Steins;Gate: Open the Missing Link - Divide By Zero
After failing to save Kurisu, Okabe gives up on altering fate and abandons his mad scientist persona, leading to a quiet life haunted by regret. This alternate Episode 23 is the turning point that sets up the darker story of Steins;Gate 0.
This alternate 23rd episode of Steins;Gate presents a turning point that changes everything. After countless failed attempts and unbearable losses, Rintarou Okabe reaches his emotional breaking point. Shattered by the trauma of trying and failing to save Makise Kurisu, he makes a heartbreaking choice — to give up. No longer willing to endure the pain of changing fate, Okabe refuses Suzuha Amane’s plea to prevent World War III, believing it to be a hopeless cause. Abandoning his eccentric “mad scientist” persona, Okabe tries to live the quiet life of a normal university student. To those around him, like his close friend Mayuri Shiina, he appears to be healing — a man slowly recovering from g...