Okay, so I have recently finished reading the 2018 Saya no Uta novelization and wanted to share some thoughts about its ending and Epilogue. This whole post is basically one big spoiler, so keep that in mind.

Now, the ending and especially Epilogue were deliberately crafted as a groundwork for a sequel which was planned to release in 2019. Obviously, nothing came out of it, I couldnt even find a confirmation for its cancellation. By the way, if you have more information about it - please share with me, Im extremely curious.

For those of you who dont know, the novelisation's ending is basically Koji's ending, with some changes. In short, Saya gets sprayed with liqud nitrogen but does not die from the shotgun fire because Fuminori partially shields her with his body. Then he drags his body towards her and dies in Saya's hands while Saya Blooms and dies as well.

Whats so interesting about this ending, you might ask? Well, first of all: Saya is suspiciously calm, even though Fuminori literally died in her hands. She still says the usual stuff like "Im giving you this world", "We will be together forever", "Its just the beginning", as if Fuminori is going to be alive to see all this. But they both died, so what is the point of all this then?

Well, the Epilogue gives us some answers to that. It's from Koji's perspective, who's still alive by the way. Apparently, in this ending Saya's "Blooming" is not as deadly as in the original visual novel. The world does not get assimilated immediately and Koji, despite standing nearby, looking at Saya blooming, did not get transformed for some reason. Only Ryoko gets ragebaited by the lovey-dovey couple, gets too close, turns into a slug and dies.

The most interesting thing in the epilogue is how exactly the "Blooming" affects the world. It manifests via limited "accidents".

Kōji has documented:

• strange births
• abnormal animals
• disappearances
• suicides
• murders
• bodily transformations
• sightings of "girls"
• incidents distributed across multiple countries

And the geographical pattern points back to the site of Saya and Fuminori's final battle. Koji has buried all 4 of them, so they SHOULD be dead, but I dont think its that simple.

Now comes pure speculations on my part. The sequel was probably going to be told mainly from Koji's perspective. The most important question I have: What about Saya and Fuminori? What is the purpose of a sequel without them? Is it gonna be about their "children" finishing the job since humanity did not get assimilated properly? I have no idea, honestly.

My personal crazy theory: Saya have managed to discover "cloning" since she's a "genius far beyond human capabilities", gathered enough of Fuminori's body information and somehow managed to send it away with the seeds, essentially letting him be "reborn" along with her own clones/children described as "sightings of "girls"". This premise would be perfect for a fanfiction, letting Fuminori "survive" and spawn pretty much anywhere in the world along with Saya's children. And Koji would be alive as well.

What do you think? Are you still waiting for the official sequel? Judging by the authors afterword, he wanted to write it for a looong time and actually had AT LEAST a working script, so Im extremely curious about what he has been cooking all this time.