Chaos;Head & Steins;Gate: Science Adventure Series Maniacs

“ Chaos;Head & Steins;Gate: Science Adventure Series Maniacs” ( カオスヘッド&シュタインズ・ゲート 　科学アドベンチャーシリーズマニアックス,  Kaosu;Heddo & Shutainzu;Gēto Kagaku Adobenchā Shiriizu Maniakkusu) is a guidebook released on December 17, 2010 in Japan, which contains data concerning the first four releases of the Science Adventure Series: Chaos;Head and its complete version Chaos;Head NoAH, Steins;Gate and Chaos;Head Love Chu☆Chu!.

Content Table
“CHAOS;HEAD” Series
 * 006 — Introduction to the “CHAOS;HEAD” series
 * 009 — Worldview - Exposition of keywords

Introduction to characters
 * 010 — Takumi Nishijou
 * 012 — Rimi Sakihata
 * 014 — Ayase Kishimoto
 * 016 — Yua Kusunoki
 * 018 — Nanami Nishijou
 * 020 — Sena Aoi
 * 022 — Kozue Orihara
 * 024 — Seira Orgel & Erinfray Orgel
 * 026 — Other characters


 * 028 — Exposition of “CHAOS;HEAD” & “CHAOS;HEAD NOAH”'s main story
 * 031 — Exposition of “CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu☆Chu!”'s story
 * 032 — Investigation of “CHAOS;HEAD NOAH”'s routes case-by-case


 * 036 — Special talk regarding the “Gero Froggies”
 * 038 — Stage introduction of “CHAOS;HEAD”
 * 042 — CG list of “CHAOS;HEAD NOAH”
 * 049 — CG list of “CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu☆Chu!”
 * 052 — “CHAOS;HEAD”'s illustrations gallery
 * 056 — Short interview with Yukihiro Matsuo
 * 058 — Introduction to “CHAOS;HEAD”'s goods

“STEINS;GATE”
 * 062 — Exposition of the opus “STEINS;GATE”

Introduction to characters
 * 066 — Rintaro Okabe
 * 070 — Kurisu Makise
 * 074 — Mayuri Shiina
 * 078 — Itaru Hashida
 * 082 — Suzuha Amane
 * 086 — Faris NyanNyan
 * 090 — Luka Urushibara
 * 094 — Moeka Kiryu
 * 098 — Other characters


 * 105 — Exposition of “STEINS;GATE”'s story
 * 118 — New world line chronological table
 * 122 — CG list of “STEINS;GATE”
 * 131 — Exposition of Drama CDs and Media-Mix Contents
 * 138 — Investigation of “STEINS;GATE”


 * 142 — Stage introduction of “STEINS;GATE”
 * 145 — Comic Report of 5pb.'s Journalist
 * 147 — “STEINS;GATE”'s illustrations gallery
 * 158 — Introduction to “STEINS;GATE”'s goods

Interview with the Creators
 * 162 — Interview of Chiyomaru Shikura
 * 170 — Interview of Tatsuya Matsubara & Naotaka Hayashi
 * 178 — Interview of Pehara Koumuten & Vio Shimokura

Special Contents
 * 188 — Conversation between Chiyomaru Shikura & Mori Toshimichi
 * 192 — Special interview of Hiroki Azuma
 * 200 — Guests' illustrations gallery
 * 204 — Showcase of fanmade items
 * 205 — Publication of results of the Lab Mems Project

Data & Flowchart
 * 212 — Story Chart of “CHAOS;HEAD NOAH”
 * 214 — Guiding walkthrough of “CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu☆Chu!”
 * 215 — Achievements lists of the Xbox 360 versions of “CHAOS;HEAD NOAH” & “CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu☆Chu!”
 * 216 — Allocation chart for heroines from the Science Adventure Series
 * 217 — Story Chart of “STEINS;GATE”
 * 218 — Achievements list of the Xbox 360 version of “STEINS;GATE”
 * 219 — Record of Rintaro Okabe's chuuni language
 * 220 — Explanation and investigation of foreshadowings and D-Mails
 * 222 — Keyword emails' list

“STEINS;GATE”'s Official After Story
 * 230 — Original Short Story “Holy Day of the Calamitous Birth”
 * 256 — Publication informations

“CHAOS;HEAD” Series

 * See ChäoS;HEAd & Steins;Gate: Science Adventure Series Maniacs on the ChäoS;HEAd Wiki.

Attractor fields theory and Reading Steiner
The attractor fields theory is a theory explaining the structure of the world in terms of world lines and world line convergence ranges (attractor fields). The premise is that the world is not one of countless parallel worlds. No more than a single world line exists, and on that world line, all events from the past to the future are determined. In other words, as long as the world line determines that “Mayuri dies”, Mayuri will die. This is a world line convergence. However, the world line is constantly fluctuating, and one may be transferred to another world line for some reason. On that world line, a possibility that “Mayuri's death” has not been determined is born. However, the moment a world line is transferred to another, the original world line disappears and nothing but the new world line exists, so ordinary humans cannot perceive this world line fluctuation. World lines other than the current world line exist only as possibilities, and bundles of similar world lines among these possible world lines are called α (Alpha) world lines, or β (Beta) world lines. These are original settings, created by the ingenuity of the production team.

The Committee of 300 & Dystopia
In this work, a dystopia has been established in the future of the α (Alpha) world lines. Dystopia is the antonym of utopia, a society with extreme control and no individual freedom. The term became famous when it appeared in “The Time Machine” of H. G. Wells, the father of science fiction. It can be said that the use of the word “dystopia” in this work is surely a homage to “The Time Machine”.

Also appearing in this work is the Committee of 300, an organization of secret societies described in conspiracy theories. Some conspiracy believers believe that the Committee of 300 is composed of Satanists called the Illuminati. They believe that the Committee of 300 is plotting to suppress science and technology and promote the Human Domestication Project in order to achieve a deindustrialized, zero-growth society. This society is very similar to the future of the α world lines depicted in this work.

Incidentally, ECHELON is said to be a large-scale communications interception system built mainly in the United States of America. Although not publicly acknowledged, a report was issued by the European Parliament in 2001, stating that “there is no doubt that a worldwide interception system exists.”

Staff Interview I
The top runner for the staff interview is, of course, Mr. Chiyomaru Shikura, the most important person in the Science Adventure Series. In his first-rate smart way of speaking, he will talk us about not only production secrets, but also his work and life stances.

——Could you tell us again about the story of the establishment of the Science Adventure (hereafter “SciADV”) Series, which started with “CHAOS;HEAD” (hereafter “CHAOS”) then continued with “STEINS;GATE” (hereafter “SG”) ?

Shikura: (to be translated, japanese text in commentary when editing)