#if ur interested i can go in depth as far as getting direct quotes & timestamps & talk for a while

[red-dyed-sarumane]

What is aru sekai about? The plot I mean.

first of all thank u for enabling me anon

i hope u dont mind me talking about aru sekai as a series since aru sekai shoushitsu itself is more of an overview than an actual look into the plot

so we need to know there's a world & this world exists as a sort of perpetual motion machine where every time it ends it restarts itself. the second thing is the emphasis on the concept of fractals, repetitions that appear similar to each other with minimal differences across each iteration

as of right now we dont have an exact timeline or duration for it, but disaster keeps striking the world, it ends, and then everyone wakes up like it never happened only for it to start all over again.

there's at least one group of people that are aware this is happening & are actively trying to stop the cycle. they've tried running (shuuen touhikou), seeking religious help (oumen mokushiroku, kugutsu ashura), and various science related attempts (marshall maximizer, canon, & im going to say unplanned apoptosis as well) kyuuyaku hankagai kind of fits into both of the latter. none of these have gotten anywhere close to fixing the problem, in fact, a bunch have actively made the problem worse. despite this they keep trying to save the world no matter what it takes.

its kind of similar to time loop stories i guess but its made clear time passes since theres a definite "past" & a few other little details id have to go look for. also its not a single person stuck in a loop its the entire world.

tldr; people are stuck in a loop of the world ending & are trying to end that loop