Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25319479-20160512105958/@comment-732150-20160512200008

Elveonora wrote: It can still be true that the Shinju grew from blood of humans in the episode creators' minds. It could be that they intended just that the Shinju's "seed" fell from space and the blood nourished it and made it grow. Problem is they neither showed nor told of the God Tree being watered by all that blood. All they said in this episode is the shrivelling of those that venture near the God Tree, and that doesn't look like bloodshed.