Whatever the ending of LiL will be, it won’t be the dream/coma/it’s all in Akira’s head ending.
I read those Nodoka lines as more of a staring down the barrel of the camera 4th wall breaking moment. She wonders if she is a voice inside someone's head. And she is, in that very moment and in general, a voice inside you, the readers, head. She wonders if there is someone that takes shelter in the idea of her existence. "The idea of my existence" well that is essentially what a character is really. The idea of someone that you construct from the words on the page and the "voices in your head". It is a love story, but it extends through the 4th wall. She wonders if there is someone reading it that loves her character. And the line about "is it possible to fall in love with them -- enjoy the company you create rather than the company you find" is kind of a thesis of a meta commentary of the genre as a whole, fiction in general or even in some ways everyone playing the game.
Whilst your idea sounds possible the truth is Selly's ego would not allow for him to end the game with 'it was all a dream', such an ending would be so far beneath him in his eyes that it would even be beneath him if played ironically, as a deliberate slap to the face of the audience he already treats as beneath him... whatever the ending ends up being, it won't be just some delusion of a guy in a padded room.
unironically this is the most convincing explanation.thank you now I can motivate myself to keep reading again
Lmao... when in doubt, just remember that as good as the story is, the author is a giant dickhead...
Besides Nodoka saying this, there have also been Narrator convincing Akira at the start that Nobody is real. But we also have a Narrator saying to Akira to remember everybody is real and that their story continues even when he isn't there in a Sara / Sana event. (Don't remember which)
Also, there is no way that an idol is going to call you "Master".
Just adding to it:
Just to add to this, regardless of whether I believe such an ending to be possible or likely, there have been instances in the past where creators of stories have denied endings or scenarios that came up as theories, that then turned out to be true.
I'd tell people not to worry because the thread will rewrite the ending to LiL if it falls short of expectations.
Selebus is changing the script so often that there isn't an objective truth anymore, we need to put him down at this point
As debunked as this was, it's funny how it could line up with the dark, true and purity routes.
The reason people love his work but hate him is his "ego" in the first place. You can't ruin something that is already ruined..
