Okay, after rereading the earlier chapter I realize that Doha is not actively getting the checkpoint save, he only made it significantly one time in chapter 1 (or maybe they just dont show us I dunno). Anyway, after him remembering then in other session he died but still remember the prev session without saving unlike the previous guy who only did 1 save accidentally then after not making a save only his instinct remember then completely forgotten that it is a game. Now .... I think Bada is the NPC, it makes sense because he keeps doing the checkpoint save but still reset in the start of the game. I think he needs to do the checkpoint everytime or else his memories will be erased little by little. While Bada is the npc, Doha is the player who only started playing in chapter 1 hence why he killed the villager and Bada was shocked as it his first time seeing. Bada died after but we're not sure if it was the trigger for reset as in Chapter 2-3 Doha saw Bada died too but we didn't see Doha died after. So Im guessing after the player(Doha) joined the game, the trigger is either Doha dying then waiting for Bada or Doha forcing to restart the game when Bada died. Checkpoints save in the player point of view in this game is really useless if you think about it. Because normally checkpoint save is when you die you will comeback where you did the checkpoint not from the start of the game. So Bada doing checkpoint in order to save the game is him doing it to just save his memory and his memory is not complete.
I like your theory. Totally forgot how Bada saw Doha killing at the start. No one would to that, if they would get surprised by a killer. And even less would you have a weapon with you. The restart thing is interesting, surely we only see Badas point of view and never further.
Cant wait for the plot (=・ω・=)
My guess is that eyeglass guy is manipulating Bada to have progress in the game without eyeglass being involve directly or putting much effort. In gamer term its like Bada is carrying him without even knowing lol. So the eyeglass is the other player not Doha, but still doesn't explain why Doha was talking in the earlier chapters with a stranger and killed him as an NPC (it was the first time Bada did it without outside trigger).
My another guess is that anyone who keeps their memory/identity as player in the last session of the game is the only one who will survive. So not only the player/s needs to find all ending but they also need to wary of the NPC, because once the NPC load the new cassette tape they will be a new player. Worst is that if an NPC overrides a cassette tape will be the new player, and the original owner who saved the cassette tape from prev session will be the new NPC unless he find another cassette tape to load/save. So its like, loading a already owned/saved cassette tape is stealing the identity of the owner as a Player. Hence, why Doha have awareness in the next session after being killed in the session where he load the cassette tape of the eyeglass guy.
Also supporting this theory is that the after Doha became a player by using the cassette tape of eyeglass guy, the eyeglass guy memory is stuck. He only members until last session of his saved. I guess he didn't know Doha is now a Player because, Doha became a player after eyeglass guy last saved. So every new session his last memory is always his last saved.
But I still believe that Doha is a player even before he saved the cassette tape, he only joined the game in the middle. (You can browse my previous theory here about this lol)
I'll wait for the next chapters for more theories hahahaha.
Ahhhh, i get it now lol, but why cant they just grab cassettes on their own, each. Cause arent they like now- like 3rd or 4th now? So the game could be easy or is not possible
My guess is that Bada believes that he is the only "human player". Others are all NPC, as seen in the recent chapters Bada and Doha have conversations thinking what will happen to Doha once Bada completed the game. If you are in his situation, you will think the NPC are just NPC they only need to do what they need to do. Also having too many Players will make the game much more confusing and difficult. Because the NPC who became a player will be a unpredictable factor. Also in the first chapter, Bada doesn't know that an NPC can become a player.
I guess, we just need to wait for more chapters to know more hehe.