![]() ![]() There are many elements I enjoyed, and I even thought I was going to be a “fan” of it after the first four episodes. I suppose, given the significant length of this review and its belatedness, a minor introduction is in order. At this point, the fiction is no longer a metafiction that implies there is no truth, but a fake metafiction that makes propaganda for the truth that there is no truth. Poor metafiction, however, transgresses the fictional order of realism so easily and arbitrarily that it provides the author with much more authority than that of realistic fiction. Metafiction attempts to erase the existence of its author, the authority of its fictional world, who is even analogous to God. The same thing can be said about failed metafictions. They often referred to “deconstruction” or “rhizome,” but it was just because the terms sounded smart and fashionable. ![]() In those days college students used to carry about the texts of Derrida and Deleuze just like accessories. ![]() Generally, this attitude characterized highly fashionable Japanese postmodernism during the 1980s. When they say “there is no truth,” in actuality, most people automatically believe in a truth that there is no truth. I think it’s very unproductive to say that the only truth is that there is no truth. Other stories are also mentioned in passing in ways that might suggest minor spoilers. This review contains spoilers for Umineko, Higurashi, The Decagon House Murders, Our Broken World, Everything is F: The Perfect Insider, as well as And Then There Were None. ![]()
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