I've got this conspiracy on the identity of Helba. I don't have much evidence to back it up, but honestly in my heart of hearts I believe this is her.

Kaoru Asaba.

Upon watching the second episode of Liminality, both my cousin and I saw this woman and pretty much immediately agreed that this woman was Helba. I can obviously only speak for myself when I say that I was expecting some sort of reveal there.

It never happened, but I'm okay with that. I still think this is her.

Both the English and Japanese voice actors remain the same for Asaba and Helba, which is absolutely significant (they also remain for Emma, but considering she's deceased at this point in time, I feel it's alright to disregard that information for the time being)

Also acts the exact way I would expect from Helba- She's strong, she's confident-- But she's selfless too, and she absolutely knows WAY too much. What she says at the end of the episode also SCREAMS Helba to me.

It's just a conspiracy theory for sure, but it's one that I'm believing in unless someone can disprove it with knowledge from elsewhere in the series. (And please, if you CAN disprove it, please say something I need to know if I'm actually insane or not)

You look familiar.

Chapter 3 of the IMOQ arc from .hack//G.U. Begins