Aylia
Well-Known Member
Because life isn't fair and doesn't work out the way you planned it. It would actually defeat the theme of the manga if Hideo was just handed a happy ending like Korori. In the end, Hideo did what the start of the manga set out to do: to save Hideo from himself.
I took this from a Reddit post that sums up the ending succinctly:
"Finally, Hideo. It's tragic irony, he wasn't fully a hero until he no longer had anyone to protect. The truth of it was though, this was always about Hideo saving himself. Not just in a selfish way, though it manifested that way a lot, but in a self-realization/actualization way. Tekko and Korori knew he was wasting his talents but Hideo wallowed in self-pity and depression. Until the whole apocalypse. He learned to defend and stand up for himself and to do the same for others. But he was never quite fully effective until the very end. Now, essentially isolated, he's found hope and purpose where there wouldn't be any for most. He could finally say, "I am a hero" and have it be true and mean it. But he doesn't have to. If you notice, he only ever says it when he wants to do anything but be a hero, to reassure himself. What he really said when he stepped up was a simple "alright" or "ok". Notice that Korori, who proves himself time and time again, never says that line. He always stays humble, denying his heroics. Additionally, finding out the deer he shot was pregnant is symbolic of those who were sacrificed so he could live, and his reaction to discovering this shows that he will never forget the sacrifices of his friends and lovers."
The plot was irrelevant, it was a vehicle to tell the story of the characters in. Still, it would have been nice to get some answers on that, but it wasn't the main focus of the manga - Hideo is.
I took this from a Reddit post that sums up the ending succinctly:
"Finally, Hideo. It's tragic irony, he wasn't fully a hero until he no longer had anyone to protect. The truth of it was though, this was always about Hideo saving himself. Not just in a selfish way, though it manifested that way a lot, but in a self-realization/actualization way. Tekko and Korori knew he was wasting his talents but Hideo wallowed in self-pity and depression. Until the whole apocalypse. He learned to defend and stand up for himself and to do the same for others. But he was never quite fully effective until the very end. Now, essentially isolated, he's found hope and purpose where there wouldn't be any for most. He could finally say, "I am a hero" and have it be true and mean it. But he doesn't have to. If you notice, he only ever says it when he wants to do anything but be a hero, to reassure himself. What he really said when he stepped up was a simple "alright" or "ok". Notice that Korori, who proves himself time and time again, never says that line. He always stays humble, denying his heroics. Additionally, finding out the deer he shot was pregnant is symbolic of those who were sacrificed so he could live, and his reaction to discovering this shows that he will never forget the sacrifices of his friends and lovers."
The plot was irrelevant, it was a vehicle to tell the story of the characters in. Still, it would have been nice to get some answers on that, but it wasn't the main focus of the manga - Hideo is.
