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[QUOTE=Sh Ranger;836412While you make a fair point about the parenting symbolism, I just feel uncomfortable with the concept of Aruto becoming a father to a clone of his aunt and treating her exactly the same way like she's the same character. Izu was unique, that's why her life mattered. New Izu deserves to be more than a replacement, she has the same potential as any other HumaGear to reach singularity, but how can she do that if she's trapped within Aruto's biased expectations of her? Aruto's just doing the same thing that Seiji did with Seine and I think it's a complete contradiction of his philosophy on the value of life. He's in denial and not moving on.[/QUOTE]
I don't really see it as Aruto becoming a parent to his aunt, just because the dynamic between Aruto and Is is more complicated and harder to define than that, and I don't think he's going to try and force her to be the same even if it feels like he wants her to react the same way the old version would. But I feel like he would still be fine with her becoming her own person.