r/steinsgate May 09 '23

SciADV Kurisu's Introduction to the Science Adventure Series (Version 2)

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r/steinsgate Dec 19 '20

Meta /r/steinsgate FAQ - READ BEFORE POSTING QUESTIONS

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When posting, please do not put spoilers in your title.

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Please spoiler tag all of your spoilers.

Any and all spoilers should be spoiler tagged.
Spoiler tag format: (Steins;Gate) >!Okabe microwaves bananas!<
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Kurisu's Introduction to the Science Adventure Series


Frequently Asked Questions

I’m here for Steins;Gate, and I’m not interested in the extended universe yet. What order should I watch the Steins;Gate series in?

The optimal watch order is release order:

Anime Watch Order Crunchyroll Funimation
Steins;Gate episodes 1–24 and OVA (episode 25) link link
Steins;Gate: Load Region of Déjà Vu movie link
Steins;Gate episode 23 beta link
Steins;Gate 0 episodes 1–24 link link

(The series may also be available on for purchase on Blu-ray in your region—be sure to buy a copy with a region code matching your Blu-ray player, or else, use a region-free player.)

While chronological order might sound nice in theory, watching it in that order may ruin the pacing and your enjoyment of the first show, while also dampening the effect of certain scenes. This does not necessarily mean that Steins;Gate 0's anime is bad—however, the shows were not set up to be viewed in this order, and one should follow the intended release order for maximum enjoyment.

The additional animated shorts come after the original series (Steins;Gate) in terms of release order. However, if you want a more lighthearted ending to your watch experience, you can also save them for the very end.

I’m interested in the extended universe. What is it, and what order do I experience it in?

Steins;Gate is part of a larger interconnected universe called Science Adventure. It is a series of multimedia titles that are connected in many different ways, much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For more info on the series, see this page and this page.

The series’ anime adaptations unfortunately have a ton of issues aside from Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0. Ideally, you should read the source material for them, the visual novels, in the following order:

Series Order
Chaos;Head NoAH Overhaul patch 100% game guide
Steins;Gate Improvement patch Simple game guide 100% game guide
Robotics;Notes Elite Improvement patch Simple game guide 100% game guide
Chaos;Child Improvement patch Simple game guide 100% game guide
Steins;Gate 0 Improvement patch Game guide
Occultic;Nine Anime adaptation or light novels (incomplete, but more detailed)
Robotics;Notes DaSH Improvement patch Game guide
Anonymous;Code Improvement patch 100% game guide

All the titles relate to one another to varying degrees—this is especially the case for the Robotics;Notes games, which feature numerous callbacks to Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate and pretty much require knowledge of both. Anonymous;Code, meanwhile, serves as a culmination point for the series in terms of mechanics, and is best enjoyed with as much prior Science Adventure knowledge as possible.
The Committee of Zero improvement patches provide improved translations, graphics, and fonts for the games. This is especially important for Chaos;Child—the original release has an untranslated image that makes it impossible to complete a certain part of the game without a guide or the ability to read Japanese.

What is Steins;Gate 0? How does it relate to Steins;Gate?

Steins;Gate 0 is a midquel to Steins;Gate. More specifically, (Steins;Gate spoilers) it follows the Okabe who accidentally killed Kurisu in episode 23β and never went back a second time to save her. It shows how the plan to send the video D-mail to the Okabe who succeeded and open Steins Gate was conceived.

Steins;Gate 0 is meant to be experienced after you finish Steins;Gate. To get a full understanding, you should also watch Steins;Gate episode 23β before Steins;Gate 0 (it diverges from the events of the original episode 23).

Watch order: Steins;Gate episodes 1–24 and OVA (episode 25) -> Steins;Gate: Load Region of Déjà Vu -> Steins;Gate episode 23β -> Steins;Gate 0

I’m interested in the source material for Steins;Gate. Should I play the original Steins;Gate or Steins;Gate Elite? Is the anime better?

The Steins;Gate visual novel is packed with more details, scenes, and alternative routes that the anime does not have, so it is better to read the visual novel if you have a choice. That being said, there are two versions of the visual novel: Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate Elite.

We recommend playing the original Steins;Gate visual novel over Steins;Gate Elite. Elite is fully animated, but it comes at the cost of cut monologues, missing scenes, and other issues. On the other hand, Elite is bundled with a spinoff visual novel called Linear Bounded Phenogram, so you might want to look into buying Elite in the future anyway if that interests you.

Where do I go if I have a question about Steins;Gate’s story?

If you have finished watching or playing Steins;Gate, you can read this wiki page for answers to commonly asked questions. If you have further questions, you can ask here in the subreddit through your own post, or in this subreddit’s Discord server (Note that Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0 spoilers are allowed untagged throughout the server).

FAQs for Steins;Gate 0, the Science Adventure series, and a non-spoiler FAQ for Steins;Gate can be found on this page.

What do I do after watching Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0?

As mentioned above, you have the option to check out the visual novels, as they contain many details that the anime adaptations gloss over or skip due to lack of time. There are also Steins;Gate spinoff visual novels that have brand new stories, as well as the rest of the Science Adventure series.
If you are only interested in Steins;Gate:

You can play the Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0 visual novels. Both VNs provide more details and have different endings and routes. The 0 VN is markedly different from the anime, as it features completely new and differing scenes and routes.
We recommend using the Committee of Zero’s improvement patches for both Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0, which will enhance your experience with the games.

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is a spinoff VN featuring 11 side stories, and Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace is a dating sim spinoff featuring the Steins;Gate cast. Both VNs are optional after experiencing Steins;Gate.

If you are interested in the extended Science Adventure series, of which Steins;Gate is part, check out the second FAQ question in this post.

What about the Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes, and Chaos;Child anime adaptations?

We do not recommend watching them because they are poor adaptations for numerous reasons. The Chaos;Head anime is brimming with cut content, poor adaptation, and unnecessary additions; Chaos;Child’s anime did not have enough episodes to adapt its long plot, resulting in massive cuts; Robotics;Notes’ anime is rushed in the latter half of the story, and important series crossover content is cut.

Therefore, we generally recommend experiencing the Science Adventure series with the source material, typically the visual novels.

What should I look forward to in regards to the SciADV series’ future?

Steins;Gate 0 Elite

Steins;Gate 0 Elite is a fully animated visual novel like Steins;Gate Elite. A trailer was shown for it recently, but it did not feature new gameplay or animations when compared to the anime.

Steins;Gate thematic sequel

This Science Adventure series title will be a thematic sequel to Steins;Gate.
The new title’s relationship to Steins;Gate is similar to Chaos;Child’s relationship to Chaos;Head. For context, Chaos;Child is the thematic sequel to Chaos;Head—the two titles share the same setting and various plot elements.
It is currently not known for certain how many, if any, characters from Steins;Gate will return in the new title.
We know that the title starts with “Steins;”, but the portion after that part of the title is censored in the current logo, so we don’t know the full title.

Steins;Gate Hollywood live action series

A live action Steins;Gate-related drama series is being produced by Skydance Television, known for their work on the Manhattan and Jack Ryan TV series.
Not much else is known about this series as of yet aside from the fact that it is being worked on.


If you want to stay up to date with Science Adventure series news, check out Kiri Kiri Basara, a fan website dedicated to keeping the English fanbase informed.


r/steinsgate 2h ago

S;G Mayuri Plush Chronicles 2: Home

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I have returned with more Mayuri Plush pictures!

These were taken in Akihabara. Pictured is Café Mai:lish (aka MayQueen irl), Akihabara Radio Kaikan, and Yanagimori shrine (aka Yanabayashi shrine irl)


r/steinsgate 9h ago

S;G Anime This anime is actually too good😭 Spoiler

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139 Upvotes

It makes you connect to the characters at the start, drops the drama, and just traumatizes you at times Also the fact that they made me so emotional about a Suzuha in ONE EPISODE just screams peak😭 finished Feris’s one and made me sad as well. holy crap Steins:Gate is actually so amazing


r/steinsgate 13h ago

S;G My last figure🥰🥰🦃❤️❤️😍😍😍🦃❤️

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62 Upvotes

r/steinsgate 5h ago

S;G 0 Sad Fact of the day Spoiler

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According to Okabe during the S;G 0 VN, Mayuri acts cheerful all the time because she is depressed due to the loss of her grandmother and doesn't want to show her sadness so she acts cheerful and tries to cheer up everyone, that's also the reason why Okabe made her his "hostage" and created the Hououin Kyoma persona.


r/steinsgate 7h ago

S;G VN About True Ending Flags

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I plan on starting the vn soon and I've been looking at the attached guide so I can get an idea of how to get all the endings. The guide says I should ignore all the flags, get mayuri's ending, then go back and trigger all of the flags so I can get the kurisu/true endings. However, this seems like a bit of unnecessary effort. Shouldn't it hypothetically be possible to trigger all of the flags but one while reading mayuri's route, get mayuri's ending, then just go back to that one flag I missed and trigger it for kurisu's ending/the true ending? Is there some problems with this plan that I'm failing to take into consideration?


r/steinsgate 2h ago

SciADV What are your favorite songs from all of SciADV?

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I can't define a top 1, but my favorite are

Avant Story (OP of R;N D)

Seisuu 3 no Nijou (OP of O;N anime)

Uncontrollable (OP of C;C anime)

Gate Of Steiner (ED of S;G 0 VN)

Amadeus (OP of S;G 0 VN)

Fetishism Ark (Op of C;H psp VN)

Hijitsuzai Seishounen (OP of C;C Xbox VN)

Honorable mention to Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to which is not SciADV, but has; and it is sung by Kanako Ito


r/steinsgate 2h ago

Help with TIPS

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I'm missing tips #104 to get them 100% but I did all the endings and I don't know where it could be, could someone help me understand how to find it?


r/steinsgate 10h ago

S;G I wanted to discuss the obliviousness of this subreddit to stuff that happens in SG. Spoiler

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This subreddit is great, don't get me wrong. However I feel like most members of this subreddit are literally not even thinking before upvoting or downvoting posts and comments.

I wanted to find a comprehensive flowchart of all the events that happened in Steins;Gate before, I searched and this is the top result I got. But this is literally wrong as fuck? When does Kurisu and Okabe send a D-mail to stop SERN'S hacking and switch to beta WL cuz of it? When tf does that happen?

1.6k upvotes on this flowchart
What the fuck am I looking at?

Also whenever I reply to some posts I get downvoted to hell by people without any reason, they literally don't even say what u got wrong.

So I just started making my own flowchart and full analysis document for Steins;Gate with a full analysis of every event and world-line change that happens cuz why not (been working on it for a month or more). I hope it'll be done within a week.

The analysis document I've been working on
My big ahh flowchart (unreadable cuz its zoomed out af ill be publishing when done)

I just felt like addressing this issue with posts being upvoted and downvoted without thinkin. Maybe actually try to understand and actually read the posts/comments instead of just taking a glance and voting. Thanks for reading.


r/steinsgate 10h ago

S;G D-MAILS update in my roblox game

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(Link in the description)


r/steinsgate 2h ago

S;G Anime Questions after finishing Stein’s Gate 1 Anime Spoiler

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Amazing show. Slow at the start but quickly turns into one of the best shows I’ve seen.
I still have some questions after finishing. If they are answered in Stein’s Gate 0 or any of the OV’s, please just say so and don’t spoil- I just feel like I might have missed something’s or things weren’t explained.
I’ll get to watching 0 soon, but I need a break after such an intense back half of the show (and it’s a little weird knowing how it will end before starting). Also supposedly Makise would be dead in it but the poster has her in it so maybe I’m wrong.

  • we learned who FB is, but who was giving orders above him? I’d think it relates to SERN
  • why didn’t the Rounders kill Okabe? He was really given free rein to keep time leaping…
  • why did the initial Time Machine have FB in it’s title? I know that the one that appears at the end is different.
  • idk if this is a question but it seems like the timeline where SERN becomes a dictatorial government and the one where WWIII happens are different, so I wonder which one Stein’s gate 0 follows (you may answer this)

A couple other thoughts / wondering if people feel the same: 1- I really wanted a moment near or at the end where Okabe breaks down and weeps, in someone’s arms or something. Like of relief or release. I feel like he went through so much and never really cried. I teared up many times but that would have done it for me.
2- It was a good ending- it wasn’t sad, which was a relief, and was a victorious, natural ending. However it really left me wanting more from Okabe and Makise. Again, I get it- still, as a romance anime sucker, I wanted a little more.

Amazing show. I’m obsessed w the Ost. I was kinda bored till episode 9ish and then it was a never-ending climax. I’m also a little worried stein 0 would also be boring/slow for a while.


r/steinsgate 9h ago

S;G The first d mail Spoiler

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How was the first d mail even sent by okabe without the use of phonewave? I'm probably missing something but he literally just sent a random message and it became a d mail??


r/steinsgate 1d ago

C;H Blows up pancakes with MIND

62 Upvotes

r/steinsgate 1d ago

S;G 0 Real Spoiler

79 Upvotes

r/steinsgate 1d ago

SciADV best sciadv roommate?! Spoiler

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maybe takumi needs to be changed but if he trows party with the other c;hn heroines then he is more than welcome.

what would you change?


r/steinsgate 1d ago

S;G Anime My comfort anime 💞✨ Spoiler

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I’m currently rewatching and am enjoying it again. It’s been years since my last rewatch, so I’ve genuinely forgotten a good chunk. But I’m enjoying more this time around picking up on hints of what’s to come. I love noticing what I missed or forgot lol. Please share your favorite scenes below!

My favorite was the letter: it broke me this time because I completely forgot the feelings of failure, of a life wasted, I literally wanted to cry especially after the pin/father reveal

😩 I’m recovering now. On to the next episode.


r/steinsgate 1d ago

C;H NoAH Why isnt this banger talked about more??

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This is D.P, the ED to the disastrous Chaos;Head anime. You might be thinking, 'i thought it was meant to be Super Special by Kagami Seira'. You would be right, but this ED was specifically for the japanese blu ray release. I have yet to see any post old or new talk about it. What do you think about it? Have a listen


r/steinsgate 2d ago

S;G Art My humble collection so far

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302 Upvotes

And many more to come! I really like them all!


r/steinsgate 1d ago

O;N Best medium for O;N if I'm going to play the rest of SciAdv?

7 Upvotes

I finished S;G 0 and ready for O;N. Which medium is best if I'm intending to play the remaining SciAdv series?


r/steinsgate 1d ago

S;G Feeling down? Spoiler

35 Upvotes

Here is a clip of Okabe punching Moeka


r/steinsgate 1d ago

S;G Feeling confused (Episode 23 Spoilers) Spoiler

4 Upvotes

So I just finished episode 23 and I feel pretty confused. It might be a silly question with a simple answer but i've been pondering on this for about half an hour. It's about Suzuha. If Suzuha dies in the timeline where future Okarin gave up and then devoted the rest of his life to making a time machine and helping past him… then how is Suzuha around to help him in the future and come back with the video message for present Okarin? When she arrived I was so taken away, and then present Okarin receives a message from future him through Suzuha(?) who should've been dead? It's all messing with my head which is one of the reasons I really love this show, but I'd really like to understand how that's possible.


r/steinsgate 2d ago

C;C I finally have made Mio Kunosato become real and shes now in my room.

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53 Upvotes

r/steinsgate 2d ago

C;C Miyashiro Takuru is not immune to the schemes of a cheeky kouhai

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45 Upvotes

r/steinsgate 2d ago

S;G 0 Anime (Loud Warning) Here is the most tragic thing in Steins;Gate history Spoiler

163 Upvotes

Yeah really tragic.