When the anime aired the ending, I hated it with all my being, wanting a happy end for the both of them. Now that some time has passed, I've come to realize that there WAS no happy ending for Sato because she's beyond saving once she crossed the line and became a murderer.
Agreed. Kinda like a greek tragedy in that she doomed herself with a single vile deed far more than just letting things be. It's all the more pathetic since a regular human being would have been able to see it coming whereas her psychopathy let her delude herself into thinking there was any chance of escape.
However that's only for Sato, Shio's story on the other hand still hasn't ended and since she received both the pureness of Sato's love and the bitterness that came from losing her, hopefully, she grows up and becomes a better version of Sato, one who's properly equipped to deal with this author's universe (because lets face it their universe is not the same as ours, its only made of suffering and filled with awful people) without resorting to anything drastic like Sato did.
Also hopefully she finds her own yuri partner and have a proper Happy Sugar Life with them
Sadly, I don't think she'll get that. I think the implication with that reincarnation bit is that Shio has inherited the same brokenness that made Sato what she was: a psychopath for whom empathy and love almost impossible(hence rejecting her brother the second time) and, more tragically, like Sato, does not even register her own mental state as being abnormal. Being such a young age when this transpires, abnormal mental state(i.e. lacking in empathy) will be her normal.
I think that anything resembling a normal relationship will be beyond both her ability and desire, with the mirror implying that Sato is, was, and always will be, the only relationship that shall ever have meaning for her. With Sato now dead, the memories that Shio has are the only thing remaining of Sato, and the only thing Shio will ever deem precious and are something that can never be taken away or lost as the are completely part of her.
i.e. Shio was the only thing Sato ever wanted, and now Shio will always have Sato and never be concerned with anything or anyone else.
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