<p>Hello Everybody!</p><p>
</p><p> I'm brand new to this forum and finally decided to make a post here after attempting to make sense of some of this stuff myself to no avail. I've been a huge fan of S;G for quite some time, watched both anime series, and just recently finished playing the first VN. Before I really get into any of the other VNs, I wanted to make sense of a few things that I've been unable to figure out myself.</p><p>
</p><p>I'm not sure how active this forum is, but if any of you folk would like to chime in here with your thoughts and theories I would greatly appreciate it!</p><p>
</p><p>First off, I just wanted to say that my best understanding of the S;G universe is that there is one active worldline at a time, and that time loops can occur, though will always have a traceable origin (ie no bootstrap paradoxes or infinite causal loops) - I found Zeldakasumi's blog post helpful in developing some of my understanding of S;G's time travel mechanics, and will link that below.</p><p>
</p><p>-My first question regards the major time loop in the series - okabe seeing a bloodied kurisu, sending the first d-mail, traveling through alpha and back, killing kurisu, repeat. I was wondering how this loop would have started - would the first iteration involve Dr. Nakabachi killing kurisu and okabe still finding her body due to convergence? Is there even a start to this loop?</p><p>
</p><p>-The okabe that kills kurisu in chapter 1 isn't the same okabe that we follow throughout the story, is he? This is another okabe from a previous iteration, correct? The divergence numbers would seem to imply that. If so, is the okabe who kills kurisu in ch. 1 also the okabe from S;G 0 (or 0kabe, as I'll call him)? Or is 0kabe and the okabe we follow the same person up until mayuri slaps/doesn't slap him?</p><p>
</p><p>-Speaking of 0kabe, how is the video d-mail he sends able to be received by the okabe who makes it to the steins gate? Perhaps a better question would be, why is the message originally all messed up?</p><p>
</p><p>-Now I have a few questions regarding suzuha - she mentions that physical time travel causes a fluctuation in the worldline they arrive on - does this fluctuation occur when traveling both forward and backwards through time, or just when traveling forwards?</p><p>
</p><p>-My second suzuha question is about alpha suzuha - we see that alpha suzuha comes from the worldline where the divergence meter was originally built - 0.000000. What I don't understand is how this worldline was ever active in the first place. Is it from a previous iteration of the loop that I mentioned in my first question?</p><p>
</p><p>-Assuming that all the alpha suzuhas we see are all from 0.000000, then what happens to the suzuhas in the future of every alpha line - do they travel back, too? If so, where do they go? </p><p>
</p><p>-suzuha also mentions how her time machine comes equipped with a physical coordinate lock so she doesnt end up floating around in space when she travels back - do we ever figure out how the phonewave/time leap machine are able to avoid this problem when SERN isnt?</p><p>
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</p><p>If anyone has any answers to these questions, I would greatly appreciate a response. Thanks!</p><p>
</p><p>-AFC</p><p>
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