“When I first sketched the idea of a ‘clock that ticks for every heartbeat of a soldier,’ I never imagined it would balloon into an army of 100 million.” — Haruka Mizuki, 2024 interview (Anime News Daily)
The warriors are treated as disposable munitions. Their bodies are literally “counted down” like timers on explosives. This serves as an extreme allegory for how patriarchal systems in corporate or military contexts quantify women’s worth by biological or reproductive metrics. Geki Dokei-- 100 Oku Kaupaa no Onna Senshi Tachi