Why does Tetsuo say "I am Tetsuo" at the end of Akira?


At the end of _Akira_ , there is a massive power release; then:

> Tetsuo manages to gain full control over his powers, and these abilities end
> up creating a new Big Bang in another dimension.

After this event, Tetsuo says the following: "I am Tetsuo."

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Why did he say this? What meaning does it have?




Testuo (probably like Akira before him) finally gains full control of his
powers, and uses it to initiate the creation of a new universe. In effect he
is now the creator god of this new universe, and he proclaims this at the end:

"I am Tetsuo"

_This_ is the real Tetsuo, he is saying. His essence without the limiting
shell of his mortal body. The pure energy of his being distilled into a pocket
universe.

