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have you ever thought about why you were
born oh no nope he asks Auto doggie a
heavy question to be sure I can't help
but laugh at how wonderfully Mona Gotti
it is to ponder the meaning of life not
halfway into the opening episode of an
arc but in that question
Onan okie lays the foundation for an arc
taking us back in time and across world
lines in its attempt to find the answer
at first glance my OE jiangshi is your
classic time travel story with Auto
doggy and Shinobu journeying to the past
to prevent my ohi's death triggering a
butterfly effect that ultimately ends in
the annihilation of the world what
purpose is there to existing and why do
we continue on when that promise is
fulfilled Maya Jung she explores the
classic philosophical claim formalized
by jean-paul sartre existence precedes
essence it's about what defines us as
people is there some shared fundamental
nature driving each of us through our
individual lives or are we a culmination
of the experiences and relationships we
form along the way we exist as we are
your characteristics personhood and
history are all part of your existence
everything that goes into the being you
are in the moment it has a clearly
defined beginning and end meanwhile the
essence in this setting is the
foundational root purpose at the very
core of a being think human nature but
which informs the other then the
classical view holds essence precedes
existence we all have this collective
fundamental nature driving our existence
however thought throw argues first you
exist and then in doing so you make
yourself therefore if you create your
essence
you possess the potential to change your
essence as well a person is defined by
how they act and is responsible for said
actions if you regard others harshly you
are a harsh person and are responsible
for being a harsh person however your
actions are what you make them to be you
can choose to be good man is condemned
to be free
condemned because he did not create
himself yet is nevertheless at liberty
and from the moment that he is thrown
into this world he is responsible for
everything he does
software holds there is no collective
essence that define
humanity rather each of us possess an
individual essence produced by how we
choose to live our lives
it is our existence then that defines us
Maya Jong she explores the push and pull
between these opposing views of the
world first by breaking down the
supposed irreducibility of the human
essence through flashy coup G's
persistent presence in this story to
best understand this let's return to the
very beginning while bokkeum wanted not
to be introduced us to the afflictions
haunting the five girls at its center
none of them exactly found a permanent
solution to their problem they may have
exercised their demons in the short term
but they still carry the scars formed
from their experiences with them all
except one
my OE Hachi coogee as we learn in my OE
snail Hachi coogee became a lost soul in
death after failing to fulfill her wish
to reach her mother when auto doggy with
the help of Sancho kohada and oshino
finally brings her home she first
disappears having satisfied the regret
tying her to life only to reappear by
the end of the episode as a wandering
spirit where she routinely pops up to
entertain Auto doggy and later orcs but
why is she still here in their
conversation at the start of my own song
she owned Anokhi immense her question
from why was she born to say why did she
die and why is she here now there must
be some purpose to her continued
existence where else she doesn't belong
here
oh no no Kiara doggy and Maya we all
have one thing in common they died and
are now no longer fully human ah da da
ji as a result of the events of Kesey
Mona got to be is part vampire and
became immortal the instant he died so
in effect he was never dead onna no key
on the other hand was truly dead and
gone before being brought back to life
as a tsukumogami a reincarnation as she
puts it Maya we meanwhile hasn't come
back to life she died and stayed dead a
true ghost but despite their deaths
all three continued to exist for what
purpose
oh no no he asks in Mayas case we know
exactly why she became a ghost to ease
her regrets in life but why does she
remain a ghost if she fulfilled that
purpose which brings us back to Sakura
let's say it's true that essence
proceeds existence that all beings have
a fundamental purpose in forming their
self if my ohi's essence as a ghost is
no longer actualized then what reason
does she have for her continued
existence should she not have
disappeared for good having her purpose
satisfied unless we take sovereign
her essence has changed as a result of
her continued existence does Maya we
choose to remain in this form is she
happy as a ghost the question sticks
without a doggie and the answer will
later help us nail down just which side
of this philosophical fence Mona got
that he appears to fall on but before we
get there we've got some tiny wimey
stuff to sort through finding themselves
11 years in the past on a dog he wonders
if it's even possible to change destined
events that would be the fatalistic view
of time travel if all outcomes are
predetermined you can't change them
presumably he couldn't do anything to
help centric Ahad his family crisis for
instance because he would change the
fate of too many people even so he
believes he can save Maya weak because
her death was just a one-time chance
incident Shinobu rebukes his effort if
the chain of events as they know them is
unavoidable he would at best merely
delay the inevitable but ferrata doggy
this isn't an issue even if Maya we were
to die the next day as long as she meets
her mother she'll never become an
apparition as she won't have that regret
while destiny seemingly attempts to foil
their plan Auto doggy is ultimately
successful in preventing Maya's death
and seeing her through to her mother's
home when they returned to the present
however they're greeted with a
post-apocalyptic hellscape as it turns
out the ripple effect of auto doggies
intervention in the past had
far-reaching consequences anyone who's
ever seen a single time travel story
could have seen this coming 10
worldlines away importantly in reversing
my ohi's death the two don't change the
course of their own timeline but rather
shift to another parallel world where my
OE did not die creating multiple
continuities existing simultaneously
apparently nisi OE sin prescribes to a
multi-dimensional branching theory of
time travel still how could such a
seemingly innocuous difference the life
of one person have such devastating
impact on the world eventually Shinobu
realizes she's to blame for this the
Shinobu of this timeline the me that
isn't me turned all of humanity into
vampires the night of Oggy and Centrica
hottest date in tsubasa cat when oshino
left and Shinobu ran away she reveals
she planned to annihilate the world that
day if auto doggy didn't find her taking
her aggression out on others of course
in our timeline we know he did but in
this world
auto doggy never reached her because it
was Maya we who made him realize she had
run away in the first place and if Maya
we never existed as an apparition that
action never took place Shinobu feels
deeply remorseful for her alternate
selfs actions though on a doggy tells
her there's no need to apologize for
what this version of her did but she
responds it's still me well is it if
according to Sartre we are defined by
our actions and ultimately responsible
for them are we then also responsible
for our potential actions clearly this
thought was within our Shinobu she was a
step away from committing the same
atrocity as her other self does our
existence encompass only what we do or
is it also what we might do and if so
does that not also inform our essence
let's just say for a moment this is the
case what are the implications of that
for starters the responsibility held by
our actions and our potential actions
are two entirely different things in the
case of the former this means dealing
with and accepting the consequences of
what we do in the latter it's evaluating
the possible consequences and making
judgment towards what action to take
both inform what we make of ourselves
and what we do and what we choose not to
but if we control our actions
it also means we have a responsibility
to choose the right ones
when shinobu inada doggy confront this
bizarro kiss shot her guilt runs even
deeper at the sad state of her alternate
self it is true that our Shinobu did not
annihilated but this one did and ours
very well could have if not for one
slight change in the course of events
she almost feels pity towards her but
says this is her retribution meanwhile
kiss shot looks at Shinobu standing side
by side without a doggy and seems amazed
to think this route was possible she
betrayed her partnership without a
doggie where our Shinobu was brought
back to him and the two man's cell
cannot function with only one half both
jina boos cry tears resembling blood at
the state of the other both in disbelief
that this version of themselves could
really exist but for such a small simple
difference
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while South Affairs belief and the power
of choice in our nature can be an
optimistic one there is a darker
flipside if we are a culmination of our
actions experiences in communication
there are potentially limitless outcomes
for what type of person we might be both
a freeing and paralyzing thought
especially when so much of our lot in
life is out of our control true we have
the capacity to do great good but given
the wrong set of circumstances we can
also reach terrible depths like Shinobu
here let's return to our formerly lost
spirit my we come to find out she
managed to survive she no lose rampage
that alone makes this timeline worth
saving for auto donkey but he's not
going to save it for the world
rather for the girl Auto doggy refuses
to let the world where Maya we lives be
a dead one
but even if they can reverse some of
kiss shots damage this wasteland will
never return to form
Shinobu tells him that's a deal that
isn't worth the price saving Maya we but
losing the world
it's the classic trolley problem only on
a global scale is the life of just one
person worth the world destruction
saving it would cause hey that sounds
familiar but Auto doggy rejects this
utilitarian view of the universe telling
Shinobu he'll never accept the logic
that because Maya we lived the world
died even if that's destiny itself and
so they saved Shinobu from herself and
the world along with it at this point it
seems my Oh eat junk she lies squarely
on the side of sorrow we are defined by
our action and experience in life but
really it's not so clear-cut multiple
moments seemed to hint that there is
some part of us that never changes no
matter how different the circumstances
or course of time may be oshino and his
letter writes that the auto doggy of
this timeline also wound up dating
Sandro bajada proof there truly meant to
be sure but perhaps also that in spite
of all the interactions and happenstance
that inform our person we do have a
fundamental essence at our core that
never changes no matter what we
experience
similarly kiss shots dying Wish before
sacrificing herself is for auto doggy to
Pat her on the head in truth she really
is sheena blue at heart finally when
they awaken back in their timeline Auto
doggie says that despite the two-month
lag between their death being able to
die with Shinobu was
probably something the auto doggie of
that route wanted as well you could even
say there needs to be this permanent
part of us or else we may change with
the wind even so while we might have
some fundamental nature we are no doubt
shaped by our experiences and
relationships these circumstances have
an instrumental effect on our state of
being after their return Auto doggie
can't help but wonder if this really is
their world or if they split off into
yet another route until coogee
charges in after him their interaction
leaves no doubt this is the my OE of his
route the Maya we that was created over
the past few months of interacting with
him the big question then is this
irreversible might we tap into that in
herself and right the ship or are we
stuck on a path once we've entered it on
a dog he asked the question on an Okie
posed to him in the beginning is Maya we
happy as a ghost I like to believe South
furs claim is true at least to some
extent like Monica 30 seems to say I do
believe we have a core nature guiding us
not a collective but an individual one
that said our experiences in life are
equally important to informing our being
that is what gives us the capacity to
change our doggie puts it perfectly in
the end it's modeling me bacca bacca she
thought valachi's toki niwa sido una
cadena gotta talkin imagine a token mio
it's me Scotty D boy poco nice Mariani
my bikini I am eating Koneru tall it's
pointless to get bogged down and
wondering what might have been or who
you might be if you had done something
differently do not believe in regrets if
given the chance to change your past you
might return to a future you don't
belong in to a you you don't recognize
you are you indescribable unabashedly
you and if your relationships and
circumstances inform who you are that
also means the relationships you have
yet to form will create another version
of yourself you have yet to meet all we
can do is try to appreciate the self we
are now while hoping to inspire a better
future even with so much out of our
control even when our very self food
seems circumstantial and impossible to
manipulate we're all marching along our
individual route the weight of each step
still firmly our own
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