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[[Hasegawa]]'s [[Daodan]] can be seen as an extreme (and desperate) way to reunite [[Man]] with [[Nature]] : indeed, the Daodan fundamentally endows humans with the atrophied faculty to ''adapt''. | [[Hasegawa]]'s [[Daodan]] can be seen as an extreme (and desperate) way to reunite [[Man]] with [[Nature]] : indeed, the Daodan fundamentally endows humans with the atrophied faculty to ''adapt''. | ||
There's a bit of a parallel with Nausicaä's promotion of harmony between Mankind and Nature : however, the harmony brought about by the Daodan is somewhat more creepy (see the entry about [[Daodan#Smart cancer|"smart cancer"]] and following) than | There's a bit of a parallel with Nausicaä's promotion of harmony between Mankind and Nature : however, the harmony brought about by the Daodan is somewhat more creepy (see the entry about [[Daodan#Smart cancer|"smart cancer"]] and following) than Miyazaki's fairy-tale-like message. | ||
Nausicaä and [[Konoko]] have a lot in common | Nausicaä and [[Konoko]] have a lot in common : | ||
*innocent, caring and altruistic by nature | |||
*endowed with symbiotic "superpowers" | |||
*excelling in acrobatics and combat | |||
*sporting a strong sense of initiative | |||
*headstrong in | |||
**their quest for the truth | |||
**support of a sort of symbiosis between Mankind and the toxic environment it generated | |||
*... | |||
However, Oni's Daodan has a quite non-trivial biotechnological background, the details of which Konoko is disturbingly happy to overlook (as compared to Nausicaä, who experiments on toxins, and figures out the dual, regenerating role of the contaminated areas). | However, Oni's Daodan has a quite non-trivial biotechnological background, the details of which Konoko is disturbingly happy to overlook (as compared to Nausicaä, who experiments on toxins, and figures out the dual, regenerating role of the contaminated areas). | ||
Konoko's actions (or [[Hasegawa]]'s, for that matter) are consistent with the ''radically pessimistic'' assumption that the contaminated areas are ''here to stay'' and will only grow larger. Taken on its own that statement is the same as that of warrior princess Kushana, and most humans in Nausicaä's world. | |||
"Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better."... | But when it comes to the ''alternative to a Man/Nature struggle'', it's very different in both tales. For Konoko/Hasegawa, the best thing humans can do is ''become part of the overall contamination'' : since the environmental damage is deemed irreversible, that's the only kind of harmony that can be achieved. | ||
Miyazaki's Nausicaä is infinitely more optimistic and constructive. | |||
"Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better."... Konoko's (Hasegawa's) message is close to that of Myazaki's story, where Nausicaä is the "spokesman" of the contaminated forest... ''except'' Nausicaä never means to be assimilated/alienated by the toxic environment : she points out a way for everything to go ''back to normal''. | |||
So, basically, Oni features a darker version of Nausicaä's dilemma : much more pessimistic about awareness and redemption. | So, basically, Oni features a darker version of Nausicaä's dilemma : much more pessimistic about awareness and redemption. | ||
Since such a radical posit is necessarily somewhat trivial, there's much room/need for exploration and complexification. | Since such a radical posit is necessarily somewhat trivial, there's much room/need for exploration and complexification. | ||
Could it be that Hasegawa and his daughter are overdramatizing/overlooking things? | |||
To be continued... | To be continued... | ||
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==Related== | ==Related== | ||
*[[BioCrisis]] | *[[BioCrisis]] | ||
*[[ACC]] | *[[ACC]] | ||
*[[Cataclysm]] | *[[Cataclysm]] | ||