Hit another lock in Sekigahara's route in 13 Sentinels. The "real" Sekigahara was a professional assassin, which makes sense. So when the kaiju take control of every terminal in every sector, that activates a hard reset, and this happens every 16 years. People get reborn, unless they manage to shift to Sector 0 before the reset. Then they can continue as "adults," but they're also no longer really human. They're simulated personalities. I still don't get the point of Operation Aegis since it stops the loops (or how they've gotten everyone on board with it), but I also don't get why they want to loop the "timelines" repeatedly either. Feels like there's still a lot I'm missing!
I've broken Hijimiya's lock, so let's continue with him.