#i don't know if this ED is a canon foreshadowing for the manga's ending or not

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Jibaku Shounen no Hanako-kun's ED Analysis/Theory

The ending shook me so much because it has SO many foreshadowing, I'm surprised so few people talk about it so I wanna try to give my two cents.

Don’t read if you’re anime only and don’t want to be spoiled.

The white background symbolizes near shore and the red side is far shore. The upside could indicate that the time is "present" and the downside is "future". Whoever crossing line, be it diagonally or vertically, their fate intertwine. Nene is the only one who has a shadow on the red side because she is close to her death. Nene encounters her friends on the white side should means that she still interacts with them like normal when she's alive.

After further walking, the white background turned black and her shadow turned into fish. This could indicate that she will die and her soul as fish will return to the far shore. Or maybe she will die as a fish, who knows.

For Hanako's case, the upside is "present" while the downside is "past." Amane and Tsukasa are walking towards each other as if they're against each other. Their confrontation(?) lead to their death, as they become one(?) supernatural Hanako on the far shore. I read a super interesting theory from here that Tsukasa is Hanako's yorishiro so I think it makes sense they become one item on this scene.

Now we have Nene who doesn't have a shadow, along with Kou and with what I assume real!Mitsuba on the white side. It means that in the present time, they're alive in near shore with Hanako the only one on the far shore. Well technically real!Mitsu is dead, but his true soul still remains on near shore. When Kou and Mitsu encounters, with Hanako's influence from behind Mitsu meets his death, leaving only Kou in near shore with Mitsu's camera. The camera is on the red side because real!Mitsu's memories are locked in far shore.

When Nene crossing line with Hanako from the far shore, it symbolizes her first time meeting him and her confirmed death, hence the black background for a second. It turned white again when they got tangled up, which indicates she's alive when their destiny intertwined in current time with their contract. But when the more time passes, the closer they become, the closer she is towards the far shore.

On a related note, I remember in Noragami when Tenjin urged Yato to cut his ties with Hiyori because "if mortals were exposed with far shore's problems too much, it'll be difficult for them to live in their own world (near shore)" or something along those lines. I think the same problem could be applied with JSHK's circumstances, but idk.

When she reached the red side completely the white side turned black, she began to drown, her hands turned to scales and her legs turned into fish’s tail. It's like Nene is dying with her curse. Even when Hanako hugged (or kissed) her, no matter how desperate Hanako tried to save her, he couldn't. Then she turned into fish completely. I guess she almost died?

In order to save her as the last attempt, he has no choice but to let her go and returned her to near shore. Maybe he did it to dry her off to undo her curse, or he did it because he doesn't want her meddling in the far shore anymore that could lead to her death. Either way he might sacrifice himself for it, leading to his downfall. Hanako disappeared while Nene's fate is unknown...

This is interesting because, in Noragami, Tenjin urged both Hiyori and Yato to cut their ties so her life could be saved. Yet in JSHK, Hanako tied his destiny with Nene in the first place to lessen her curse but idk. Maybe in the end he realized they can't be together if he wants her to survive.

The screen turned white momentarily before the cloud and sun appear. It could indicate the passing time? Nene did wish she wanted to live for another 90 years so maybe she died of old age? At any rate, even though we don't know Nene's exact fate, it seems Hanako managed to lengthen her lifespan. When she died, her soul goes to the sky and returned to the far shore as rain. So maybe she will meet him again in the afterlife.

I can't believe a mere ED could mess me up this bad, what the hell...

Idk maybe anyone has different interpretation than mine?

Edit: I just remembered why I could make near-far shore analogy in the first place, it's because of this event in ch 27