question for all you theorist out there, would it be possible that at the end of all the resets the mayas that ended up going away, be part of the original? like little fragments, that are just trying to come together as one?
Yes, that theory has been out there for as long as i know, while i brought that up too.
In reality there could be just a handfull of characters that are real and the majority of the girls could just be fragments of those.
Or even fragments of Akira.
There's just no real evidence for that.
Besides, again, floor 2 was no meant to be. Those girls (+additional side characters) where a patreon stretch goal.
And one has to keep that in mind. Because the story must still be coherent if there were only 10 girls + side characters.
So to give that theory any value it would have to be broken down to the original 10 girls and side characters.
Meaning, focusing if that would make sense for those 10 and side characters.
Who could be a fragment of who if it's only 10+.
Now we have a cast of 20+.
So the likeliness some characters are shards or derivations of others rose significantly.
The point here is to discern if some girls are shards/fragments in a supernatural way, or if they are "just" character derivations with less meaning.
Another thing i wanted to add in general.
While it is possible that all Maya's we know might be part of an original Maya, the way how some of them are pretty deformed makes me think.
As i see it, it might be Sel's interpretation, meaning, what false common sense would tell people, how offspring of incestuous relationships would have to look like.
Don't want to go to deep because tl;dr but, just because you have a kid with your brother/sister or whatever, doesn't make it look like Frankenstein's Monster.
Impairing it's imune system though, that's more likely.
So what I think the otherworldly Mayas are, is that they are offspring of an original Maya (which does not forcefully mean old or new Maya) and offspring of the offspring.
Meaning during all those cycles where Maya had sex with not 100% Akira, she got pregnant.
Which might have led to "AmIOkay".
Then Akira had a kid with AmIOkay (Daughter) which led to Long Maya (Grand daughter), then with Long Maya which made Moyo and so on.
We have scenes where Akira has some kind of sex or "dna" transmission with the otherworldly Mayas already in the game.
What we do know (most likely) is that Akira has a daughter with Ayane. Presumably "Himawari".
But Ayane, as far as we know, never gave birth to Himawari, at least not that we saw.
The point here might be that Akira's offspring might get "harvested" at some point, we don't get to see.
Which might even be a purpose of Kumon'mi, or the gods need to feel, through Akira.
This might also tie in with how Himawari was enlisted as a "freelancer", which could also apply to the Mayas.
Harvested as childs of Akira from Kumon'mi and enlisted to help inside Kumon'mi, at the point they are ready to do so.
A more funny anecdote to add here.
What was it called? The "Untitled Children Show"?
Maybe it's not the show thats untitled, but the Maya's inside of it.
Making it the "Show of unnamed kids of Akira". While they do have names, just none that their father gave them.
