âMaeda, narrating - âŠ
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âŠDonât- Donât break on me, youâre supposed to fix the finished file, câmonâŠ
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Maeda - We need to make this work⊠itâs our last chan-
Tsurugi - Sneak peek- No! Limited edition cameo!
Tsurugi - Yeaaaah, limited edition is a better term for it. Hehe.
Tsurugi - Letâs put this case together!â
There is a lot unpack here holy shi-
Ok so this is obviously a sort of game (not just a killing game, but like a video game) (game is probably the wrong term but whatever, file?), and it seems that Maeda is linked to it somehow? And Tsurugi, given that every time we aren't following Maeda we are following him, might also have something to do with it?
Like, Maeda is the main character/the playable character/person in the sim/whatever I figure this to be with absolutely no knowledge about this being a killing game inside a game/file. Tsurugi, however, seems to be a support who can just randomly take control of the game. So my idea is maybe if this is just a game/file maybe he is an NPC?
But if that were the case, he wouldn't be able to do 4th wall breaks or take the POV, so maybe heâs also a player but aware of the sim, which would mean the others are also players that are unaware (except Taira, she's aware but that is an analysis for later), or Tsurugi could be an ai, which could mean everyone else is an NPC or a player (Taira could be an ai too).
But also, the file is broken. This program is being run because the original (finished) file (the original DRA?) is broken. What broke it? I have no clue as of this post. But will I figure it out? No, probably not. I may analyze stuff but that's usually only when I look for it. I can be dense as fuck. Will I try to figure it out? Yeah, and that's all that matters.
Next thing on the agenda: Maeda. Now, Maeda is a big part of said agenda, and may deserve a whole analysis of his own. But what we are looking at specifically is the fact that heâs affected by the file stalling. This should clue us in that he is linked somehow to the file, not really thinking properly when said file is fucking up.
That being said, while we know that the file is fixing the finished version, why does it need to be linked to Maeda? My theory is that it's because he (or technically Utsuro but fuck him at the moment) was the mastermind/protagonist (undecided on that factor but based on Taira it might be more of him being the mastermind but maybe it's both?), he is the best link to the original file.
And honestly? Personality wise, I can't tell much of a difference between Maeda and Yuki (though that might just be me being dense again) other than Maeda being more confrontational and willing to fight. Though, there is a lot of other differences. For example, Maeda had siblings and a mom which he can remember and name. Yuki couldn't even name his mom when asked. Maeda also has early onset schizophrenia, and Yuki doesn't. Maeda doesnât seem that lucky (MAJORITY OF THE TIME, THERE IS A TIME WHEN HE IS LUCKY BUT THAT WAS A DIFFERENT ANALYSIS), meanwhile Yuki is very lucky majority of the time.
(Ok that was off topic a little but I'm not deleting it).
Ok so this is file main event part 1, there might be more because of how the series begins, and there will be other main events such as: [REACTED] (what, you thought I would spoil?)