World War III.
By 2036,
it will have resulted in 5.7 billion casualties worldwide.
And this is what starts it.
Huh? What is it?
It's some kind of robot?
Does it transform and stuff?
A time machine.
Seriously?
I knew you'd recognize it, Uncle.
Then that makes this easy.
Come with me.
I refuse.
Okarin?
I came here from the Alpha world line.
Over the past three weeks,
I jumped world lines again and again,
sacrificing Kurisu in order to return to the Beta world line.
I won't let it all be for naught!
Kurisu?
Wasn't that the name of the scientist
who was stabbed at the Radio Kaikan?
Okabe Rintarou,
what if I told you that the way to avoid World War III
is, on July 28th, 2010,
to prevent Makise Kurisu's death?
What do you mean?
I don't know the details,
but I have one mission:
To save Makise Kurisu
and to go to the one world line unaffected by the attractor field,
the Steins Gate!
To you, insisting on life's merits and meaningless proofs
inochi no shuchou to muimi no shoumei
anata ni wa taikutsu shinogi ni taranu koukei
is pathetic and unfit to relieve your boredom
anata ni wa taikutsu shinogi ni taranu koukei
shihaisha kidori no orokana shuzoku wa
The conceited fools who act like they are the leaders
shihaisha kidori no orokana shuzoku wa
unuboreta chisetsuna teiri wo narabeta
are proof of a basic theorem
unuboreta chisetsuna teiri wo narabeta
mugen to shinjita ai mo sora no kanata mo
A love that believed in infinity and the far side of the sky
mugen to shinjita ai mo sora no kanata mo
bokutachi ni shimesareta kasou no jiyuu
were shown me by the freedom of my imagination
bokutachi ni shimesareta kasou no jiyuu
yuugen sore wa mujihi ni toki wo kizami
Finity mercilessly recorded the passage of time
yuugen sore wa mujihi ni toki wo kizami
asu sae mo hitei suru sentaku e
leading to a choice that puts my future at stake
asu sae mo hitei suru sentaku e
Hacking to the Gate
ikutsu mo no kagayakeru hibi nakama to no yakusoku
I mustn't pretend that I never made a promise
ikutsu mo no kagayakeru hibi nakama to no yakusoku
nakatta koto ni wa shite wa ikenai
with my friends back in the day
nakatta koto ni wa shite wa ikenai
sono tame ni toki wo azamuku nokosareta shikake ni
So now I try to beat time itself with the gadgets I am left with,
sono tame ni toki wo azamuku nokosareta shikake ni
mou mayoi wa nai kodoku no kansokusha
and I observe alone in my solitude, but never doubt myself
mou mayoi wa nai kodoku no kansokusha
Open the
Missing Link
Steins Gate?
The architects of this plan were
my father and your future self.
None of it is more than a hypothesis.
It's possible for the theory to be wrong,
for there to be no Steins Gate world line,
but I'm going regardless.
I'll bet on the chance that a shining future's waiting for me.
If you're coming with me,
then take my hand.
Um,
Mayushii didn't really understand any of that,
but if this person,
this Kurisu, is important to you,
shouldn't you try to help her?
World War III sounds like one of your crazy delusions.
No one else could handle it.
I don't care about the 5.7 billion people in the future...
but...
Thank you.
Let's go.
Two people can get in it?
Of course!
This is my dad's masterpiece.
Okarin!
Leave your phone.
It might interfere with your phone in the past.
I'll be back.
Good luck.
This is a time machine.
Yeah,
I stopped in 1975 and 2000.
It's working fine,
but it's running out of fuel.
Wait. It can go from past to future?
Of course it can.
It's a time machine.
I see.
Is that because we're in a different world line now?
Sit down.
We'll head to just before noon on July 28th.
We can't change location,
so if we arrive too early, it'll spread panic at the Radio Kaikan,
possibly affecting Makise Kurisu's actions.
Your first time, the Gs are pretty tough.
Get ready.
Okarin...
What is this?
These always show up.
I guess they're like fragments of time.
Pretty, huh?
Let's go!
W-Wait.
I think I'm going to throw up.
What a wimp.
Hurry!
Don't let your other self see you.
It'll cause a serious time paradox.
How long until the stabbing?
Twenty minutes or so, I guess.
I'll prepare the time machine.
You protect her, Uncle.
Stop calling me that.
July 28th.
On the day I saw Kurisu lying in a pool of blood,
I came with Mayuri to see
Doctor Nakabachi's press conference.
I heard a noise on the roof.
That's right. After that, Mayuri went to the seventh-floor Upa machines.
Oh, no!
You called me here for this?
There aren't many left of this series, and Mayushii's...
Oh well.
I'll take the back stairs to the eighth floor.
It's a metal... a metal Upa!
Is it rare?
Extremely!
Now that I'm here...
I'm sorry.
K-Kurisu?
H-How do you know my name?
Kurisu is alive.
Have we met somewhere?
Kurisu...
Are you listening—
What's wrong?
Answer me.
I...
I'm... trying...
Doctor Nakabachi's press conference in Hall 8 will be opening now.
Wait!
Wait a second!
In the handouts, you can read about the time machine's basic design.
Professor Nakabachi's Time Machine Invention Press Conference
I will use this conference as an opportunity to discuss the fundamental theory behind it.
The operation notes said that you'd be able to identify Makise Kurisu.
Can you?
Yeah.
Also, it's dangerous to take her outside.
If we don't figure out who stabbed her,
we can't change her fate.
Just like Mayuri?
Doctor!
What is it?
You know exactly what!
What is this "time machine theory" of yours?
Kerr Black Holes?
World lines?
You stole all of this from John Titor!
Kurisu will be stabbed right here soon.
Is she really going to be here?
Wait! Maybe she was stabbed elsewhere and brought here.
Yeah... That's possible!
Kurisu?
So it does happen here.
What's she reading?
A time machine?
Is that why she's the key to changing world lines?
What do you want?
Daddy, I wanted you to read this.
Daddy?
Doctor Nakabachi?
You contacted me for the first time in seven years.
You asked me to come to your press conference, right?
That was my inspiration.
Wait. So Kurisu's dad is...
So I thought I could use it to theorize a time machine.
I wanted to hear your ideas.
If this is accepted, you can use it
as revenge for everyone who kicked you out—
I wasn't kicked out!
I got sick of them and left.
Sorry.
It's not bad.
Really?
If you're okay with it,
I thought we could put both of our names on the paper
because you inspired me—
Don't be stupid.
Leave!
I'll publish this paper under my name.
Wait!
You wouldn't steal it, right, Daddy?
I never thought you'd resort to tha—
Shut up!
How dare you call it stealing?!
Why are you so smart?
A girl shouldn't be smarter than her father!
If it weren't for you, I would've been considered smart!
If it weren't for you...
You're that kid from earlier.
So that's it?
You were plotting to ruin my conference together, huh?
I see.
So that's it.
Daddy!
I'll protect her!
How dare you insult me?
Why, you...
Stop it, Daddy!
Please!
Don't even speak to me!
Oh, shit!
What do you know?
You don't know how I feel.
You don't know how I've been humiliated
and the hell I've been through!
Papa...
If it weren't for you...
Don't...
If it weren't for you...
Don't do it!
Kurisu...
K-Kurisu!
Fools.
This is the perfect end for you.
I'm sorry for getting you involved.
Why?
Because he's my dad,
I wanted him to accept me.
That's all.
Kurisu...
I'm scared...
I... I don't want to die.
I don't want to die.
I don't...
Kurisu...
Kurisu!
They're back already!
Okarin!
Okarin, that blood...
It's all right.
It isn't his.
I was the one who killed Kurisu.
Okarin?
I know it hurts, but you can't give up yet.
We have enough fuel to go back one more time.
Shut up!
Nothing will change!
The attractor field convergence will kill her all over again.
All... All of it...
It's all my fault...
5.7 billion lives hang in the balance!
You have to save Makise Kurisu and change the World Line!
It's impossible...
Why?
It was just one failure!
Just one...?
Don't give me that shit!
Just how many times do you think I failed?
Just how many dozens of times do you think I failed?
I know how this will go...
And how absurd this whole thing is...
I'm well aware of the cruel ending that awaits...
I knew...
I knew this would happen...
I'm tired...
I'm so tired...
If that's how you want to be, I'll have to slap some sense into you—
Stop!
You shouldn't force him.
But there's no way he can change the future like this!
Why? Why are you making Okarin shoulder the future by himself?
That's too big a burden.
Uncle Okarin is the only one who can observe the world lines.
Okarin never asked for that.
And even if you tell him to try one more time, he'll just get hurt again.
Thinking one person alone can change the future... That just isn't possible.
Kuri...su... Kurisu... Kuri...
Hey, Okarin...
You don't have to struggle anymore.
It's okay to cry, Okarin.
Mayushii is here with you.
The cicadas are all gone now.
Been a while since we've been to this park too.
Okarin's been pretty busy since summer vacation ended, after all.
I went to my first mixer recently, y'know.
Is that right?
Speaking of.
Hello.
Oh, what's going on?
Tomorrow? That's pretty sudden.
I'm sure I'd just be there to even the numbers out.
Why not? I'll go.
Later.
I never expected college life to be this busy.
Mayushii...
Mayushii is so happy to see Okarin again after so long.
Hey, Okarin.
Why don't you stop by the lab?
You haven't visited for a while, so it's been really quiet...
Alright.
Then it's settled, Okarin.
Yeah. Well, see you later.
Yep!
Mayuri is safely here with us.
Not this town... Not myself... Nothing at all... has changed.
kisei sareta chikai mujihi naru, juuni no shinri nogarerarenai
With my vision confined, I am unable to escape the unforgiving grasp of the Twelve
ansoku no asu wo negattara
As I wish for a restful tomorrow
te no naka no toutoi jishou no chihei he
I walk towards the precious event horizon in my hands
toraware shi meiyaku arawareta gishou no rinkaku
The pledge we made in captivity was a falsehood
seimei no tenshi wa moumoku na jikan wo kizanda
This world of life blindly allows time to flow
habatake butterfly
Spread your wings butterfly
kiseki no butterfly
You miraculous butterfly
anata he sasageru
I confer this unto you
namida no butterfly
Butterfly of tears
mabushii butterfly
Radiant butterfly
subete ga ima kakikaerareru
All will now be rewritten
Nice to meet you. I'm Makise Kurisu.
I hope we can get along.
It seems fate has decided to converge once again, Hououin Kyouma.
I guess I have to fight either way in the end. Pray for my good fortune.
El Psy Kongroo.