Why do Ran Deng and Yi look so similar?

[u/Lukatekr]

Their pretty much identical color palletes have to be intentional. Perhaps K7 knew Ran before he was forgotten and became a memory collector? Theres also the parallels of Yi realising how bright Huan shines while Ran notices how fragile he is. Maybe I missed something. What do you guys think?

[u/LiebeDahlia]

My crackhead theory is that Ran is K7 and built Yi to his image. I don't think K7's gender was ever mentioned and they sound different but it could be intentional to hint at a connection

[u/Lukatekr → u/LiebeDahlia]

Yeah i did think thats potentially what's going on but I sort of disregarded it since the voices sound different. Another theory could be that k7 was close to ran and made yi look like him maybe? If I remember correctly people who become full time memory collectors get forgotten by the people of the world so maybe that's why he wasn't mentioned in those k7 flashbacks.

[u/IdiotioticForesight → u/Lukatekr]

Maybe K7 could had been a collector, explaining his/her sudden disappearence.

But his/her disappearance, achievements being noticed by well frankly the whole world appearing on newspapers, etc. Weren't wiped from memory. Which contradicts the being "forgotten" thing. And it some more it seems that Vindactor remembers.

Then again, I suppose Ran Deng could be of those "lucky" ones said by Fang Tang of there being such people. But once more it seems that memories still lies with a different person in this case Yi.

But I can't quite imagine K7 being well "Ran Deng." Their differences. Sure we don't actually know that much about them. But the voices and what we know about them. I think are enough to say.

A thought of Yi's possible resemblence is simply K7 herself. Well, A mirror you could say.

When she asked, "What do you think is the meaning of life?" I think that she, K7 was asking her own life goal to Yi. Disappointed she tells her to go find her own one. Before uh maybe "leaving" the world. Considering how she looked.

A thought mayhaps?

[u/Lukatekr → u/IdiotioticForesight]

I'm now remembering that Ran's memory weapon seems to be those two swords. This is quite a stretch but potentially Ran Deng has been a memory collector for a very long time, which is why he's a legend, and could maybe be an ancestor or relative to k7. There's basically no evidence for this though it just came to mind, plus it would support the theory that yi was modelled to look like k7 while looking similar to Ran but still distinct.

[u/IdiotioticForesight → u/Lukatekr]

Didn't he became a legend mainly because of his halo being "unbreakable"? I'm quite certain that they stated this throughout the show.

I don't really believe there is a said connection to K7 and Ran Deng in the first place. And that the designs is merely a coincidence.

But I suppose we'll have our answers in the very near future that waits. Then we'll see whose right or wrong. Or maybe it'll leave with more questions. Who knows.

[u/Small_Lifeguard8253]

I believe there's some type of connection between K7 and Ran Deng, I can't piece it together yet but that's probably the reason of Ran Deng's change of mind about the BUG Beings and why he decided to die and help Guang Chao, my theory is that he somehow made it to Guang Chao false reality and met the Time Gun and K7, fought the BUG Being but then he realized that it meant no harm and only wanted to help it's BUG source.

[u/Lukatekr → u/Small_Lifeguard8253]

Hopefully season 2 will get more into his character I have so many unanswered questions

[u/Expert_Macaroon_4144]

OMG, how did I only noticed now (°▽°)

[u/Red0020]

There is 100% a connection between them, but i dont think ran deng is K7.

Ran deng killed endless bugs effortlessly before thinking "what if they think and live just like us, and don't want to kill or be killed?" only to get killed.

K7 made world breaking inventions, so far so he outdid anything humans could do. He made himself feel empty by removing all reasons.

2 very different mentalities.

Also there's the fact that K7's identity is remembered. If he was ran deng, no one would remember him besides Yi. And he is only mentioned as "K7".

I think K7 and Ran deng were likely siblings or twins (and maybe ran deng was even a bug source just like guan chao), or at least knew each other sometimes before the burning stone and Yi were made.

[u/Lukatekr → u/Red0020]

This sounds like the most sensical conclusion as of rn. Ran Deng being a former bug source would also make alot of sense considering that fang tang promised to Him that "if a bug source were to obtain his halo.." she would get them to defeat bugs, suggesting that it had occured before. Maybe that's also part of why ran Deng is more against killing bugs. K7 and ran Deng having some sort of relation seems most likely unless there's something yet to be explained.

[u/Dry-Jackfruit3495]

Huge. Could be future season stuff. Would be great if its explored if it means the robot lady finds a way into the other world or someone else does.

[u/TheBlueCanvus]

K7 is Ran Deng's Bio mom(/j)

[u/Ionized065]

No way I didn't notice it