the following theory was written by "mai x" (we meet again):
"One Interpretation: Futa had little to no real-life friends and mainly used the
internet to socialise. When he and other netizens criticised a cyberbully, he
enjoyed the feeling of justice being served, the attention he received and the
sense of comradery which arose from it. As a result, he sought out another
person to attack. Futa spotted a professor at his university with a woman, who
appeared to be in a state of discomfort. He took a picture of them and uploaded
it, claiming that the professor was committing s-xual harassment. With Futa
leading the group, the professor was flamed a lot more harshly. His final victim
was likely a wealthy guy, who did little to no wrong in actuality, but Futa
flamed him nonetheless. This time, it was solely Futa’s doing. His few
supporters don’t join in but view it as entertainment. Futa’s words and the
doxing pushed the guy over the edge, and he eventually took his own life; this
caused Futa’s remaining followers to abandon him. In the end, the netizens
realised that Futa had become a cyberbully himself, and, consequently, they
criticised and doxed him back. [Edit:The first guy was likely pulling a social
media stunt and was an Internet troll. His final victim was a middle school
girl]
The fire motif is a likely reference to flaming, referred to as 「炎上」in Japanese.
The first kanji is composed of two fire radicals.
The monochrome colour scheme present at some points in the MV displays his
binary thinking. In Japan, 「白黒」[white and black] represents good and evil
respectively. His mindset takes this further and categorises people as either
allies or enemies.
0:00 The MV opens with Futa staring at his phone. The conversation topics are
ordinary. Someone complains about having to do an assignment. Another asks if
there’s a fun game to play. The final comment states that nothing interesting
had been happening and that things were getting boring. These are likely his
internet friends.
0:37 The sides of the arcade game turn from white to grey to black; this
foreshadows how his morals worsen as the MV unfolds.
0:47 He stares at the group of three guys. He’s likely envious of the bond they
share. In the segments where we see Futa in the real world, he’s always alone.
When he looks down at his phone, he pulls back his mask to reveal a smile. The
user ice_gorilla_ice appears to be cyberbullying someone.
1:08 ice_gorilla_ice is represented by the ice monster they fight. In this first
fight, Futa plays a minor role. He fights alongside the public against the
cyberbully and uses a small dagger, which implies that the insults were far
tamer than the ones he uses later on. The number of hits may indicate how much
emotional damage was inflicted on the person. In this case, it’s a low number,
but it drastically increases for the latter two in the MV. The monster was
stunned, not killed, implying that ice_gorilla_ice was still able to
metaphorically and literally get back up on his feet. Everyone rejoices. All of
this might suggest that the first case was more of a ‘call-out’ rather than
ill-intentioned flaming. ice_gorilla_ice also seemingly hadn't given out his
real name, so it was his online persona which was attacked. There’s a chance for
him to start over.
1:30 Futa sees his professor and the woman and assumes that he’s harassing her.
So, he secretly takes a picture to upload it online.
This case seemingly shows how Futa cares little for the victims of what he deems
to be injustice, and his real motive is to punish others so that he can elevate
himself. His sadistic nature is highlighted in two lines: “What I want to hear
is the scream deep inside you” and “We’re gonna punish you until you cry.”
The woman appears uncomfortable, however, the situation is ambiguous. There’s
little definitive proof that the professor had malicious intent or that it was
even s-xual harassment in the first place. We, and therefore Futa, also can’t
hear the conversation taking place. Taking into consideration his binary
thinking style, he likely made various assumptions with the sparse context
available and likely made exaggerations to paint the picture he wanted—implied
by how the real scene taking place becomes distorted.
The reasonable thing to do would be to confront the professor to avoid a
misunderstanding of the situation. In case that the professor did have ill
intentions, he could potentially use the photo to leverage against him. The next
option would be to inform someone else. We can see that there are other people
closeby, so if he feared facing the professor alone, he could’ve asked for help.
Yet, he sneaks away to upload the photo.
Hypothetically speaking, if the woman was indeed being harassed, Futa
essentially deserted her. He’s not acting in her interest, but his. The post is
also worded in an insensitive manner. 「拡散希望、大学教授のセクハラシーン。見られてると思わなかったんだなw
大学に通報よろ」It roughly translates to [Spread the message/Please RT. This is a photo
of a university professor committing s-xual harassment. He probably didn't think
he'd be seen lol. Report him to the university. Thanks.] This is likely a
violation of the woman’s privacy, especially since she had no prior knowledge of
the picture (盗撮 indicates no consent was given when taking it). She also hadn’t
permitted him to upload the photo onto the internet.
1:56 Notice how the background has changed from black with coloured squiggles to
a monochrome version of this pattern. His binary way of thinking is now in full
force.
2:07 He switches from the dagger to the sword, implying that he wishes to do
more damage to the professor than the previous cyberbully. Futa is leading the
attack, but his followers are close behind him. There are fewer people than in
the last case. The decrease is likely because of the little evidence Futa
presented, but he deems them as non-believers of justice instead; this is
implied by the earlier line “If you get off now, you’re a traitor”, which ties
in with his binary friend-or-foe mindset. There are two Xs, which suggests that
the professor suffered far more serious consequences, e.g. destruction of
reputation, difficulty in career prospects, etc.
2:39 Unlike the previous two cases, we’re not shown an incident which Futa’s
target has caused before the gamification of the setting and the announcement of
the target. The only thing we see beforehand is a large house. This suggests
that Futa had little reason to harass the said person. Either the incident was
so minor that to the point where he can’t remember why he cyberbullied them,
and/or he envied the person’s wealth instead.
3:07 Futa takes the lead and his handful of followers just watch him. This might
imply that Futa’s remaining allies viewed his acts towards the final person as a
spectacle, and didn’t partake in it themselves."
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