Thread:PinkiePie39/@comment-1672596-20190225230117

I know the ending had Maria restored to life. But it's unlikely the inhabitant in that vat is Maria for a couple of reasons.

1. The inhabitant's hair in the tank was far too long to be Maria's, reaching up to her back. In the various flashbacks, Maria's hair only reached to her neck at most. It looked more to be Kasumi's length if anything.

2. The hairstyle is not even close to looking like Maria's hair, even ignoring the length. The hair for Maria is more of a comb-back, while the hair of the entity in the tank looked more like Kasumi's hairstyle.

3. When showing it, the entity was not only overall colored very green a'la Alpha-152, but we even get a brief glimpse of Alpha-152's trademark aura.

4. The technician who was... eager to see her specifically mentioned he wanted to see her again, and somehow, I'm doubtful Donovan (who's pretty much the reason Maria and Fame Douglas were dead) would have wanted her brought back or allowed anyone under his employ to like Maria or even know of her. Of course, why NiCO would even bother to revive Maria at all especially under MIST's watch under that pretense is a mystery in itself.

Plus, considering Raidou pretty much had his clothes on when he was revived, why on earth would Maria be stark naked in there? 