although her body was made by man, the girl's soul was real, and therefore made by God. page 7 is the girl's soul entering a heaven for machines. the disembodied blankness of emotion in this page was the purest expression of her inner self i could achieve. a goddess's head looms large in the picture, and takes on the features of the machine girl, expressing the nature of reality in heaven, and its absolute foundation in one's own self-image. most people would be extremely uncomfortable to see God's face exactly like their own upon entrance into the other world. the very idea is inherently either frightening or blasphemous. but the girl in sentosa mikano spent her entire life on earth running from shadowy and omniscient forces, and the only humanity she ever encountered was the part of her inside that allowed her to seek freedom. it is natural then that she should imagine God like this, and her thoughts would create that reality in heaven.
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