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Originally Posted by Arya

I quite agree on your whole post. And I completely missed that particular reference, probably due to NGE predominant ones


And about that, yeah, now I can easily see those interviews you are speaking of ...

Spoiler for interviews:

Michiru: Come in. Sit down.
Giftia: Care if I talk? I'm kind of nervous when I take tests.
Michiru: Just please don't move.
[...]
Michiru: Describe in single words, only the good things that come in to your mind about... your mother.
Giftia: My mother?
Michiru: Yeah.
Giftia: Let me tell you about my mother...

I also now got why Giftias have limited lifespan, that's because

Spoiler for explanation:

Michiru: The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and you have burned so very very brightly, Marcia. Look at you. You're gourgeous. You're quite a prize!
Marcia: I've done questionable things.
Michiru: Also extraordinary things. Revel in your time!
Marcia: Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let us in heaven for. [Marcia and Michiru kiss each other and start stripping while in the background Love Songs' saxophone kicks in]

Those would have been some nice homages.