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Provide your own answer for Batou’s question to Major Kusanagi, “What is it you see in the water’s darkness?” and give an explanation for the disembodied line that follows Batou’s question: “For now we see through a glass, darkly.”
After seeing the end sequence again, I think the darkness of water refers to the limited knowledge and possibility of a human individual. As 2501 refers to Kusanagi as one who sees only part of the network and itself as one who can see all. I think the ‘darkly’ refers to not seeing the complete network since Kusanagi has not been exposed to 2501’s ideas at that point. A glass may represent the shells of cyborgs or it may just be referring to something intangible since we can only glance at it through a glass. The intangible thing could be the network that 2501 refers to when it tries to merge with Kusanagi. My answer to the question would also be that I can see hope. Now thinking about it, Kusanagi comes to the surface for several times in this film and every time she sees light. Usually her body is being remade. It’s like opening up a new horizon, whether giving her a new body or opening her up to the entire network instead of just the limited section under water.
In the water’s darkness anything can be seen. When nothing is around you and all you see is black, unsure which direction is up, feeling the pressure surround you, fear sets into the mind. You see fear, but also the vast unknown and mystery within the world. So much is left unseen and unknown, waiting to be discovered But, as you float to the surface and see the light, you gain hope that you can make it, a light at the end of the tunnel.The disembodied line talks to how we see things. It discusses how although we are able to see, we cannot see clearly since what we know is clouded by personal bias and opinion, and media influence. Instead, we see through a filter, which darkens the world.
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