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Originally Posted by Onegai

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I believe that she "evolved" into soemthing that was too large (remember all those spike-like things coming from the skies) I believe that the body of Chise was made by her real conscious, so essentially its still her, though a small part, which had all her memories. But she also surpressed human emotions from herself so she wouldn't feel pain anymore, but listening to Shuji brought out her subconscious emotions, but consciously, she didn't know why she was feeling that way. Basically, she forced herself to forget, but Shuji made it all slowly come back. I believe she refered to herself in the third person because thats what an automation would do, since it wouldn't consider itself as a person or entity.

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Hmmm... that's an interesting take. I hadn't realized that the big spikes could be magnifestations of the ultimate weapon. Come to think of it, one of it did flew down and try to protect Shuji from the tsunami.

This post I read also say something along that line with his comparison between the anime and the manga... http://pub9.bravenet.com/forum/fetch...=126046&mode=/

And check out this poster's interpretation of the ending... http://pub9.bravenet.com/forum/fetch...id=10438&mode=

I think I should get my hands on the manga one of this days.