Those are some impressive interpretations, I must say. I myself (being an atheist) didn’t notice all that religious symbolism. And it’s hard to add anything to it after all the walls of text.
Therefore, I’d like us to discuss a different topic of Planetarian. This topic has appeared in many other works of fiction. It’s the question “How human can robots be?”, or in general “What does it take for something or someone to become human?”
We seem to pretty much all agree that Yumemi is human. But where would you draw the line? What are the requirements of an entity to be considered human?
Does it have to look human to a certain degree? Does it need to have a certain level of intelligence? Is a ‘soul’ or a ‘heart’ required (and how exactly would you define those)? The capability of feeling and expressing emotion?
