[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Honestly by the end I'm just left wondering: Who did Akane kill before the first episode

I have to thank both dreamcastegirl and Guyver Spawn for me recently coming to an epiphany when it came to this.

When I first watched SSSS.Gridman way back, I had just assumed that Akane had Yuta's' parents killed for some reason, seeing as they had been on a "business" trip for the entire show.

But then, at the very end, during the credits, we see the two actually return home, meaning that it couldn't have been them. This I felt created a loose hanging plot thread that, granted, isn't incredibly important to the narrative as whole, but it did really bug me that it was never answered.

Then Guyver Spawn revealed to me that Devilman and Ultraman have alot of similarities.

That, combined with dreamcastegirl's' recent watching of both Gridman and Syber Squad got me thinking; What if Akane's' original target was actually Yuta? There's nothing saying that the attack didn't happen right after Yuta snubs Akane for Rikka, and I could definitely see Yuta only having been saved due to Gridman's' intervention.

Now, this isn't a perfect explanation, as Akane never expresses surprise that Yuta is alive, and doesn't at all seem concerned with his amnesia either. One might then think that perhaps she caused Yuta's' amnesia in the first place, but I'd argue that that would be out of character considering Akane's' go-to was always murder with no exceptions. Still, I suppose this theory is better than nothing. Atleast to me.

That is to say, unless Dynazenon ends up answering this and I'm just unaware.

What do you all think?