Not everyone was in as bad a situation as Akira, after all.
Shizuka even finds an accidental niche as the village doc because she used to study medical books for fun.
But in the process, a villager shows her what Ill call Chekhovs Circuit Breaker.
At sundown, Kencho and Akira call out to Higurashi, whom Kencho recognizes from college.
Higurashi ignores them and stalks off.
Hes not interested in contributing to society.
He only wants to see normies like Akira and Kencho turned into zombies before he does.
Their list is fundamentally nihilist compared to Akiras due to the fact theyassumethey cant or wont survive.
But of course, the spirits of these four have already been broken long before the pandemic.
So it becomes a good-vs-evil clash of opposing bucket lists.
