How did the girl really die?
Summary:
- Good Night World is a 2023 Netflix anime.
- Viewers were unsure about Aya's fate in the series.
- She wasn't killed in a car accident, she was murdered.
Good Night World is a psychological fantasy anime based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Uru Okabe. All 12 episodes of the series premiered on Netflix on October 12, 2023.
There is a team of four in the online game "Planet", and the team goes by the name "The Akabane Family." But what they don't know is that they also exist as a broken family in real life.
Back when the anime aired, it received a lot of mixed reviews. There were some really interesting and intricate plot twists, but viewers felt like something was missing to truly call Good Night World a great series.
However, it managed to interest fans with some mysteries, and one of them was the fate of Aya, Taichiro's little sister, who died before the events of the story. A lot of viewers got confused by her death, as there were various reasons given for it in the series.
What Happened to Aya?
Aya was an elementary school student. One day she forgot her notebook at school, and her father got so angry that he made her go there alone at night to fetch it. That was the last time her family saw the girl alive.
Aya was later found in a cardboard box, slaughtered. Later, at the funeral, her father gave a speech and mentioned that the girl had died in a traffic accident, and fans didn't understand why this reason was given.
No Accident, But Murder
There is an idea that it was a mistranslation, and the father really said that Aya's death was unforeseen like a car accident, meaning that no one was to blame for that and no one could've predicted such an outcome.
The family's angry reaction to the father's words would also make a lot of sense this way, since it's natural to suggest that the man who sent his daughter to school late at night is definitely at fault.
But the fact remains, Aya wasn't killed in a car or a traffic accident, she was murdered. We don't see it happen, but it's the only possible explanation.
She was just a little girl, and she was outside alone and in the dark. The entire scene gave viewers creepy vibes, and it was done intentionally to make you understand that her death wasn't an accident.
That's why fans are sure: Aya encountered a psycho somewhere on her way to school, and was murdered. They later chopped her body into pieces and put it in a cardboard box for the body to be found.