Steins;Gate

Synopsis

Fueled by an insatiable drive for discovery, scientist Rintarou Okabe, alongside his kind but forgetful friend Mayuri Shiina and his roommate Itaru Hashida, founds the Future Gadget Laboratory. While their ambition is to invent technology that defies human comprehension, their most notable creation to date is a microwave that transforms bananas into an eerie green substance. Okabe's attendance at a symposium regarding time travel triggers a series of events that unveil the Phone Microwave's latent capabilities. He realizes the device can transmit text messages to the past, and as he tests this power, the clandestine organization SERN becomes dangerously involved. As Okabe contends with the fallout of shifting timelines, he and his friends face relentless peril. He is forced to repair the fractures in history while fighting to preserve his sanity and safeguard the people he holds dear.

Background

Steins;Gate is based on 5pb. and Nitroplus' visual novel of the same title released in 2009. It serves as the second entry in the Science Adventure series.