[Golden Bug-Hunter]

Originally Posted by GabrieliosP

Rerailing the thread: don't you guys think it is strange that:

Spoiler for regarding the plot of the movie:

The villagers are going mad after 72 hours? For me it seems like Rika died and things are going according to Hifumi's theory that the village would kill itself if the Queen Carrier died, despite that theory being proven wrong in the story (Rika dies early in Watanagashi/Meakashi and nothing happens).

I have a theory that they are crazy not because Rika apparently died, but because of the stress and frustration of being cut off the outside world and that the government apparently wants to kill the village by starvation and lack of resources. Either that or the story is a semi-AU where Hifumi's theory was correct.

Well, I think that's because:

Spoiler for Regarding the spoiler summary:

This is the scenario written by Takano Miyo, of something she thinks 'could' happen because of the Hinaimizawa parasites. At the end of the part two notes the writers are listed as not just R07, but 'Takano and R07', so there's a bit of meta at work here.