The longer I think about it, the more disgusting Alma's maternalization gets. Because Alma had been unconscious for nine years when the scientists implanted an Akuma "egg" in their body with literal markings over their stomach, while their mind was so closed off and unresponsive that even Wisely couldn't peek into it - Wisely, whose power lets him break minds like a nutcracker. Because when Alma was last conscious, they were eleven and had completely lost their will to live, tired of being exploited by the Order. Because everyone constantly referred to Alma as "the Womb" instead of a person.
The creation of Akuma has always drawn parallels to birth - not only is the whole process about resurrection, but the Earl is literally shown singing the eeriest Happy Birthday ever when an Akuma is created, and the mass of Dark Matter from which Akuma are created both resembles and is literally called an egg, and first ever Level Four is quite literally "born" from the caricature of a pregnant woman. But you know who also has been tied to the themes of birth from the start? The Seconds. It is no coincidence that when Yuu and Edgar discuss birth and love, both versions of Alma are also present in the room with them. When Edgar talks about how humans are born, when he ties the creation of life to love, he is also directly othering both Yuu and Alma from the conversation - humans are born from love, and the life humans give birth to is borne out of love. Because Yuu and Alma are Seconds, because they are subhuman "artificial" apostles, their "birth" is twisted, the purpose of their lives is twisted and later on, any life that rises from them (the Thirds that are born from Alma's cells) is also ultimately twisted.
But the truth is that Yuu and Alma had been humans all along, that they, by all means, should have been treated as humanely as anyone else. Everything they had been taught while growing up was a lie, and this whole time it was the scientists' acts that had been twisted. And nothing could drive this point better than Johnny asking why a kid has become the first womb.
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