The universe has a beginning,
but no end.
Infinite.
Stars, too, have their own beginnings,
but their own power results in their destruction.
Finite.
Those who possess wisdom are the greatest fools.
History has shown us this.
You could say this is God's final warning to those who resist.
Okarin!
Let's go.
-UTW & Mazui Presents-
Prologue of the Beginning
and the End
We are about to infiltrate the area.
El Psy Congroo.
There aren't many people here...
This must be the Agency interfering.
What's happening here?
You came all the way here without knowing?
Ooh, a time machine.
Incredible.
Dr. Nakabachi has one-upped us research groups and is holding a press conference on his "invention of the century".
I'm here to hear what he has to say.
An earthquake?
No, from above?
What's this?
You called me for something like this?
There aren't many in this series left, but Mayushi's run out of 100-yen coins.
You're spoiled, Mayuri.
Even though we're childhood friends, I'm not lending you any money.
Let me teach you just how harsh life is.
What's this?
It's not painted.
M-Metal!
It's a metal one!
A Metal Oopa!
Is this rare?
Yeah, really rare!
Well then, have it.
Are you sure, Okarin?
Call me Hououin Kyouma.
Thank you, Okarin!
I said, call me Hououin Kyouma—
Dr. Nakabachi's conference will now begin in the eighth floor hall.
Please enter freely...
For the basic structure of a time machine, please take a look at the materials in front of you.
I'll use my time here to explain the basic theory of it...
Up until now, the researchers of the world have focused on...
I think I lost my Metal Oopa, so I'm going to look for it.
There are currently over 10 variations to the general theory alone...
The basic structure of a time machine...
There have been many discussions from a plethora of angles on how its structure should be.
Doctor!
What's the matter?
Don't ask me what!
What is this time machine theory?!
Kerr black holes? World lines?
You've just put the whole John Titor story on paper!
John Titor called himself a time traveler and posted this on the Internet in 2000!
You know that!
Impudent rogue, of course I know that!
Don't group mine with that fake theory!
Then I'm sure you can explain all the differences between Titor's time machine theory and yours!
Come with me.
Come to think of it, I've read something pretty similar in John Titor's book...
Who are you?!
I'd like to ask you the same.
What?
A few minutes ago, you tried to tell me something, right?
A few minutes ago?
About fifteen minutes ago.
What nonsen—
Makise... Kurisu?
You published that paper in Science!
I'm surprised you know.
Are you a researcher at a univer—
You!
You're an agent sent by the Agency!
Agency?
What's that?
I just want to ask—
I need not answer you!
It's me. I've been caught by an agent of the Agency.
Yes, Makise Kurisu.
Who are you talking to?
No, no problem. I'll shake her off someh—
Oh? It's off.
I-I guess I can tell you.
That is a cell phone for special missions that deactivates itself when someone other than me touches it.
I see. You were talking to yourself.
I'll keep it short.
What did you try to tell me?
Fifteen minutes ago, you tried to tell me something.
You looked very worried.
I-I see right through you.
My dear genius girl, next we meet, we shall be enemies.
Farewell.
Wait!
What was she talking about?
Have we met before?
Okarin!
Mayuri!
What have you been doing?
I texted you!
I can't find my Metal Oopa.
I even wrote my name on it...
Did you drop it somewhere?
I think so...
Give up.
Metal Oopas go for over ¥10,000 in online auctions!
¥10,000?!
Find it!
Our lab is just about to hit rock bottom!
We're not selling it even if we find it.
With ¥10,000, we can get parts for all sorts of futuristic gadgets!
I said we won't sell it.
What was that?
Get out of the building!
Hey.
Is someone there?
Makise... Kurisu...
What?
Did something happen?
Okarin!
What's wrong?
You're really pale.
Someone was murdered.
On the eighth floor.
Daru
This is bad
Someone stabbed Makise Kurisu...
Send mail?
Wh-What?
What's going on?
Here, Okarin!
What's going on here...
What do you mean?
People...
Why did all the people disappear?!
Disappear?
They disappeared! All the people here, right in front of us!
I dunno...
You don't know?!
You saw it, too!
Right? Right?!
I didn't...
What are you say—
suujuuoku mono kodou no kazu sae
Even the world’s billions of heartbeats
suujuuoku mono kodou no kazu sae
Even the world’s billions of heartbeats
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
Are nothing to you but a fleeting and insignificant question
anata ni wa matataki teido no saji na toukyuu
Are nothing to you but a fleeting and insignificant question
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
We may be trapped in the past or lament the future
kako ni torawarete mirai wo nageku mo
We may be trapped in the past or lament the future
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
chiri hitotsu gosan wo yurusanu hitsuzen
But predetermination does not allow the slightest mistake
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
The infinite dreams and imagined futures before us
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
The infinite dreams and imagined futures before us
mugen ni hirogaru yume mo egaku mirai mo
The infinite dreams and imagined futures before us
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
Are naught but vain theories we may hold
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
Are naught but vain theories we may hold
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
Are naught but vain theories we may hold
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
Are naught but vain theories we may hold
bokutachi ni yurusareta kyoei no genri
Are naught but vain theories we may hold
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
Finitude is what the two clock hands show
yuugen sore wa futatsu no hari ga shimesu
Finitude is what the two clock hands show
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e
As they point toward a cruel destiny and choice
zankoku na yakujou to sentaku e
As they point toward a cruel destiny and choice
Hacking to the Gate
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
And now I cross the boundary between worlds each second
dakara ima ichibyou goto ni sekaisen wo koete
And now I cross the boundary between worlds each second
kimi no sono egao mamoritai no sa
Because I want to protect that smile of yours
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no ruupu e to
And a loop in time without sadness will once again
soshite mata kanashimi no nai jikan no ruupu e to
And a loop in time without sadness will once again
nomikomarete yuku kodoku no kansokusha
Engulf me, a lonely observer
Hey, you there!
Can you see us?
Why aren't you answering?
Yes you, the dumb-looking bastard in the monitor!
Well, whatever.
This is a futuristic gadget research laboratory.
Let me introduce the research members.
First, lab member 001:
The founder and crazy mad scientist...
Me.
Hououin Kyouma.
"Okarin" sounds cuter though...
Quiet!
"Okabe Rintarou" is simply my cover name.
Next, lab member 002:
Cosplay costume maker, and the only girl in the group,
Shiina Mayuri!
I'm Mayushi!
And finally, lab member 003:
The super hacka, Hashida Itaru!
It's "hacker" not "hacka", duh.
Those three are the only members.
C'mon, shouldn't we just give up already?
We can't expect anything from ¥500 bargain bin software...
Listen up!
To find our lab, go down Chuoudoori, then take a left at the intersection before Suehirochou Station toward Kuramaedoori.
There you'll find a multi-use building right before the first alley.
The goal of our research here is to transform the control structure of the world.
In other words, bringing inventions into the world.
Understand?
If you do, then hurry up and tell me your secrets!
Hey, I wonder if we're just a game through Alpacaman-san's eyes.
It's not like he has the ability to understand the concepts of games and reality.
So are the 2D girls Daru-kun likes also like that?
That's different.
They are my waifus.
No one cares about your wives.
That's an interesting idea though.
What if we were the ones actually in the monitor?
Is there any method to tell for sure which is reality?
No.
That was fast!
Therefore, that line of thinking is pointless.
You'd be far more productive thinking of a way to counter the Agency and destroy the control structure of the world.
Man, there you go again with your delusions.
Silence, super hacka!
I am the crazy mad scientist, Hououin...
Kyouma!
So that's the setting you've come up with?
Come now, Daru.
You'd do well to listen carefully to what others say.
Time to check out today's “You're the last person I want to hear that from!" thread.
By the way, it looks like the press chopper arrived.
Today, around 12pm, a large object which appears to be a satellite crashed into a building in Akihabara.
Have a look.
It's an object which, as you can see even from the ground, has quite some size to it.
What on earth was that?
This morning, Mayuri and I went to Radio Hall from the lab to listen to Professor Nakabachi's lecture...
But before I realized it, a satellite had crashed.
And not only that...
I did?
Yeah.
When you saw the crashed satellite on TV, you said, "So the Agency has finally made its move!"
We went to see it together.
Canceled?!
You were all angry this morning about how the professor got cold feet and ran away.
Professor Nakabachi appeared in the lecture hall!
He started it at 12 in the Radio Hall!
I'm telling you, he didn't show up.
Good thing he didn't, too.
If he had, you might have cushioned the satellite's fall.
This inconsistency in my memories...
Could this be memory erasure by the Agency?
I see!
This is the choice of Stein's Gate!
A new setting?
I really don't get that Stein whatever of yours.
Daru! Give me futuristic gadget #1!
You made Alpacaman mad.
It's all because you changed the channel.
Damn you, Mister Braun!
Making us use trash like this!
We got it for free, right?
Daru! Carry this TV!
I must refuse.
It's so hot today...
Besides, don't think I'm strong just because I'm fat!
That isn't something to be proud of!
Mister... Braun!
I told you to call me Tennouji-san.
I'd like to request that you repair this machine immediately.
You broke it already?
You don't love Braun Tubes enough.
It'll cost you ¥1,000.
You've caused enough damage already!
It's your fault for giving me a defective—
Is that how you ask the guy in charge?
Fine, I'll pay.
Mayuri-chan, you should really reconsider hanging around with this guy.
But I'm Okarin's hostage.
Hostage, huh?
Oh, this part's broken too.
Make that ¥2,000.
Wha—
Not paying up? Take it home then.
Well?
It's me.
It appears that the Agency has even gotten to that octopus-head.
They've started to sabotage my equipment.
Here.
You only ever drink Dr. Pepper.
It’s the intellectual beverage made for the chosen.
The sound of cicadas is amazing.
Daru!
The Agency using Mr. Braun to sabotage the TV is the last straw.
I'm at my limit.
We're executing that plan!
Plan? What plan?
You know, the plan!
What could I be talking about other than the activation of futuristic gadget #8?
Oh, the Phone Microwave (temporary name)?
Though, how do you activate a microwave?
We've known each other for 3.5 years already.
We never talked since we were in different classes in second year, so it's more like 2 years.
Nevermind the details.
Either way, it's been a long time.
How about you learn to follow my train of thought already?
That's im-pos-si-ble.
But feel free to give it another try.
It's ready.
Mayuri, bring me the bananas!
You're making gel bananas again?
It's such a waste...
We'll never defeat the Agency with you being so stingy!
Who cares about defeating them?
Mayushi is the one who buys these, you know...
I know.
This is R.E.N.G. Phone Microwave (temporary name).
You can set the timer now.
Press #, followed by the number of seconds.
120#...
It's a pretty turntable, right?
It's turning in the opposite direction from normal.
Opposite?
There might be an important meaning to that!
If you think about it at a quantum level, Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity might—
Not a chance.
No?
No.
Same result...
It doesn't really get warmer or colder.
My juicy karaage No. 1 turned all tea-like—
Regardless, whatever is going on clearly has to do with Stein's Gate.
That crap again?
Daru, don't you feel like eating these bananas—
I don't.
Then I'll give the honor to Mayuri.
You know, gel bananas are kind of sloppy and floppy.
And they don't taste like anything.
You ate one?
Mayushi...
Try saying "Your banana is all floppy."
Okay... Your banana is all fl—
Don't make her say that, you pervert!
Man...
Man... I'm melting...
We've been out of the lab for less than ten minutes.
The farthest I can go during the summer is where Feiris-tan works.
I wish they could do these things at May Queen Nyan Nyan.
You think they can hold a lecture at a maid café?
If it weren't required for credits, I wouldn't even go.
Whoo, nice and chilly!
Like coming back to life.
A satellite fell...
You're still talking about that?
Daru, don't you want to check out Radio Hall?
It'll be so crowded we won't see anything.
Well, I'm watching the reports on @channel from Snake.
Oh, stopping work for a while?
Another uproar?
Oh right, back then...
Give me your phone.
What?
Just hand it over!
This is a breach of my privacy! I'll—
I sent you a text, right?
What?
A text about Makise Kurisu getting stabbed.
Oh, from last week?
Last week?
You divided it into three parts too. It was hella annoying!
Here.
Date sent, July 23, 12:56.
See?
Last week...
Sent mail archive...
It's not there...
What's today's date?
It's the 28th.
What's wrong?
My text was sent into the past...
What?
kisei sareta chikai mujihi naru
Limited promises grow ruthless
juuni no shinri nigerarenai
We cannot escape the 12 truths
ansoku no asu wo negattara
If I should wish for a peaceful tomorrow
te no naka no toutoi jishou no chihei e
The clock in my hand will point to the event horizon
torawareshi meiyaku arawareta gishou no rinkaku
Oaths in obsession, a shadow under a false name
seimei no genshi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
The origin of life has marked the passage of oblivious time
seimei no genshi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
The origin of life has marked the passage of oblivious time
hanabatake batafurai
A butterfly beating its wings
kiseki no batafurai
A butterfly of miracles
anata e sasagou
I offer it to you
namida no batafurai
A butterfly of tears
mabushii batafurai
A radiant butterfly
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
Everything may now be rewritten
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
Everything may now be rewritten