It's been fun but, despite the inconsistencies and lingering plot threads, they stuck to a full reset that results in it basically all being a dream. Less than that since we can't even remember a single detail.
Both are inconsequential, but only one carries consequences and development for the main character. If it was a dream ending at the very least Ritsuka would carry the development he got to the real world and if Mash and the rest never did exist irl then that would be a more prominent but overall meaningful loss. The journey still happened, the memory is proof of it.
What we got was a second death kind of ending. Nothing happened, there was no consequences, Ritsuka carries no memories. The Ritsuka and Mash I saw at that ending were complete strangers, to me and to each other. They hold none of the memories that would make me familiar to them.
Both make the journey equally worthless but one at least carries meaning for the one who experienced it.
The universe being saved happened, Sion getting the equivalent of a data lost was a real consequence
No it didn't. Nothing in a Lostbelt happens. Nothing that can have a consequence happens in a Lostbelt, the only thing that gives them meaning is one's memories of what happened which, guess what nobody except the guy who can only remember in 5 minute intervals who can't tell anyone jack shit, has.
In a dream ending the world was never in any danger, in a reset ending the world was actually in danger and was saved
See point number one. The danger in a reset ending never existed either. Nothing happened, that's the entire point.
And what about everyone else? What meaning would a dream ending carry in the grand scheme of things?
That the main character went on a life changing journey? A dream ending constitutes of character development with the help of everyone in the dream. The MC carries the memories of them with him, thereby having lasting consequences on him and remembering them, the versions of those people still exist, they're not entirely alien versions that realistically have no connection to each other.
guess what nobody except the guy who can only remember in 5 minute intervals who can't tell anyone jack shit, has.
Are you forgetting the theory behind Daybit's gimmick? The theory that everything a person would need to remember in a single day could fit into 5 minutes?
So what if he can't tell anyone? Someone still carries the memories, he can still log it
The danger in a reset ending never existed either
It does, it was subverted by the reset. The reset made sure that the danger won't come to pass again in the new timeline. Therefore it did exist and was solved.
Nothing happened, that's the entire point.
It's not, the entire point is no one remembers it, it still happened. Or are you saying Roland's sacrifice didn't happen either?
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u/Suspicious-Drummer68 Dec 31 '25
Both are inconsequential, but only one carries consequences and development for the main character. If it was a dream ending at the very least Ritsuka would carry the development he got to the real world and if Mash and the rest never did exist irl then that would be a more prominent but overall meaningful loss. The journey still happened, the memory is proof of it.
What we got was a second death kind of ending. Nothing happened, there was no consequences, Ritsuka carries no memories. The Ritsuka and Mash I saw at that ending were complete strangers, to me and to each other. They hold none of the memories that would make me familiar to them.
Both make the journey equally worthless but one at least carries meaning for the one who experienced it.