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From the descriptions it sounds like he absorbed just his alternate selves (though it is possible that he could have absorbed said universes as a whole), given that to form TTGL he would merge all Gurren Laganns together (and all of the experiences & feelings of the rest of Team Dai-Gurren). Though it's still a massively multiversal feat in anycase (and even individual Simon's have multiversal feats, as seen with Otoko, Arc Gurren Lagann & Super Galaxy).
I think he absorb the Multiverse too due to the Light Pillars is represent the Multiverse (also stated again in DVD commentary)

But this is new,what's the Multiversal feats of Otoko stuff?and i never. Knew Arc Gurren and Super Galaxy being Multiversal,like i always thought the former just Moon level while the Latter is just Multi Galaxy
 
I think he absorb the Multiverse too due to the Light Pillars is represent the Multiverse (also stated again in DVD commentary)

But this is new,what's the Multiversal feats of Otoko stuff?and i never. Knew Arc Gurren and Super Galaxy being Multiversal,like i always thought the former just Moon level while the Latter is just Multi Galaxy
Otoko has an alternate version of Simon creating a universe via using his Spiral Power to write a manga, and Avant Simon uses Otoko Simon's Spiral power to transcend to the Otoko universe and wreak havok. It's where most of the big scaling for the DB comes from.

Simon in Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in the Galactic Spiral Abyss generated energy comparable to a universe being born in each of his cells.
The Mega-Maelstrom Vortex Cannon was also able to target countless points in local-space time and attack them across all dimensions.

(I just realised I have to reupload the scans & gifs for this one XP)

The commentary for the 4K movies says that Arc Gurren Lagann's Space-Time Shattering Burst Spinning Punch has power comparable to multiple universes.
 
Otoko has an alternate version of Simon creating a universe via using his Spiral Power to write a manga, and Avant Simon uses Otoko Simon's Spiral power to transcend to the Otoko universe and wreak havok. It's where most of the big scaling for the DB comes from.

Simon in Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in the Galactic Spiral Abyss generated energy comparable to a universe being born in each of his cells.
The Mega-Maelstrom Vortex Cannon was also able to target countless points in local-space time and attack them across all dimensions.

(I just realised I have to reupload the scans & gifs for this one XP)

The commentary for the 4K movies says that Arc Gurren Lagann's Space-Time Shattering Burst Spinning Punch has power comparable to multiple universes.
Yeah they put it as something comparable to DC Sphere of Gods being platonic realm that is realer than the Multiverse but this kinda weird because the Apex Cosmology are 11D yet somehow this things exist,so how do we solves this problem?

Okay so Arc Gurren is Low Multiversal then Galaxy just upscales but then him generate power to create Universe are like more to just Universal with Laser Maelstrom stuff are just range ig
 
The actual translation of the Otoko CD kinda invalidates it's use for dimensional scaling since it's explicitly a "Sound Dimension" and dimensional scaling relies on linear progression of mathematical dimensions.

If you aren't using the insanity of dimensional scaling, though, it lends more weight to the idea of TTGL transcending dimensions entirely which would boost the series to infinitely multiversal.
 
@Stocking Anarchy Couple of questions about the novelization version

Every cell in his body screamed. Within each cell a new universe is born. That energy would pour into Gurren Lagann using all his nerves. That was the image in his head.
The last line implies this is Simons mental image of whats happening as opposed to reality. Also

"We can't sink the ship right now."

A hot lump came up in the back of my throat.

It was blood. It may be that the weak part of the internal organs cannot withstand the internal pressure and is destroyed. Still, I couldn't let myself fall now.

However, the Nanda-class also increased its speed. It is an aircraft specialized for combat in this ultra-high density space. In terms of mobility, it was superior to Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren.

Simon's desperate resistance was overtaken by the Nanda-class.

Simon in this scenario is killing himself to keep up with the Nanda-class as his organs start to collapse.

If we were being literal with the cell thing, Simon just puked a couple thousand big bangs into the Lagann's cockpit, which seems....unlikely?
 
The actual translation of the Otoko CD kinda invalidates it's use for dimensional scaling since it's explicitly a "Sound Dimension" and dimensional scaling relies on linear progression of mathematical dimensions.

If you aren't using the insanity of dimensional scaling, though, it lends more weight to the idea of TTGL transcending dimensions entirely which would boost the series to infinitely multiversal.
What's Sound Dimension means
 
Mostly unrelated but this is what Google gave me when I tried to translate the kanji

Simone grabbed the lever. Cells in the body were screaming. A new universe is born in each cell. We will use the whole divine sutra to put that energy into the language. If you don't put it into words, it's a good idea. The super-galactic development accelerated.

Im starting to understand why it took so long to translate, AI ain't got shit on Trigger writing :skully
 
What's Sound Dimension means

According to the translation, "a dimension made entirely out of sound" and then he makes a metaphor about a flat silver disk (i.e. a CD)

Which means it isnt part of the mathematical dimensions (2D, 3D, 4D, etc.) but a separate plane of existence with different physics altogether

Which is a bad thing if you're using it for dimensional scaling but a good thing if you're using it like a normal person since it reinforces the Super Spiral Universe being fully extradimensional
 
Yeah they put it as something comparable to DC Sphere of Gods being platonic realm that is realer than the Multiverse but this kinda weird because the Apex Cosmology are 11D yet somehow this things exist,so how do we solves this problem?

Okay so Arc Gurren is Low Multiversal then Galaxy just upscales but then him generate power to create Universe are like more to just Universal with Laser Maelstrom stuff are just range ig
Transcending reality as such, it wouldn't matter how many dimensions there are. If there are 4, 11, a million or infinity it's all the same for reality transcendance (there's already implications of there being uncountably infinite multiverses in the Labyrinth, which is well above 11 brane dimensions by themselves). The number of mathematics don't matter; the multiverse could even be finite and the result would be the same. R > F transcends the concept of quantity entirely.

It's not just a universe, but a different universe in each of his cells, which is already trillions of times multiversal. The Mega-Maelstrom Vortex Cannon could output more energy than the observable universe by a few orders of magnitude.
The actual translation of the Otoko CD kinda invalidates it's use for dimensional scaling since it's explicitly a "Sound Dimension" and dimensional scaling relies on linear progression of mathematical dimensions.

If you aren't using the insanity of dimensional scaling, though, it lends more weight to the idea of TTGL transcending dimensions entirely which would boost the series to infinitely multiversal.
Gurren Lagann already was far beyond infinitely multiversal, and the main arguments I personally have been having around Otoko is how it's a different multiverse to the main multiverse with it's own physical laws being completely different to the main one.
 
Gurren Lagann already was far beyond infinitely multiversal, and the main arguments I personally have been having around Otoko is how it's a different multiverse to the main multiverse with it's own physical laws being completely different to the main one.

Not really, no. Even the TTGL vs Anti-Spiral is just larger scales of Multiversal. Even if the "universe cell" thing is literal (which I doubt) it just means they went from "limited Multi (trillions of individual universes)" to "Infinite Multi (extradimensional reality warper)". I guess you could push for baseline Megaversal using the "Super Spiral Universe" but the "galaxies" inside of it are universes and not multiverses.

The argument for Otoko being relevant is that it's part of the multiverse of Simons the main one absorbed to form TTGL in the first place. The "R > F" stuff isn't a form of scaling on the OBD, it just translates to "Is a reality warper". The characters actual scaling is still determined by what they actually use it for.
 
Not really, no. Even the TTGL vs Anti-Spiral is just larger scales of Multiversal. Even if the "universe cell" thing is literal (which I doubt) it just means they went from "limited Multi (trillions of individual universes)" to "Infinite Multi (extradimensional reality warper)". I guess you could push for baseline Megaversal using the "Super Spiral Universe" but the "galaxies" inside of it are universes and not multiverses.
Simon generating power in his cells is a feat for Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in the Galactic Spiral Abyss well before he escapes the Labyrinth, and is more to do with scaling for Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann than Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It's also potential evidence to support higher & lore worlds within worlds.

Also Gurren Lagann very explicity has different multiverses, with there being at least eight named multiverses and many more within the Labyrinth.
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Yoko's multiverse
Viral's multiverse
Team Dai-Gurren's multiverse
Simon's multiverse
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Yoko's multiverse
The multiverse of Dayakka, Gimmy, Darry & Boota
The Multiverse of Leeron, Gabal & Attenborough
Leyte and LordGenome's Multiverse
Tesuka and Cybella's Multiverse
Viral's Multiverse
Otoko too is very explicity it's own multiverse too.

グレンラガンのカミナとシモンとヨーコとニアが4人で楽しく生きてる現パロ多元宇宙のお話。
A story set in the present day parody multiverse where Kamina, Simon, Yoko, and Nia from Gurren Lagann are living happily together.

Tomorrow, August 5th, the final volume of the Men's Series, "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Decisive Battle! Otokogumi Hen 04" will be released! The story of Kamino Kamina's multiverse is over! It's the thickest volume in the series so far lol! The comments at the end of the volume were written by Katsuyuki Konishi and Kazuki Nakashima...! Please check it out...!
This translation of different multiverses has also come through in official translations too.
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And that's just the known multiverses; there are many more in the Labyrinth which are represented as individual stars in an endless starfield.
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Also the Anti-Spiral dimension and the Super Spiral Space are two completely seperate concepts (the Anti-Spiral dimension being the isolated universe where the Anti-Spiral hides & the Super Spiral Space being the realm of perceptions created & sustained by the heroes during the final battle within the Tengen Toppa unit(s).
The argument for Otoko being relevant is that it's part of the multiverse of Simons the main one absorbed to form TTGL in the first place. The "R > F" stuff isn't a form of scaling on the OBD, it just translates to "Is a reality warper". The characters actual scaling is still determined by what they actually use it for.
It's used in many other places though, and I know people outside the OBD will visit this thread, so I make sure to go over as many possible methods of ranking cosmology that I can (and again, Otoko is a different multiverse).
 
Simon generating power in his cells is a feat for Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren in the Galactic Spiral Abyss well before he escapes the Labyrinth, and is more to do with scaling for Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann than Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It's also potential evidence to support higher & lore worlds within worlds.

Cool, but the translation you listed says it's just a mental image and therefore wouldn't be literal.

And even if it was my point is that it still means SGGL is limited multi and jumping to TTGL makes them infinite multi.

Also how would generating energy within his cells count as "lower and higher worlds".

Also Gurren Lagann very explicity has different multiverses, with there being at least eight named multiverses and many more within the Labyrinth.
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(Relevant text is in the blue boxes)


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These are the ones generated by the Labryinth, yes? Your own attached scans say these are being generated as they are observed.

Hell, they aren't even physical since the mole guy is still there next to everyone's physical bodies in the "real" world.

And more to the point they're just different groupings of normal universes all taking place in the same location. Like they can literally see each other once Simon breaks free.

Otoko too is very explicity it's own multiverse too.





If it's really "separate" then it can hardly be used to scale the main universe.

This translation of different multiverses has also come through in official translations too.
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And that's just the known multiverses; there are many more in the Labyrinth which are represented as individual stars in an endless starfield.
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"They are trapped in a series of universes being generated moment to moment as they are observed"

It's still just a larger collection of individual universes. In fact that interpretation implies that said universes only exist when percieved.

Also the Anti-Spiral dimension and the Super Spiral Space are two completely seperate concepts (the Anti-Spiral dimension being the isolated universe where the Anti-Spiral hides & the Super Spiral Space being the realm of perceptions created & sustained by the heroes during the final battle within the Tengen Toppa unit(s).

I wasnt referring to the Anti-Spiral dimension at any point though :hm

Though fair point that the Super Spiral Universe isnt actually a higher plane of existence and is just a kind of pocket universe created for the fight.

It's used in many other places though, and I know people outside the OBD will visit this thread, so I make sure to go over as many possible methods of ranking cosmology that I can (and again, Otoko is a different multiverse).

If it's not part of the main universe then it cant be used to scale the main universe.

And fair enough, most other sites have iterations of multiversal that we don't so the ranking is probably different.
 
For the record my only objection to them being anything more than infinite multi is that there isnt anything in the series that isnt ultimately just "a collection of universes"

Especially with the way the Anti-Spiral describes the Labryinth, aside from just making it sound like mind-fuckery, it's ultimately each person going through a collection of universes tailored to them. And not an unlimited number at that since its generated within a time frame (instant to instant) and only through observation.

So you ultimately have a combination of limited multiverses, and then the generation of the Super Spiral Universe wherein the combatants can generate and manipulate an infinite amount of universes before collapsing it in their final clash. Hence "infinitely multiversal".
 
Cool, but the translation you listed says it's just a mental image and therefore wouldn't be literal.

And even if it was my point is that it still means SGGL is limited multi and jumping to TTGL makes them infinite multi.
It says it's the image that Simon had in his head. Not necessarily that it's not real.

Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann was able to target every dimension with the Mega-Maelstrom Vortex Cannon, which is potentially infinite.
Also how would generating energy within his cells count as "lower and higher worlds".
Because it refers to there being universes in a lower world within each of his cells.
These are the ones generated by the Labryinth, yes? Your own attached scans say these are being generated as they are observed.

Hell, they aren't even physical since the mole guy is still there next to everyone's physical bodies in the "real" world.

And more to the point they're just different groupings of normal universes all taking place in the same location. Like they can literally see each other once Simon breaks free.
The multiverses of the Labyrinth are provably real and physical. The entire point of the Labyrinth is that it's based on quantum phsyics & Schrodinger's Box, in which something becomes fixed when observed.
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The Labyrinth being non-physical is something that is never once stated by a single source and is directly contradicted by every single source.
If it's really "separate" then it can hardly be used to scale the main universe.
Yes it can because we flat up see the Otoko timeline being absorbed by Simon the Digger at the end of the manga.
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This is...

The high school student who piloted Gurren Lagann and protected modern Japan, a man named Kamino Kamina...

A Multiverse story.
"They are trapped in a series of universes being generated moment to moment as they are observed"

It's still just a larger collection of individual universes. In fact that interpretation implies that said universes only exist when percieved.
This is the many worlds hypothesis mixed with Schrodingers Box, both being concepts used in many cosmologies. If we are to dismiss them from Gurren Lagann for those reasons then we also need to re-evaluate all the other series they are used in.
For the record my only objection to them being anything more than infinite multi is that there isnt anything in the series that isnt ultimately just "a collection of universes"
What would make more than a collection of universes then?
Especially with the way the Anti-Spiral describes the Labryinth, aside from just making it sound like mind-fuckery, it's ultimately each person going through a collection of universes tailored to them. And not an unlimited number at that since its generated within a time frame (instant to instant) and only through observation.
The number of universes in each multiverse is confirmed to be infinite at each and every given moment, a process which happens endlessly.
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Nakashima: Indeed. We are opposed to each other because we are in the same position. Also, I was impressed by a story I heard from my university psychology teacher around that time. He said, "I feel sorry for male students today." He said that if you take out 6 crayons and ask them to choose their favorite color, they can choose, but if you take out 120 colors, they can't choose. In other words, today's boys have so many choices that they can't choose. Girls, on the other hand, unfortunately, still have only about six colors to choose from, so they are able to choose cheerfully. When I heard that, I thought, "That's exactly what I'm talking about!". The reason for the youth's sense of boredom I was feeling fell into my own hands. And then, with a snap, I was blown away by "Gurren".It is. When "presented with infinite possibilities," a person can't do anything but stand still and become stuck. But in the end, the only choice one can make is one's own will. That's what I wanted to convey to the young people, to show them that kind of straightforwardness as entertainment. That's the fourth part of the story.
--By the way, what is your favorite episode in "Gurren Lagann"?
Nakajima: Episode 26 ("Let's go, buddy"), I guess. When I thought of bringing out my big brother (Kamina) there again, I felt like the gears clicked into place. I graduated from Rikkyo University's psychology department, and my mentor became the president of the university just when my son was in his teenage years. I had the opportunity to visit him to say hello when I was thinking about how to deal with my teenage son, and at that time -- this was back then -- I heard that "between male and female students (at university), boys have a harder time (depending on how you look at it)." Girls are told to choose one color from 16 colored pencils. But boys have to choose one color from 256 colored pencils. So, since future possibilities are limited, women don't have to be confused when it comes to making decisions. Of course, there is a problem with the fact that women's career paths are limited, and I'm not saying that it's a good thing. However, that aside, he said it as an example of the difficulty of making a judgment.
--I see.
Nakajima :  If you are asked to choose from 256 colors, people are at a loss. When I heard that, I realized that there is something like the "cruelty of possibility." When I first heard that the target audience for "Gurren Lagann" was middle school students, I thought I would do a story like "Hell of Possibilities." That was connected to the multiverse story in episode 26, and the gears meshed nicely. Kamina's "Don't be confused by thoughts like 'what if', 'what if', or 'what if.' The one thing you choose is the truth of your universe." I'm glad I was able to write that line.
So you ultimately have a combination of limited multiverses, and then the generation of the Super Spiral Universe wherein the combatants can generate and manipulate an infinite amount of universes before collapsing it in their final clash. Hence "infinitely multiversal".
Except the multiverses are not limited, and the Super Spiral Space didn't collapse in the final clash, but vanished after the final battle was over, returning the Multiverse to it's natural state. It's already clearly cut megaversal without having to go into any R > F or dimensions or anything else.
 
It says it's the image that Simon had in his head. Not necessarily that it's not real.

"This is how I'm thinking of it in my head" is pretty clearly saying it isnt actually happening.

Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann was able to target every dimension with the Mega-Maelstrom Vortex Cannon, which is potentially infinite.

Yes.....infinitely universal.

Because it refers to there being universes in a lower world within each of his cells.

No it doesn't. It says "universes are born in each of his cells" before calling it a mental image. Even if it were real it doesnt make any reference to "lower worlds"

The multiverses of the Labyrinth are provably real and physical. The entire point of the Labyrinth is that it's based on quantum phsyics & Schrodinger's Box, in which something becomes fixed when observed.
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The Labyrinth being non-physical is something that is never once stated by a single source and is directly contradicted by every single source.

Showing a picture of someone not in the Labryinth standing among people who are in the Labryinth while they stare blankly into space while still physically being present is not the best argument for "the universes physically exist"

Yes it can because we flat up see the Otoko timeline being absorbed by Simon the Digger at the end of the manga.
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Then it's not "separate". It's one of the possibilities the Anti-Spiral referred to as "universes"

This is the many worlds hypothesis mixed with Schrodingers Box, both being concepts used in many cosmologies. If we are to dismiss them from Gurren Lagann for those reasons then we also need to re-evaluate all the other series they are used in.

First off, if you know any series that has used this logic to get to megaversal or higher I'd like to know because I'd happily challenge them on it as well.

Second, the concepts are not being dismissed outright. Im just saying it doesn't go past infinite multi because it's still just a collection of universes.

What would make more than a collection of universes then?

An explicitly higher realm within which multiple completely separate and distinct multiverses exist separately.

Just "multiple multiverses" isnt enough, there has to be something beyond those.

The number of universes in each multiverse is confirmed to be infinite at each and every given moment, a process which happens endlessly.
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.......my guy, thats an interview talking about the concept behind the multiverse story. It doesnt say anything about the internal mechanics of the series.

Also both anecdotes end with "once you make a choice thats the only truth of your universe"

Except the multiverses are not limited, and the Super Spiral Space didn't collapse in the final clash, but vanished after the final battle was over, returning the Multiverse to it's natural state. It's already clearly cut megaversal without having to go into any R > F or dimensions or anything else.

Except they are, as described by the Anti-Spiral. Even without Death of the Author being a hard rule here, anecdotes about choice paralysis wouldn't override that.

Also it totally collapsed on itself during the STTGL GDB clash. The only things left in the space were the two mechs and their drills at that point who were fighting in an empty void.

And again, even if we assume the Anti-Spiral is lying for no reason about how his contraption works, it would still be "infinite collection of universes" + "infinite collection of universes" + etc. Which still adds up to.....an infinite number of universes.

And that's reinforced by the fact that the Super Spiral Universe where they fight involves them creating and using universes as weapons.
 
The Multiversal Labryinth was created by a guy who exists in the "real" universe, and it also exists in the "real" universe.

If you fly into it, it traps you in another generated universe and if you get out of that one you go to a different one, with said universes being created as they are observed by the one trapped.

It does this to each individual inside the Labryinth capable of intelligent thought, ad infinitum.

So no matter how you measure it, it's still just a repetition of the creation of a universe. If it's repeated an infinite number of times then it's infinitely multiversal, if it's not then it's limited multiversal

Which itself makes sense because once TTGL and the Anti-Spiral go at it after Team Dai-Gurren takes in their "multiverses", they fight with a created space (the SSU) where they create an infinite number of universes to use as weapons against each other.
 
Also for the record, I did suggest near the start of this that the Super Spiral Universe could qualify for baseline Megaversal. I can see arguments against it, but being a realm of pure thought combined with statements about TTGL surpassing dimensions and universes could qualify it for the level of "Distinctly higher realm"
 
Anyway what do u think about DB gave Simon High Godly Regen based on Nia Regen?its also make me remember that in Triggerverse terminology where information are the basic block of reality
 
"This is how I'm thinking of it in my head" is pretty clearly saying it isnt actually happening.
Simon was also shown to have cosmic awareness and be able to see things across space during this sequence.
Yes.....infinitely universal.
It's already shown to affect more than a single dimension, so it's very clearly multiversal.
No it doesn't. It says "universes are born in each of his cells" before calling it a mental image. Even if it were real it doesnt make any reference to "lower worlds"

Showing a picture of someone not in the Labryinth standing among people who are in the Labryinth while they stare blankly into space while still physically being present is not the best argument for "the universes physically exist"
Yes, because they are force to observe the possibilities of all of their other versions in all the other multiverses which traps them in the Labyrinth. It even makes a point that the multiverse returns to its natural state afterwares, something that would not happen if the universes were not real.
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(Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is a virtual quantum body created by the stratification of the multiverse by the activation of Super Spiral Power. It disappeared when the battle ended and returned to its normal state.)
Here is Kazuki Nakashima confirming that the universes become fixed when observed.
『ニンジャバットマン』はバットマンが戦国時代に飛ばされるといういわゆる「時間もの」です。日本のアニメだと、「過去を変えると現在が変わってしまう」という制約があって、時間もの、時間改変ものだとすごく慎重になる傾向があるように思います。そういうことを気にせず、思い切ってやっていますね。

中島:そこはアメコミなので。アメコミにはマルチバース、つまり宇宙がいっぱいあるという世界観の設定が読者にも浸透しています。そして今、時間改変ものはすなわち多元宇宙ものになるんですよね。あらゆる可能性の宇宙が全部あるってことだから、何をやっても「そっちの宇宙ね」となる(笑)。多元宇宙の解釈がこの何十年かでどっと進んで、僕らが子どものときは4次元止まりだったのが今では11次元とかって言われているじゃないですか。こちらは嘘をつくのが仕事なので、そういう理論を曲解して、面白い方に転がしていく。

そういえば『天元突破グレンラガン』(以下、『グレンラガン』)で、「観測されることによって存在する量子宇宙論」という話がありました。

中島:あの当時、宇宙論を調べると、しばらく読んでなかったからすごく進んでいることがわかりました。「観測されれば初めて確定される」という理論をいただいて、認識すればできる宇宙があるという設定にしました。
"Ninja Batman" is a so-called "time thing" in which Batman is transported to the Warring States period. In Japanese anime, there's a restriction that if you change the past, the present will change, and I think people tend to be very cautious when it comes to time-altered anime. You don't worry about that kind of thing, and you go out on a limb.

Nakashima: That's because it's American comics. The world setting of the multiverse, or a world full of universes, permeates the readership of American comics. And now, the time-modifying stuff is going to be the multiverse stuff, right? There's a whole universe of all kinds of possibilities, so no matter what you do, you're like, "Oh, that universe!" (laughs). The interpretation of the multiverse has advanced so rapidly in the last few decades that when we were children, it was only 4-Dimensional, but now it is said to be 11-Dimensional. Our job is to tell lies, so we take those theories and twist them into something interesting.

Come to think of it, in "Gurren Lagann", there was a story about "quantum cosmology that exists by being observed".

Nakashima: When I looked up cosmology at that time, I hadn't read it for a while, so I found that it was very advanced. I was given the theory that the universe can be confirmed only if it is observed, and I set up the idea that there is a universe that can be created if we recognize it."
And again, actually address the quantum physics that the Anti-Spiral is refering to on that observing the possibilities makes them real. Team Dai-Gurren being forced to observe themselves in all other possibilities does not contradict that these other possibilities are very explicitly real when that is how the trap works in the first place.
Then it's not "separate". It's one of the possibilities the Anti-Spiral referred to as "universes"
So you're going to ignore that it's repeatedly and explicitly confirmed to be another multiverse, along with the many other statements from countless other sources which go out of their way to all describe different multiverses.
First off, if you know any series that has used this logic to get to megaversal or higher I'd like to know because I'd happily challenge them on it as well.
In terms of there being different multiverses that make up a megaverse? Literally every single other series that's been called megaversal.
Second, the concepts are not being dismissed outright. Im just saying it doesn't go past infinite multi because it's still just a collection of universes.

An explicitly higher realm within which multiple completely separate and distinct multiverses exist separately.

Just "multiple multiverses" isnt enough, there has to be something beyond those.
That's the first time I've ever heard of it. Every other time I've seen megaversal come up, all that's needed is different multiverses. I've never seen higher realms being needed any other time.

And if that is the case we can very clearly see that Otoko alone is an explicitly higher realm to Avant's universe, which in turn we can see how the Otoko multiverse and all the other multiverses are just points in a starfield from the perspective of the Anti-Spiral. Said multiverses were explicitly called multiverses by every source from Gurren Lagann's release to today, and in the case of Otoko have their own completely seperate laws of physics.
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.......my guy, thats an interview talking about the concept behind the multiverse story. It doesnt say anything about the internal mechanics of the series.
Yes it does, one which flat up says that infinite possibilities will leave someone frozen, with that very explicitly being applied to the Labyrinth. They are frozen because they are forced to observe infinite other possibilities, which then branch into infinite more
Also both anecdotes end with "once you make a choice thats the only truth of your universe"
Because Simon escaped the trap of the Labyrinth and chose his own path, which represents him not getting lost in the could have beens or might have beens.
Except they are, as described by the Anti-Spiral. Even without Death of the Author being a hard rule here, anecdotes about choice paralysis wouldn't override that.

Also it totally collapsed on itself during the STTGL GDB clash. The only things left in the space were the two mechs and their drills at that point who were fighting in an empty void.
The mechs ARE the Super Spiral Spaces. That's what I've been saying all this time.
And again, even if we assume the Anti-Spiral is lying for no reason about how his contraption works, it would still be "infinite collection of universes" + "infinite collection of universes" + etc. Which still adds up to.....an infinite number of universes.
Which outside repeating that is always how the megaversal system has worked, is just focusing on sematics. Also higher orders of infinity do exist mathematically, which has been used to describe the existence of multiverses.
 
Simon was also shown to have cosmic awareness and be able to see things across space during this sequence.

Which has nothing to do with whats happening because he calls it a mental image.

It's already shown to affect more than a single dimension, so it's very clearly multiversal.

That isn't multiversal. Dimensional scaling isn't a thing here.

Yes, because they are force to observe the possibilities of all of their other versions in all the other multiverses which traps them in the Labyrinth. It even makes a point that the multiverse returns to its natural state afterwares, something that would not happen if the universes were not real.
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If they're only forced to "observe" them then the universes aren't actually something they physically exist within. Again as evidenced by them still physically being there on the ship.

Here is Kazuki Nakashima confirming that the universes become fixed when observed.

"I set up the idea that a universe can be created if we observed it"

So additional confirmation these universes only exist when observed.

And again, actually address the quantum physics that the Anti-Spiral is refering to on that observing the possibilities makes them real. Team Dai-Gurren being forced to observe themselves in all other possibilities does not contradict that these other possibilities are very explicitly real when that is how the trap works in the first place.

Yes, it does. That's how quantum mechanics work. If something is in an un-observable state it occupies "super-position" of both real and not real, and is only fully real when recognized. With the obvious addendum that if you stop observing it, it returns to the superposition

So you're going to ignore that it's repeatedly and explicitly confirmed to be another multiverse, along with the many other statements from countless other sources which go out of their way to all describe different multiverses.

In favor of the in-universe explicit statement that its a universe. Yeah thats how DoA works.

In terms of there being different multiverses that make up a megaverse? Literally every single other series that's been called megaversal.

That's not what we were talking about. We were talking specifically about multi-world theory and quantum mechanics.

That said, if you can name a series that only has "multiple multiverses" and no distinctly higher realm but is judged as megaversal, name it. Like I said, I'd happily call that into question

That's the first time I've ever heard of it. Every other time I've seen megaversal come up, all that's needed is different multiverses. I've never seen higher realms being needed any other time.

It's been the distinction between infinite multi and mega as far back as when we started canning the term "pseudo-omnipotent"

And if that is the case we can very clearly see that Otoko alone is an explicitly higher realm to Avant's universe, which in turn we can see how the Otoko multiverse and all the other multiverses are just points in a starfield from the perspective of the Anti-Spiral. Said multiverses were explicitly called multiverses by every source from Gurren Lagann's release to today, and in the case of Otoko have their own completely seperate laws of physics.
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"They're called multiverses in every source"

posts a video saying they're universes

Also the Avant universe was created by the Otoko universe but isn't inherently inferior, as demonstrated by it being able to produce Spiral Energy sufficient to reach it.

Yes it does, one which flat up says that infinite possibilities will leave someone frozen, with that very explicitly being applied to the Labyrinth. They are frozen because they are forced to observe infinite other possibilities, which then branch into infinite more

No, it doesn't. They're both talking about an experience with choice paralysis (256 crayons) and both end with "but the choice you make is the only real one"

Because Simon escaped the trap of the Labyrinth and chose his own path, which represents him not getting lost in the could have beens or might have beens.

And is observable from "inside" the other universes, indicating they all exist within proximity of each other.

The mechs ARE the Super Spiral Spaces. That's what I've been saying all this time.

Uh, the dimension/realm/area they fight in is specifically called a Super Spiral Universe

Which outside repeating that is always how the megaversal system has worked, is just focusing on sematics. Also higher orders of infinity do exist mathematically, which has been used to describe the existence of multiverses.

It's not, though. We have a number of series (Magi comes to mind) who are rated multiversal despite explicitly referencing the idea of "sets of infinity"

Hell, you think this is bad you should see how critical we are of Fate :skully
 
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