Paradox Meltdown

Events in this chapter

1. Kurisu Returns to the Lab and Accepts the World-Line Choice

   After coming to terms with her history with her father, Kurisu returns to the lab and chooses to help Okabe perform the final action needed to return to the Beta world line.

   Around August 13, 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
2. Okabe Learns That the Final Deletion Will Cause Kurisu to Die

   Once the IBN 5100 is restored, Okabe understands that deleting ECHELON’s interception record of the first D-Mail will return the world to Beta and restore the history where Kurisu dies on July 28.

   Around August 17, 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
3. Mayuri Still Dies after Okabe Delays the Deletion

   Okabe accompanies Mayuri to Comic Market without telling her about the deadline. That evening, she is struck by a vehicle after pushing him out of its path.

   During Comic Market in mid-August 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
4. Kurisu Learns the Cost in Lives of Returning to Beta

   Kurisu notices that Okabe stopped the SERN deletion and makes him reveal Mayuri’s repeated deaths and the fact that Kurisu dies on Beta.

   Around August 17, 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
5. Okabe and Kurisu Acknowledge Their Feelings

   Before the first D-Mail record is deleted, Kurisu understands that the world-line change will cause her death. She and Okabe confess their feelings and say farewell.

   Around August 17, 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
6. Mayuri and Kurisu Say Farewell before the Final Deletion

   After learning of the repeated rescues and Kurisu’s cost, Mayuri seeks Kurisu out. They embrace and affirm that neither wants the other sacrificed.

   Around August 17, 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail
7. Replies to Kurisu’s Messages Accumulate the True-Ending Flags

   Several apparently ordinary replies to Kurisu accumulate route flags. Only when every key condition is met does the return to Beta continue into Chapter 11.

   Accumulated in Chapters 4–10 / evaluated in Chapter 10 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail / β Kurisu Ending / STEINS;GATE 0–Related World Line / β “Stardust Sky” World Line
8. Delete the Original Record and Return to Beta

   Okabe deletes the tracking record of the first D-Mail from the SERN database and leaves Alpha. Mayuri survives, but the history in which Kurisu dies becomes real again.

   August 2010 · α World Line After Undoing Moeka’s D-Mail / β Kurisu Ending / STEINS;GATE 0–Related World Line / β “Stardust Sky” World Line
9. Stardust Sky

   When the Kurisu mail flags are not met, Okabe returns to Beta and chooses to move into the future together with Mayuri.

   Late August 2010 · β “Stardust Sky” World Line
10. Paradox Meltdown

    When some Kurisu mail flags are met but the true-ending conditions are incomplete, Okabe acknowledges their love and still returns to the Beta world line where she dies.

    Late August 2010 · β Kurisu Ending / STEINS;GATE 0–Related World Line

Audit findings

• CompressedResolved

  Hesitation before the final deletion, Mayuri’s renewed death, Kurisu learning the cost, the farewell, and three flag outcomes were compressed into three ending nodes.

  Create the shared emotional sequence once and represent mail flags as Decisions.

  The shared sequence and flag-evaluation node have been added; the endings remain assigned to Chapter 10.