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This is the brutal genius of the Koji Suzuki Tide. In most horror, the protagonist wins . In Suzuki, the protagonist merely delays the flood. The conclusion of the Ring series (ending with Loop , 1998) reveals that the entire universe is a simulation and that the "curse" is just a cancer in the program. The tide, it turns out, is not in the room with you. You are in the tide.

: The novel acts as both a sequel and a deep-dive into the origins of the series' mythology. It bridges the gap between the virtual reality themes established in Loop and the supernatural occurrences of the earlier books. koji suzuki tide