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==The big fuck-up== | ==The big fuck-up== | ||
Unlike Muro (or Mai), Hasegawa has practically "mastered" his Daodan symbiosis (or at least come to terms with it), thanks in part to the widom he inherited from the "true Mukade". | |||
:( | :(however, his identity/personality/sanity is being challenged both by the hyperevolution and by Mukade's engrams: he is doubly alienated) | ||
Nonetheless, he has remained "human enough" to long for Jamie and to arrange a face-to-face meeting Mai, instead of ignoring her. | |||
It was a very bad idea. | |||
The objective goal of the [[Rooftops]] episode was of course to analyze Mai (gone rogue by then) and see if she was a threat. | |||
:( | :(a threat for STURMANDERUNG - both for the fake project led by Muro and for the actual "anti-sabotage" intended by Hasegawa) | ||
:( | :(and, more generally, a threat to society and mankind; one should not let a rogue symbiote run around the city unchecked.) | ||
But Hasegawa also considered the idea (bad idea!) to save Mai from the spiral of violence that had already "swallowed" Muro. | |||
During the rooftops faceoff, Hasegawa tried - first of all - to find out if Mai was ready to hear the truth about the Daodan. | |||
# | #If she was ready, the wouldn't fight: he would tell her everything or at least advise her appropriately. | ||
# | #If she wasn't ready, he would fight her and lose (play dead). The CD and Kerr would take care of the rest. | ||
She wasn't ready. Once he understood it, he intimidated her, then fought and lost according to plan (2). | |||
His big mistake, then, was to not play dead, for the (bad!) reason that he had sensed Mai's doubts following his defeat. | |||
The will to save Mai came back, and he went for Mai's mercy, not clearly doing (1) or (2) any more. | |||
Mai | Mai reacted in an unpredictable and cruel manner (possibly the Daodan was protecting her from too many doubts and new emotions), and killed Mukade. | ||
The rest is history. No one informed Mai about STURMANDERUNG's counter-sabotage, and no one stopped her from blowing up Atmospheric Processors all around the world. | |||
Thus the crucial part of Hasegawa/Mukade's plan failed thoroughly, mainly because of this face-to-face meeting on the rooftops. | |||
Left for dead by Mai, Hasegawa either recovered on his own, or was picked up and revived by his acolytes (Kojiro & Co). Even if he actually died, the acolytes would be able to impersonate him later. | |||
:(as for the "true Mukade", in [[User:Geyser|my]] opinion it looks best - cleanest - if he keeps his distance during all these events) | |||
==BGI's fiasco== | ==BGI's fiasco== |