East Wind Incoming

**East Wind Incoming** is the third episode of the first season of Steins;Senior. It takes place during the Death of September Arc. The episode is heavily centered around Harrison's search for romance, featuring two different love interests.

## Synopsis

A soccer game sends the gang back to Wilkes-Barre to meet a new face.  Harrison begins working at the fair, and a ghost appears before him.

## Plot

Harrison's basic school routine continues in the beginning of the episode, but is quickly interrupted when the scene cuts away to Harrison, Connor, Denicola, and Shezan at a soccer game. Harrison then recommends the group goes to Wilkes-Barre for dinner, since he needs a new watch battery from the electronics store in the city.

The electronics store is closed by the time the gang arrives, so they go to a department store instead. While in the store, they run into Krystin (a classmate from early high school) and Marissa. Harrison is quickly attracted to Marissa, and invites the girls to follow along as they search for the battery. Harrison puts on a dramatic façade for Marissa, joking with a clerk at the store and buying Shezan a pair of earbuds since he did not have enough money for them.

On the way out of the store, Harrison tells Marissa he will see her again. As soon as the gang gets to the car, Harrison gets an Instagram notification that Marissa had just followed him. Harrison soon begins to fantasize about asking her out to Homecoming and taking her out to eat afterwards, much to the dismay of the rest of the group. Upon getting out of the car at the restaurant, Harrison tells Shezan to either pay for the earbuds or give them to him. Shezan gives Harrison all the money he has, but is still about $20 dollars short. Harrison tells Shezan to get him the money as soon as possible.

The second part of the episode takes place at a Fair in a nearby town. Harrison is working at the Fair along with Vince's crew. He meets Jade, another traveling member of the crew, and quickly falls for her. She later mentions her boyfriend, although she tells Harrison she hates him. In an awkward moment while working to serve food to the customers, Harrison puts his hand on her waist. Jade later grabs him at his sides while standing behind him, and repeatedly touches his arm.

Jade gets off her shift, and tells Harrison she is about to meet up with her sister. Harrison finishes an order and proceeds to follow Jade out of the canopy, potentially to ask her out. By the time he makes it outside, Jade has disappeared.

## Trivia

* Harrison's façade with women is a result of his failed relationship with Lucy. His interactions with both Marissa and Jade prove his low self-esteem, as he refuses to let either girl see any glimpse of his true self.
* Harrison's personality develops to be much more conniving, especially in this episode. He is all too willing to purchase the earbuds in an attempt to showcase his "wealth" to Marissa, but asks for the money from Shezan soon after. This conniving nature is part of Harrison's transition from helpless victim to
* The name "Jade" appears to have heavy meaning for Harrison. He never mentions why, but it has been theorized that he once had a love interest named Jade earlier in his life.