The Let's Play Archive

Steins;Gate

by ProfessorProf

Part 9: Okabe Rintarou browses the internet





"...Thank you, manager."

The woman called Amane Suzuha breathes a sigh of relief. Then, she looks at me.



"You want to know my name? No, give up on that. If I told you, terrible things would befall you. There are too many people who were targeted by The Organization just because they knew my name. Sara from America, Claudia from Italy, Simone from France... I can't put anyone else in danger."

"Hey, stop with the retarded delusions."

Kuh. I've been interrupted by emotionless words...

"This idiot is Okabe Rintarou, who's renting the 2nd floor here."

"It's not 'Okabe', I am Hououin--"

"Shut up, or I'll add an extra 1000 yen to your rent."

"...I'm Okabe Rintarou."



"I don't know about this 'Organization' that you're being chased by, but if you have any problems, Okabe Rintarou, you can always talk to me about it. I'm already used to it."

"...Huh?"

She's already used to what?

"Depending on what it is, I might also have to give you a good shaking."

"Mr. Braun, I don't think you should accept her..."

"Yeah, it's dangerous. I'll fire her if she causes a disturbance. Also, the 'Organization' or whatever is something that Okabe made up, so don't take it seriously."

"Made up...?"

"You can keep thinking that."



And so, Amane Suzuha stares at me again. Does she have a habit of looking people in the eyes, or something?

"So this is what's popular today. I'll keep that in mind."





Rukako posted:


Subject: About what happened yesterday

Were you really okay with leaving yesterday's exorcism at that? I feel like it needed to be more ceremonial... When I think something might happen to Kyouma's body due to my irresponsible exorcism... It bothers me so much, I can't sleep at night. P.S. Because of that, I couldn't do more than three practice swings with Samidare.

Rintarou posted:


Subject: Re: About what happened yesterday

It wasn't bad, just a little clumsy. If your body is made to serve god, then you should act more dignified, right? Be careful from now on.

When I returned to Akiba after going to the university in the morning, I was engulfed by an unbearable heat. For now, I decided to stay at a certain bakery in Yodobashi and appears my thirst with an iced coffee.

I'll take this opportunity to check out @channel from my phone. I frequent the occult and future technology boards, and occasionally visit the physics board.



So what I saw really was a delusion...

Some of the threads in the occult section have a person named 'John Titor' posting in them. Titor? After such a long time?



Titor posted that he came from the year 2036 to get an old PC called the IBN5100, while answering the questions of the forum dwellers. He partially predicted certain future events, as well, such as the outbreak of the Iraq war, and the spread of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.

He tried to prove that he's from the future by explaining the theory behind his time machine and taking pictures of its instruction manual. However, he disappeared after about 4 months without revealing his true identity to the public.

For a while, his predictions became a hot subject in Japan. However, due to the many false predictions and contradictions in his posts, he was met with a lot of skepticism. And now, after 10 years, John Titor is back in @channel?



In the first place, John Titor is American, so why the hell would he post on @channel in perfect Japanese? Well, let's see what he has to say...

@channel posted:


274 Name: John Titor : 07/28/2010 20:11:45
I don't mind even if you don't believe I came from the year 2036.

It seems like everyone in this world line is interested in time machines, doesn't it?
The time machine was developed by SERN.
They completed it in 2034.

275 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 20:12:21
time traveler lol
john titor lol

276 Name: KuriGohan and Kamehameha : 7/28/2010 20:15:08
saucemoar on time machine

277 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 20:15:54
Do they sell time machines? How much do they cost? I've got about a hundred million stockpiled.


343 Name: JOHN TITOR : 07/28/2010 20:47:42
SERN has a monopoly on time machines.
No ordinary person, nor nation, nor business can acquire one.
They only used them for their own interests, bringing the world into a dystopia.
All conflicts disappeared, but that's only a false peace.

What does "saucemoar" mean?

344 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 20:48:19
Why did you come to this time?
Don't tell me the Akiba satellite crash was your doing?!!1!1

345 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 20:48:37
Wait a minute guyz.
Titor doesn't understand @channel lingo!
Let's write in clean, easier to understand Japanese, kay?

If you know what I mean.

346 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 20:12:21
> > 343
Just become a tripfag already.


476 Name: JOHN TITOR : 07/28/2010 22:07:41
I came here to fulfill the noble mission of changing my present.
(From your perspective, the future, I guess.)
I came here to destroy the dystopia SERN has built, and once again obtain our freedom.
I feel very good about this era. People everywhere are enjoying their freedom.
But you will all lose that freedom in merely 20 short years.
Everyone must become aware of this fact.

What's a tripfag? I'll be one if you tell me what it is.

477 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:07:52
So doesn't that make you SERN's underling?
If SERN has a monopoly on time machines, then you have to be.
Therefore, your objective to destroy SERN's dystopia is a contradiction.
Quod Erat Demonstrandum

478 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:08:20
What's a dystopia?

479 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:09:18
So what happens to the country?
I don't think society can collapse in just 20 years.
Falling into chaos like in the middle east is srsly overused in manga and stuff.

480 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:11:06
You plan on changing the future all by yourself, Mr. Titor?
How arrogant.
I mean, if it's peaceful, who gives a shit about dystopia.


523 Name: JOHN TITOR : 07/28/2010 22:43:19
I think I should call my time machine a prototype reverse-engineered from SERN technology.
It's not very efficient.

Relatively speaking, in 2036, the world is almost ruled like a dictatorship.
The dictatorship asserts complete dominance over the people, deciding what they will eat, where they will live, and whom they will marry, with no sense of privacy whatsoever.
And anybody who dares oppose the dictatorship is slaughtered.
There are no trials.

524 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:44:33
I've only seen it in movies, but small changes in the past cause huge changes to the future
Just by your presence you changed the present.
so what'll you do if you make unexpected changes to the future?

525 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:44:51
>implying SERN = dictatorship
Do you even know what SERN is? lol

526 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:45:24
is this a troll?

527 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:46:32
if we find this faggot's dad and kill him
then this autist time traveler (lmao) won't be born in the first place
amirite

528 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 22:47:41
Anyway, if you become a time traveler, could you go and meet up with your past self?
What would happen if you did?


689 Name: JOHN TITOR : 07/28/2010 23:31:58
You're talking about the so-called Grandfather Paradox, huh. That's been disproven.
This world line has a divergence of 0.571024% compared to the world line I came from.
Killing my father would warp the divergence of the world line.
It would create the possible world where my father is killed, but it's not like it would erase the world where he isn't.

SERN is a particle physics research institution. That hasn't changed in 2036.

You certainly can meet your past self.
The mainstream way of thinking in 2036 says that even if you do, nothing would happen.
I, however, haven't met my past self.

690 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 23:32:29
if ur really a time traveler (lmao) then fucking prove it, faggot
dump time machine pics or gtfo

691 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 23:33:10
the many-worlds interpretation? fascinating

692 Name: KuriGohan and Kamehameha : 07/28/2010 23:34:26
What does a "particle physics research institution" have to do with world domination lol


711 Name: JOHN TITOR : 07/28/2010
I do not feel the need to prove my own existence.
After all, I am only posting these messages on a whim.

I must stay silent due to my mission.

712 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 23:49:45
What are "world lines?"
what would happen if you meet yourself on another world line?

713 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 23:50:36
> > 476

Late reply, but tripfax = poster with tripcode
Put #password after your name

714 Name: Anonymous : 07/28/2010 23:51:11
lol backpedaling

807 Name: JOHN TITOR♦f8VuYnoyWU : 07/29/2010 : 00:50:57
World lines are like an infinite number of rivers flowing parallel.
Along the way, many of them diverge.
For example, whether or not you post on this message board has no effect on this world line's divergence.
But, if you were to be killed by a random attacker, then the world line's divergence would change.
However, it probably wouldn't change any more than about 0.000002%.
So that nobody misunderstands, I'd like to add that tht means a human is only worth tht much.
That value skyrockets in the face of war, major acts of terrorism, etc.

Thanks to whoever taught me about tripcodes.
It will be best for me to use this from now on. I'll remember it.

I'm a little tired today, so let's save the rest for another day.
It's been fun talking to everybody.



Some of the books based on him are translated into Japanese and are being sold here. I got my hands on one of them, and got somewhat interested. That's why I know that what he's posting here on @channel is pretty much the same as what the one from 10 years ago posted.

Regardless of that, this new John Titor is nothing but an impostor. No, the way he's pretty much copying and pasting everything makes him something below that. It's true that John Titor isn't that popular here in Japan, but I'm quite sure that these people won't fall for such a troll.



It feels as if no one is aware of the first time that John Titor appeared. No one is even talking about his appearance from 10 years ago. I tried to post about it, but was completely ignored.

What the hell?! I need to do some investigation on this. There's an American website about John Titor, and tons of personal blogs where people talk about him. I try looking up John Titor on a search engine.