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'''Interpretation with political focus:''' | '''Interpretation with political and ethical focus:''' | ||
geyser: '''Dǎo dàn''' guǐ '''捣蛋'''鬼 is Chinese for "troublemaker", and dǎo dàn 捣蛋 means "to stir up trouble". Hasegawa may have coined the name "Daodan" in memory of his and Jamie's past as "troublemakers" (activists). The 捣蛋 part actually came [http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=52760#p52760 from Hardy]. | geyser: '''Dǎo dàn''' guǐ '''捣蛋'''鬼 is Chinese for "troublemaker", and dǎo dàn 捣蛋 means "to stir up trouble". Hasegawa may have coined the name "Daodan" in memory of his and Jamie's past as "troublemakers" (activists). The 捣蛋 part actually came [http://oni.bungie.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=52760#p52760 from Hardy]. | ||
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For what it is worth, besides the already forced-looking interpretation obviously geyser also wanted a connection between Oni (鬼, demon/monster/ghost/(bad) person, and game title) and Daodan. | For what it is worth, besides the already forced-looking interpretation obviously geyser also wanted a connection between Oni (鬼, demon/monster/ghost/(bad) person, and game title) and Daodan. | ||
Inside the story you can see how Hardy LeBel tried to translate Oni with (figuratively) monster. | Inside the story you can see how Hardy LeBel tried to translate Oni (Daodan hosts) with (figuratively) monster. | ||
:07_26_06 Scientist: [...] You should have seen that '''monster [Barabas]''' that grabbed Shinatama! | |||
:13_65_34 Konoko: '''Muro and his men. They're monsters'''... What am I? | |||
:14_54_01 Konoko: '''I won't be the monster''' you [Griffin] thought I would be. | |||
:14_54_21 Konoko: Ashamed of myself? '''Griffin made me a monster''' when I was 07 years old [...] | |||
After all Oni is a story about Konoko and the Daodan - of a troublemaker and an internal (and external) transformation - in equal shares. | After all Oni is a story about Konoko and the Daodan - of a troublemaker and an internal (and external) transformation - in equal shares. | ||
However, monster was also used for immoral characters like Griffin. | |||
:14_53_01 Konoko: [...] YOU lied to me, betrayed me. '''You [Griffin] are a monster.''' | |||
In best case the Daodan itself can be seen as a trickster but not Konoko - at least not in Oni 1. Then again Konoko can be seen as an instrument/vehicle/host to the Daodan, a system disturbing technology. (A trickster inside a troublemaker. ''When you deal with Konoko the trouble is double.'') | In best case the Daodan itself can be seen as a trickster but not Konoko - at least not in Oni 1. Then again Konoko can be seen as an instrument/vehicle/host to the Daodan, a system disturbing technology. (A trickster inside a troublemaker. ''When you deal with Konoko the trouble is double.'') | ||
The ethical dimension is embedded in Hasegawa's initial motivation to find a cure for what killed Jamie. To find that cure Hasegawa needed to outwit WCG regulations and laws. The higher cause (Daodan) justified his civil disobedience. It just happened that Mukade corrupted Hasegawa for Project Sturmanderung. | |||
'''Interpretation with philosophical | |||
'''Interpretation with philosophical and biological focus:''' | |||
Paradox-01: Daodan Chrysalis, 道段蛹 | Paradox-01: Daodan Chrysalis, 道段蛹 | ||
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'''Soft consent:''' | '''Soft consent:''' | ||
* Hasegawa invented the Daodan to bring change to the current system. ( | * Hasegawa invented the Daodan to bring change to the current system. (Sturmanderung [sic!]) | ||
* The Daodan has the power affect all systems: mind, body and state. | * The Daodan has the power affect all systems: mind, body and state. | ||
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'''Food for thoughts:''' | '''Food for thoughts:''' | ||
* There could be some talk between Feng and Blake discussing the Kanji writing of Daodan, solving a possible "cultural confusion". | |||
There could be some talk between Feng and Blake discussing the Kanji writing of Daodan, solving a possible "cultural confusion". | * Despite Griffin's age he is still a very capable fighter and Konoko called him Monster in one scenarios so there is a little bit of a suspicion that also Griffin has a Daodan. This is a very improbable case but if so a Daodan might have been implanted just recently. | ||
====BioCrisis==== | ====BioCrisis==== | ||