What is Shounen Bat?


Who or what is Shounen Bat?

> Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind? Or does he exists in reality to relieve
> the pain of the people who are cornered by reality?

It became unclear to me who or what Shounen Bat was after

> the copycat died.




There's no explicit explanation on who or what he is.

> Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind?

Not so much in the imagination, as other people can obviously see Lil'
Slugger. It's possible that he could exist _in the minds of everyone_. Whether
or not he exists in reality is a matter of debate; when he attacks people, is
it physical or are his victims simply manifesting the injury?

Regardless,

> it seems he's been manifested by Tsukiko, the character designer and first
> "victim". Except she reveals she was never attacked by Lil' Slugger and that
> Lil' Slugger was her manifestation when she was a child to take the blame of
> all the bad things that she did, like letting her dog die. She eventually
> believed the delusion and somehow the delusion manifested into either
> reality or within the minds of everyone, growing in strength from people
> believing in his existence.




There's no explicit explanation on who or what he is.

> Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind?

Not so much in the imagination, as other people can obviously see Lil'
Slugger. It's possible that he could exist _in the minds of everyone_. Whether
or not he exists in reality is a matter of debate; when he attacks people, is
it physical or are his victims simply manifesting the injury?

Regardless,

> it seems he's been manifested by Tsukiko, the character designer and first
> "victim". Except she reveals she was never attacked by Lil' Slugger and that
> Lil' Slugger was her manifestation when she was a child to take the blame of
> all the bad things that she did, like letting her dog die. She eventually
> believed the delusion and somehow the delusion manifested into either
> reality or within the minds of everyone, growing in strength from people
> believing in his existence.

