this vision completes the nihilistic experience about humanity in the manga. this is the eternal return, from uncle nietzsche.

I think the possibility of recursion is something most readers would guess at.

NSE suggests otherwise though.

only and if you accept that both stories happen in the same universe. it could be _another_ very similar megastructure.

i thought we had that before..?

wasnt the child from the beginning a boy?

I dont believe that theory, look on the consequences, everything, everyone shot by Killy had to live again (to be shot again), every huge structure, damaged and so on, had to be set to "default"... who could this do and how?

Or am I understanding your statement wrong in a way?

I always thought that somebody just pressed RESET button in the end...