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Steins;Gate is a 2009 visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, the second in the Science Adventure series. See also [chaos-head] and [robotics-notes].

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Steins;Gate is a 2009 visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It has a 2011 anime adaptation by White Fox and several manga adaptations, as well as a number of other related media.

The concept of cause and effect is featured prominently in the game as the protagonist travels back in time numerous times to perform different actions in an attempt to alter what happened in the past and will happen in the future.

For the other games in the "Science Adventure" series, see and .

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How are the Divergence Number and world line related?

In Steins;Gate there is much ado about the Divergence Number of the current world line. But if I am remembering correctly, the meter Kyouma made/carries/is given shows the difference between the current world line and the "previous" one—which I…
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How did they start sending messages to other's phone?

When the anime starts and until episode 8, they attached a cell-phone to the phone-microwave and sent a message to that specific phone to trigger sending D-Mails. But in episode 8 Ruka sent a D-Mail to her mother pager and then in episode 9 …
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Could Okabe have saved Mayuri in the alpha world line?

After Okabe goes back to the 'beta world line' (Steins Gate) he learns that He can save Kurisu. In order to do that he needs to make it look like she is laying in a pool of blood being unconscious. At the time same her death would normally take…
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What's the proper reading order for the manga in the Steins;Gate series?

I ended up reading Steins;Gate, but after I had finished it, I wasn't sure which one I should read next. When searching for Steins;Gate cartoons, I found all these different parts and I started reading Bokan no Rellion and it looks like it's the…
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What time travel category applies on Steins;Gate?

I'm kind of a fan of time travel stories, so I got a little disappointed with Steins;Gate. According to Wikipedia, Time travel themes in science fiction and the media can generally be grouped into three categories: immutable timeline; mutable…
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At what point in the timeline does the Steins;Gate movie take place?

The new Steins;Gate movie, Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryōiki no Déjà vu, is set to come out in Japan on April 20th this year. Wikipedia says it is "based on the video game and anime series", but does not say whether it replaces the series, or if it's before,…
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Are there only 100 possible futures?

I'm just listing things Suzuha explained in episode 14: 1. There is divergence meter which numerically explains the current world. 2. To make big changes you need to go beyond the 1% divergence to a beta world. 3. Divergence meter shows values…
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How was Future Okabe sure that Kurisu's death wasn't a convergence point that would inevitably happen?

We saw in the VN that when Okabe tried to completely isolate Mayuri from danger, she would simply die of a heart attack. So why was future Okabe so sure that it was possible to save Kurisu? Her death could very well have been a convergence point…
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How could Feyris send her message in the past if she was miles away from the phone microwave?

I watched the episode 9 of the Steins;Gate series and have been wondering how Feyris sent her message in the past from her apartment if the phone microwave was miles away in the laboratory. Until now, they had always sent the D-mails from a phone…
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In Episode 9 of Steins;Gate, why did Feris's message affect the past?

Whose phone was connected to the microwave? Who did her message reach to change it, and if she kept it a secret, how did they know whose phone to use on the microwave? Am I forgetting/missing something?
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Why is Steins;Gate in the Beta Attractor Field?

As stated in the Wiki, the Steins;Gate world line is in the Beta attractor field. In the Beta attractor field, the final convergent point is World War 3. However, they prevent WW3 by making sure the thesis will be destroyed. The question is,…
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What is the point of Chaos;Head if it’s not in the same worldline as the other Science Adventure entries?

I noticed that Chaos;Head’s divergence ratio is different than the one of Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes. What was the point of that series to begin with since nothing basically happened?
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How come Mr. Braun doesn't remember Suzuha?

In episode 16 Suzuha goes back in time. Unlike what happens when they send a D-Mail or time-leap, this doesn't cause the divergence ratio to shift — which in turn means all lab members still remember her, since she was just there. However, after…
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In Steins;Gate, aren't the time machine crash and screaming mutually exclusive?

When the time machine crash occurs, the time machine is damaged, because John Titor didn't calculate the co-ordinates correctly, so she can't travel back in time, ergo, Okabe can't go with her, and thus he can't scream. But in case of screaming,…
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Which is the first D-Mail?

I think the common explanation for the shift in timelines is that "In episode 1, Okabe sends the 1st D-mail, changing the world to the Alpha world line where Kurisu lives instead of dying." However, the mail Okabe sends is just an ordinary mail…
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