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「迷い人」 (Mayoibito)
“The Lost One”
I don’t think there’s too many surprises offered by Virgin Road in its second week. New introductions were had; key expectations were confirmed; and potential antagonists were revealed. Oh and Momo reaffirms why you don’t ever go for pink-haired crazy. It might be appealing on the surface, but you never know when that poison will start acting.
Given Virgin Road’s premise of isekai’d kids doing wrong through incredible powers and needing to die, it was natural the main conundrum (at least the for the moment) will be Menou coming across one who cannot be easily killed. Akari’s possession of veritable time reversal means anything and everything which could affect her likely won’t, and that whatever does needs her unknowing of its actions to properly implement. Not hard guessing for one that the talk of a chamber capable of killing these kids might wind up proving anything but, as any overt suggestion of such things is naturally accompanied by an exception (or three) to the rule no one saw coming – and as we’ve seen Akari is certainly a prime exception.
Also lending support to the idea of in and out 20 minute travels leading to more prolonged adventures is Menou’s state of mind. This too shouldn’t prove that shocking: besides the obvious teasing of Akari’s importance for Menou there’s also the fact the girl runs counter to what’s expected from Lost Ones. As Menou remarked Akari hasn’t committed any crimes, hasn’t shown any desire to do harm, she’s a good-natured girl who definitely has desires to take what was likely a terrible real-world life and turn it into a better isekai one. Such personality can quickly lead to doubts, about whether the individual could ever become bad, if they can be taught to control their power or have it contained. Menou isn’t currently voicing these thoughts but they are something she’s trying to deny and bury, a subconscious realization that admitting them will lead to questioning of her role as executioner and the impact of Lost Ones on her world. After all, if Lost Ones were important enough to provide everything from food to transportation, what’s to say Akari couldn’t have the same positive impact if allowed to live?
Figuring out the answer to that question is a task Menou will soon get, whether she wants it or not.
ED Sequence
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ED: 「灯火セレナード」 (Touka Serenade) by ChouCho
Preview
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My theory: in past timeline they were school friends, like shown in Menou’s dreams and alluded by Akari’s tears, and they were both summoned to this new world, but without the Faust yet killing the Lost Ones. There is also a possibility that Menou was supposed to be summoned instead of Mitsuki, but in the new timeline she was already there.
Menou lost control, causing world ending catastrophe, and Akari reset the timeline, but made it so Menou stayed in this world. If the powers have infinite potential, selective time manipulation seems possible. Pure Concept is probably unlocked by the summoning process, but since Menou does not go through it in the reset timeline she does not have it anymore.
This might not be even the first time Akari reset time. It probably took couple of tries to learn that Menou has to stay in another world in order for history to not repeat itself.