In this part, we want to break the fourth wall — the player is actually playing as the detective, and any interpretation is okay haha
From Designer perspective, we wanna ask players:
Is Shouya a delusional killer, trapped in madness and grief? Or… is Eri truly trapped in a loop of rebirth, cursed to return again and again?
Themes of Loop:
Eri’s Loop:：The Beautiful Tmes Never Fades
She died at the peak of her youth — the most beautiful moment. Her soul was pinned to that endless night. The moon wanes but never disappears; the lights dim but never fade. She dies again and again, but is never truly gone. As long as someone remembers that golden age, as long as someone is consumed by desire... Eri Tsukishima will return.
Shoya’s Loop: The Curse of the Cleaner
Each time he “cleanses” one Eri, he meets a more twisted version of her in the next loop. Once a man on a mission to purge Eri’s echoes, he now questions— Has he become the monster himself?
The Economic Loop: The Bubble That Never Bursts
In 1980s Japan, people believed the boom would never end. But humanity never truly wakes up— New bubbles are always brewing. New “Eris” are always being born. The economy will rise again. The frenzy will return. The collapse will repeat. History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes.