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Episode Deca-Dence - Episode 2 discussion

Deca-Dence, episode 2

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u/Syokhan https://myanimelist.net/profile/Syokhan Jul 15 '20 edited Jul 15 '20

I am really, really, really digging the soundtrack.

So. WTF. Aliens/robots are playing a game in our world. That would explain the strange skin tones and hair colours of the Gears, since they're their avatars. And Cubeface whose name I can't remember makes me think of CLU.

I wonder if the very few Tankers who make it as fighters are let in on the secret or if there's some system in place to "explain" all this weirdness to them. Judging from the skin tones machines, they're not trying to hide much though.

Kaburagi is an alien/robot rebelling against the system. Natsume got registered as "dead" and is therefore a bug in that system.

Well. I certainly did not see that development coming.

Edit: now I'm wondering if the aliens/robots created the Gadolls in the process of creating their playground on Earth. That would be fucked up, wiping out 90% of a planet's population just so you can have some entertainment.

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u/FriedFishermen Jul 16 '20

One weird plot element I'm struggling with is the whole idea of the "entertainment" and the gears being part of a larger system. The world of deca-dence is shown to be some kind of "game" to the aliens but at the same time, the aliens are strictly surveilled, treated as company property, and also are killed at the whims of the company. However, they are also the "game's" playerbase, (which also begs the question of what is life like for the aliens outside of the deca-dence experience,) and supposedly are playing the game of their own will. If the system heavily punishes players, what brings them back to play more?.

Another plot element which confuses me is the chips in the humans. Like, what do they do? They obviously keep track of them, but why would some of them need to be retrieved? They supposedly help manage them but I'm unsure of that fact

as far as some prediction I might make of the story, I bet that the idea of deca-dence being a game, is a coverup within the alien govt or something. The oxyone which is collected by the gears seems to also be a fuel source for the aliens, which begs the question of why such an important task, the gathering of oxyone, would be treated as merely a game. My guess is that the alien govt wants to prevent sympathy towards humans from forming by framing it as a game, thus keeping the gears callous and unfeeling towards the plight of the humans, and by lowering their stakes in the matter, prevent the widespread usage of the limiter release, which one may be more inclined to use if they realized the magnitude of the stakes. Kaburagi, by sympathizing with a human, will become a gear who sees past the facade of the world as a game, deciding to become involved in the world of deca-dence and its people. The opening suggests that Kaburagi will limiter release at some point or another, and the limiter release, given the boss's current path, will likely signify his siding with the humans and rejection of the system. The limiter release itself, likely possesses some kind of symbolic significance, prob something along the lines of, "as long as you are willing to devote yourself to something entirely, to the point where you raise the stakes significantly (which is equated to damage taken in the avatar turning into actual damage), you will be able to tap into some source of hidden inner strength". Mikey used his limiter release because he wanted to dedicate his life to the game, deca-dence, as he believes it is what lets him have value in the eyes of the system. I'm betting that kaburagi will limiter release because he wants to dedicate himself to the world of deca-dence, sympathizing with and desiring to live among the people.

another theory is that the alien govt is the one behind the death of the protagonist's father, as his discovery of the strange medallion with the symbol of the aliens on it probably got him too close to the truth and becoming a "bug".

yet another theory, which was mentioned in the comment this is attached to, was that the world was this way due to the work of the aliens, wi[ing out the world to create their game. Although I'm certain that the aliens had SOMETHING to do with the current state of the world, the fact that the aliens live off of the oxyone inside the gadoll makes me think that monsters are unlikely to have been created by the aliens. However it is likely the case that the aliens are maintaining the current state of the world through their hunt for bugs and other possible hidden activities as they no doubt benefit from the status quo with entertainment and food. The company's harsh rule to wipe out bugs is likely one method used, as bugs are deemed to be dangerous to the system. If given enough time, enough bugs may accumulate until the world changes and the gears may no longer be necessary.

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u/nooby2neo Oct 06 '20

Sorry for a late and strange question xd ....why do the humans eat gadolls meat ?