I really hesitated on making a thread for the show the last couple of weeks because I felt it was too late in the season, but after today (episode 10) I decided fuck it it's worth a shot.
Today's episode- Lodge- answers a ton of questions that the show has slowly been building all season, followed swiftly with a rather poorly-executed cliffhanger; the latter not being a surprise to anybody following the continued "quality" of the animation.
Still, focusing on the positives, we have several confirmations today:
Now for the fun part, the new revalations/hints:
Spoiler:
Mirai's talking to somebody (almost certain the friend below) about how they (the friend) thought she was an alien because they're not from the island and flew in. This implies the island's existence and the existence of friends
in fact precedes the park. In other words, the park is not a man-made island a-la
.
Spoiler:
Mirai's partner is a
. Not only that, it was
.
Holy crap that was a lot for 30 mins, and the best part was it didn't feel like an exposition dump. It was cleverly interweaved into the larger narrative of the episode (a ghost haunting the lodge) and even the post-credit portion. Definitely the episode I've waited all season for (well, since i picked it up around episode 4).
Edit: corrections.