tamarindream and bailey555 have the same IP of 118.100.158.34. Those are Malaysian IP’s, and Conniechiwa’s is too. ( ´∀`) Malaysian IPs, btw, aren’t static.

I am also not clear that Kusanagi loved the Teacher or had her child by him. All I felt was implied, with regards to the scene she spoke of him in isolation, was respect/admiration. However, I do seem to recall that Kusanagi first met Jinroh about 8 years before the events of the movie, which would be too late given the kid’s age. If someone could just validate that, then I will accept that the Teacher was Kusanagi’s lover.

With regards to the “I’ll kill my father” line, I just went and read through ‘The Stranger’ (not particularly inspiring, but at least it was pretty short) and didn’t see it. Yeah, the guy he killed was just some random arab. I don’t really have any idea what “I’ll kill my father” was supposed to mean, but I’d prefer not to read anything plot-related from it (the fact that the Teacher is an ‘adult’ and probably one of the oldest Kildren is enough for me).

As for some ‘never-ending cycle’ bullcrap, that’s pretty much not implied by the story. There’s a pretty solid timeline laid out, starting with the Teacher and Kusanagi working together, followed by the Teacher defecting, followed by Kusanagi meeting Jinroh, followed by Jinroh getting tired of his meaningless, never-ending existence and asking Kusanagi to kill him, followed by Kannagi showing up a couple weeks later, followed by the rest of the movie. There is basically no evidence suggesting more than one ‘Teacher’ or Kusanagi, or more than three Jinrohs (Jinroh himself, Kannagi, and the new guy at the end), at least with regards to the developed relationships between them (Kusanagi and the Teacher working together, Kusanagi and Jinroh being in love). The ‘cycle’ aspect only comes from the Kildren’s ability to continually be recycled after death, and the story basically suggests that all of the Teacher, Jinroh, and Kusanagi have been too good to be shot down, having survived at least 8 years in Jinroh’s case, and even longer (likely more than double that) for the Teacher and Kusanagi. Thus, there isn’t a cycle, as they haven’t died to enter it in the first place.

Anyway, regarding the movie itself. I only got into it around a third of the way through, when Kusanagi started barking orders like a queen bitch. That kinda got me hot, and my crush on her carried me through the rest of the movie. 7/10 (lol trolling). I gotta admit, it was still better than a whole lot of vapid shit out there (if, y’know, irritatingly vague about its setting and plot thus leading people to make up completely useless shit as above).