There are a lot of supernatural events in Summer Time Rendering. One of those is the Shadows, which were previously believed to be a local myth. What are the Shadows in Summer Time Rendering? Are they good or bad?
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What are the Shadows in Summer Time Rendering?
The Shadows are one of Summer Time Rendering's key villains. They emerged from a single massive shadow who serves an unearthly young girl known as Mother.
The shadows originated from a local belief known as Shadow Sickness. As a result, these shadows have the power to duplicate a human's whole body. They can not only imitate the appearance of the person they are copying, but also their voice and personality.
The most terrifying aspect is that these shadows intend to kill the person they are copying. They desire to swap places with the original in order to experience everything that is humanly feasible.
Although it is simply a local legend, several villagers on Hitogashima Island have had strange experiences.
Shinpei and Mio had direct encounters with the Shadows. Both of them are brutally slaughtered by Mio's shadow in the first episode of Summer Time Rendering. As a result, Shinpei concluded that the shadows were genuine.
After witnessing the murder of the current Totsumura, Tetsu, the island's only police officer, runs into Shinpei's shadow once more. Tetsu vanished in a blaze of light. Mio's shadow, unfortunately for Shinpei, noticed him and killed him on the spot.
During his trespass at the Kobayakawa residence, Shinpei encounters a shadow for the third time. This time, he is able to communicate with the young Shiori, who has also become a shadow.
Shinpei and Mio learn a lot more about the Shadows as the story progresses. They intend to not only corrupt the entire island but also kill everyone in order to feed their mother.
Ushio Kofune, who drowned, became one of the Shadows, which was unanticipated. She is, however, unlike any other. She acts like herself and doesn't side with the shadows, especially on a festival night when the rest of her kind wreak havoc.
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How Do the Shadows Work in Summer Time Rendering?
The Shadows are a group of enormous shadows who seek to feed souls to a young girl known as Mother.
They also want to recover their mother's lost eye, which appears to have landed in Shinpei's. Shinpei's capacity to restart and go back anytime he is killed in the process is due to this eye's ability to alter time.
These shadows eat human information. The Shadows must consume humans directly in order to feed, which explains the flare of light as they murder the original.
Only a bodily stain from the original, as seen in the anime, will remain after the flashing of light.
To discern between what is and is not a shadow, Ryuunosuke suggests that shadows are flatter and more like a lump of flesh than a real human being.
They also despise it when humans trample on their shadows. The shadow will try to escape being trodden on, but the body will be unaffected. It is really tough to tell them apart.
It's also difficult to kill a shadow. The key issue is that the manner of execution is yet unknown. They can only momentarily stop the shadows. Even if they kill them by shooting at their reflected shadows on the ground, they will come back.
Once a shadow has been terminated, the original owner gains immunity to being replicated again in the Summer Time Rendering manga's future events.
To avoid being copied again, it is, therefore, necessary to destroy one's shadow. To carry it out, one can smash it or fire a gun directly into the flat shadow. Attacking the shadow's 3D replica will have no noticeable effect on them.
In the end, the Shadows have a single purpose in mind. They are likewise under the control of a single creature. They seek to feed on a large number of people in order to awaken their Mother.