Talk:Mayuri Shiina/@comment-2605:6001:EAC6:2B00:E8CD:21C2:B241:DBC2-20171229231648

Here is the thing about Mayuri; In my opinion, she is the most well-suited for Okabe and should have been the canon interest for various reasons. However, I also feel that the creator of this show made a mistake when developing her plot.

Thre reason why some people do not like her is that they feel she is "generic" and lacks true purpose to the plot. When it comes to the anime and VN, I must agree (Especially the anime). But her backstory and relationship to Okabe is actually the saddest as well as the most emotional, and the truth lies within...believe it or not...A SPIN-OFF. Some may not now, but there is a spin-off that takes place within a sperate worldline, not mentioned in the anime or VN. The spin-off is called Steins; Gate - Hikyoku Renri no Darling, which places Okabe in a worldline in which WW3 doesn't happen, SERN doesn't make time-travel, and nobody from the series dies.

In fact, it's almost similar to the Steins; Gate worldline Okabe archives in the end. I don't want to spoil anything, but the game allows you to witness different romantic paths with each of the characters and Mayuri's was extremely moving; explaining things that neither the anime nor VN ever brought up. How she truly feels about Okabe, their past as children, as well as her purpose in the group is all explained in great detail. She loves him more than her own life and it's shown quite well for all the right reasons. The problem though is that this game is not well known as it isn't out here in the west yet. However, there are people who have translated it on Youtube and I HIGHLY recommend that you watch her route so you can understand ALL of her backstory and relationship to Okabe. Before I watched it, I was sort-of buying the whole Kurisu deal, but after watching all of it, I just can't anymore. I'm not saying he shouldn't have saved her, but her relationship with him is more believable as friends/rivals.