OKAY Im normal now I can talk about the Rantaro cutscene at the beginning of ch4
I was only going to talk about one thing but im just gonna rant about All of it. Because my head is spinning here.
This is how it opens up. I vaguely remembered this scene happening, and Only because of a Situation I had with the character gallery in the bonus features section a few weeks ago. I completely forgot everything he talked about. I think when I saw this for the first time, I assumed the "yourself" he was talking about here was actually all 16 students, and by "seeing yourself like this" he meant something more figurative, like seeing themselves without their memories or still as ultimates or something?
Anyway, now its clear to me he means literally seeing himself. This was a video he recorded for himself, I'm convinced of it. He watched it "a few days ago" because although I'm not sure of the full timescale here I know v3 is happening in like. maybe over a week by ch4. Maybe this video was on his monopad, and he watched it, which is what gave him his "hunch" in ch1? And thats why he was carrying around his monopad when he got killed?
Here they are bringing up this rule again!! I somehow completely forgot about this rule until I replayed ch1, even though I didnt even see this particular scene that long ago. This is why I'm replaying the game. Anyways, this also makes me think Rantaro was pointing out a loophole to this end game rule. One nightmare scenario I have for ch5/ch6 is that this rule will come into effect and there will only be two survivors. Namely either Shuichi and Maki or Shuichi and Kokichi. This would mean all my favourites who are still alive (Kaito, Kiibo, Tsumugi, and Himiko) would have to die. But maybe that doesn't have to be the case?
LOOK. I JUST NEED TO BOAST FOR A SECOND OK? Now Obviously it cuts off before he actually says the main part of this reveal, but I'm convinced that the theory I made at the beginning of replaying ch3 is right. LOOK:
I think this is at LEAST Rantaro's second killing game. Maybe he killed and got away with it, maybe he used that rule (which could be likely if he knows a way to exploit it), I don't know. I also have a lot more questions if this is true. Why is he in another killing game? How did he record this video of himself and sneak it onto his monopad???
What does he mean here by "who he is" ??? Is he the mastermind? Is he working with the mastermind in exchange for escaping the previous killing game? Is this just about surviving a previous killing game? Or is this related to his talent maybe? Also, by "anyone", does he mean people outside (the Ultimate Hunt)? or his fellow students? What is he hiding that would make everyone else want him gone?
This, especially with the line right after, probably explains why in ch1 he said he couldn't share his idea for how to stop the killing killing game and something like "if [he] could, this wouldn't be so difficult." This makes me think the Rantaro we saw in ch1 had seen this video.
Back when I first saw this scene, I thought he was talking about everyone here. Now that I think he's only talking to himself, I have a LOT more questions. And concerns. Why does Specifically Rantaro want the killing game? I don't think he was suicidal the way Shuichi was in that one flashback, so is him wanting the killing game a sign pointing to him being the mastermind? Or working with them? If that's the case, that would explain why anyone finding out who he was would be problematic.
But also, if this is the case, why did ch1 Rantaro want to stop the killing game? Is it because he couldn't fully remember anything, so felt no attachment to the motives of This Rantaro and so, in his guilt for setting the game up, wanted to take it down with his insider knowledge? Or was he never evil, just a survivor of a previous killing game?
I know this was a lot to read so if anyone made it this far I'm giving you a gold star. This scene was bonkers and gave me a lot to think about. GOD I LOVE RANTARO and I'm So excited to learn more about him!! I Can't wait to play ch5!!
