# E9 - Pandora of Eternal Return: Pandora's Box
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYNVQXZQR/pandora-of-eternal-return--pandoras-box-)
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**[00:14] ---**
Go back... To a world where Mayuri lives...
**[00:28] ---**
It can't be...
**[00:33] ---**
Mayuri!
**[00:36] ---**
Mayuri?!
**[00:38] ---**
Okarin?
**[00:39] ---**
Huh?
**[00:40] ---**
Looks like you're finally up.
**[00:42] ---**
Hot damn!
**[00:44] ---**
You had us all worried
when you collapsed like that!
**[00:47] ---**
Collapsed?
**[00:49] ---**
I did?
**[01:07] ---**
*This world is not even real at all*
**[01:13] ---**
*It's just a vision pulled over our eyes*
**[01:20] ---**
*At the point of infinity, a mundane cosmos*
*is overwriting all the values I know*
**[01:31] ---**
*If some arrogant god thinks they've seized control*
*and keeps pulling strings at the speed of light*
**[01:40] ---**
*Then I, just I alone*
**[01:46] ---**
*I'm fine being that miracle,*
*that lethal minority*
**[01:52] ---**
*I can fly high*
**[01:53] ---**
*If that moment, if that place was*
*something you thought was special to you*
**[01:59] ---**
*The past doesn't have to be*
*memories that simply drift away*
**[02:04] ---**
*Instead of the pain of being hurt,*
*everything about that precious scene will*
**[02:10] ---**
*Become a light and give birth to zero*
**[02:15] ---**
*There is no god. Wonderful new world.*
**[02:23] ---**
Nakase-*san* and I did, in the lab?
**[02:25] ---**
Yeah...
**[02:26] ---**
The hospital stays closed for the
New Year, so we were freaking out.
**[02:31] ---**
Is that right?
**[02:33] ---**
Did I go back to the original world line?
**[02:36] ---**
Here.
**[02:39] ---**
Hmm?
**[02:41] ---**
--Makise Kurisu...
--Eh?
**[02:44] ---**
Eh?
**[02:46] ---**
Do you know Makise Kurisu?
**[02:48] ---**
Yup, I know her.
**[02:52] ---**
That's the person you have
inside of your phone, right?
**[02:56] ---**
Amadeus, or something...
**[02:59] ---**
Don't scare me like that...
**[03:02] ---**
Speaking of which, how's Amadeus?
**[03:04] ---**
We avoided the takeover,
but it's being restored.
**[03:07] ---**
The thing is...
**[03:08] ---**
What happened?
**[03:09] ---**
We found out a thief broke
into Maho-*san*'s room.
**[03:13] ---**
And that's not all...
**[03:15] ---**
There's talk about a gas explosion at the
Wako office, so we're not allowed to enter.
**[03:19] ---**
With timing like that, it's possible
somebody planned it all out.
**[03:25] ---**
Any idea who did it?
**[03:26] ---**
No clue...
**[03:28] ---**
The attackers from before, maybe?
**[03:31] ---**
Oh, you're awake now!
**[03:36] ---**
Has your fever come down?
**[03:38] ---**
Yeah, it's fine now.
**[03:40] ---**
You feeling better too, Okarin-*san*?
**[03:42] ---**
Huh? Yeah...
**[03:44] ---**
The doctors are saying it might be
that new form of encephalitis.
**[03:49] ---**
It's probably nothing to worry about.
**[03:51] ---**
A new encephalitis?
**[03:53] ---**
They say it's going around lately,
giving people bad fevers and such.
**[03:57] ---**
But, I wonder why you two collapsed
at the exact same time?
**[04:01] ---**
Without any external stimulus,
the fact that it happened is hard to believe.
**[04:05] ---**
I knew it! It has to be!
**[04:07] ---**
You're still on that?
**[04:09] ---**
What, what?
**[04:10] ---**
Kaede-*san* seems to think Okarin-*san*
is my soulmate or something.
**[04:14] ---**
Huh?
**[04:16] ---**
It's true, Fubuki-*chan*! When you came to,
all you talked about was Okarin-*san*!
**[04:20] ---**
I told you, that was only because of the dream!
**[04:23] ---**
Dream?
**[04:25] ---**
I had this very realistic dream...
**[04:28] ---**
Well, but Mayushii...
**[04:31] ---**
It was a dream! It was just in the dream, but...
**[04:35] ---**
Mayushii was gone...
And I was with Faris-*san* in her cafe.
**[04:40] ---**
And then, well... Okarin-*san* came...
**[04:44] ---**
Memories from an alpha world line...
**[04:46] ---**
Could it be Reading Steiner?
**[04:49] ---**
Hmm, well...
**[04:51] ---**
You're not showing any more symptoms,
but we'll schedule a follow-up.
**[04:55] ---**
We'd like for you to come back next week.
**[04:58] ---**
Sure...
**[05:00] ---**
It's great that they let you leave, Okarin.
**[05:03] ---**
Fubuki-*chan* has to stay a little longer, though.
**[05:06] ---**
Don't worry! She's spunky, so I bet she's okay!
**[05:10] ---**
--You think? Maybe you're right...
--Okabe-*san*.
**[05:12] ---**
--Yeah!
--Okabe-*san*.
**[05:14] ---**
Why did you mention Kurisu back there?
**[05:16] ---**
Well, it's just...
**[05:21] ---**
I had a dream...
**[05:23] ---**
A dream?
**[05:26] ---**
By the way, where's Hashida-*san*?
**[05:28] ---**
Oh, Daru-*kun* said he had to leave
to take care of something.
**[05:29] ---**
"All right."
"OK!"
**[05:30] ---**
"There's something I need you to look into."
**[05:32] ---**
Yeah?
**[05:34] ---**
"Monday, January 3rd 2011."
"Is Russia Testing Nukes?"
"Growing Suspicion Puts Nations on Guard"
**[05:35] ---**
Anything else?
**[05:36] ---**
Yeah... Okarin wasn't showing
any problems, so he got discharged.
**[05:41] ---**
Uncle Okarin and the others were attacked,
and later those two collapsed...
**[05:46] ---**
How was he when he came to?
**[05:48] ---**
Not really any different than usual.
**[05:51] ---**
But he did say a name... Miss Makise's.
**[05:54] ---**
Makise?
**[05:58] ---**
See you!
**[05:59] ---**
Okay! I'll message you later!
**[06:03] ---**
"Television CRT Workshop"
**[06:04] ---**
Here, coffee.
**[06:06] ---**
Thanks.
**[06:07] ---**
Now that I think about it, with the thief
breaking into my hotel and the fire fiasco,
**[06:12] ---**
I haven't had anything since last night.
**[06:15] ---**
All we have here is fried chicken and bananas...
**[06:18] ---**
Oh, should I go buy you a bento?
**[06:20] ---**
I'm fine. I'll eat after
I get back to the hotel.
**[06:25] ---**
You're going back?
**[06:27] ---**
The professor asked the same thing.
He said I might want to change my hotel.
**[06:32] ---**
I'm sure it's safer that way.
**[06:35] ---**
Though, I don't know where to go.
**[06:37] ---**
What about here?
**[06:39] ---**
I can't intrude like that.
**[06:42] ---**
Considering the attack just went
down here, it's not exactly safe...
**[06:49] ---**
"I checked out the Wako City office~"
**[06:52] ---**
"Nothing to report"
**[06:53] ---**
"So sorry"
**[06:55] ---**
Nothing to go on...
**[06:57] ---**
Right.
**[06:57] ---**
Eh?
**[07:00] ---**
Whoa! Wh-Where did you come from?!
**[07:03] ---**
Hmm?
**[07:04] ---**
A guest of yours?
**[07:06] ---**
Y-Yeah...
**[07:08] ---**
When did you?
**[07:10] ---**
"I've been here for a while!"
**[07:12] ---**
"I know I don't stand out much, but you're
making me feel invisible! You hurt my feelings~"
**[07:15] ---**
"Hmph! Pout!"
**[07:17] ---**
You were there all along?
**[07:19] ---**
I was.
**[07:23] ---**
"Hmph! Pout!"
"Know who the attackers were?"
**[07:24] ---**
"Know who the attackers were?"
"Nope~"
**[07:26] ---**
"Or what they're after?"
**[07:28] ---**
"Or what they're after?"
**[07:28] ---**
"Or what they're after?"
"No clue~"
**[07:32] ---**
What's up? Why aren't you talking?
**[07:36] ---**
Uh, well...
**[07:37] ---**
Hmm?
**[07:38] ---**
"Aww, shucks!"
"Can you keep on investigating for me?"
"OK!"
**[07:44] ---**
I made coffee... Huh?
**[07:47] ---**
Did your guest leave already?
**[07:49] ---**
And I even made coffee for them...
**[07:53] ---**
I'm back...
**[07:56] ---**
I will... save this world line.
**[08:00] ---**
I'll protect this world where Mayuri lives...
**[08:03] ---**
And without using the time machine!
**[08:06] ---**
I'm sure that's what she wanted too.
**[08:10] ---**
It's all I can do...
**[08:14] ---**
Hiyajo-*san*.
**[08:15] ---**
Eh?
**[08:16] ---**
Do you think you could hold off finding a hotel?
**[08:20] ---**
I've got an idea.
**[08:22] ---**
So that's why you came, meow?
**[08:25] ---**
Yeah... We think having her
stay here is our best option for now.
**[08:30] ---**
But it's so sudden...
**[08:32] ---**
It's not fair to ask you.
**[08:34] ---**
Faris doesn't care at all, meow.
**[08:37] ---**
I knew it.
**[08:38] ---**
See what I mean? I told you Faris-*chan*
wouldn't have a problem with it.
**[08:43] ---**
You can use the guest room, meow.
**[08:45] ---**
Stay forever! Maho-meow should
sleep over for as long as you're in Japan!
**[08:49] ---**
Maho-meow?
**[08:51] ---**
We've got Kuroki here, so it's super safe, meow!
**[08:53] ---**
--Kuroki? Hold on, wait!
--Come on, this way! Let's take a bath together!
**[08:58] ---**
Now we can all rest assured.
**[08:59] ---**
So... Kagari is with Rukako, right?
**[09:03] ---**
Yup! I just heard from him a bit ago!
**[09:06] ---**
He'll make sure she doesn't go outside,
so he said not to worry.
**[09:12] ---**
For the time being, I've done everything I can.
**[09:15] ---**
Now just to figure out who raided
the lab, and what they're after...
**[09:21] ---**
Suzuha?
**[09:22] ---**
"I need to talk to you alone”
“Waiting to hear back"
**[09:39] ---**
Suzuha?
**[09:41] ---**
I'm right here.
**[09:44] ---**
Sorry for calling you out here like this.
**[09:47] ---**
What's this about?
**[09:49] ---**
The thing is, I'm terrible
at steering conversations.
**[09:54] ---**
So forgive me,
but I'll get straight to the point.
**[09:57] ---**
What?
**[09:58] ---**
Did the world line change?
**[10:01] ---**
Wha--?
**[10:06] ---**
What makes you say that?
**[10:08] ---**
Given the situation, plus what you've
told me about Reading Steiner and whatnot.
**[10:14] ---**
And if I tell you?
**[10:19] ---**
You may not think it,
but it matters a lot to me.
**[10:23] ---**
Suzuha...
**[10:26] ---**
Answer me. That's an order, Okabe Rintaro!
**[10:31] ---**
"Pandora of Eternal Return -Pandora's Box-"
**[10:37] ---**
I'll ask you once more.
**[10:39] ---**
Has the world line changed?
**[10:41] ---**
Is this a different world line than before?
**[10:45] ---**
Don't worry.
**[10:46] ---**
This world line is the same one we were in.
**[10:49] ---**
For real?
**[10:50] ---**
Yeah... We did move to another world line
temporarily, but I think we're back again.
**[10:56] ---**
So it did change after all...
**[10:58] ---**
But right now, I don't know the reason why.
**[11:02] ---**
Earthquakes... in Russia.
**[11:04] ---**
Eh?
**[11:05] ---**
They're not because of nuclear testing.
**[11:07] ---**
It's from Russia and
America's race for a time machine.
**[11:11] ---**
Sooner or later, that competition
will spark the beginning of World War III.
**[11:17] ---**
Russia... and America?
**[11:19] ---**
The way they said it, it has to be...
That's phonetic code.
**[11:23] ---**
Phonetic code?
**[11:25] ---**
For military use.
**[11:27] ---**
More specifically, by the Western world.
**[11:30] ---**
Is that how it is?!
**[11:31] ---**
"Another Earthquake in Russia"
**[11:31] ---**
Which means back then...
**[11:37] ---**
I'm such an idiot...
**[11:39] ---**
I kept worrying about what to do,
but I never had time for that!
**[11:43] ---**
What will you do then?
**[11:44] ---**
You're coming with me, back to July 28th.
**[11:48] ---**
And if I refuse?
**[11:49] ---**
I won't allow you to.
**[11:52] ---**
They're experimenting
with time machines as we speak.
**[11:55] ---**
What if the world line changes as a result,
and the path to Steins Gate is closed off forever?
**[12:00] ---**
What if... it's already too late?
**[12:03] ---**
Could you choose?
**[12:05] ---**
Could you make the decision
between two world lines?
**[12:09] ---**
You're willing to let this world line
go completely to waste?!
**[12:12] ---**
Shut up!
**[12:28] ---**
Suzuha...
**[12:30] ---**
The next one will hit.
**[12:38] ---**
Please...
**[12:45] ---**
July, 2010...
**[12:47] ---**
Using the Phone Microwave (Temporary),
I realized I could send mail to the past...
**[12:53] ---**
But in the end, all that did
was change the world line.
**[12:57] ---**
To get back to the original,
I trampled over countless memories.
**[13:03] ---**
I took things that happened and undid them all.
**[13:06] ---**
I sacrificed more than you can ever imagine,
just to finally get back to this world line!
**[13:13] ---**
And now, if I go back to that summer...
**[13:16] ---**
The nightmare will repeat all over!
**[13:18] ---**
And you're fine with this world line as it is?!
**[13:21] ---**
World War III will start,
and billions of people will die!
**[13:25] ---**
You can't escape it!
That's what this world line is!
**[13:28] ---**
And what if we only make the situation worse?
**[13:31] ---**
That's...
**[13:33] ---**
What if we do manage to change world lines,
**[13:35] ---**
but all that's waiting for us is a hopeless
future worse than the one you know?!
**[13:41] ---**
Even if we can change world lines,
we can't manipulate the future.
**[13:48] ---**
Suzuha.
**[13:51] ---**
Dad...
**[13:53] ---**
I kinda figured this would happen...
**[13:56] ---**
What's with the gun?
**[13:58] ---**
You should know, Dad!
We don't have time for this!
**[14:02] ---**
At this rate, World War III will...
**[14:05] ---**
Even if you force Okarin to come along,
do you think that'll solve anything?
**[14:10] ---**
That's...
**[14:12] ---**
From the moment I started researching time
machines and world lines, I realized something.
**[14:17] ---**
Trying to control world lines and
the laws of causality is no simple feat.
**[14:22] ---**
Then... What can we do?
**[14:24] ---**
That's the whole reason
we're researching, right?
**[14:28] ---**
Dad...
**[14:29] ---**
One of these times, I wish you
would listen and do as your father says.
**[14:35] ---**
Just leave it all to me.
I'll figure something out.
**[14:39] ---**
I'm a super hacker, and don't you forget it.
**[14:49] ---**
I... don't know what to do anymore...
**[14:52] ---**
I don't know what's right...
**[14:55] ---**
Mm-hmm.
**[14:56] ---**
Help me, Dad...
**[14:59] ---**
Help me...
**[15:02] ---**
Please... Dad... Help me...
**[15:07] ---**
Dad...
**[15:16] ---**
World War III...
**[15:21] ---**
Using the information we've got,
**[15:23] ---**
can we somehow change the future
without using the time machine?
**[15:28] ---**
It's a tough one...
**[15:35] ---**
But thinking something impossible without
due consideration is the downfall of a scientist.
**[15:42] ---**
That's what you'd say... If it were you...
**[15:50] ---**
Hmm?
**[15:53] ---**
Oh? What's this?
**[15:55] ---**
If you came to beg for more time to pay--
**[15:56] ---**
I want to continue our conversation.
**[16:04] ---**
You...
**[16:07] ---**
Seriously?
**[16:08] ---**
Yes.
**[16:13] ---**
Who knows? It's not enough info to go on.
**[16:17] ---**
If you can tell me which organizations
use phonetic codes, that might help.
**[16:21] ---**
Well, there's probably thousands
in the west alone. However...
**[16:26] ---**
However?
**[16:27] ---**
If some group was responsible for that attack,
I can't imagine their name being public.
**[16:33] ---**
Either they're a group whose
name is kept under wraps,
**[16:36] ---**
or a group that seems innocent enough
on the surface to not suspect of foul play.
**[16:41] ---**
For example?
**[16:42] ---**
You really gonna make me answer that?
**[16:47] ---**
Whatever... You knowing
makes no difference to me.
**[16:51] ---**
To be honest...
**[16:52] ---**
If I had to take a guess, assuming
that whole story you told me was true...
**[16:57] ---**
"Show only Japanese results" "Use search options"
**[16:59] ---**
DURPA... Defense Ultimate
Research Projects Agency.
**[17:04] ---**
Created by the Department of Defense
as an organization for military research...
**[17:09] ---**
Stratfor...
**[17:11] ---**
A private American think tank... Called a shadow
CIA that can predict large-scale terrorism.
**[17:18] ---**
Russia's time machine research is based on...
**[17:22] ---**
Dr. Nakabachi's paper?
**[17:24] ---**
You're going to steal it, Daddy?!
**[17:27] ---**
If America connected the dots...
**[17:30] ---**
Their hunt for data would
lead straight to Makise Kurisu...
**[17:35] ---**
Why not raid Viktor Chondria University then?
**[17:38] ---**
They could easily tap
into the research computers.
**[17:41] ---**
Why would they come all the way here?
**[17:44] ---**
When they attacked the lab,
they were after Kagari...
**[17:48] ---**
Because she came from the future?
**[17:51] ---**
Are they after the time machine she came in?
**[17:53] ---**
Even if that's true, they won't ever find it.
**[17:56] ---**
Why not?
**[17:57] ---**
If their time machine research was based
on a time machine from the future,
**[18:01] ---**
it would make a huge time paradox.
**[18:04] ---**
It can never happen.
**[18:05] ---**
Which means...
**[18:07] ---**
...a thief broke into Maho-*san*'s room.
**[18:10] ---**
And that's not all...
**[18:11] ---**
There's talk about a
gas explosion at the Wako office...
**[18:17] ---**
Is that how it is?!
**[18:20] ---**
You know what?
**[18:22] ---**
I believe that someday,
Okarin will stand to take up command
**[18:26] ---**
and lead everyone to where we need to go.
**[18:29] ---**
What time is it?
**[18:31] ---**
It'll soon be a brand-new day.
**[18:35] ---**
Think he'll get in?
**[18:37] ---**
Hmm?
**[18:38] ---**
Uncle Okarin... in the time machine.
**[18:42] ---**
When the time comes, he will.
**[18:46] ---**
And then, Hououin Kyouma will be reborn.
**[18:49] ---**
I rise from the ashes like a phoenix!
He'll be delusional like the good old days...
**[18:54] ---**
After all, the Future Gadget Laboratory
only exists because of Okarin.
**[18:59] ---**
Dad... Do you realize how embarrassing
the things you're saying are?
**[19:04] ---**
Oh fudge, you're right...
**[19:07] ---**
I'd rather die than say that to his face...
**[19:11] ---**
I think... I'll write a letter.
**[19:14] ---**
I need to tell Uncle Okarin I'm sorry...
And that I'll keep at it.
**[19:20] ---**
That's a good idea...
**[19:21] ---**
And while you're at it,
write one for Daddy please!
**[19:24] ---**
With some cute photos too!
**[19:26] ---**
If I feel like it...
**[19:28] ---**
Hey, now... What's with the dejected reply?
**[19:31] ---**
I mean, we don't have
time for stuff like that...
**[19:35] ---**
Because Russia started
time machine experiments?
**[19:39] ---**
There's that too, but it's the fuel...
**[19:42] ---**
I kinda used a lot of it up
searching for Kagari-*san*...
**[19:47] ---**
Can't we swap out the battery?
**[19:50] ---**
Nope... I had Big Sis Rumi bring me
one of those big batteries they put in trucks,
**[19:55] ---**
but it died in a second.
**[19:57] ---**
How much more can we jump?
**[20:00] ---**
Half a year, maybe once or twice...
**[20:03] ---**
And that's it.
**[20:05] ---**
What if the battery dies while traveling?
**[20:08] ---**
Who knows?
**[20:09] ---**
Lose control and get stuck beyond
the event horizon for all of eternity?
**[20:15] ---**
Don't say stuff that might jinx it!
**[20:20] ---**
Sorry.
**[20:23] ---**
Mmm...
**[20:34] ---**
Though, I wonder what that would be like?
**[20:40] ---**
Would it be peaceful like
it is right now, for all eternity?
**[20:45] ---**
If it were, that's not so bad...
**[20:54] ---**
Hiyajo-*san*--
**[20:58] ---**
What's the matter?
**[21:01] ---**
What happened here? It's a disaster...
**[21:04] ---**
Disaster?
**[21:06] ---**
If you ask me, it's quite pleasant in here.
**[21:09] ---**
Hasn't it only been one day?
**[21:12] ---**
It's too dangerous to go outside,
so I've gotta do my research here.
**[21:16] ---**
What's up?
**[21:17] ---**
Uh, well...
**[21:21] ---**
Kurisu was researching a time machine theory?
**[21:24] ---**
Yeah... And they're most likely
after any trace of her research.
**[21:28] ---**
Possibly, that theory of hers is inside Amadeus.
**[21:33] ---**
Do you know if she had anything?
**[21:35] ---**
For example, notes of her research,
or stand-alone data?
**[21:39] ---**
If there's something like that,
it could explain the attack.
**[21:44] ---**
There's...
**[21:47] ---**
...nothing.
**[21:49] ---**
I see...
**[22:05] ---**
Amadeus...
**[22:10] ---**
*Come to me*
**[22:13] ---**
*Embrace my tears*
**[22:16] ---**
*Let me guide you down into my soul*
**[22:22] ---**
*And let us pray for the world to realize*
**[22:29] ---**
*There is peace, the truth within us*
**[22:35] ---**
*Emptiness erodes your heart*
**[22:42] ---**
*Coz you're free from pain and sorrow*
**[22:48] ---**
*Future is just too bright to show you ways*
**[22:54] ---**
*Wake up now...it's time to lead new souls*
**[23:01] ---**
*Orbit of photon and universe*
**[23:08] ---**
*I am just the part of its plan*
**[23:14] ---**
*The eye cannot see the warped sky*
**[23:20] ---**
*Where do the people think they are walking*
**[23:29] ---**
*The last game*