Meanwhile, the aspiring mad scientist is troubled by a mysterious text message declaring that enemies in the dark are monitoring his endeavors.Īs the lab members prepare to transport human memories by way of a time leap, Okabe receives some highly disturbing news: Makise may be a SERN spy! The "part-time warrior" from downstairs tells Okabe about the search for her missing father.
The only hope for finding it rests upon the delicate shoulders of Feyris, the cat girl and professional Rai-Net Battler. Okabe grows concerned over the drastic changes his experimentation is causing, and after another such experiment, the IBN5100 disappears from the lab. Next, they'll attempt to use their time travel technology to make a young boy's dream a reality. The latest experiment for Okabe and his lab mates leads to the disappearance of one of their own. However, in what seems to be a simple profiteering experiment, Rintarou Okabe discovers his ability to retain memories after changing world lines as a result of altering the past. The Phone Microwave undergoes another update, and experiments with the Future Gadget continue this time, it involves correctly "predicting" the outcome of a lottery in the past by using results from the present. Later, Okabe reluctantly adds a new member to the Future Gadget Lab staff. Makise figures out the rules to the Phone Microwave, which can produce what the lab members ultimately decide to call D-Mail: text messages that can be sent into the past. It turns out that the vintage computer is somewhere that he doesn't expect to find it.Īfter some late-night modifications to the IBN5100, Okabe and his team uncover the shocking truth behind SERN's many failed attempts to master time travel. The only hope for their advance is the IBN5100 computer, and Rintarou runs around the streets of Akihabara to look for information regarding its location.
Rintarou's quest to crack the secret codes of SERN screeches to a halt when Itaru encounters a wall of unfamiliar code. Rintarou soon discovers the link between the time machine and SERN this begins his quest to learn more about SERN and its possible hidden agenda. With Kurisu Makise's help, Rintarou and Itaru attempt to recreate an unusual event that happened the day before.
Later, the name John Titor sends Okabe into a frenzy, and another banana experiment yields bizarre results. Okabe is beyond shocked to learn that the girl he saw murdered is not only still alive, but much smarter than he expected.
Publisher Summary Episode List Episode #Ī self-proclaimed mad scientist named Rintarou Okabe discovers an unusual series of events that only he has witnessed, and with his childhood friend Mayuri Shiina and a professional hacker named Itaru Hashida, he reopens a device which he thinks is a step closer into creating a real time machine.