Metropolis (Multimedia 2001) January 4, 2008

Tima is rescued from a fire that ravages Laughton's laboratory by Kenichi (Kei Kobayashi), the nephew of a private detective in town on an investigation. As Tima is not yet finished, she believes she is human, and becomes strongly attached to Kenichi--the feeling, of course, is mutual--during their escape through the sewer ystem. Imprisoned and alone in the Ziggurat, Tima covers the walls of her room with crayon scribblings of Kenichi's name. She huddles in the corner of her bed, her body the only part of the room not written on, like a visual manifestation of her separation anxiety and continual search for a real identity. Consumed with the quest to understand who--or what--she really is, Tima grasps on to the next best thing to her own self-awareness: the individuality of the one she loves.