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===Bio-punk=== | ===Bio-punk=== | ||
"Bio-punk" is a nod to the cyberpunk culture (in particular to Ghost In The Shell, a major influence for Oni). In Oni, the emphasis is much less on man-made AI and cyberspace - and more on mutation (hyperevolution), man-machine hybrids, artificial organics subjected to pseudo-human learning and growth processes, etc. So, like GITS, but more "bio" rather than "cyber". | |||
====Daodan==== | ====Daodan==== | ||
One of the central concepts in Oni (and the most innovative in [[User:geyser|my]] opinion) is the "[[Daodan]] Chrysalis": a kind of "smart cancer" or "benevolent tumor" that replaces damaged parts of the host organism with clones and enhanced cells. These cells are more resilient, totipotent (i.e., they can transform at will into any organ tissue), and can receive a boost from an "aura" that permeates/surrounds the host organism. The nature of this aura is never made clear in Oni, but it can belong to an immaterial being (akin to the Screamers) that achieves a symbiosis with the human organism through the proxy of "daodanized" cells. We can say that the aura is at least powering (if it is a non-sentient entity), and maybe even coordinating (if sentient) the progress of the tumors/metastases through the organism - with the host's survival and integrity as a key priority. | One of the central concepts in Oni (and the most innovative in [[User:geyser|my]] opinion) is the "[[Daodan]] Chrysalis": a kind of "smart cancer" or "benevolent tumor" that replaces damaged parts of the host organism with clones and enhanced cells. These cells are more resilient, totipotent (i.e., they can transform at will into any organ tissue), and can receive a boost from an "aura" that permeates/surrounds the host organism. The nature of this aura is never made clear in Oni, but it can belong to an immaterial being (akin to the Screamers) that achieves a symbiosis with the human organism through the proxy of "daodanized" cells. We can say that the aura is at least powering (if it is a non-sentient entity), and maybe even coordinating (if sentient) the progress of the tumors/metastases through the organism - with the host's survival and integrity as a key priority. | ||