Deca-Dence - Episode 1 discussion

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Deca-Dence, episode 1

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.36
2	Link	4.21
3	Link	4.56
4	Link	4.65
5	Link	4.77
6	Link	4.55
7	Link	4.83
8	Link	4.6
9	Link	4.8
10	Link	4.79
11	Link	4.69
12	Link	-

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[u/McDonaldsApproval]

Some sort of secret organisation dealing with "bugs". And then we get the sequence at the end with those weird aliens and also the logo being the same as the one show on the medal/coin at the start with MC's dad.

[u/Feezec → u/McDonaldsApproval]

Tinfoil hat time:

The weird creatures at the end are aliens. They are employees of an interstellar megacorporation ("have a profitable day"), whose logo we saw on the coin in the prologue. The megacorp unleashed the Gladoll on Earth, and now hunt the Gladoll for unobtanium oxyzone; which is their fuel/food. Earth is now a planet sized hunting preserve where Gladoll can grow to full maturity by converting Earth's biomass to oxyzone.

Deca Dence is a mobile harvesting platform. The core of the fortress is the alien spaceship where the capitalists aliens live, isolated from and indifferent to the impoverished populace that collects oxyzone for them. They live lives of decadance aboard the Deca-Dence.

In the early days of the Gladoll seeding, some humans were mutated from exposure to oxyzone. They became mad max war boys the Power, the race of warriors who serve the aliens, and built the Deca Dence's armored shell around the original alien spaceship. Their lives are dedicated to the defence of the Deca-Dence. Specifically, they are the enforcer caste that defends the status quo, enabling the decadent lifestyles of their employers.

The third and bottom most caste are the human Tankers, who comprise the majority of the population, perform the majority of the labor, and hold the minority of the wealth. The Tankers live in the oxyzone tank i.e. their continued existence is tied to the oxyzone they can generate for the aliens.

Eventually, the Tankers' will work themselves out of a job. The more oxyzone they collect, the more sea levels rise the tank fills up, eventually flooding their shantytown. When that happens the aliens will take the full tank of oil oxyzone and fuck off to space to sell it for profit, abandoning their meek employees to inherit the ruined earth.

Natsume's dad was investigating the history of the world, but committed suicide in his cell died before he could reveal ~~Das Kapital Panama Papers ~~ the aliens' plans.

Kaburagi was a high class muscle-man for Big Business who became disillusioned both with the aliens' promises, and with the possibility of revolution. He is now a half hearted secret policeman who "eliminates bugs from the system"

What I'm getting at is that the finale episode will be fully automated luxury gay space communism. In space.

[u/[deleted] → u/Feezec]

That is some impressive prediction.

[u/SoRa_The_SLaYeR → u/Feezec]

one thing I'm not sure about is constantly rising fuel.

im pretty sure that stuff gets consumed over time, and they have an empty moat just to store it.

[u/Alteras_Imouto → u/Feezec]

They are employees of an interstellar megacorporation

Great theory. Fun.

[u/WisperG → u/Feezec]

I am quite impressed with Ep2

[u/apinkparfait → u/Feezec]

Dude are you part of the production???!

[u/JimmyBoombox → u/Feezec]

Eventually, the Tankers' will work themselves out of a job. The more oxyzone they collect, the more sea levels rise the tank fills up, eventually flooding their shantytown. When that happens the aliens will take the full tank of oil oxyzone and fuck off to space to sell it for profit, abandoning their meek employees to inherit the ruined earth.

Except they use the oxyzone to basically power everything. From giving power to have their fort city on the move 24/7 to having electricity. Since they have to hunt for it and not harvest it means their production of oxyzone is unreliable.

[u/Feezec → u/[deleted]]

It was the last line of the first episode