Well, now that I've watched all four of the episodes and promptly had my brain
turned inside out I've come up with some potential ideas. I think Bron had a
lot of ideas that I did as well:
"Novella" follows.
Spoiler:
I do feel that Keiichi had some psychotic episodes due to at least one or
more incidents involving either a blow to the head or several events that
would have indicated he was susceptible to some of this on some level.
It's also possible the girls, under the influence of a chemical compound,
acted in a way contrary to their true nature. That chemical compound
and its testing and deployment may be at the heart of this entire story.
So for a little more than half a decade we have odd happenings blamed
on a local "God". Might that chemical compound be nicknamed with
the name of that God?
And that chemical compound would not have just been something simple
but a complex compound with very specific properties on the human mind,
especially a compound that would have very predictable effects on individuals
with a susceptibility to certain mental states. With Keiichi being more and
more paranoid from the start perhaps being in a paranoid state (or cornered
animal / fight or flight) is the key to trigger that compound.
I'm more inclined to believe some very powerful, very well connected people
in that town are using experimental drugs, possibly with connections to the
military to turn anyone into a "super soldier" or to make anyone behave in
a particular way overriding their true personality.
The small town locale is used to avoid suspicion and usually small town
police are perceived as less likely to be able to put two and two together.
If you aren't very likely to kill someone due to your nature, how can
you get someone to go beyond their nature to kill on command?
A special compound that would make you have a psychotic break
and not perceive reality correctly and perhaps just go berserk if
administered with proper pre-conditioning.
It's possible that this has been administered to him before - the shot
he received for his "cold". Also the "needle" may have been coated
with it when he received the food. No blood was seen but that doesn't
mean he didn't get a poke due to his violent reaction.
If they perceived he was susceptible to subtle influences leading to
massive paranoia and schizophrenic symptoms, administering this
drug might amplify those tendencies. Taking someone who is
essentially harmless and turning them into a cold blooded killer.
I think there's a lot more to it than this.
Was the "hit and run" a "warning" from those in charge?
Possibly. His complicity in a police investigation would be just
enough meddling to make those in charge of this want to take
him out.
Did he hallucinate it?
Parts of it I believe. But I also believe the girls and perhaps many
individuals in that town were injected with the compound at one
point or another to watch the reaction.
Were they hypnotized?:
I believe the real issue at heart here is mind control using a compound
making it possible. There's been a long history of mind control using
various drugs - I'll reference this later.
Who were the people from the van chasing him thru the woods?
They were obviously minions of those in charge of the tests for this.
If this experiment were exposed all involved would be arrested and
jailed probably forever so they have an incentive to avoid exposure.
That incentive would even go so far as murder. Perhaps they also
are injected with the chemical to insure control.
The men in the van:
They were obviously related to the director as the same van shows up at the end.
The girls -
Syringe = definite medical establishment conspiracy if it wasn't hallucinated.
-"Let's finish this before the director gets here".
-Did they inject him knowing he'd go insane and it would lead to their deaths?
-I believe this was yes and they were controlled to do it by the same drug or
possibly a group of drugs.
-Perhaps those behind the test were desperate enough they knew Keiichi was
a loose cannon and needed to be taken out before he exposed their operation.
-Who would knowingly do this unless they were boxed into a corner by some
higher power or authority that would likely kill them as well? Either way, the
girls willingly did this because either they were under some kind of mind control
or they were on some kind of drug to that that controllable part of their personality
come out.
Hypothesis:
High level coverup with possible government complicity. Local police
would have no idea of this and not be in on the secret.
There isn't a government in the world who wouldn't kill for a compound
that would turn an essentially docile populace into a willing army or even
turn a conscripted army into a wave of devastation. Look at the MK-Ultra
experiments conducted by the american CIA in the 1950s and 1960s.
Maybe I'm going a bit farther, but there's a lot more to this story than
they're telling.
Also, Keiichi's psychotic clawing his own throat out was a preprogrammed
move that the drug enabled his body to execute.
Can't wait for episode5.