Episode 20: Finalize Apoptosis

   

Finalize Apoptosis  ( 怨嗟断絶のアポトーシス,  Ensa Danzetsu no Apotōshisu ) is the twentieth episode of the anime adaptation of the visual novel Steins;Gate.



 Okabe's quest to save Mayuri and return to the original timeline leads him to an unexpected -- but all too familiar -- source. Is he prepared to handle the truth about those closest to him?

Synopsis
Okabe convinces Moeka to tell him where the IBN 5100 is. It's in a public locker and Kurisu convinces Okabe that it won't help him, and instead he has to undo all the changes to the timeline to return to the original world line. Okabe and Moeka stake out the locker with the 5100 to figure out who her handler FB is. FB is revealed to be Yuugo Tennouji. He kills Moeka and then himself. Okabe sends himself a D-Mail and then finds himself back in time and the IBN 5100 is now at the shrine. He gets Daru to connect it to SERN and try to delete any record of the labs activities. Okabe then realizes that if he returns to the original world line, Kurisu will die.

Characters

 * Okabe Rintarou
 * Shiina Mayuri
 * Kurisu Makise
 * Itaru Hashida
 * Moeka Kiryū
 * Yuugo Tennouji
 * Nae Tennouji
 * Ruka Urushibara (vocal cameo)