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I read some threads related to Shu case, for example that he took all the
voids and illness of each people to save them but then Inori in some way she
took them and die instead of Shu. And after that Shu becomes blind because
Inori was like that before she dies?

I am not sure..


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Can someone explain to me the ending of Guilty Crown?


During episode 22 after Shu defeats Gai and both he and Mana crystalize, Shu
then uses both his original King power and Gai's power to absorb every single
void and Apocalypse Virus remaining on the planet. After this action Shu
becomes fully crystalized and has a vision of Inori offering him the Guilty
Crown and Shu accepts. By this acceptance of the crown Shu and Inori switch
places. A trade happens and Inori receives all of Shu's illness and he
receives hers. ref([Guilty Crown
Wiki](http://guiltycrown.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_22))


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In the end Inori gave Shu her soul, Shu and Inori became one. Inori wanted Shu
to live on which is why she gave her soul to him even though they can never
meet again. Inori was blind before she gave her soul to Shu which explains why
Shu is blind at the last part of ep 22.


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I guess Inori gives her soul to Shu before she died as the red strings in the
anime represent a person's soul.

Also, it's not correct that Shu and Inori will never be able to meet again.
They can still meet at that place called as 'spirit lobby', the place where
Shu talks to Jun.


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The red thread of 'Fate/Life' (same thing Yahiro's void can cut) that connects
them was unexpectedly severed by Inori moving 'away' from Shu. In the
beginning of the series we know that Inori offers the same threads to shu, the
meaning of it not fully understood yet by that time. Now we know that this
thread symbolizes her Fate, and her asking Shu to 'take it' is her invitation
to Shu into her Fate. In the end of the series we see Inori doing the same
thing, and Shu fully accepts it and decides to rest in eternity with Inori
inside the crystal, taking all the remnants of Void/Apocalypse from the world
and into eternal rest. However, Inori did not wanted Shu to die, so before the
'end of all' she lets go of Shu and moves 'away'. She chooses to die alone and
let Shu live, leaving the whole world 'without all Voids, all Apocalypse, and
without Inori' knowing she cannot be saved anyways (There is no way to save
her but by Shu taking all the Apocalypse from her, of course that would result
in Shu dying and she didn't want that).


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Ok. Just watched this anime and the ending, like everyone else had me confused
and bothered. Seems vague but after reading several discussions on forums I
think I can break it down and explain the reality I haven't seen anyone else
come to:

To understand what happened you have to think like the writer, and what
thematic point they're making. Thesis is the main message of the story, anti-
thesis is the narrative tool to highlight thesis, using Protagonist and
Antagonists to represent these ideas. Shu and Inori are thesis and Gai and
Mana are anti-thesis.

Shu's battle is against the selfish, survival of the fittest "natural
selection" of human nature represented by Gai and Mana--who only seek to
reproduce themselves, also Doth who represents the natural drive of
reproduction. Shu's selfless nature and Inoris innocence represent the
opposition to this.

In the end Gai wanted to save Mana, Shu's sister, because he couldn't care
less about anyone else and was willing to sacrifice all of humanity to be with
her. Remember when Mana talked to Shu about Triton looking at her? Triton
liked her and still did to the end. In the end Gai went to Mana's traumatized
body before the lost Christmas event to be with her to save Shu's sister but
they both died. However, since Shu was absorbing all the voids he took Gai's
void power, his king power. Eve represents the potential to create a new
world. Shu could have created a new world but with Mana's body gone there was
no person to house the EVE creation power, but Inori was the whole time
created solely to house the EVE power. Inori was preserved genetically with
her last tear that dropped and crystallized as the flower Shu took hold of.
Having that Shu basically had Inori's soul.

This is where people miss the point, Shu had the king's power and could create
the new humanity but EVE was gone. Inori was still existing though and came to
Shu. Shu used his Gai void power to Bring EVE out of Inori, since that's the
only way he could be with her---he took the seat as king and made Inori INTO
EVE--remember Inori was a copy of Mona, and had the EVE power to remake the
world within her--Shu just needed Gai's power to bring it out of her.

Since he was able to bring Inori's latent EVE power out Inori offers Shu her
cradle, which is red string representing her soul and he took it, basically
finalizing the creation process, HOWEVER, Shu did not destroy the world and
remake it like the antithesis (Gai and Mana) were planning. INSTEAD he took
Inori's soul like Gai wanted to do with Mana, to be one and with her forever,
and he gave the world life by not destroying it and ridding it of the void
plague.

Shu was still alive but at the end he and Inori were 'in heaven" (or the
crystal plane as they said) together forever, their souls and hearts one, just
like how Gai and Mana planned. As for Shu losing his sight--he rid void powers
from the world, and his void power was connected with his eyes, since his eyes
were what drew out the voids of others, so when he got rid of the powers his
eyesight also went. I think it's coincidence that Inori couldn't see due to
the crystal plague that had almost totally consumed her body.

So to conclude, Inori's body was gone, but she became EVE (a new "Eve") in the
process and took over the role as the force that provide the power to re-
create the world, and since Shu took the cradle, signifying his unity with her
as king, they both lived in heaven together for eternity from then on. He
didn't lose her at all, their souls were united (and she isn't just some
distant memory. He's really with her there in the other world and she's very
much alive). If Shu healed Inori he would've died having taken all the void
plague and she would've lived without him, she chose to give him her power as
Eve and offer as an alternative to be Eve and let them join in spirit, which
let them be together and still (even though she's just a soul in
'heaven/crystal world') save the world from the void plague. The alternative
was Shu saves himself but the void plague kills Inori. If either of them were
selfish one would've lost the other. It's such a heartbreakingly warm story
and hits you in the feels to know they transcended any level of love if they
both lived physically. Their love truly rules all and would last forever.


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