
I already know the ending and it sucks lol obviously I thought it would happen because this is a fucked up story, but still I was disappointed

I'm gonna copy-paste the explanation a friend gave because it's exactly what I thought from looking at the raws.
SPOILER!!
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"Ikuro ends up with Norihiko, and they're in a small house, with Ikuro being in the role Ranzo once had, and Norihiko being Ikuro and Ranzo's father. The scene that Ikuro once witnessed as a child, (Ranzo being the mantis who was eating their father alive), Ikuro is now the mantis, eating Norihiko. (Not real cannibalism.)
I'm not 100% sure but the way I see it, when they use the term "being eaten", it's the way he witnessed Ikuro and Ranzo's father being so obsessed with Ranzo's beauty that he spends day and night with him like a crazed man, and since he could never have his father's love and obsession like that, he makes Norihiko the one he eats. Ikuro has never gotten over the lack of love from his father, the unfairness in attention. Now he has someone who can give him that, and he willingly becomes the mantis who eats Norihiko."
So yeah, no happy ending (which was expected) but pretty much the pattern just never breaks
Maybe Bada and Doha are both the game's developers or smt, and Doha has always been in love with Bada irl, he probs know more about this game and how to win/finish it, but has not done it cuz in the game he finally has Bada
Ooh, that’s a theory I hadn’t seen, but it’s interesting and kinda plausible.
Oooh I love this theory!!
Yea but also doesn't make sense since Bada died 100 times before teaming up w him. Even Doha just started noticing Bada. So if Doha has been in love w Bada wouldn't he approach him since the beginning?
I also think that Doha like the thrill of being in control in a dangerous situation, if it's irl, Doha wouldn't have been able to see that side of Bada also
Because maybe they enter a character until they get in the game, so Doha might not have been "Doha" the npc before until he decided to get in the game as well. Maybe prior to that he was just watching Bada play the game and die as he went, until he was able to get in as well
this is actually such a good theory !
Thank you!! I really feel like it can be a possibility, specially by how crazy, controlling and manipulative Doha is