Very disappointing ending--like, I almost wish I hadn't read the whole thing so intently. I love being in the thick of a good mystery, but this was a cop-out. The ending scenario was on my list of weak possibilities and the fact that it played out that way is, again, very disappointing.
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I thought for sure it would be protag's bff since the protag conveniently avoided death thanks to him so many times; as well, maybe he had a crush on protag's girlfriend, which is why he'd set himself up to bang her--or maybe he had a yandere-esque crush on the protag since the message gave the order with such a short amount of time to be completed and it had to be someone immediately in the room. Maybe when he pit himself against the prostitute he wanted to measure how much the rest of the class actually wanted him around, which he figured might confirm his hatred for them--but that never happens because he trusted protag's ability to prove his worth again. He missed a day of class due to illness which was suspiciously glossed over (at this point, it may have just been a random plot hole)--and, assuming bff is the king, he seemed sincerely shocked by the message he received saying that protag had died when he hadn't killed him or sent out the message himself. When he handed protag the noodles he bought for him, he said "courtesy of the king" and while he may have been speaking in general terms/jokingly it seemed to catch the protag off guard. Additionally, his death wasn't nearly as dramatic as the others: he grabbed the die to, once again, avoid protag's death knowing that he'd survive it himself. He rolled a 6 because the die was loaded and would wipe out several other classmates. As well, I assumed that when he had "lost" his arms that maybe they were props or the like because that would've been easy to fake. Finally, he'd have gf die in the final round so that he and protag could be together once he explained that he was the king, his death was faked, and now that everyone's gone they could be together in an twisted yandere relationship. I swear, I thought that's where this was going//I'm the worst, I know.
Ultimately, why would a virus want to make a bunch of schoolkids get it on like a game of truth-or-dare gone too far? Did their deaths mean anything? How did the virus make people literally explode--did I miss how it's able to become a tangible entity? Why did it follow the same plot as "White Noise" at the end ("Oooh, technology+wifi is the devil~~")? I don't think it should be thought about too in-depth or else the plot gets even more thin :/ Ugh, my head hurts from this let down and I'm probably mistaken about my ponits because I'm tired but mehh. 3/5 because the art was enjoyable and, at one point, it was thrilling.
Ousama Game ( Kanazawa Nobuaki )