[TS133] "GeGeGe no Kitaro" and Uploaded Souls

It drifted from the TV.
Hearing this song, I suddenly stopped in my tracks.

Uploading consciousness to a machine—
If "living forever" in a virtual space
were ever to become a reality,

would the souls lying on the battlefield,
regardless of friend or foe,
hold hands in the graveyard,
and truly be able to enjoy a sports day?

Is "not dying" truly a blessing?
Is "not falling ill" truly a salvation?

Beyond what "death" takes away,
have we lost sight of what "death"
was providing us?

And finally, I would like to quietly leave one more question.

In a future where the boundary between friend and foe becomes blurred,
can an AI-ified "soul" truly accept the most human of activities,
such as "forgiveness" and "reconciliation"—?

Perhaps I'll secretly talk about the rest
in the "silence of the graveyard"... (👉 Maybe I'll write it in the paid version of note—🤣)

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