I Put on my Blanket and Thinking Cap

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Unless someone can contradict me--which I'm hoping for.
How boring if I've predicted something like this.

Hey, /drg/, so how about that new episode today.
Who wants to speculate with me?

I have at theory regarding Yukizome, the possibility of her infected with Despair, how Nanami could actually have eixsted (although I cannot say with certainty whether or not she did/does), Alter Ego, and the Neo World Program's origins.
And then, we'll talk about [spoiler]prime husbando[/spoiler] Komaeda and how and why exactly he's done some of what he's done in Despair Arc--and how he could know everything.

First of all, we have to acknowledge that Munakata is huge a fucking hypocrite and has feelings for Yukizome, but the rest of the world can suck his Hope Dick because he doesn't care how many people he has to kill to get rid of Despair.
Likewise, if you're a killer, as long as you don't have a chance of being infected with Despair, he clearly doesn't care as the last chapter of Killer Killer demonstrated.

The Neo World program was built to rehabilitate people, which Munakata would clearly have no interest in.
Random ass people infected with Despair? Fuck 'em.
Slice, dice, punch, and kick 'em with ya boi Juzo.

Tengan, on the other hand, would--at least, after he'd "softened up", which could have been a direct result of watching Naegi overcome Junko without ever shedding blood himself (which makes him more a beacon of Hope in his eyes than Munakatta, which is could be the root of Munakatta's despising Naegi from the beginning--remember, Juzo had that corpse dressed as Naegi before SDR2 actually happened or it would appear so chronologically since we see Kyoko in the Killer Killer manga)

We know that the real Miaya Gekkougaha created the Neo World Program, and it's a massive system. It would have taken a fair amount of time to create.
We know that it already exists by the time UDG takes place.
Something like that would have taken a long while to build and was no small feat.

It was made specifically to rehabilitate people. Even if it was in the works prior to The Tragedy, it had to have become something of a priority for money and time to still be poured into it to the point it was functional in SDR2.

Where we are in Despair Arc right now, Sainoji has gotten taller but Fuyuhiko has not. He's still short.
During the first episode of Future Arc, we see Fuyuhiko fighting the Future Foundation with his men and Peko, and Yukizome is there.
Fuyuhiko is taller and has his eye patch. So a lot of time has clearly passed.

In this last episode of Despair Arc, it's hinted that Yukizome was brainwashed with Despair. She wasn't immune to it.
But if that's the case, how was she fighting against the Despairs in Future Arc? How was she let anywhere near the FF?
Is Junko having her act the entire time? The way she has Mikan act?

That...would be kinda obvious from a writing perspect.

So here's my theory, and Nanami ties into it, too:

The first time the Neo World Program was used, it was to rehabilitate Yukizome, and it was successful. Or appeared to be.
Yukizome remembers being the Remnants' teacher, but her own memory of being Despair was overcome.
No one else aside from Juzo, Munakatta, the real Miaya, and possibly Tengan would know about this.
Munakatta would keep that on lock.
Anything for his waifu.

Munakatta specifically poured funding into and had the Neo World Program either completed or built from scratch for the sake of Yukizome (furthering Juzo's envy towards her).

A theory going around right now is that the TVs in Future Arc have to do with the traitor, that maybe the traitor is someone who wakes up and kills under the influence of the TV and doesn't know, or that the traitor is multiple people--regardless, if the TVs have anything to do with what's going on in Future Arc at all right now, then it should be noted that during the scene where Yukizome is fixing up Makoto after Juzo punched him, there's a giant screen in the background.

Despite being rehabilitated, it's possible that Yukizome could lapse back into Despair Programming if exposed to the right footage or visuals.
If Yukizome is the Mastermind or tied to it, it's possible that it was willingly, and that the real Mastermind intentionally dug out her programming--which would mean that the real Mastermind would be someone aware of that programming to begin with.

Now, where does Chiaki tie into all of this?

There are two possibilities: that Chiaki was a real person, or that she never was, and all of this in Despair Arc is a simulation.

First, let's speculate about the possibility of her being a real person.

The AI Chiaki was constructed by Alter Ego in SDR2.
Chiaki refers to her dad as Chihiro and Alter Ego as her brother.
It seems a stretch that Chiaki was a real person--ever--because of the fact that her and Chihiro's birthday are the same, that Chiaki knows very little about common knowledge, and down to her pose and appearance in the official art it was hinted that she wasn't real.

However, what if Chiaki was a real person, but very little was known about her?
It's entirely possible that Chiaki was a real student, but someone that died or either disappeared in the apocalyptic chaos, but played enough of a significant role in Yukizome's classroom or life that she had to be simulated for Yukizome's original NWP session.

Alter Ego did not create the NWP, but could have very well looked over the data from Yukizome's session and taken an NPC from it to craft into the student needed for the session or the Remnants.
It would explain why she shares Chihiro's birthday, and why she doesn't seem to know much "common sense" sort of knowledge. Her original character was modified to fit the needs of a student observer on Jabberwock.

Now, whether or not she's real, let's talk about the possibility of Despair Arc bein a simulation.

It's possible that Despair Arc is a simulation meant to rehabilitate the Remnants not before they entered HPA, but to make their memories there more enjoyable.

Then why is everything still going wrong?
Why isn't Nanami doing anything?
What is with Komaeda?

Theoritically, I'm suspecting that it's like a virus scan.
Nanami believes that she's real. She's observing everything as she naturally would if she were real.
She's watching everything that's gone wrong.
And then she's going to go back and try to correct it all the best that she can.

Some of the students--the survivors--are either NPCs, or everyone except Hinata has gone back into the program.
Hinata wouldn't need to go back into the program because he wasn't a part of the original class, and their falling to Junko and Despair would have nothing to do with him.
We only see him in Future Arc, watching the oncoming fleet.

Komaeda, however, knows that this is a simulation, because he figured out that Jabberwock wasn't real, either.
Whether or not he figured out that Jabberwock wasn't real is up for debate, but it's Komaeda. I know, I know. Most of you hate him.
But you can't deny his intellect, his help during the trials, and that he was always one step ahead.
And in fact, if not for Chiaki sacrificing herself, he would have gotten exactly what he wanted in the killing game.

But that's neither here nor there--let's say he did figure it out.
And there's a possibility Mikan also figured it out (we already know that she can act like her "old" self).

But if Komaeda figured out that Despair Arc is a simulation, he's already trying to prevent The Tragedy, and would know that Nanami wasn't real, either.

It would explain why he knows all about Junko's plans.

(It would also explain his setting up the gym to be bombed--I know, Seiko, Ruruka, and Izayoi were ACTUALLY suspended. That really happened. But in Future Arc, they haven't specifically said that it was the bomb incident. All we know was that they were expelled and it involved a "weird drug".

Tensions were high after Sato's murder.
In the original and real timeline, it's possible that due to this tension, something happened at the exams between Fuyuhiko and Mahiru (and by proxy, Peko and Hiyoko), and Komaeda wanted to prevent that. )

But is it something Komaeda would do, anyway?
Yeah, but we know this, which is exactly why there could be more to it.

He's set on killing Junko. Knows where her base is. Takes Chiaki there so that she can watch him kill her, so that she can see that the purpose of this NWP session is completed.

Komaeda wouldn't know this session is only the "scan". All he would know is that he's in a simulation and that it's purpose is to prevent Despair.

...And so, there you have it.
That's all I've got.
I'd love to speculate.
If I've looked over factual evidence here, please, point out my contradiction!