It has been years since I watched this anime, but pretty sure you got the end all wrong. Proxy One, isn't the united proxies at all, Proxy One is the original Proxy, and Ergo is copy/clone of himself that serves as his tool of death. If I recall correctly, all the proxies are essentially genetically programmed to destroy their creations and themselves when their task is complete. Which is why they keep killing themselves as the show progresses. The Proxies were essentially acting as custodians until the planet was habitable again. As I recall Proxy One was supposed to make sure all the other proxies were dead before destroying himself. He created Ergo to do just that, but attempted to remove the suicide programming that he didn't think he would be able to overcome. In another comment you say Ergo is the life aspect, but in fact Ergo is the death aspect. He even says something along those lines as Vincent Law. Proxy One certainly did not think he had failed to sustain the survival of the human race. He was angry that he had been created by the true humans in space as a disposable tool. He couldn't avoid the programming that would cause his own destruction, so in creating Ergo as the tool for his own destruction he fulfilled his programming, but in attempting to eliminate the suicide programming from Ergo he exploited a loophole that the true humans did not foresee. Which is to say, they had failed to account for him creating a clone that didn't share his weakness to sunlight, or his suicidal programming. In that way he would live on, and get some form of vengeance even if all it amounted to was a different version of himself surviving when they intended him to die. Honestly, I think I like Proxy One the most of all the characters despite his limited screen time. He knew himself to the extent that he knew he could not survive his designed purpose, and so he found a loophole so some part of himself could live on. In other words, he recognized his situation was hopeless, but he still found a way to overcome and persevere, even if it wasn't in the way he wished for.

@@EcnalKcin Yes, thank you for clarifying this to me in terms of the separation between the two. There was so much for me to cover and I wanted to discuss so much of it within this video that, at the time of me creating it, I got quite confused between the difference in forms of the Proxy (ei. One and Ergo representing difference aspects). I basically ended up creating a new form to interpret the reuinfication of both sides as being "Proxy One". Yet obviously the animes version of Proxy One is to be considered the life aspect due to his existence originally to bring back humanity out of space. However, I considered One (separate from Proxy One) to be the death aspect because he, after realizing his flaws and suicidal fate, wished to rid the world of humanity, hence I considered him the death aspect. Ergo on the other hand was the original proprietor in creating the new humans, hence being the life aspect and letting the new humans return to the planet at the end of the series. I may still be misterpreting it as I haven't watched the show in a year and am basing this off my comments and rough memory of it.

@@EcnalKcin And thank you for the explanation! I've been searching for the answers to this anime and you gave me closure for a bit :)

Couldn't have said it better myself!

I thought Proxy One had seperated a portion of himself to create Ergo? As I believe when One called Ergo his "shadow", you can consider One the evil destruction aspect of this specific Proxy while Ergo was the life aspect. Even though, Ergo is called the "Agent of Death" it should be seen as an oxymoron of sorts where he never meant for humanity to ever doom itself in the first place. Sure I guess if they are actual clones then it is what it is but that clone concept is basically completely nullified by the clear dual-sided nature of both One and Ergo. And I am aware that the statues were talking about Ergo and not one, I guess it was a problem on my part for calling Ergo "Proxy One" in the video as I consider the true Proxy One to be when both sides met at the end of the show. Also at the end of the show, One was basically neutralized because Ergo decided to not get his revenge on the real humans who returned at the end of the show because as I stated previously, he is the life aspect. You are correct on Ergo bailing on humanity, once again I misphrased Ergo for "Proxy One" in the video. If you would like an additional explanation on this matter then this discussion thread is very similar to my view of the subject: anime.stackexchange.com/questions/20219/explain-about-ergo-proxy-and-proxy-one-and-their-relation-with-monard-proxy#:~:text=1%20Answer&text=Romdo%20was%20created%20by%20Proxy,them%20having%202%20separate%20bodies

Proxy One separated and recreated himself from himself. So he basically did clone himself but did so through thinking himself into being. The basic premise being Cogito Ergo Sum which translates 'I doubt, therefore I think, therefore I am'. He created a separate self into existence to seek revenge on his creators which were the people, the humans who left him there to act as their proxy until they could return when they earth started to heal from their destruction of it and Proxies outlived their usefulness would die from from the sunlight finally being penetrated through the noxious atmosphere and clouds.

I believe Ergo is a clone of One and Monad

every time I hear Liam voicing a different character, I just hear Vincent Law talking

Same!!!

Thank you so much for watching the video and giving feedback! I am aware of the immense amount of religious iconography throughout the show. Personally, I was just more fond of the foreshadowing of the entire climax through the opening as well as the beautifully written characters that were based on countless fictional/historical people. As I wanted to bring attention to the anime's cleverness and demonstrate what I managed to interpret it through my own personal viewing. I actually didn't even know about the C.G Jung inspiration so thank you for informing me about such a thing!

@@atoko9004 keep it up! If I remember right, C.G.Jung is even directly mentioned in the anime during the game show episode, not to even mention the countless motives of his works in the anime.

Thanks for watching and asking. It's called "Terra Incognita", it's part of the original soundtrack of Ergo Proxy.

@@atoko9004 Thanks

It's actually a pretty complicated audio to find the origin of. But based on my online findings it appears to be Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart but played on the piano. However, some also say it might be a completely original piece made for the anime so there might not even be a full track of it. Hope this helped!

I genuinely don't know. Might be a bug of some sort. I've had the same error occur on a few other videos of mine.

Thank you Benjamin for your wise words of wisdom.

I have not seen Texhonolyze yet actually, I've had it as well as Serial Experiments Lain on my list for a while. I've heard it's very unique and I'm not sure why just yet but would like to find out.

I recommend watching it.