SOTSU EPISODE 1 OPENING THOUGHTS (CONDENSED VERSION)
Like in the Gou we also have the camera going into the temple to show off the statue with the insta-kill loopers shard mentioned in gou. Obvious symbolism to indicate we got time loop drama.
if you recall in the gou opening, we had RIKA running and reaching out her hand to what lead to a doorway. This opening we have a parallel with satoko doing literally the same thing wow it’s almost like satoko is also trying to run away from the looping shit going on wow wow no one is surprised. obvious parallel.
we also got the character pan thingy or whatever like in gou when they all had that “i’m done with this shit” face but in amazing art style which was awesome but they did it again and they are still upset about looping. take a look at Shion looking at St. Lucia Academy it’s almost as if it means something holy shit i could have NEVER GUESSED WOW
We have rena looking out over the junk yard where she doesn’t kill people. obviously this is symbolism on how rena and keiichi’s story’s are intertwined but if you remember in gou, rena started stabbing tf out of keiichi for what seemed like no reason. but if you think critically, it is clear that in sotsu, the original lens we had in gou (ie keiichi seeing rena lose her shit) will be moved to the opposite party (through the lens of rena) like an answer arc. interestingly though, we already know the answer with all the looping shenanigans and stuff so it’s likely we will see how our favourite cauliflower girl will manipulate things.
next up we got some sexy ass umineko looking ass debate shit. There likely will be no confirmation on bern/rika or lambdadelta/satoko because the creators will never confirm it and we all know it’s true. Them screaming at one another symbolises they might be fighting through a time loop omg I would have NEVER GUESSED. Their eyes are also red which was a whole “look at me I loop bitch” indication for the audience. Obviously, rika will stop at nothing to get that education and satoko will not hesitate to get her to drop out.
one eye open, one eye closed. basically a sequence. rika closes her eye, satokos open but it’s normal. a shot before showed the two holding hands. next shot, rika closes her red eye, satoko opens her red eye. the shot before shows them standing with their backs to eachother to show when they got older, they grew apart. easy.
The song Analogy that plays is almost a slap in the face with how obvious the opening is. This isn’t much of an answer arc, it’s an analogy to Rika’s story and how events will play out the same.
Prediction: Rika and Satoko team up against the big bad witch through the power of “really close female friendship” and cope with the looping together or even committing sewer of slide romeo and juliet style because they can never escape the loop, OR they give it to someone else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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