That'll do.
Buy Lotto-6 You'll win!
Short and sweet.
Okay. Ready when you are.
Stein's Gate will finally swing open to admit me!
Not that again. Give the crazy the day off.
You're remarkably close-minded for a scientist!
You looked like you were... both having fun.
Fun?
Dealing with this nut-case?!
They're the OTP in the fan-fic I call my life...
We are not OTP!
Oh...! So you know the jargon of the fan-fic community...!
Huh...?! I don't know what you're talking about!
It rolled off your tongue so naturally...
Look. If we're gonna do this, let's do it!
'Kay, everybody--I'm getting ready to fire up the Phone Wave!
We are not taking that kind of risk...!
What if it results in a time paradox?
Come on...! Fortune favors the bold!
El... Psy... Congroo!
Sending...
Sent
Okarin...Okarin...! Hey, are you in there...?
Are you okay...?
I... I don't know...
How long... how long have I just been standing here?
Um... about 30 seconds, I guess.
I actually lost half a minute...?
You don't remember anything...?
We were talking about what D-mail we should send
to see if it would really alter the world line...
Then all of a sudden...
You rushed over to the Phone Wave
and you went, "hahhauah" all breathy-like.
Hey Mayushii--do that breathy thing again, yeah?
Oh give it a rest, Daru!
Sorry.
Buy Lotto-6
You'll win!
It arrived...
Are you sure you're feeling okay?
What about the money?! From the lotto ticket...!
Did we win third prize, Christina?! Tell me!
Stop calling me that...! Wait... what ticket?
You really, don't know what I'm talking about?!
I'm confused...
For the lottery...!
Our experiment to change the past!
Sending back a D-mail!
Stop acting like such a spaz!
We haven't come up with a message to send back yet!
What...?
Wouldn't it be nice if we tried to make world peace happen?
We could give everyone on Earth an oopa cushion!
They really don't... remember it at all...
It's open!
Oh! Hey, Ruka! Come on in!
I hope that you can forgive me, Kyouma!
What...? Why?
Here...
Oh-two... and twelve... eighteen...
an' all the rest... Rukako!
How'd you come up with these numbers?!
Um... well I... tried to buy a lottery ticket
using the numbers you gave me...
Come again...?!
You said I should play those numbers
because they were lucky or something, so I tried...
That... was when?
Guess it's been about a week now?
Omigosh, is your brain psychic, Okarin?
So, are we winner-winner- chicken-dinner or what?
That's the thing...
I got one of the numbers all turned around in my head.
Huh...?!
Aw, you were so close, dude!
Man, that sucks!
Okabe... did you use the Phone Wave to do this...?
Where's the bag with my soda?!
I'm not gonna schlep all over town just to get you soda!
There's no doubt in my mind that I sent it.
Nothing... Like it never existed.
Perhaps... my actions have rewritten the past.
They've no memory of the experiment.
We discussed it and carried it out together.
No one else remembers it.
I'm the only one.
This feels just like that day.
Come on... think...
Whatcha looking at?
Something important to me.
You okay?
You look like, you've been brainwashed.
I, look that rough? Hell... Maybe I was.
A bit of brainwashing would certainly
explain whatever's going on--What the hell?!
You haven't been chipped.
Uhhh...
Whatever it is, nobody's brainwashed you.
Good... to know...?
Hey, how do you wash your brain?
Well...
A mad scientist like yours truly would be happy to explain it.
Maybe we'll hold off 'til she's a little less afraid of you.
There's something I have to know.
Tremor, huh?
There was one a while back, I know that.
The shop was shaking pretty heavy.
You should have felt another about ten minutes ago.
Nope. Dunno how I could have missed it.
You feel it?
Nope.
Could you be any more of a perv?!
C'mon, they stick out...!
Nature wants me to look at 'em!
See? I told ya it's easy to hear what's going on.
So ungodly loud...!
Did you hear us going on about the time machines, also?!
Mm-hmm! That was super interesting.
Well, the knowledge you're privy to is--
Relax! I'm not gonna go around blabbing about it.
Y'know... if it's a problem with the time machine
that's got you all down in the dumps...
why not try hitting up ol' John Titor for advice?
In his earlier posts... Titor did mention
that altering the past would change the...
the "divergence number," I believe he called it...
which would in turn shift existence
onto a different world-line.
Any memories from the previous world-line
that don't agree with the new reality...
are basically overwritten with the non-conflicting memories
they would have experienced.
The D-mail tossed us from a world-line
in which Rukako didn't buy a lottery ticket
onto one in which he did.
And the past changed to reflect this new track.
In this world, we never sent the winning numbers
for third prize back in time.
It isn't that they don't remember it...
to them, it never actually transpired.
Yet I remember everything...
But how is that possible?
Aw, balls! Nae!
Whatever you do,
don't tell your daddy I was slacking off out here, okay?!
Only if you let me ride your bike later!
Got yourself a deal!
Hey...! Frankenstein!
Good luck with that stuff upstairs.
Oh... thanks...
Son of a...!
Yay, you're home!
Okabe!
What the hell were you doing out here with my kid?!
Huh?!
My good Mr. Braun, I've no idea what you're--!
Don't lie to me!
That's my baby girl you're eying,
so don't think you can run your experiments
on her up there in that creepy lab of yours!
How dare you insinuate I would stoop
to using a child as a lab rat!
Why don't you ask Suzuha what we were doing.
She was out here with us!
Say what?
Is that the truth, honey?
Uh huh, she was out here--
but she definitely wasn't slacking off!
She wasn't, huh...?!
Why you lazy good-for-nothing!
I'm making a break for it!
What the hell am I paying you for?!
All ya do is goof off! Look at this!
You haven't even started on this repair!
I... I won't do it again!
Due to unforeseen circumstances,
I'm calling off today's Phone Wave test...
Go home, you guys.
Okarin...?
Hey... Didn't you hear me, Assistant...?
You're free to go.
Just doing a little thinking.
Oh yes... You'd rather sit there
and stare at my back than return to the gilded cage
of your state room--right, Little Miss Moneybags?
Quit calling me that stupid name.
I'm composing a very important message here...
If you insist on loitering, do try to keep your inarticulate
brain-starved moaning to a minimum, Zombie.
Oh goody. We're back to my least favorite nickname.
You're like a schoolgirl,
waiting for that cute boy to write back.
Speaking from experience, are we...?
What's up, anyway...?
Who're you texting?
John Titor.
Huh?
Rukako
The Lottery
I'm really sorry
From: Shining Finger Subject: I Had Fun Next time, tell me about the time machine. It's a promise. A promise, right? Bye! Moeka
Daru
Daru?
What's going on?
Okarin--thank God!
Look, I just realized I've made a terrible mistake!
What was it...?! Talk, man!
It's all... all my fault...
I left my wallet back at the lab!
What?
Yeah! And Queen May's shut its doors to me!
I hate to ask, but could you maybe--?
Too-too-roo! Hi, Okarin.
Oh, hello there, Mayuri.
Daru's gonna be hitting you up for money...
You don't have to give him anything though, okay?
Okie-dokie...
But I called to see if you were feeling any better.
If you're not, then I give you permission to hug
my oopa cushion for as long as it takes to cheer you up!
You know what, I may just do that...
You have a good night, okay?
Don't forget to hug it, okay?
Huh. You're all smiles again.
It's him!
I received your message...
From what you describe,
I can only conclude that you altered the past
and shifted the world line.
Your scenario does puzzle me, though.
I don't understand how you have retained memories
of your original past. It is problematic.
I swear it's the truth...
This has happened to me twice now...
What do you make of it?
I don't know.
In the version of 2036 from which I hail,
the idea of using e-mail
to alter past events hasn't been explored.
The concept of altering the past
and shifting the world-line is nothing new to us.
That said, it operates within
limits we've thought were absolute.
No one has ever been known to maintain
their memories across world lines and observe their changes.
Even so...
Kyouma... It might be that you have that ability.
You might be the one person...
who can guide the world beyond 1% divergence.
"Guide the world?!"
What is he talking about?!
What is this 1% divergence you're talking about...?!
And what lies beyond it that's so important?!
Sending...
Sent
Beyond it lies true freedom.
Your future is condemned
to dystopia unless that barrier can be crossed.
My goal is to save the future...
And you may be the only one who can do it.
You look like you've seen a ghost.
No... It doesn't make any sense.
This has got to be some kind of mistake...
How can I... save the future...?
That's absurd...
Kyouma... I ask you...
...to be... our savior.
kisei sareta chikai mujihi naru, 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