Steins;Gate Episode 21 Paradox Meltdown Q&A

Q:What did Kurisu mean when she said “I’ll sue you for real” (While talking to Daru on the phone)?

A:While Daru was at the Comic Market he phones Kurisu to find his notes hidden somewhere on his bookcase. Kurisu finds Daru’s hidden porn collection, and says she’ll sue him for sexual harassment.

Titles for porn videos found on the rack

  • I Won’t Stop Being a Hentai until I make the Tsundere Cry.
  • 3D Detective with High Legs

Q:Who ran over Mayuri ?

A: Unknown. Mayuri’s death is inevitable in the α world line. Her death can be caused by an accident if she isn’t killed on purpose (ie. when she falls into the subway). The car might of been a random civilian that happened to hit Mayuri and killed her.

Q: Does Kurisu become aware that she dies in the β world line before being told by Okabe?

A: When being told by Okabe about her death she has a shocked expression, this implies she did not know beforehand. Also she asks Okabe about what he’s hiding from her (her death in the α world line).

Q:If either character (Kurisu or Mayuri) die in the α and β world line why doesn’t Okabe continuously use the d-mail until he diverges to a completely different world line, where both heroines survive?

A: It’s possible, but too risky.

Using the d-mail might cause something unexpected to happen because it’s uncertain what the receiver of the d-mail might do. Okabe decides not to risk making things worse and save Mayuri. Also it takes an enormous amount of effort to switch to a different world line.

In the Drama CD’s Okabe makes it to the γ (Gamma) world line. But the Gamma world line is actually worse than the αworld line. In the original game, there is a route leading to the Ω(Omega) world line. In the Ω world line Okabe no longer has a Phone Microwave meaning he is unable to leave the world line. The spin-off title Hiyokurenri no Da-rin takes place in the δ(Delta World line) where nobody dies and everybody lives in peace.

Q: How was Future Gadget founded? 

A: Okabe is a first year student of Tokyo Denki University. After entering University he rents a room on the second floor of Mr Braun’s CRT Store. Mayuri joins to spend more time with Okabe. Daru declines to go to the lab at first but later on finds out its right next door to a Maid Cafe (May Queen Nyan x 2). This becomes a reason for him to visit the lab.

Q:When does Moeka and Mr Braun die in current world line of this episode?

A:Its uncertain. In the last world line Braun and Moeka die on the 15th. After the world line changes to divergence percentage 0.571046 both remain alive on the same date. They might face death a day later similar to how Mayuri’s death is delayed by a day each time the world line changes, or both could stay alive like Feiris’s father.

Trivia

  • After Mayuri dies Okabe breaks in to the CRT shop (It’s closed) to turn the television on (so that he can use the Time Leap Machine). Okabe doesn’t need to worry about the consequences because he knows he’s going to travel back in time which will erase the fact that he broke into the store.
  • In the scene depicted in the image below the note reads Comima 78 (Abbreviation: Comic Giga Market 78) Steins;gate takes place in 2010 which was also the same year Comic Market 78 opened in real life.
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