I'm thinking that the author probably didn't make the players in the game all NPCs, I wonder if they're all actual players who ended up in the game and it was like a Jumagi (the newer version) type situation, where they all found some old horror game and that they were all friends in the real world. But, I'm thinking that since the game is an old game it probably malfunctioned and that when they were sent in the game they all forgot their memories. The MC does talk a lot about the game but he doesn't talk about what happened before he was sent in but he has talked about the fact that he's replayed the ending so many times that he doesn't even remember his past to a certain point. All the facts that he's gathered about the the game has been him playing it through so many time. That would explain my theory if they all did in fact lose their memories. The MC probably just "awakened" earlier than the other members of this group. I'm also thinking MAYBE that the MC "love interest" maybe knows more than he's putting out there about the game. Maybe he's the reason that they're all stuck there. Like I said before, when they all got into the game they ALL lost their memories and took on roles that the game has programmed in it so maybe his plans didn't go as he had expected because he too had lost his memories. When he had gotten "awakened" the first thing he did was kill that random civilian (technically we don't know what happened) but he was waaaay too skilled at killing people and so calm about it. I can understand the MC being more accustomed to it since he's been reliving the events of the game over and over but the other dude doesn't really have an excuse. Him being an NPC never made sense, but him BECOMING an NPC along with the rest of the gang because the game messed with their minds makes sense to me. I'm thinking that maybe the MC was his target and getting him trapped in the game could've been his goal but the game being unstable was something he didn't think would happen. I know there are things that my theory doesn't explain or support within the events of the story but I don't trust the other dude very much.
I'm thinking that the author probably didn't make the players in the game all NPCs, I wonder if they're all actual players who ended up in the game and it was like a Jumagi (the newer version) type situation, where they all found some old horror game and that they were all friends in the real world. But, I'm thinking that since the game is an old game it probably malfunctioned and that when they were sent in the game they all forgot their memories.
The MC does talk a lot about the game but he doesn't talk about what happened before he was sent in but he has talked about the fact that he's replayed the ending so many times that he doesn't even remember his past to a certain point. All the facts that he's gathered about the the game has been him playing it through so many time. That would explain my theory if they all did in fact lose their memories. The MC probably just "awakened" earlier than the other members of this group.
I'm also thinking MAYBE that the MC "love interest" maybe knows more than he's putting out there about the game. Maybe he's the reason that they're all stuck there. Like I said before, when they all got into the game they ALL lost their memories and took on roles that the game has programmed in it so maybe his plans didn't go as he had expected because he too had lost his memories. When he had gotten "awakened" the first thing he did was kill that random civilian (technically we don't know what happened) but he was waaaay too skilled at killing people and so calm about it. I can understand the MC being more accustomed to it since he's been reliving the events of the game over and over but the other dude doesn't really have an excuse. Him being an NPC never made sense, but him BECOMING an NPC along with the rest of the gang because the game messed with their minds makes sense to me. I'm thinking that maybe the MC was his target and getting him trapped in the game could've been his goal but the game being unstable was something he didn't think would happen.
I know there are things that my theory doesn't explain or support within the events of the story but I don't trust the other dude very much.