Thread:Mediawatcher/@comment-3581997-20150905032118/@comment-3581997-20150919013303

A worth while question, I've thought about it and believe the answer is no. Complete Monster is an identity, to have a memory wiped is to have identity wiped away. Reincarnation exists in myth. legend and modern faith to give souls a chance for redemption and to better them selves by wiping their memories from life to life.


 * Aang may be a hero but it is not because of his past memories it is because of his current one.


 * Then you have characters like Ryou Bakura as well who was pretty monstrous in his past life and is Pure of heart in his current life, even once he remembers what he was, he rejects the mindset and needs to be more-or-less possessed to revert to that previous state.


 * This is also a very popular form of redemption in Sailor Moon, basically all the monsters of the Rainbow Crystal saga are monsters that died and were reincarnated, reawakening those memories turns them into monsters again but wiping those memories turns them back to normal people, and on one occasion a cat.


 * This is also the central form of the afterlife in Hinduism. In Hinduism everyone slowly moves towards a state of purity of soul and when they reach it they become one with Brahma, God, but until then they are reincarnated taking with them the virtues of each life bit by bit to learn to be a slightly better soul each time no matter how many life times it takes for their souls to evolve.

Having one's mind wiped may not automatically make someone redeemed but it does give them the chance to, since their deeds from that point on are enacted independently of past ideals or lack there of.