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The philosophy of the Spider is simple. To be remembered, "the Spider" must survive.

People remember legends even if there are no names attached to the figure that is remembered. Big Foot is a creature, but little known is about who they are. Still, the rumors of a giant, unknown creature remains to this day. Robin Hood is a figure, but some state there were more than one who took up the name. Who these random men were, we do not know, but the legend of Robin Hood still remains the same. Even in comic books, superheroes such as Batman's partner Robin or heroes like Spiderman go through different individuals who take up the mask.

The philosophy of the Spider is simple. To be remembered, "the Spider" must survive, not the individuals behind the name. That is truly the power of Meteor City as a whole. A city who did not exist according to society, and yet it is a city that spanned millions of individuals. No one from Meteor City had birth certificates, death certificates, medical records, some don't have names or bloodtypes or birthdays. As individuals, their life is even less than meaningless. It simply doesn't exist to the world. Once they die, they disappear.

But the fear of a group of notorious thieves, dangerous and ruthless, looting and killing for fun . . . and the only knowledge of their existence is the giant spider tattoo that they all wear . . . that fear will live forever.

As long as the Spider survives.

Their lives have no value, and yet together, the Spider can exist to achieve their goals.

But the spider loses their legs, one by one, and even though the parts of a spider can be replaced, can they ACTUALLY be replaced?

Even if the world does not see them, does that mean they aren't there? Why did the spider form in the first place? If the head of the spider was lost, CAN the head truly be replaced?

If they can be so easily replaced, why does he cry every time he loses another? Why does he seek revenge for the friends he had lost? Why would they sacrifice their life and safety to make sure he survives?

What's important is the survival of the whole, not the individual. Never forget this.

In the forest, there was a single bag hanging by a rope from a tree branch.

The kids all stood there and looked upon the bag and they somehow knew what (or who) was in that bag. They had all banded together, hoping that at the end, they would be able to save the day, just like they had acted out time and time again.

But Kuroro already knew how this story ended.

A vhs tape was the item that brought the troupe together. The inspiration to create the troupe, to mimic the performances found on this treasure in a city treated as the world's garbage dump.

The children initially fought over the tape, after all, they did steal it from Uvojin's territory, but those sort of things didn't mean much then. No one owned anything in Meteor City.

Kuroro would watch these tapes, regardless of the content. He knew so many different languages because he would not complain watching Foreign Language Lessons vol 38. In Meteor City, you lived with what you got. The tape he found that day was a treasure, an action kids show from Japan of super heroes who saved the day. He wanted to share it with the others, and to make it more accessible, he and his friends would dub the voices in a language that the other kids could understand. He was clever enough to do it, and charismatic enough to pull it off.

And his friends saw that. They wanted to do the same thing. They all wanted to act together, and to hear the kids cheer. The VHS brought them all together.

So did another. Another VHS that he did not have but knew it existed. A VHS that contained the gruesome torture and murder of one of his childhood friends, one that was being shared to other individuals who could cheer and get joy from that content. To find that tape, the group would come together.

Not playing the heroes but playing the role as villains.

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