(L) Mirai Nikki (Series)

[Flawfinder]

Yeah, that can happen when your cowardice ends up keeping you alive. It's like I say a lot of wimpy characters: if you're going to make them wimpy, why don't you take advantage of it and have their wimpiness actually contribute to the plot rather than stall it?

[Ray]

I'm starting to love the new OP and ED much more than I did the first OP and ED.

I really want to see a grief-stricken, Machiavellian Yukki, who'll go to any length in order to become a God.

Originally Posted by Kusa-San

Aaaah this anime is so great and I love so much the YukkiXYuno pairaing. Definitly one of my fav anime pairing :3

*high-five*

[warita]

Thanks to the unusual character choice for Yukki, it is unpredictable how the ending will go. And I like that.... I want this anime to surprise me!!!!

[FlareKnight]

Yuno's parents really were a piece of work. It's really no wonder that Yuno is the way she is. Their treatment of her was absolutely terrible. Though considering how they reacted to being caught themselves it makes me wonder if they didn't have some kind of mental disorder that screwed them up. Of course they might just have been idiots.

Originally Posted by Stiletto

More or less social darwinistic. The person that is strongest and most adaptable wins the game. The popular theory behind the reason why Deus ex Machina favors Yukiteru is because a God of Time is better off being an Observer. Which is more or less his Diaries' purpose.

Well, whatever. That was surprisingly badass, considering who did it. Yuki went Rambo.

Yeah Yuki's father was finally good for something. At least by dying he helped give Yuki the motivation to really fight and fight to win. If he had just gone to jail for murder it probably wouldn't have gotten Yuki as focused on winning.

[thundrakkon]

OK, so after some putting together, I have a theory on Yuno.

Spoiler for Yuno Theory Speculation:

OK, so we now know that Yuno noticed/fell in love with Yuki after she killed her parents, about a week's time, when they had to write down what they wanted to do in the future.

Flashback to episode 1, when it appeared that Yuno was axed to death. With her dying breath, she asks for "Amano-kun" to save her. In the current episode, Yuno also calls him Amano-kun. However, throughout the series, Yuno has called him Yuki-kun.

Also, placing in the ending where Yuno is walking around in a desolate world, and episode 1 had Yuki dead due to what looks like a drug overdose, I think might be able to piece things together.

So the theory is, there are 2 Yuno's in the beginning. The one we see right now lost her Yuki at the end of their future diary game. She goes back to this world, where this world's Yuno who is yet to be close to Yuki, since she calls him Amano-kun, recently killed her parents but already has "loved" Yuki. So former Yuno kills this world's Yuno and replaces her in the game. Hence, the third body at their house is this world's Yuno.

The reason why Yuno is willing to die for Yuki is because she probably does not want to see him dead again. Also, the reason why Yuno is so good with weapons is because she has gone through this before. Also, this world's Yuno appears to be weak and clumsy, considering the most recent episode.

Well, those are my theories on Yuno currently with the information provided. I don't want a confirmation if I am right or not, but discussions on the theory is fine.

[warita]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

OK, so after some putting together, I have a theory on Yuno.

Spoiler for Yuno Theory Speculation:

OK, so we now know that Yuno noticed/fell in love with Yuki after she killed her parents, about a week's time, when they had to write down what they wanted to do in the future.

Flashback to episode 1, when it appeared that Yuno was axed to death. With her dying breath, she asks for "Amano-kun" to save her. In the current episode, Yuno also calls him Amano-kun. However, throughout the series, Yuno has called him Yuki-kun.

Also, placing in the ending where Yuno is walking around in a desolate world, and episode 1 had Yuki dead due to what looks like a drug overdose, I think might be able to piece things together.

So the theory is, there are 2 Yuno's in the beginning. The one we see right now lost her Yuki at the end of their future diary game. She goes back to this world, where this world's Yuno who is yet to be close to Yuki, since she calls him Amano-kun, recently killed her parents but already has "loved" Yuki. So former Yuno kills this world's Yuno and replaces her in the game. Hence, the third body at their house is this world's Yuno.

The reason why Yuno is willing to die for Yuki is because she probably does not want to see him dead again. Also, the reason why Yuno is so good with weapons is because she has gone through this before. Also, this world's Yuno appears to be weak and clumsy, considering the most recent episode.

Well, those are my theories on Yuno currently with the information provided. I don't want a confirmation if I am right or not, but discussions on the theory is fine.

Your theory is pretty much the same stuff a good friend of mine says. He also claims there is another Yuno from another dimension that killed and replaced Yuno in this world.

However, if you think back to the beginning of episode one, this is what we see:

Yukki lying unconscious or dead on the floor and desperate Yuno bending over him... then she looks up and sees a silueth of somebody with an axe over her, who looks suspiciously like Yuno and then she gets slaughtered..... or at least we are left to assume that, because we see blood splatter. In other words, we see Yuno slaughtering herself. So you probably got the part right, that there were two Yunos and one killed the other... but.... in what world did that happen?
I mean, in this world Yukkis is just fine, isnt he? He didnt die and he has no recollection of lying half dead or unconscious in some house.

Also.... was it really Yuno who got killed in that scene? We see splatter, yes, but whose blood is it? This is left purposely ambiguous.

Now, there are dozens of different interpretations of this. When I first saw this scene, I asumed it is a scene from the future. Yukki got knocked out, or is close to dying..... Yuno is bending over him.... gets attacked. And I still could be right, that this is a scene from the future.

However, there are enough pointers, that there are indeed two Yunos out there. If it isnt a twin sister, it could be:

1. Yuno from a different dimension, who already lost her Yukki and gone insane
2. Yuno has a split personality and what we see there musnt be taken literally. This could easily be a "fight club" type of scene, where the two personalities fight each other.... BUT that doesnt explain the third corpse in the house.... so we are back to square one and I say there are two Yunos.

But the question I am asking myself is: Is it really Yunos blood splatter in the first episode? What if the second Yuno sees Yukki as the source of her problems and tries to kill him instead? Its just an idea....

[Flawfinder]

I wonder if people even remember that first scene? Because not many people talk about it. Yeah, it's not a very clear scene, but you'd think somebody (who didn't read the manga) would speculate on it.

[miketyson]

I just get the sense there really aren't that many people watching the anime who haven't already read the manga (at least amongst people who participate in online discussion forums). It's too hard for manga readers to comment on speculation without spoiling something or other -- and it's only going to get worse from here on out -- hence the relative lack of speculation...there's maybe a handful of people who can speculate, but no one wants to respond to them, so their enthusiasm wears out quickly.

It's a pity too, b/c I've been hoping to see more reactions from first-time viewers than we've been getting.

[Arya]

I'm one of those who didn't read the manga, and since the lack of speculations I didn't speculate myself (I do enough on Another btw) but some hints thrown lately in the 3d let me speculating on Yuno, so reading thundrakkon and warita I'll add this screenshot that looks like significant. Or not, since I don't speak/read Japanese

Spoiler for ep. 8 s.shot:

All depends on ほ2 and ほ4 meanings. But it seems to corroborate warita twin theory.
Even if I got the leap time feeling too, as thundrakkon, but I was waver between who the 3th corpse is, Yuno or Yukiteru. But given the hints we had so far Yukiteru can't be.

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by warita

So you probably got the part right, that there were two Yunos and one killed the other... but.... in what world did that happen?
I mean, in this world Yukkis is just fine, isnt he? He didnt die and he has no recollection of lying half dead or unconscious in some house.

Spoiler for Response:

If you take the theories I mentioned into consideration, we'll call Yuno that was with dying Yuki as Yuno-1 and that world/timeline that she is from as world-1. The Yuno from current world will be called Yuno-2, and the world that the anime is currently showing is world-2.

So Yuno-1 killed Yuno-2 in world-2 after Yuki died from world-1. Since this is a different timeline, the Yuki in world-2 is still alive. He should not have any recollection of Yuki dying in world-1 since it has not happened to him yet.

Originally Posted by warita

Also.... was it really Yuno who got killed in that scene? We see splatter, yes, but whose blood is it? This is left purposely ambiguous.

Now, there are dozens of different interpretations of this. When I first saw this scene, I asumed it is a scene from the future. Yukki got knocked out, or is close to dying..... Yuno is bending over him.... gets attacked. And I still could be right, that this is a scene from the future.

Spoiler for Response Speculation:

We can pretty much assume that it was Yuno-2 who died in the opening scene of episode 1 since with her dying breath, she pleads for "Amano-kun" to save her.

The scene where Yuno-1 bends over the dying Yuki is in the god realm, while the scene where Yuno-2 gets killed is at her house, since her dead parents are there. I am pretty sure this is in the past of where the series is currently at.

Originally Posted by warita

But the question I am asking myself is: Is it really Yunos blood splatter in the first episode? What if the second Yuno sees Yukki as the source of her problems and tries to kill him instead? Its just an idea....

Spoiler for Response:

We did not see Yukki in that scene. Also, the biggest give away was Yuno asking for Amano-kun (not Yuki-kun) to save her at the end, with her dying breath.

If my theories are correct, then the current Yuno knows everything that is about to happen. She knows who is the bad guy, and who betrays who. Hence, if she is out to kill someone, it is probably for good reason.

Spoiler for More Speculation:

If we assume that Yuno already went through this fight once and won in the end, we can also assume that Yuno and Yuki went through a lot together. Their bonds grew extremely close, and Yuno started to call him Yuki. We can also assume that because of that close bond, Yuki sacrificed his life for Yuno's sake.

However, in the current world, Yuno already drove right in, calling him Yuki. Hence, to him, the relationship never truly developed. That is probably why you have so much attachment to him from Yuno, while so much confusion from Yuki.

This all leads to the likely scenario that Yuno will sacrifice her life in the end, to make up for the previous Yuki's sacrifice.

[MasterVampire]

So this was episode 18, when are we going to get to the sex like Yuno predicted on her phone lol

[julez]

Originally Posted by Flawnalyst

I wonder if people even remember that first scene? Because not many people talk about it. Yeah, it's not a very clear scene, but you'd think somebody (who didn't read the manga) would speculate on it.

I definitely don't remember episode one that well... lol All the the theories written in the thread have inspired me to re-watch it entirely, or maybe just the scenes mentioned.

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Yuno's parents really were a piece of work. It's really no wonder that Yuno is the way she is. Their treatment of her was absolutely terrible. Though considering how they reacted to being caught themselves it makes me wonder if they didn't have some kind of mental disorder that screwed them up. Of course they might just have been idiots.

She broke a generational curse there, that's for sure. I'm betting her parents had gone through similar if not the same disciplining methods growing up. They probably never met their parents' ridiculously high expectations, therefore they can't handle the feelings of unworthiness that followed. To counter that they put all their attention and energy into perfecting Yuuno to help with their own self image and worth in a roundabout way. That's why the mother was crying out that Yuuno was not her daughter, because she was rebelling and going on the attack rather than just taking it all in like an elite is supposed to. There is no way such a defiant daughter came from her, who is supposed to be perfect and elite
And uh, of course she was pissed off to be locked in that cage :P

I rather liked finally getting some background info on Yuuno and her parents. I can finally grasp her character more. I still don't comprehend her obsession over Yukki though. Even though I know how it originated, it still perplexes me that she can be SO attracted to such a wimpy guy.

Originally Posted by MasterVampire

So this was episode 18, when are we going to get to the sex like Yuno predicted on her phone lol

Maybe before she gets killed, so she can really die happy? lol

[CGrascal]

Am I the only one who can't seem to connect to Funimation's website to watch the episode?

[rafael1932]

the raw release is only on sunday

[Kismet-chan]

Mirai Nikki to be Adapted into Live Action Drama, Premieres in April

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by Kismet-chan

Mirai Nikki to be Adapted into Live Action Drama, Premieres in April

Another travesty

[Kismet-chan]

Originally Posted by Malkuth

Another travesty

I know, right?

[miketyson]

Thanks for the news. Interesting to see what they do with the idea of future diaries, especially since (imho) it's actually kind-of a bad idea to base a show around. But it's not surprising they're just doing a different story, as it's not like late-night Japanese TV dramas can really afford the budget it'd take to do a live-action version of Mirai Nikki.

[totoum]

Originally Posted by Malkuth

Another travesty

Wait a minute,they're taking the basic concept but then coming up with their own characters and story.

I could get behind that.

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by Kismet-chan

I know, right?

I dread wathcing a live version of Minene, not to mention that except Aru there is no way in hell they can find appropriate actors

Originally Posted by totoum

Wait a minute,they're taking the basic concept but then coming up with their own characters and story.

I could get behind that.

Wait, what?! Then what's the point of using the manga, if they are not using the characters, story, and art... what's left oh! yeah... the cow's milk