In twitter, Yuru Yuri's official account (@anime_yuruyuri) featured a set of tweets of an user (@imaitetsuya) who made an interesting (or maybe WTF) theory about Yuru Yuri's world. This relates with certain unexplained facts on both seasons, and the episode 11.
I found this amusing, so I decided to translate the tweets so non-japanese speakers can also discuss about it.
(btw, my native language is neither japanese nor english, so please forgive me if I got something wrong.)
spoiler tag for those who didn't watch the series until episode 11.
As far as I understood, he/she imposes his/her theory as if the episode 11 happenings weren't Kyouko's made-up story, but actually happened.
It was amazing because, I mean, this series follows the Sazae-san timeline (tn: for those who don't know, it's the 'characters never age' thing) and it jokes about it lots of times, and even the characters kind of notice about the time loop. So the fact they brought a time machine to return to 1 year ago is what I found amazing.
The previous episode 10 showed us the school trip for a 2nd time, and at the beginning of episode 11, they even added the conversation "tomorrow we'll have new students, let's welcome them with a clean room!" "I just get the feeling this is a waste...", and the anime's original 'time travel episode'. To think they would take the Sazae-san timeline joke of the manga this far...
The fact Akari and the amusement club's timeline is a loop of the same year is explicit on the manga. But, if so, the scene where Akari goes 1 year back (episode 1 of the 1st season), doesn't it have a connection with present Akari and the others?
What Akari and the others did on the second loop? What happened with these memories? For example, what if Akari, when she went back 1 year, couldn't make the time machine work again, and then stayed the whole 1 year at that place, wouldn't she return to the timeline she were originally from?
What if the Akari of 1 year ago used again the time machine, and went another year back, the present Akari, returning to her previous life before the loop, wouldn't she be able to normally turn into a 2nd year student?
If so, the loop timeline Akari and the others were living before the time travel and the normal timeline, where did these lines got ramificated? And, who did put that time machine on the loop timeline?
That's right. On the 1st season of Yuru Yuri, An Akari who shouldn't be at the club room were there. In other words, it was a episode where Akari existed on 2 places at the same time. The so said "ghost stories" episode... that is...
On Yuru Yuri's world with the repeated cycle of 1 year, only Akari is not connected with the looped timeline. Maybe she is wandering through various timelines.
Look at Akari's usual "she's the main character and yet she doesn't stand out" "she has no presence", in other words, maybe her presence on the space-time is uncertain. With her indefinite presence, she may be able to be unseen and even disappear, and be able to exist multiply at the same time.
KyoukoxChinatsu, KyoukoxYui, ChinatsuxYui, AyanoxKyouko, HimawarixSakurako... On Yuru Yuri's world, the characters always have love feelings for each other, except for Akari, who almost doesn't show such feelings. This may be another hint.
One more thing, before Akari got trapped on the loop timeline, in another words, at the time before she entered middle school, there was one girl, also not trapped on the loop, who was a "character that loved a girl". That's right, it's Akari's sister.
On episode 11 of the 2nd season, Akari found a time machine and got a chance to get away from the loop timeline of the Yuru Yuri world. Probably such chance won't ever happen again. Still, she decided to return to the looped timeline anyway.
In another words, the same year is repeated eternally, males almost don't exist, girls love each other. Such world may be a space created by Akari's sister, who loves Akari to the point to lock her on this world for the eternity.
On the eternally lasting loop timeline, Akari's presence turns more and more uncertain, her thoughts turn dull and stops, so when she notices about the loop, she doesn't even try to go away from there.
Or maybe, unconsciously, before she forgot about everything after countless loops, she could have noticed about her sister's wish of locking her on this eternity, but she just accepted everything, staying on the loop.
imaitetsuya said: そして今日もあかりは言う。「ゆるゆり♪♪ はっじまっるよ~!」
And today, Akari will say again: "Yuru Yuri is starting~!"
That would explain the 'ghost' episode, although a bit stretched out theories. Does it means that the made up stories about the time machine was also real? If so, then Toshino Kyouko probably already knows about the time loop.
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wow I love Yuru Yuri even more now. Like I will re-watch both seasons just to look for these clues. like wow, just reading this made me shake with intensity.
Yeah the whole episode I was thinking on that Ghost Akari that appeared on the first season, now all makes sense!
Dude thanks for posting this interesting theory
Personally and honestly. I wouldn't be surprised if she's right.
Japan is extremely deep sometimes, look at their videogames and awesome anime with that kind of deep story.
I don't really know if it makes sense or not because... I guess pictures and rewatching the episodes would help. But why would 'that' kind of anime have such a deepness of Akari in it.
I hope this girl becomes popular enough for the creator to notice her theory, and say "You're fucking right!" I'd love that, because then we would know.
Kinda funny though, each time she's "Akarin~"ing its actually her past time travel self? Lol, awesome. And it's true... she IS the only one who doesn't have any feelings for any girl.