With all this talk about Maya not being real, can someone please try to explain AmIOkay, YouDidIt and Moyo to me? Please, pretend i'm retarded while explaining, 'cause i might be.
I always thought that the 3 of them were just Akira's psychosis acting up, but since they do interect with other characters...
YouDidIt, also known as Long Maya and Moyo are children of the clockwork. They work as freelancers for various gods (but often for HOPE), being mainly in charge of the Children Show. They have been around for thousands of years in that role. And have shown the capacity to summon countless other Mayas for Akira to have sex with.
AmIOkay is still an enigma to this day, it is possible she's also a child of clockwork, but it has never been stated as such. She's at the very least a different entity from Maya Prime, as they interact inside the replica of heaven. It has been theorized that she's the original Maya. And she makes various appearances throughout the game, heavily in the first chapter, including her iconic calling Akira by Sekai, then asking if Akira has already figured out the paradox prior to his encounter with Himawari in the Children Show, and more recently in the replica of heaven while talking to Noriko.
To properly understand them is important to understand Maya. As it stands, it has been suggested (by the game) that Maya didn't exist before the cycles. It has also been suggested that Ami was the pair to Akira initially, and at some point Maya appeared and took her place.
Leaving that possibility, if we talked about the state of things prior to last update, it was theorized that Akira conjured Maya into being by stealing a color. That is why Kaori cannot see her, why she can't remember her parents, why Tsuneyo suggests her memories are fake, why Pareidolia alerts Akira to the fact Maya should never have been there to begin with, why New Maya despairs at not having a function in Akira's life anymore (as it is needed for a god to be), and it would fit with Akira being able to fish a forgotten god from the bottom of the well (he does so with Pareidolia), so in this case he would have fished a stray (god and also the idea of a cat) which is Maya.
It's also suggested by LongMaya, Moyo and AmIOkay's overall treatment of Maya Prime that she's not as special as she makes it seem. Ami certainly makes that painfully clear during last update. So Maya, our Maya, is something that ought not to exist, while LongMaya, Moyo and possibly AmIOkay are things that are meant to (serving a function within the cycles).
Edit: I'd like to see if Kaori is able to see NewMaya, as it would clear up a few things on that front as well.
