So I wasn't going to go completely into metaphysics before, but the way the summary talks about the memories still in Kuma, it seems like we might have to.
Question 1: How is consciousness defined in OP?
We have souls, shadows, brains, and memory manipulation in this story. But what is the actual consciousness?
If consciousness is all spiritual, then then memories can never be completely erased as trchnology can't touch the soul and Kuma's brain is only damaged to erase them. Think of the brain as a control panel in this sense and the memories RAM. Damage the brain, no longer able to interface.
If consciousness is material, memories can be erased as they are matter.
What is it?