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>>1878335
> but then happy end...
> or something

Hm. Perhaps the 'true end' is kind of hopeful. The writings of the deceased professor dictate that Saya had absorbed a lot of human culture whencefrom she had created her own view of romance. After infecting the whole human population, one would assume that these infected beings would come to carry traces of her worldview, or as the professor suggests, absorb the whole human culture and knowledge anyway. Which would mean that nothing was really lost, the human race would just have transcended into something else - not unlike a technological singularity.

As for Saya dying or not. I believe it's a given, considering the tone she speaks in at the end. But she also said that there would be a time where she and Fuminori would be together forever. I won't overanalyze on that, though.

It's still quite something to have the reader feel awe looking at disfigured lumps of flesh covering the city in the end. Saya no Uta basically has you rooting for the monsters from every bio-alien invasion movie ever, wherein they turn to the heroes and say "Let it go, after you join us, everything will be better.", of course the heroes never do.

But for me, the ending still was hopeful. And in a way, also really beautiful. And a bit moving.