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deus ex machina
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作品内の論理や設定に十分配慮されず、極めてあり得ない介入によって物語が解決される、いわゆる便宜的な解決策を指す。 / ストーリー上の矛盾や未解決の問題を、作者の思惑による予想外かつ衝撃的な展開で解消する手法を意味する。
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(authorship) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.
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deus ex machina
Many viewers criticized the final episode for relying on a deus ex machina to resolve the conflict without any prior setup.
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Many viewers criticized the final episode for relying on a deus ex machina to resolve the conflict without any prior setup.
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