Ep. 17

Summary

Source-backed · Version: v1 · Original

Undoing the D-Mail that delayed Suzuha changes the world line, yet Mayuri still dies—only one day later. Kurisu concludes that the accumulated D-Mails keep the laboratory inside the Alpha attractor field. If Okabe reverses them in the opposite order, the IBN 5100 may return, allowing Daru to erase SERN's record of the first D-Mail and cross into Beta. The next message to undo belongs to Faris. While helping her escape angry Rai-Net competitors, Okabe describes the Akihabara that existed before her wish changed it. Faris begins recovering memories from the erased world line. Her D-Mail was a false kidnapping demand that convinced her father to miss a flight that later crashed. The ransom forced him to sell the IBN 5100, explaining why the computer disappeared. Restoring the old timeline means accepting his death. After he rescues them from the rival players, Faris chooses to send a counter-message despite the pain. Akihabara's maid cafés and anime culture return, and her father is once again gone. The IBN still does not reach the lab, confirming that each reversed wish is only one step in a chain and that Luka's message must be sacrificed next.