@Overlord775
Above, there are quotes that the Creator views its world as fiction and the creatures of this world are equal concepts before ther Creator. And this is what the Gods are for Akuto and Akuto himself for TLOI.
@Ionliosite
I don't know what kind of debunk there was, but perhaps confusion is associated with the fact that there are 2 types of Akuto in the Afterlife.
The first ones are his version from the stories where he fought with the gods, who were similar to himself.
This was similar to further universes being born within him. The props used naturally extended beyond him.
In other words, even the extra-universal Gods became possibilities in the story.
As a result, all stories fell into chaos.
Akuto fought with those extra-universal Gods a few times.
Sometimes he won.
A story was created in which Akuto attended an academy in an unnamed alternate world. He was dominated by Fujiko and he struggled to help her take over the world. It ended with Fujiko's world domination never coming to fruition and the two of them never even kissing. He finished testing that possibility.
Sometimes the extra-universal Gods won.
And the second Akuto is the one that is in the world of TLOI. He is the creator of all this. Even the gods are for him exactly the same fiction as everything else.
"No, you wouldn't have." Akuto smiled too. "But we stand on the same stage. We're probably the only ones who haven't become a concept."
"A concept?"
"You can't understand someone's personality just by looking at them, but now I can truly experience them. Even if other people's reactions are mechanical in nature, we have no way of determining it. What resides within me right now may be the countless personalities of all existing people."
"If a different object with the same name is placed in a box that only the individual can open, can conversation still be achieved?" asked Hiroshi. "If a foreign language dictionary has a sample greeting section and you communicate using that, can you still call it a conversation?"
Akuto looked amused.
"Yes. It definitely isn't like you to respond like that."
"While here, I am a synthesis of the concept of Brave," explained Hiroshi with a grin.
"I see. So a concept is a concept."
"I do understand what you're saying, though. The only ones given an incarnation in the Law of Identity's world are you and me. Wouldn't incarnation be the best term for being equal concepts before the creator? So in your world, the people inside are equally given an incarnation."
"I may be the creator here, but I don't feel like a God. What I can feel is that stories are binding us. Even when I create worlds, I am only free in which story I choose and to what degree I take that story. In the end, I want to destroy that and escape this world."
And just like any other characters (like Juunko and Marine) they can be summoned to him by wish.
Akuto thought on Bouichirou's words for a while and then suddenly spoke.
"I'll summon the extra-universal Gods."
Even Bouichirou looked surprised at that.
"Can you do that?"
"They should have been made a part of the story, too. I'm not sure how much we can understand each other since we don't share a story, but it should still be possible."
As soon as he said it, a black figure appeared in the chair. Everyone there could tell it were there.
"I feel like I only came to understand myself once I saw the outside," agreed Akuto. "But when you get down to it, even the extra-universal Gods are fictional. They merely cannot distinguish between God, mankind, and ghost. Only once you inform the higher being and create an enclosure within a single universe can you make a clear distinction between the three. That allows you to understand who it is you are inside."
Akuto thought about Bouichirou's analysis.
"Okay. That means I need to think about how to respond to that higher being," said Akuto. "I don't just want to save the beings inside me. I want to save all the beings inside the Law of Identity's universe. I want to free them from the stories. That is my wish."
High 1-A is this second Akuto. The TLOI world incarnation Akuto. Not the one who fought with the gods in stories. I hope someone appears here who knows at least something about this verse to comment.
And now I'm retiring, good luck.
