STORYLINE & ENDING EXPLANATION

A/N: I decided to post an explanation and storyline for those curious.

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Behind the Scenes:

Tsukishiro:

Tsukishiro receives direct orders from Ayanokouji Atsoumi to bring Evil God back. Aware that ANHS is not an isolated institution but located near Chiba, he orchestrates a fatal "accident" for Chairman Sakayanagi and takes his position as Acting Director. However, upon assuming this role, Tsukishiro discovers that Evil God is no longer present at the school. This both frustrates him and limits his actions, as the government closely monitors his movements due to the rapid and suspicious nature of his appointment.

Determined to track her down, Tsukishiro locates an old apartment where Evil God previously stayed. The only thing left behind is a forgotten, partially damaged phone, suggesting she left the place in haste. Upon inspecting the phone, he finds a single contact—Hikigaya Hachiman—indicating a close connection. Using this lead, Tsukishiro meets Hachiman, presenting himself as a friendly older man and dropping his name to ensure Hachiman remembers it.

To execute his plan, Tsukishiro uses the ANHS school system to launch a Special Exam involving both Sobu High and ANHS students. During the exam, Tsukishiro remains mostly behind the scenes, dividing his time between monitoring Hachiman and searching Chiba for any clues about Evil God's whereabouts. He also orders Yagami Takuya to keep an eye on Hikigaya Komachi, suspecting Evil God might attempt to contact her.

As the exam progresses, Tsukishiro tries to manipulate Hachiman emotionally and even uses Sobu High's surveillance system to monitor some of his movements. To force a direct confrontation, Tsukishiro exploits Kushida Kikyo's fragile mental state, manipulating her into injuring Hachiman during the sports portion of the Special Exam. He promises Kushida he will erase any evidence of her involvement, underestimating her instability and overlooking her later attempt to take his life. Despite the chaos, his scheme results in Hachiman being left alone at the school, aligning with Tsukishiro's plans.

Using Evil God's abandoned phone, Tsukishiro contacts Hachiman, calculating that she is the primary reason Hachiman is participating in the Special Exam. During their confrontation, Tsukishiro attempts to sway Hachiman to his side, praising his potential and falsely claiming that Evil God is already waiting for him in the White Room. In reality, Tsukishiro intends to use Hachiman as leverage, believing this would ultimately flush Evil God out of hiding.

However, his plan collapses when he fails to realize that Sakayanagi Arisu has given a letter to Hachiman, revealing critical details about the situation. This information allows Hachiman to see through Tsukishiro's deceit, leaving the Acting Director's manipulations in ruins.

Shiba Katsunori:

Shiba intended to use Hikigaya Hachiman and Hikigaya Komachi as leverage (hostages) to force Evil God to voluntarily return to the White Room. That's why he claimed Yagami Takuya had failed his mission. Ultimately, Shiba was informed about Chairman Sakayanagi waking up from his coma, so he received new instructions to immediately eliminate all evidence of Evil God's interactions with outsiders (the Hikigaya family).

Yagami Takuya:

Yagami Takuya instructed Amasawa Ichika to constantly monitor Hikigaya Hachiman outside of school, anticipating the possibility of Tsukishiro's plan failing. Patient and calculating, Yagami waited for the perfect moment to allow Hachiman to unwittingly lead him straight to Evil God's new apartment outside Chiba. After Hachiman left, Amasawa left a threatening message addressed to Evil God, demanding she meet at Sobu High School that night; otherwise, Hikigaya Hachiman's life would be at stake.

While carrying out his orders from the White Room, Yagami actively used the opportunity to visit a nearby middle school attended by Hikigaya Komachi. He spent significant time observing her, fulfilling part of his mission to monitor the Hikigaya family. Meanwhile, Amasawa Ichika wandered around Chiba, ostensibly sightseeing but primarily focusing on keeping track of Hikigaya Hachiman.

Despite the resources at his disposal, Yagami ultimately overplayed his hand. His decision to use Sobu High as the stage for a dramatic confrontation revealed his arrogance and need for theatrics, which proved to be his undoing. Though he had the opportunity to take Hikigaya Komachi as a hostage after Tsukishiro's plan failed, Yagami inexplicably chose not to. Justifying this decision to himself, he believed he could achieve the same maximum result with minimal means, underestimating the complexity of the situation.

In the end, Yagami's miscalculations and penchant for overconfidence led to his downfall, as his reliance on elaborate theatrics and flawed reasoning left him exposed.

Chairman Sakayanagi:

Upon learning from his contacts within the White Room about Evil God's presence outside the facility, Chairman Sakayanagi immediately reached out to her. He offered her an apartment in Chiba and a place in ANHS, expressing his disagreement with the twisted ideology of the White Room. Actively working to shut down the facility, he leveraged his government connections and assured Evil God of his protection.

However, everything changed near the end of Evil God's first month at ANHS when Chairman Sakayanagi was gravely injured during an assassination attempt on his life. Anticipating such a turn of events, he had previously arranged with an old friend in the government to secure a new apartment for Evil God, where she could go into hiding while he recovered from his coma.

Sakayanagi Arisu:

Sakayanagi Arisu was aware of her father's involvement with Evil God, using the opportunity to reunite with her childhood friend once again. After her father's accident, Arisu's mind was clouded with anger and hatred toward Tsukishiro, whom Evil God claimed was responsible for the attack. This emotional turmoil, despite Arisu's unparalleled perception and genius, occasionally caused her to overlook certain details.

Evil God:

During her time in freedom, Evil God, following the suggestion of her butler Matsuo and driven by her own curiosity about the world, decided to enroll in a middle school, joining the final year of its program. She hoped to use this opportunity to better understand people her age, particularly girls. However, her attempts at social interaction revealed her poor social skills, leading her to spend most of her time alone in class. Despite her attractive appearance, she became somewhat of a class pariah. Lacking anyone to talk to, she turned her attention to observing the middle schoolers around her in even greater detail.

One day, Evil God overheard rumors about a boy from another class who was frequently the subject of jokes among the girls. Intrigued, she tried to pinpoint his name, but the conversations were filled with distortions and disparaging remarks about him. Her endless curiosity drove her to observe her entire grade in search of this boy, and eventually, she found him—someone who seemed to carry an air of contempt for the world around him.

From that moment, Evil God began to secretly watch him, studying his every action and movement. For the first time, she struggled to predict someone's behavior, which only deepened her fascination. She eventually learned the boy's name: Hikigaya Hachiman. With summer approaching, Evil God decided to use the opportunity to involve him in her plans. She learned he had recently been rejected by a girl named Orimoto Kaori and accurately predicted that Hachiman despised any false attempts at pretense.

Using this knowledge, Evil God approached Hachiman with her true nature on full display. She forced him to listen to her, going as far as to threaten him, ensuring he couldn't simply ignore her presence.

After predicting Hachiman's extensive and cynical understanding of middle and high schoolers, Evil God decided to spend time with him to learn more about the behavior of people her age and how to interact with them. Over time, she also came to see Hachiman as her "book of happiness," believing he had the potential to provide her with the answers she sought about human nature. Unbeknownst to her, she subconsciously began to grow accustomed to this peaceful way of life.

When she learned that she was soon expected to return to the White Room, Evil God became unwilling to leave the outside world. She accepted Chairman Sakayanagi's proposal to enroll in Advanced Nurturing High School (ANHS), even though her initial preference was Sobu High School. For a brief moment, she considered forcing Hachiman to attend ANHS with her but ultimately decided against it, unwilling to hurt his feelings.

Upon hearing about Hachiman's accident from Komachi, Evil God abandoned her attempts to form meaningful interactions with her new classmates at ANHS. Instead, she chose to visit Hachiman daily at the hospital to spend time with him. This decision prevented her from making significant progress in developing human connections within her new school.

After learning about Chairman Sakayanagi's accident, Evil God accurately predicted that someone would attempt to take his position. Foreseeing the danger, she decided to leave the school. However, she knew she wouldn't be able to contact Hachiman after doing so, which led her to set the stage where both of them could find their answers.

Seeing the condition of Chairman Sakayanagi, she manipulated Arisu into delivering a letter to someone named Hikigaya Hachiman, instructing Arisu not to open the letter and framing it as a love letter. Intentionally, she left her phone behind in her old apartment in Chiba, ensuring that Tsukishiro would find it. Her goal was to direct Tsukishiro's attention toward Hachiman, subtly manipulating him into starting his own plan.

Evil God anticipated the eventual creation of the Special Exam and even its structure, knowing it would emerge weeks ahead as part of Tsukishiro's efforts to locate her. This intricate scheme was designed to draw Tsukishiro directly to her while she stayed several steps ahead.

Despite her calculated manipulations and awareness of potential failure, Evil God held an illogical yet unwavering belief that Hachiman would endure the pressure and successfully lead their paths to cross again. Their eventual meeting in her new apartment brought her closer to uncovering her answer about true happiness. Overwhelmed by an illogical flood of emotions and after Hachiman saw through her manipulations, her body reacted instinctively—longing for him. For the first time, she realized that her actions had been driven by an unconscious desire to spend more time with him, despite their mutual misunderstandings.

However, Evil God failed to foresee the intervention of Yagami Takuya and Amasawa Ichika. Forced to fight for Hachiman on her own, she abandoned her apartment in a rush, unprepared and without a plan—an unprecedented shock for her. After defeating Yagami Takuya, Hachiman's life was suddenly threatened as he faced imminent danger of being shot. For the first time in her life, Evil God acted without thinking, pushing her body beyond its supernatural limits to shield him. In the last moment, she intercepted the bullet meant for Hachiman, taking the hit herself.

As her body began to shut down due to severe blood loss, she believed these were her final moments. Cradled in Hachiman's arms, she experienced for the first time a profound warmth filling her being—a stark contrast to the encroaching void of death.

Moments later, the police and an ambulance arrived, called by Amasawa Ichika. Evil God was rushed to the hospital, slipping into a coma that lasted for about a month. The entire incident was covered up by the government, keeping it hidden from the school and its students.

When Evil God finally woke from her coma, the first thought that crossed her mind was:

"I wish to see him again."

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Author Information:

Somewhere in the early chapters(on my Wattpad), I mentioned that the first chapter depicting their meeting is a mix of past and future events. That's why the first chapter is also the ending of the story. However, it seems I messed this up by the end. I don't like how I wrote some scenes, but I couldn't do them better due to my lack of experience and skills. Readers felt the final chapters were 'rushed,' but this was intentional—to show how quickly everything can turn upside down and how easily happiness can be lost. Ultimately, it served as a tool to lead Hachiman to his final act of brain damage.

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Story Endings Explanation:

DreamLand (Hikigaya Hachiman) Ending:

In this perspective of the ending, Hachiman wakes up one day (sometime later—the exact timeframe is intentionally left vague to confuse the reader), and everything seems normal. However, subtle details give him the feeling that something is slightly off. Occasionally, he gets the strange sense that certain days are repeating themselves, but due to his current mental state, his mind immediately erases any lingering doubts or inconsistencies when this happens, leaving Hachiman unaware of these anomalies.

Eventually, a new girl transfers to Sobu High and joins the Service Club. The first time Hachiman sees her, his heart skips a beat as he takes in her appearance, which feels strangely familiar. Months later, he has a conversation with Hiratsuka-sensei about his second essay, in which he vaguely describes this odd phenomenon. During one of his later encounters with Evil God, Hachiman momentarily zones out and experiences strange flashes of events that couldn't have happened. He dismisses it as an unrealistic 'dream.'

For All Evil that is Happiness (Evil God) Ending:

Here, Evil God serves as an unreliable narrator, as usual. Her thoughts are structured to never address things directly but also never outright deny the events that transpired. She mentions that the White Room no longer exists but doesn't explain how it happened - doubting it as a 'Coincidence'. She joins Sobu High a month later under mysterious circumstances that she doesn't share with the readers. She doesn't seem to react to Hachiman's strange remarks about his dream but, for some reason, asks him if he remembers the ending. When he says he doesn't, she stops the discussion and delights in this new feeling—love.

True Ending:

After all the events, Hachiman suffers brain damage that causes his mind to selectively erase memories of everything that happened - specifically the name 'Evil God' from his consciousness, as she was the core of his breakdown. Ultimately, his mind couldn't withstand the pressure of everything, which is why, in the final action chapters, his subconscious begins slowly erasing her name. After Evil God's 'death,' Hachiman develops a kind of illness that Evil God is fully aware of. Following the final confrontation, Evil God survives but falls into a coma for a month, during which Chairman Sakayanagi and the government launch an operation to destroy the White Room and erase all evidence of its existence to keep it hidden from public knowledge (as it would harm both them and the politicians). The story ends with her ominous yet endearing short story (SS), where she deliberately misleads Hachiman into believing it was all a dream because she likes the way things are now. Since 'lies are kind' in this case, she kisses Hachiman to distract him from the subject and selfishly enjoys her happiness.

Reader Ending (Conclusion & Interpretation): Here, the reader is invited to imagine how the story might end, allowing them to come up with their own conclusions or envision a completely different outcome. This open-ended conclusion serves as a gateway for their imagination, giving them the freedom to explore various possibilities for the characters' fates.

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Thank you for reading.