#honestly in love with this take
Do you ever just sit there and think how the message of yttd is that even in a horrible place like the death game, humans are all inherently good people? Joe, who spent a lot of his last moments trying to trick everyone into their graves to survive, leaves by saying that he’s not angry, and that he can’t see any of them as bad people, even the convicted murderer and the person who had made himself out to be an enemy of the whole group. And sure enough, Alice is a soft kind person at heart and so is Shin. Even within the confines of this death game, unbreakable bonds that last a lifetime form. Keiji, a man so convinced he’s a monster because of his past goes on to become a father figure. Qtaro goes from a realist willing to sacrifice the weak to someone who gives his life to protect them. Nao, even in the route where she succeeds in killing everyone for her own survival, tells Sara that she will bear the burden of guilt for her, so she won’t feel the pain. Sara, a person who had such a record of being a cold heartless person in the simulations, and in logic route had the opportunity to become that person, rejects the notion and strives to become better. Shin at his lowest moments, still finds it in himself to comfort Sara and to beg for Gins life. Mai doesn’t understand how she can be offered a hand of kindness after literally stabbing Qtaro in the back, but she takes it, and uses it to better herself. Kurumada starts as closed off and mean but comes to wholeheartedly care for every one of the dummies. The death game brings out the worst in people, but you can never kill the inherent goodness present in humanity, and that fucking slaps as a moral.
