
A rare time when a romantic triangle was actually vital to the story and the right characters ended up together. It was extremely poignant and beautiful that Sonoda was rooting for his rival, even if he couldn’t be with the person he liked it healed something in his younger self. As a young queer person he was used to seeing gayness mocked or treated as entertainment. Seeing a successful, loving relationship was something he needed to see. Therefore, Jou and Kouki had to end up together. There are still other reasons too. This was also about Kouki confronting his past and communicating while being open to new experiences, not running away and jumping into the arms of another. So Sonoda and Kouki sleeping together was also a necessity (plus we got juicy scenes for Sonods AND Jou wins for fans of both, kinda). Sonoda needed to explore his feelings for another man and Kouki needed to explore the possibility of moving on without Jou. Jou needed his cool guy facade and arrogance to be challenged. He even admitted that although Kouki wanted to break up he thought he could come right back to where they left off, not even communicating before a year and a half was up. Ultimately everyone finally learned how to communicate and it was lovely.

RECAP: 1.Every character that’s been introduced (except the killer-PROBABLY IDK ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN) is actually not an NPC but a former player who has either voluntarily or involuntarily had their tapes stopped. Everyone except Seongchan, Doha, and Bada have decided at some point that they can no longer cope with the psychological torture of repeatedly dying to attempt escaping through the true ending. They preferred to live as NPCs in blissful ignorance with no memories in or out of the game but they are actually people (incredibly devastating wow). 2. Bada is the newest player, each player inhabits the body of a former NPC. Explains why everyone is more experienced than Bada. 3. Seongchan has had his memories in and out of the game the longest. He had a partnership with Doha that presumably ended poorly since Doha’s tape was removed. (Could have been voluntary but it seems unlikely with Doha’s personality and Seongchan warning the others from him).
The yandere pedophile rapist won….this is the darkest timeline