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'''Description''': Konoko has been raised by the TCTF for as long as she can remember. She knows that she is somehow "different" from other people, but she is anxious to prove herself to Commander Griffin and the rest of the TCTF. | '''Description''': Konoko has been raised by the TCTF for as long as she can remember. She knows that she is somehow "different" from other people, but she is anxious to prove herself to Commander Griffin and the rest of the TCTF. | ||
== | ==Konoko's story== | ||
===Childhood=== | ===Childhood=== | ||
Mai's mother [[Jamie]] died while Mai was very young, perhaps while she was still an infant. As the manual indicates, Mai was then separated from her father at the age of 3. Because she did not think about her parents for so long, she seems to have forgotten about any life before she was brought to the TCTF. | Mai's mother [[Jamie]] died while Mai was very young, perhaps while she was still an infant. As the manual indicates, Mai was then separated from her father at the age of 3. Because she did not think about her parents for so long, she seems to have forgotten about any life before she was brought to the TCTF. | ||
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Looking for revenge, Konoko infiltrated TCTF Regional HQ and confronted Griffin, with the player choosing whether to kill him or spare him. She then traveled to Muro's Mountain Compound to determine what his plan was, and to stop it. Learning that he was about to send a signal for the world's [[ACC]]s to reverse their air-cleansing process, she could only think of one alternative: to sabotage the process. Shortly after Konoko defeated Muro in combat, the ACCs received the faulty signal, and many of them detonated. | Looking for revenge, Konoko infiltrated TCTF Regional HQ and confronted Griffin, with the player choosing whether to kill him or spare him. She then traveled to Muro's Mountain Compound to determine what his plan was, and to stop it. Learning that he was about to send a signal for the world's [[ACC]]s to reverse their air-cleansing process, she could only think of one alternative: to sabotage the process. Shortly after Konoko defeated Muro in combat, the ACCs received the faulty signal, and many of them detonated. | ||
At the end of | At the end of Oni, Konoko looks forward to the use of her father's work, the Chrysalis, to save mankind from the impending pollution crisis. | ||
=== | ==Name== | ||
===References=== | |||
====Loquacious Shinatama==== | ====Loquacious Shinatama==== | ||
{{C8}} is where Konoko first learns her real name. It is spoken by Shinatama, but at that moment Konoko may not be able to absorb much of what Shinatama tells her. | {{C8}} is where Konoko first learns her real name. It is spoken by Shinatama, but at that moment Konoko may not be able to absorb much of what Shinatama tells her. | ||
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;[[Quotes/Speech#Scanner_room|Related talk]] | ;[[Quotes/Speech#Scanner_room|Related talk]] | ||
== | ===Meaning=== | ||
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:According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates as 'dance' or 'linen robe'; most commonly, "mai" is used in everyday Japanese with the meaning "dance". It can also be a result of "True, real" combined with "Love, affection" <sup>(citation needed!)</sup>. | :According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates as 'dance' or 'linen robe'; most commonly, "mai" is used in everyday Japanese with the meaning "dance". It can also be a result of "True, real" combined with "Love, affection" <sup>(citation needed!)</sup>. | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance during storyline== | ||
Here are Konoko's [[seven]] outfits in Oni along with the game's resource names for them, and the chapters they are worn in: | Here are Konoko's [[seven]] outfits in Oni along with the game's resource names for them, and the chapters they are worn in: | ||
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== | ==Development== | ||
=== | ===Characterization=== | ||
===Design by Okita=== | |||
Early versions of Konoko vary quite a bit, as concept artist Alex Okita was probably trying different things. We are missing some of these concepts, but below are the ones we know of: | Early versions of Konoko vary quite a bit, as concept artist Alex Okita was probably trying different things. We are missing some of these concepts, but below are the ones we know of: | ||
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=== | ===Design by Lorraine=== | ||
[[Image:Konoko_Variants.jpg|500px|right|thumb|"Shirow" is Ghost in the Shell's author, Masamune Shirow.]] | [[Image:Konoko_Variants.jpg|500px|right|thumb|"Shirow" is Ghost in the Shell's author, Masamune Shirow.]] | ||
{{Pullquote|Lorraine McLees, Bungie artist, remembers the slight tug of war between the Chicago and Bungie West [offices]: 'Their vision of (Konoko) was more overtly -blam!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft, so we'd go back and forth with the California office. They'd send Konoko designs back with a bare midriff and the bottom of her breasts exposed, and we'd go back and re-clothe her. The funny thing is that the more we tried to de--[[blam]]!-ize her, the more sexy she became.'"|2=[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/AboutUs#page=games&game=10127 Bungie.net]}} | {{Pullquote|Lorraine McLees, Bungie artist, remembers the slight tug of war between the Chicago and Bungie West [offices]: 'Their vision of (Konoko) was more overtly -blam!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft, so we'd go back and forth with the California office. They'd send Konoko designs back with a bare midriff and the bottom of her breasts exposed, and we'd go back and re-clothe her. The funny thing is that the more we tried to de--[[blam]]!-ize her, the more sexy she became.'"|2=[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/AboutUs#page=games&game=10127 Bungie.net]}} | ||