YMMV / Utopia 58

• Complete Monster:
  • LE905, also known as Ellie, is actually the Father, the person behind Isonomia's horrific state of condition. After the previous Father died, Ellie took up his mantle, keeping herself disguised so that the country's culture and ideology would survive, and the White Army would be able to hunt down Zionites and other scapegoats Ellie created for the country. Posing as an innocent civilian, Ellie befriended Kay and several other rebels who defected, all so she could gain their trust and build up their hope, only to crush it later on. While working alongside the rebels, she secretly led the White Army to them, thus causing the deaths of many rebels along with soldiers from the White Army—many of whom she personally killed. After faking her death, Ellie allows EQL61 and his soldiers kill off the rest of Kay's allies, before Kay himself is captured. While Kay's imprisoned, Ellie visits Kay in person and reveals who she truly is, all so she can gloat about how everything he did was futile, and that she'll be free to continue leading Isonomia with no one left to stop her.
  • EQL61, also known as the White General, is a prominent member within the Isonomian White Army renowned for slaughtering hundreds of thousands, as well as personally torturing Kay for eight years in a reeducation camp. In his debut, EQL61 buries several Zionite prisoners up to their necks in sand, and watches as thousands of Isonomians stone them all to death. After learning that his wife, Ellie, was "stolen" by Kay, EQL61 crucifies hundreds of innocent men, women, and children, leaving a note on all of their bodies for Kay to return Ellie back to him, or else he'll kill more innocents. When EQL61 learns of Kay's location, he and his battalion of soldiers hunt down Kay and his rebels, where they massacre most of them with no hesitation. Once EQL61 finally captures Kay, he keeps him alive just to torture him in his prison cell, before watching as he and his remaining allies are publicly executed several days later.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: The story ends with Kay handing a mindcap scrambler to a young girl moments before he dies, and it's written in a way to make it seem like he served a purpose. But given the sheer amount of resources the White Army has, along with the fact that all the villains are still alive and well, it's difficult to believe that this girl will grow old and build Zion. Even if she does, there's nothing stopping Ellie and people like her from manipulating her the same way she manipulated Kay. This is all assuming no one saw her pick up the scrambler in broad daylight and had her killed immediately afterwards.
• Moral Event Horizon: EQL61 is one of the more malicious members in the White Army, but it isn't until he crucifies thousands of innocent men, women, and children all just because Kay "stole his mate" that he became fully irredeemable.
• Too Bleak, Stopped Caring: The story makes it clear that Isonomia is a horrible place to live, where everyone has to dress, live, eat, and sleep exactly the same, and anyone who's even slightly different has to go through a painful surgery, or else they end up arrested or killed. And while it's established that there is a resistance fighting off the Equalist Empire, the empire vastly outnumbers the rebels, so the chances of them changing Isonomia are low. When it's revealed that Zion and most of the world is in ruins, there is little to no reason to care anymore because even if the protagonists manage to escape the White Army (they don't), there's nothing left out there for them.

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