Edited sentence: At any rate, the movie ends with Hikari beginning her lonely voyage home.However, the elements of lesbianism and tentacle rape were fairly new to the genre.Or it just could have been a more dramatic ending.Possibly, the ordeal had left Hikari unable to think clearly.She may also have been afraid the creature could survive in space and find its way back into the ship.The plot of the OVA seems to have been strongly influenced by the movie Alien, with Hikari, the computer expert, representing Sigourney Weaver's role.There is also an easily-predictable "twist" ending after the closing credits.Why Hikari would choose to endanger herself by confronting the creature head-on rather than just open the bay door in the first place is unclear