Saya (サヤ?, Saya) is a character in FLCL: Grunge. She is the mother of Orinoko.
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Saya is introduced as a robot that was programmed by Orinoko's father to assist him in sword-making however ever since Orinoko's father got sick she has been doing more laundry and cleaning than anything else, Orinoko has often overheard her father referring to the robot as "honey" and has noticed that its been acting more maternal, much to her annoyance.
After the passing of Orinoko's father, both Saya and Orinoko are left on their own with the former stating that Orinoko is free now and is able to go wherever she wants before the robot starts to malfunction. As Orinoko tries to figure out what just happened, the monitor reveals that it is rebooting before showing a file named "Saya's Memories" and upon opening the file, dozens of subfolders are shown, each containing images of a younger Orinoko and her father. Realizing that these images are from her mother's perspective, a file named "Latest Memories" pops up, revealing that as she was dying, Orinoko's tearful father is shown holding his wife's hand and connecting her to the robot in order to preserve her memories. Just then, the house and surround area begin to violently shake as a giant hand begins to move the Medical Mechanica building across town, as the robot begins to lose its files. Fearing that she will lose the remaining part of her mother, Orinoko finds the backup option and selects it. She then gets a disk and quickly flees just before the iron building crushes her home.
After Orinoko says goodbye to Shinpachi, she boards the shuttle decides to put the disk into a computer built into the chair in front of her. A line of text appears on the monitor asking if it is Orinoko, implying it is aware. Orinoko then nods and says that it is her. A few hours later, Orinoko wakes up and admires the blue planet in front of her. A female voice asks her if she not just spacesick. After a light chuckle, Orinoko becomes startled as she notices the monitor type out "Good Morning", causing her to smile. As the screen cuts to black, Orinoko replies by saying "Good morning, Mom".
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