Missing Link

Events in this chapter

1. Okabe Returns to August 21 Traumatized by Killing Kurisu

   After the failed rescue, Suzuha brings the injured and broken Okabe back to August 21. He refuses another attempt, believing he will only repeat Kurisu’s death.

   August 21, 2010 (after the first rescue) · β Main-Game Final-Chapter World Line
2. Okabe Refuses to Attempt a Second Rescue of Kurisu

   After the first rescue fails, Suzuha asks Okabe to depart again immediately. Traumatized by having stabbed Kurisu himself, he refuses, and Mayuri does not force him to stand again.

   August 21, 2010 · β Initial STEINS;GATE 0 World Line
3. Okabe Seals Away Hououin Kyouma and Receives Treatment

   After abandoning the second rescue, Okabe returns to university life, takes anti-anxiety medication, receives psychotherapy, and deliberately avoids time-machine research.

   Autumn through November 2010 · β Initial STEINS;GATE 0 World Line
4. Maho Hiyajo and Alexis Leskinen Present an Artificial-Intelligence Lecture

   While helping at a university seminar, Okabe meets Maho Hiyajo and Professor Alexis Leskinen, Kurisu’s colleagues at Viktor Chondria University.

   Late November 2010 · β Initial STEINS;GATE 0 World Line
5. The Seminar Publicly Demonstrates Amadeus Kurisu

   At the artificial-intelligence seminar, Maho and Alexis Leskinen demonstrate Amadeus. Okabe learns that the system preserves Kurisu’s memories and personality responses from before her death.

   Around November 28, 2010 · β Initial STEINS;GATE 0 World Line

Audit findings

• MissingNeeds further work

  Okabe refusing the second rescue attempt, his treatment, the AI lecture, and the Amadeus presentation are separated, but university life and the states of Mayuri and Suzuha remain over-compressed.

  Following August 21 and November 23–28, add scenes that change a character state or provide information used later.