About Kumoko true identity

DontCare69 said:
Pretty surprised, it was a fantastic twist and actually foreshadowed since the start of the novel.

curvedtree said:


Really? How was it foreshadowed?

Deloking said:

She clearly said it in the first chapter but was taken like an absurd hypothesis

curvedtree said:
I just read this on the wiki and I was a bit baffled by this piece of information.

curvedtree said:

Really? How was it foreshadowed?

At any rate, the most likely conclusion is still that I died at that moment and was reincarnated as a spider.
Other than that, I guess it's possible that I'm alive, and my spirit is currently possessing a spider, or something similar.
Like, maybe my original body is in a vegetative state, lying on a hospital bed right now.
Or here's an even crazier idea: Maybe I'm not the real me at all, just some total stranger who happens to have the memories of another person.
Maybe the real me is sitting in class like usual, even now.
Well.
It's not like there's any way for me to know for sure. How can I prove I'm not who I think I am, anyway?

Rarkis said:

It is quite a surprise for sure, but it is less absurd than it may seem when you get eased to the idea for 9 Volumes (the reveal is made at the end of Volume 9).
It's not like there's any single event that just outright reveals the biggest twist this story has (so far), but by the time it's finally revealed, it kinda makes sense.
This aspect gives this series a HUGE rereading value. It's awesome to revisit old passages with new pieces of information and see how they feel different and how "it all makes sense". And I'm not even talking about this particular spoiler, it happens multiple times all throughout the series.



This is on the first chapter, and the very first piece of foreshadow (if you ignore the title):

Like I said, it's not like anything in particular just explains everything, but as the different events start pilling up the whole truth gets more plausible.

curvedtree said:

It foreshadows Administrator D sharing her soul with Kumoko, but what about her being a spider in the classroom previously?

Rarkis said:

There's no one single event that spills the whole story, but the little pieces are sprinkle all throughout.
I typed this passage as it was easily available (lol, it's at the very beginning, I didn't even have to search for it), but I'd really suggest you check how things develop on your own, it's much more fun and these books are a very easy reading.
But if you're really interested on this side of the mystery, IRC the pet spider is first mentioned by Shun on a dream flashback about someone else, on Volume 3 or 4.

PrismaticExx said:


>She was Namless and didnt have the second name "Wakaba Hiiro" unlike when she used appraisal on Sophia
>Administrator D stated that she reincarnated the classmates that matched their soul, and Kumoko reincarnated as a spider
>Her skill points are the lowest out of all reincarnations

curvedtree said:


So why was Fei reincarnated as an Earth Dragon? There are other reincarnations that aren't necessarily human, but at least they look human, so why was Shinohara Mirei an exception? Was it because Administrator D wanted to make fun out of her?

PrismaticExx said:


D doesnt like dragons, so when Fei bullied Wakaba Hiiro in their past life, D felt annoyed by that so D reincarnated her into a dragon
Thats what i read in the wiki

curvedtree said:


but wasn't the bullying actually jealousy? Because she would be way more popular than the other girls?

PrismaticExx said:


D doesnt like dragons, so when Fei bullied Wakaba Hiiro in their past life, D felt annoyed by that so D reincarnated her into a dragon
Thats what i read in the wiki

dillil said:
How close is the novel to the end..? Any idea. How many volumes will there be.