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Originally Posted by houkoholic

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But it wasn't because of her love for Okabe that gave her hope though - I would actually believe THAT if they just left it there, it was supposed to be because her father had a present for her which he never gave her that he left at Feyris place many years ago, and the tape left at Feyris with him talking to Feyris' bulter about how he supposedly felt he had hurt Kurisu and never made up with her that gave her hope that maybe her father still loved her. Combined with the talk from Feyris we supposed to be led to believe all of that gives Kurisu hope that things would turn out all right, yet at the same time we also know that just a day ago Kurisu had rang her father (in front of Feyris no less) and he completely rejected her, not to mention we also know that her father would actually want to/managed to kill her. It's really hard to believe that if her father really cared about her, he wouldn't have abandoned her and not contact her for 7 freaking years. None of THAT makes any sense and simply wasn't convincing enough to make one believe that would make Kurisu hopeful. It was just very poor writing. They tried way too hard to make things tie together neatly and also make Kurisu's father sympathetic, but it all blew up in their face IMO.

Spoiler for Drama CD - Nakabachi's background story.:

Well, perhaps Nakabachi really did regret it back then (which explains the present and recorded words of regret) but, over the 7 years he grew into a hateful old man and that's why he never tried to make up.

I guess they were trying to show he hasn't always despised Kurisu but the hate grew in him as she made better progress than he did.

As for Kurisu turning back...

Spoiler for Drama CD - Why Kurisu returns to the lab.:

I think it is because of her love for Okabe...

After the whole father background story Kurisu thought about what regrets she didn't want to have, she immediately thought of returning to Okabe's side to let him know her feelings; it only happened because Feyris went back to Kurisu to let her hear that old message her father recorded and sparked up hope.

Up until that moment Kurisu was very determined to leave, blocking out thoughts of her love for Okabe out, focusing her thoughts on her father as an excuse to leave and thinking it was all for the best. She even used a Dr. Pepper as a lure in the Anime, lol... So there should have been a reason other than the drama of appearing at the last moment because it was the last chance.

It's also not that odd she would suddenly believe her own words and memories would end up reaching a parallel world where she and Okabe can reunite. She did admit after all, that just like everyone else, she has memories of Okabe trying desperately to save Mayuri and also how she tried to help him too.