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=== '''Warning:''' There are unmarked spoilers ahead. Beware! ===
* The second half of episode 16 delivers them one after another:
** In a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] example, Mayuri realizes who Suzuha's father is: {{spoiler|Daru. Daru and Suzuha share a moment before Suzuha departs in her time machine to set aside an IBN 5100 from 1975 for the lab to use.}}
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*Episode 22: after Okabe tries to [[Take a Third Option|take a third option]] to {{Spoiler|save Mayuri's life without undoing the first D-mail}}, Kurisu insists that he goes ahead with it, even if it means she will die as she did at the beginning. Realising this is his only option, what does Okabe do? He hugs her while having an internal monologue about how he never told her what was in his heart, how he truly felt about her. All this knowing he is about to lose her.
* Episode 23: the revelation that {{Spoiler|Okabe was the one responsible for Kurisu's death in the first place. It's a harrowing scene for both of them: she's bleeding to death, he's horrified that the girl he loves died in the first place because of him}}. It's a heart-breaking scene to say the least.
**What if he [[Heroic BSOD|just gave up after the first attempt]] to save Kurisu's life and he ''didn't'' get support from Mayuri, or a pep talk from {{Spoiler|his Future self}}? Well, Episode 23 beta (the catalyst that kicks off ''Steins;Gate 0'') shows us exactly how that plays out. The result: Okabe becomes so distraught, that he [[Despair Event Horizon|abandons his quest for time travel,
*Another example overlapping with a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] is the last scene of episode 25. {{spoiler|"Close your eyes". Cut to black.}}
*Though Faris would typically use [[Crocodile Tears]] to get Okabe to play along with her, she is crying for real in her ending when she realises that Okabe had no memories of their relationship, feeling that she had effectively lost someone she cared deeply about.
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* If the player chooses not to undo Ruka's D-Mail, the latter develops an identity crisis, lamenting that her wish to be a girl played a part in Mayuri's death, while at the same time, changing that would mean she'd have to suppress her romantic feelings for Okabe. Ruka even states outright that she's having gender identity issues because of this decision with no right answer.
* In the film, a drunk Kurisu starts ranting and raving about some things Okabe told her while he was in the US and is upset that despite telling her that he loved her, he didn't even send her a text message. Or even as little as an emoji. Again, the alcohol might have an influence here, but from her perspective, that must really sting a bit as she feels like he doesn't care about her.
* After Suzuha explains the circumstances surrounding Okabe's disappearance, the latter is shocked to learn that Kurisu time leapt. Learning from his own experience, he becomes majorly concerned about the potential mental damage she'll suffer from just trying to save him, to the point where he practically begs her not to do so for her sake. Kurisu defiantly tries to persuade him to accept her help, going so far as saying his disappearance will be like he never lived to begin with; to her, this is worse than not remembering him. You can feel the desperation in her voice as she pleads with him, even stating that she can't live without him.
**Also, notice how Suzuha becomes completely silent during this scene? Once Okabe realises that Kurisu had time leapt, she doesn't say a word or interject at all...almost as if she'
*The night before Okabe disappears, Kurisu begs him one last time to allow her to help him, but he simply refuses and accepts his fate, assuring her that she has the other Lab Members by her side. Then she retorts with this line:
** '''Kurisu:''' ''<tearfully> "Idiot! Can't you tell when a girl is trying to say that friends aren't always enough?!"''
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**'''Kurisu:''' ''"It's not fair..."''
* Remember in Episode 22 of the series where Kurisu is cut off as she {{Spoiler|declares her love for Okabe the same way he did for her}}? Well, it happens again in the film, only this time we see it from her perspective. Her emotions are running wild as is but being interrupted like that while Mayuri and Daru don't even know who she's talking about causes Kurisu to drop to her knees and sob uncontrollably as she summons every ounce of
* Once everyone remembers Okabe, Mayuri declares that while she doesn't who "Okarin" is, the name alone makes her feel warm. Overlaps as a heartwarming moment, too.
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* Moeka's story path boils down to the other lab mems trying to get her to come out of her shell, but towards the end, she has a [[Heroic BSOD]] after she realises she made a mistake in the group's submission video for a music competition. Fearing that she'll be rejected for this, she [[Heroic BSOD|leaves and retreats to her apartment]]. When Okabe finds her, he notices she had been crying.
** When one of her messages echoes her description of the protagonist for her novel (about no one needing her), Okabe asks if this is the case here, too... only to realise she actually felt this way. This leads him to take her hand to stop her from deleting her messages and asking her directly why she keeps running away from everyone. She finally opens up and reveals that everyone around told her she was an "unwanted child" to the point where she believed them; because of this, she had attempted to end her own life at one point, feeling no one needed her, that she'd be better off invisible to everyone, so she couldn't disappoint them, she wouldn't be a burden. You can practically feel the pain and loneliness in her voice as she says all of this.
*Faris eventually opens up to Okabe about her past, revealing that she allowed people, adults in particular, to get close to her, only to betray her the first chance they get, with some even telling they'd be happier if she didn't exist. As a result, she developed trust issues growing up, and was scared of losing the friends she has because, in her mind, she won't know what to do if the other lab mems just disappeared from her life. That is until Okabe reassures her that they aren't going anywhere and tells her to simply have faith in them.
**Faris has another [[Cry Cute]] moment in Suzuha's route when her attempts to charm Daru fall on death ears. There are no laughs to be had this time though, as Daru's cold dismissal towards her shatters her pride into tiny pieces, taking Okabe's kind words just to calm her down. As for Suzuha, she is too [[Tranquil Fury|angry]] to raise her voice after seeing her future dad behave like this.
*Why was Mayuri crying as she spoke to Okabe while he was asleep? We eventually learn that her family was moving away from Tokyo on the 20th of August, and memories of past events where she felt lonely without him resurface. It doesn't help that she had to lie to him to keep him from worrying. Learning this himself causes Okabe to almost have a [[Heroic BSOD]] when he finally realises just how much Mayuri meant to him, as well as how much he took her for granted.
**As Okabe
**Speaking of, even the most hardened of players would wince at the sound of Mayuri crying, which can be likened to a small child being separated from her parents.
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* Kurisu speaking to her dad on the phone, in tears, and blubbering incoherently as she begs and pleads for his help despite their strained relationship. In her own words, she was a babbling mess for another 20 minutes before she was able to form another coherent sentence. It is one of Kurisu's rare moments of vulnerability, but it shows how much she wants to repair her strained relationship with her father.
*Okabe is a complete emotional wreck after Mayuri goes missing after the lab is raided, and torment becomes so unbearable that Kurisu fears he will suffer a nervous breakdown. He reaches the [[Despair Event Horizon]] when a news report confirms his worst fear: Mayuri is dead. He is such a mess afterwards that Faris' butler, Kuroki, had to knock him out - twice - just to spare him further pain.
*Faris comes close to having a Heroic BSOD after she learns that Suzuha has to leave for 1975 the following day and is hurt that the latter didn't tell her to her face, even snapping at her just for calling her by her real name. Given that she retreated to her room not long afterwards, she clearly regretted what she said.
*While rescuing Suzuha from the collapsed underground station, Faris quietly breaks down in tears upon hearing the things Mr. Tennouji was saying about her in terms of how rough she'd had it for the past 10 years.
* Ruka spent her entire story blaming herself for Mayuri's death on the 15th, feeling that her choice to become a girl via D-mail was the cause behind the latter's fate. In fact, "Hermaphrodite in the Labyrinth" is just Ruka's ending in the original game, only told through her eyes.
** As if her description of what happened that day wasn't bad enough, we get to witness that fateful day for ourselves. This scene will no doubt strike too close to home for anyone who has survived or lost loved ones to a heart attack. The fact that Mayuri just collapses out of nowhere so suddenly makes it worse.
** The CG of Mayuri suffering from a heart attack definitely qualifies, but also overlaps as [[Steins;Gate/Nightmare Fuel|Nightmare Fuel]].
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