Talk:Reading Steiner/@comment-27183706-20190611150327/@comment-5854191-20190611181430

IMO, perspective is the issue here.

The writers of the story chose to follow the events of the Okabe that reaches Steins;Gate. We never see the 1st Okabe (who sends the D-Mail, shifts worldlines and, as you said, lives until 2034 where SERN achieves time travel and the dystopia begins); we only hear about him from Suzuha (EP 15).

The 2nd Okabe (the one who returns to the Alpha worldline, tries to save Kurisu and ends up killing Kurisu, refusing to attempt to save her again) is highlighted in Steins;Gate 0, but is contribution to reaching Steins;Gate is shown in EP 24 of the original anime.

The 3rd Okabe is the one we observe throughout the entire anime.

This is most likely too simple of an explanation. Upon closer examination of the story, there are probably several other "Okabes" along the True Ending route that are glossed over. The point is the Okabe we see is the one who benefits from the contribution of all the others; the first one to reach the good end.