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Originally Posted by syke123
I also believe that Souta's cancer played a heavy role in Shu's disability, although I think it's primarily related to symbolism. If it was the genome he would of been blind as soon as he injected it, but his face crystallized after he absorbed everyone's void including Souta's instead of solely Ayase's. He also would've mentioned it if he lost his vision so that was probably only an after effect of the amount of cancer he took on. I mostly found it as an excuse to portray this symbolistic message, but I can't prove that he lost one eye instead of both so I don't know what to rely on.
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That was mostly my original opinion aswell. In my opinion, Shu already lost enough, it's not that the additional blindness is way over the top, but it was unnecessary. Partial blindness would be less punishing though, and would fit perfectly, while full blindness is close to being overkill. We can only guess what it is though, without an explanation.
I feel the blindness does change his status in the epilogue. Without it, i would just find him the mourning hero that saved the world. With the blindness (especially full blindness), he's piteous. It just changes his persona (for me atleast).
