Director Haibara's Notes (3)
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In an experiment assisted by Souya, the mask's memory control properties gradually became clear.
However, what exactly is memory?
Those possessed by a spirit appear like completely different people. Speech and conduct are like that of someone else.
If that is the case, isn't the memory of a person part of the evil spirit?
Humans are creatures of memory.
By maintaining memories, a person maintains their self. By not forgetting the dead, the dead remain alive in memory, and death is overcome.
Forgetting means losing all proof of having lived. To forget everything is the same as dying.
But when all memories are gone, what remains?
The soul?
No, that's probably not it...
Humans may be nothing more than a bundle of memories.
There was a case of a patient who could not forget.
That patient wanted their memory erased. Maybe more painful than losing your memory, is being forced to have a clear recollection of all the events, actions, words and things in life?
I have seen many patients crushed by their memories, being unable to forget certain events.
The memory of a sin, of a mistake, of regret...
Memory is not designed to solely support an identity. Sometimes people die within the cage of their memory.
Can people who keep their memories ever be happy?