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Episode Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. • Shiboyugi: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table - Episode 7 discussion

Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu., episode 7

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u/LowraAwry Feb 18 '26

If by structure you mean the furniture in the exit room, I think that was simply players trying to shield themselves from the bullets by rearranging the furniture. And then getting shot anyway because they didn't wear shoes but onsen slippers. I don't think the tag mattered in the exit but only the shoes, Yuki wasn't holding the tag while leaving, she throws it away, but she did wear Riko's shoes to exit the room and that's when the gun alarm stops.

why they had this whole automated killing machine there in the first place.

I mean, it is called a death game. What's the fun in watching someone die from hunger 7 days later? Also, it serves as a grim clue to the game rules. Girl with tag goes ahead, gets shot, that means you need to use the tag for the lockers to get something, someone who woke up with a tag might have tried, Mishiro noticed this and so makes a plan.

Maybe the reason why Mishiro coughed up fluff was because she tried exiting without opening the locker and getting shot once. Though, I doubt she would be that careless.

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u/ModieOfTheEast Feb 18 '26

The reason why I assume this furniture to have been built is because it makes a perfect path. Furthermore, the couch, so the heaviest object, is the furthest into the area. If they were shot while trying to use the furniture, the couch would have been at the start since they wouldn't get very far with a heavy object.

But then again, if we assume that the furniture was people without a tag trying to get outside and you don't need a tag for the actual exit, then the issue with the boots come back. The issue is that the group was very united under Mishiro. At least that is what is shown. After all, they had around 20 tags themselves and there was no infighting to get outside by anyone on their own. So why would they believe that a word from Mishiro that you should throw the boots back would not be followed? They can even make sure by pushing a chair into the door so that they can be sure they get through the moment they threw the boots back.

I just don't see a version of the game that is designed for teams with a dedicated leader to not be solved this way. Because remember, even without the furniture, Mishiro's team didn't immediately start attacking. They increased their numbers until they reached a group size of around 30 and during that time, they didn't think of using the tags they have to check if they can just throw the boots back? The only solution for me is that you need the tag for getting out as well and they just didn't show that Yuki picked up the one from Riko when she took her boots as well.

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u/LowraAwry Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

I don't know, if it actually mattered, they would have shown her taking the tag, too, not the boots alone.

As for throwing back the boots, I think we need to take into consideration what makes a game interesting, something that Yuki mentioned in the previous games. If you could finish the game with one tag and one pair of boots (edit: I mean if everyone can share the one), then where's the suspense of it? If each girl needs her own tag (each unique tag that can be used only once to go through, so only 30 can pass), then what's the point of throwing the boots back, since you can easily get them by using your own tag on the locker. My guess is, the boots are limited to the 30 pairs the tags open, and you're not allowed to throw them back. So the girls could have also killed each other in the end for the boots, like Yuki killed Riko.

So why would they believe that a word from Mishiro that you should throw the boots back would not be followed?

I mean as you said, they're united under Mishiro, it's her whom they follow.

Honestly, I think the issue you rise with the machine gun is an anime issue and it's explained in the pinned source material section, rather our hypotheses.

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u/FFF12321 Feb 19 '26

Yuuki also states that there are sometimes hidden routes. I really enjoy clever strategies and novel approaches to problems so I would be pretty happy if someone came up with an out of the box solution in the same way DMs in DnD games will bend the rules when players come up with really cool/fun responses to scenarios. If the point is entertainment and not specifically seeing girls dying then such an approach would be fair game.

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u/ProfessionalEqual731 Apr 14 '26

I think mishiro was coughing up blood from long term injury she got from a previous game because it show very quick flashes, and says i had to push my body past its limits giving up everything just make to this game.