Skyward Sword's Hidden Revelation (Story Analysis)

Skyward Sword may have revealed more than just the way The Legend of Zelda begins.
A lot got lost in translation, and lots of symbolism has gone mostly unexamined, but when we recover these missing threads… we just might catch a glimpse of the way the series will end.

0:00 Introduction
2:53 Part 1: The Red Thread
14:29 Part 2: The Spider's Thread
31:13 Part 3: The Girl in the Marketplace
40:02 Part 4: The Frog
59:35 Part 5: The Escape
1:20:55 Acknowledgments

Sources are credited at the end of the video.
Japanese translations are my own work, including any errors they may contain.

All official Skyward Sword art used in this video was retrieved from HistoryofHyrule.com via Melora Hart’s Flickr gallery. Much of this art was published in The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts and Hyrule Historia.

Includes footage by these YouTube creators:
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Also includes clips from Your Name, available to watch here:    • Your Name. (Dubbed)