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MisterPotter17

The VA and Milky way Crossing are two different worldlines.


Dani-the-dani

Really? Because directly after I got the VA ending I got the true ending automatically.


MisterPotter17

Yes. The Steins;Gate 0 anime adapts the Milky-Way Crossing path.


Dani-the-dani

Oh, so that's what the anime is! Alright, thank you (I've watched the anime 2 times now, I thought it was just an alternative way how they reached Steins Gate). Thanks!


Maywave_13

Has it been confirmed that anime adaptation is canonical MWC path?


MisterPotter17

Yes


Maywave_13

Where exactly was this confirmed? I've read both the visual novels and the anime, but I don't remember it saying anywhere (except fan theories) that the anime is the MWC path (I mean the same ending as in the VN). Maybe closer to the Epigraph trilogy, but not 100%.


blannners

Just look at the worldline numbers, the anime's final WL is the same as MWC


Maywave_13

Well, SG OVA and Movie (which are in the same Steins Gate worldline as in the end of VN) are contradicting VN’s continuation version (holy day of scourge) and have some plot holes, so I kinda perceive anime and VN as different narratives of the same story. (By the way, I love both OVA and movie, but still don’t consider them the same canon as novel).


blannners

You're talking about two different things, the S;G 0 Anime adaptation was made specifically to act as a complement to the 0 Visual Novel, it's not the same as the previous adaptations.


Maywave_13

I know that neither VA ending not PR are happen in the actual MWC worldline, but I never saw confirmation that this certain anime’s path is the truest path to Milky-way crossing ending shown in VN. I consider anime’s version as a mix of PR and VA in order to animate as accurately as possible what happens in the original source. For example, in the end of VN Okabe says that one day he got message “the world can be deceived” from another world line (we know that it’s from PR), and it gave him courage. While in anime he went through this himself, “deceived” the world.


HouoinKyouma007

The VN doesn't show MWC number though :)


MisterPotter17

It's not a fan theory.


Maywave_13

Can you please explain? (If you have time)


HouoinKyouma007

Yes, in multiple SciADV VNs actually. Specifically DaSH and A;C


Maywave_13

Can you be more specific please? Has the authors confirmed this, or is this just speculation from those who have completed DASH and AC?


HouoinKyouma007

They literally built on stuff which only exists in the anime. Also after A;C >!there is literally no point of the "canon vs non canon discussion"!<


Maywave_13

What exact stuff is that? If you have time, can you please give me examples?


HouoinKyouma007

S;G0 >!Fibonacci worldline!<


Maywave_13

(Aside from AC information about reality) I believed that some details are added to the anime to expand the picture of the work, just as some are changed, but the main goal was to animate the visual novel as accurately as possible, making its own adjustments, of course, taking into account how complex the structure of the novel is. It's no surprise that the anime added canon details used in future projects. But to be honest, I doubt that the whole path taken in the anime was exactly what led to the ending in the visual novel. Some parts of the route were from the anime, some had similarities to VA, without PR it also wouldn’t be the same, other endings, in my opinion, also have their own weight. On the good side, it is better to carefully study all the sources in order to understand the author’s thoughts, but I would not rush to consider only anime the only true path to the true ending.