Okay, so I was having some trouble trying to piece together the unfinished plot and such. I spent some time reading different TIPS from R11 and also reading a discussion on the ending at the translator wiki.
Why all the religion in the story? It had to mean something. I also didn't like the idea of The Shadow and That Guy being one person. It didn't seem to fit.
Then there was the fact that Yuni is more than he lets on. Though we never learn more, its obvious that he's hiding something.
But now, after reading the TIP on That Guy, and reviewing the story, I understand what these three might be.
First off, we must enter this hypothesis under the understanding that the director has approached the religious mythology of this story as Christian. We can gain this by the symbolism of the Trinity, mentioning of Virgin Mary, etc.
I had already guessed that GOD was probably "That Guy" earlier, but now I'm nearly sure of it. In the TIP for That Guy, it says that he is .....
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For this person, there is no past. For this person, there is no future. To be more accurate, the concept of time does not exist for this person. For this person, the past, the present, and the future are all gathered into just one singular point. Point. Emptiness. 0th dimension. Three concepts that overlapped. This person exists in a place devoid of everything. That absolute will is the only thing there. An absolute will. According to them. If we were to come up with an example, this person would be David。 Without a doubt, this person was a "king" that ntirely ruled them. And.... To "him", a hateful enemy. "Him"——if we were to come up with an example, would be Saul。 11 years before 2012—— That's where it all began." -TIP 88 (That Guy)
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God exists outside of time, because he created the very concept of it. God IS absolute will. His mere words created the Universe as recorded in Genesis.
To confirm that "That Guy" is God, it relates him to David.
If you are Christian, you will know that David plays an important role in the future of Jesus. It is through his seed and lineage that God's son comes to be. Jesus is referred to as the son of David as well.
So when you realize that "That Guy" is God, it makes sense why Kokoro and Satoru kept making statements throughout the game such as "Could someone be guiding this all?" "Is this all coincidence?"
Remember how Enomoto (Really Satoru) mentions that the plane crash cabin survivors weren't apart of the plan. In fact, everything had gone different than they thought.
At the end of the game, we see Enomoto angry at "That Guy" for interfering. He's angry because God is interfering in the Infinity loop and is trying to correct reality.
Then who is "The Shadow" and ultimately, "the enemy - Saul".
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"Suppose there exists a "demon", that is, an entity that possesses the ability to know, at a certain moment, the state of all things in the universe. Then, no matter how brief this moment is, it would always be enough for the demon to unravel everything that happened in the past and will happen in the future." -TIP 14 (Laplace's Demon)
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This enemy of God would be some random fallen Demon, or perhaps Lucifer?
Perhaps a better explanation would be that "The Shadow" is 'sin' itself.
The question "Where is self?" leads me to believe it might be.
Sin is selfishness. Sin is the result of looking at self for the answers.
Now...who is Yuni?
The Yuni on the plane and in 2012 is the real one. But the Yuni FROM 2012....well, something isn't right. Don't you agree?
He just HAPPENS to learn EVERYTHING about the events? He just happens to stay in control? He just happens to know the EXACT times they will have an exchange phenomenon. How could he even know that if he's not there to see exactly when something happens?
Then there's the fact that he's creepy. Some of his CG's at the cabin are weird. And he reacts strangely.
I believe that just maybe, Yuni is a dimensional being. Think about it. What if Yuni is like BW?
Or, or, maybe Yuni from 2012 is "The Shadow" itself and its trying to keep the loop going on in order to fight against "That Guy"?
What do you guys think? I mean, I doubt all that religious stuff was included in the story for no reason. The director obviously was going to tie it all together in some way.
We still don't know how the story ends, but now with this hypothesis, maybe we can figure out some of the mythology that was being created.