I'm not understanding why Eirin has such a scary face at the end. I don't feel confident enough to add in actual translation boxes, but at the top, she says that she managed to erase their memories so they think it was a dream (something about overwriting; maybe she says she overwrote their memories to make it a dream? Japanese grammar is so confusing at times, to me), and in the bottom panel she says that all she has left to do is copy their memories into new bodies and she'll be finished. The left bubble says that they (or maybe she? Japanese likes to drop pronouns) were saved due to how their brains were unharmed.
Their bodies were pretty destroyed; it's not as if there were many options other than to make new ones for them. Why the scary face?
Darpon said: I'm not understanding why Eirin has such a scary face at the end. I don't feel confident enough to add in actual translation boxes, but at the top, she says that she managed to erase their memories so they think it was a dream (something about overwriting; maybe she says she overwrote their memories to make it a dream? Japanese grammar is so confusing at times, to me), and in the bottom panel she says that all she has left to do is copy their memories into new bodies and she'll be finished. The left bubble says that they (or maybe she? Japanese likes to drop pronouns) were saved due to how their brains were unharmed.
Their bodies were pretty destroyed; it's not as if there were many options other than to make new ones for them. Why the scary face?
So... this is a Happy end? Original Erin killed her psychotic clone, salvaged Reisen 72 and Twei's brains, removed all the traumatic bullshit, revived chibi Reisen and is going to implant their brains/memories into new bodies when they're done growing. And hopefully close down and destroy her lab. (this last part is inferred.
Actually there's still a couple pages left after the story. Those are Eirin's (or Eirin II's) research notes on various Reisen clone series. I wouldn't mind translating those if someone uploads them.
NNescio said: Phew. Finally done. That was loooong.
Actually there's still a couple pages left after the story. Those are Eirin's (or Eirin II's) research notes on various Reisen clone series. I wouldn't mind translating those if someone uploads them.
So basically the vision that Udonge and Tewi seeing right now is just a made-up from Eirin that directly go through their brain. And Eirin is waiting to put these 2 brains in new body! Could count this as happy end though. Also i wonder the real reason of this lab, and the video either.
Zaku_Zelo said: Oh. Well...with translations, nevermind. This IS a good ending...maybe. Maybe. That face, and what monhan said. Ugh.
Its probably supposed to be uncertain if this is a good or bad ending, or if any of it really happened. Imo I think its the good ending because those don't really look like crazy eyes in the last panel. And what she said wasn't devious or scheming or anything, so it might have just been that he drew the eyes a little oddly there.
That was disturbing. Eirin salvaging their brains, erasing their bad memories, and putting them into new bodies. It seems Kaguya did appear somewhat at the end though.
rpgman1 said: That was disturbing. Eirin salvaging their brains, erasing their bad memories, and putting them into new bodies. It seems Kaguya did appear somewhat at the end though.
If you think about it eirin probably did them a favor, I don't know about you but I wouldn't wanna remember my body exploding into a million pieces or my spinal cord being pierced in 2.
You know what? GOOD END. If only because "Bittersweet, Hopeful, And Really the Best Possible End You Could Expect Under The Circumstances" takes too long to say. After everything Tewi and especially Reisen went through in this thing, they deserve the more hopeful interpretations of that last page. If this is indeed supposed to be a "choose your own ending" kind of ending, then that's the ending I choose: "Good" Eirin won, was able to salvage Reisen and Tewi's brains, and is currently growing them new bodies while temporarily placing them in a dreamworld where they only remember the hell they went through, if they remember it at all, as a nightmare.
It is kinda disturbing to think about Eirin doing what she did to their memories, but as a poster above me pointed out, it was most likely meant to be a comfort to them.
I wonder about the Mini-Udon serving tea in the background, though. Is that the same one as the one who started the story - or at least her brain? After all, as far as I can tell from post #1406178, Mini-Udon (or perhaps we could call her Reina, as the ending notes suggest) was killed with a spine-severing shot through the neck - her head looks at least as intact as Udonge-72 and Tewi-00's, and she wasn't killed that much earlier than the other two, so she too should've been salvageable.
Maybe, since her body is smaller, it could be regrown quicker?
Of course, Reina's trauma took place over months or even years of abuse at Clone-Eirin's hands, whereas Udonge and Tewi had normal lives one day and CLONING HELL the next, so the 'bad dream' dodge wouldn't really have covered it for her like it did them. More effective, probably, to fix her mind the old-fashioned way, with care and kindness (and ideally, therapy, which in this case would just be care and kindness administered with scientific precision).
Of course, all that could be nonsense and this one's a different Reina entirely. But I'd like to think that she too was saved.
Damn, barring the guro stuff the story was actually pretty clever and twisted. Twisted, but good. Still disgusting though if you don't have a good stomach
So in any way, we can interpret the ending any way we want. As the Good/Ignorant ending where we all think that Eirin is the original and is good, or we can go with monhan's theory which is pretty twisted in a way but clever.
Also been wondering about that dairy log at the beginning, pointing towards original Eirin "actually" brainwashing and cloning Reisen to create an army to fight the moon. Clues to original Eirins intentions and malice can be seen as she is has 'that' connection to Sakuya.
I'm pretty sure real Eirin had keep notes about her experiments (real scientist do it) and I'm taking a guess that the Clone Eirin have just added a "dub track" with gruesome descriptions.
Reisen do have that number behind her neck. So my supposition is that when Reisen came to earth, her body was injured and Eirin saved her by moving her brain to a cloned body (just like she is trying to do now). Probably she developed the whole clone thing to be able to save Reisen and others, and it took her about 72 tries to finally do it successfully.
Do I have any proof? Well, of course not, but since this Clone Eirin lacked any empathy, I don't see a valid reason to not show the images of the "failed experiment" she mentioned, and I'm guessing she made up that part.
Did anypne notice "Udonge 72" & "Tewi 88" on the brain tanks? Sooo, Tewi is a clone too??? And ending... Kinda reminds me an ending for "Repo Men" film - Reisen lives in her happy little world. But it`s artificial.
Did anypne notice "Udonge 72" & "Tewi 88" on the brain tanks? Sooo, Tewi is a clone too??? And ending... Kinda reminds me an ending for "Repo Men" film - Reisen lives in her happy little world. But it`s artificial.
Here's a plot twist to the plot twist to the plot twist.... That's the real Eirin.
I've erased their previous memories by turning them into a bad dream before overwriting those with new memories.It really helps that their brains are intact.It's done.All I need to do now is to program these memories into brand new bodies.