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'''''Did Barabas or Mukade die? Either could simply have been KOed. We're not told.'''''<br> | '''''Did Barabas or Mukade die? Either could simply have been KOed. We're not told.'''''<br> | ||
: A. "Yes to Barabas, No to Mukade | : A. "Yes" to Barabas, "No" to Mukade could explain the major [[Daodan]] spike after beating Barabas but none after beating Mukade. (Assuming killing leads to a Daodan spike, which Mukade himself indicated it did. This hypothesis would also mean that Muro is definitely dead.) | ||
: B. "Yes to both | : B. "Yes" to both, and the difference in reaction was that Barabas was semi-Imago and Mukade was not. | ||
:: But Mukade would have to be semi-Imago to have those powers. So this is not an option. | :: But Mukade would have to be semi-Imago to have those powers. So this is not an option. | ||
: C. "No to Barabas and Yes to Mukade | : C. "No" to Barabas and "Yes" to Mukade isn't desirable simply because Mukade is so much more interesting than Barabas that it is unfair to give us more Barabas and no Mukade in a sequel. | ||
: D. "No to both | : D. "No" to both. The difference in reaction could also be that Barabas was a Daodan host and Mukade was an experiment of Navarre's (but then why does Mukade indicate he and Mai are the same and they both are being replaced by something inside them?). I just don't know what to do with Barabas, but I would love to see Mukade out of armor, as a new man. Whoever he is…. | ||
: E. "Don't know" to both. The difference may have nothing to do with who dies and who doesn't. After all, does the (presumably non-sentient) Daodan organism inside Mai know when someone is killed? Perhaps it would, if there was a release of some energy when another Daodan host died, but let's assume that it doesn't know, and see where that leads us. If it doesn't know, then the occurrence of a major spike has more to do with Mai's mental/physical state at the time. It could be pointed out that all three of the "triggers" for the major spikes are the defeat of someone who has something to do with Shinatama. Barabas has just kidnapped her when Mai defeats him, the room of baddies at the end of Chapter 7 are guarding Shinatama/keeping her from Mai, and Muro was the one who tortured Shinatama personally. | |||
::I made some interesting points with E above, but I still favor A, because it sets me up for the kind of Oni 2 that I want to write, one where Muro and Barabas are gone and Mukade still lives, and the explanation is a simple one (using E's back-pedaling disclaimer that the Daodan, even if non-sentient, could still detect and react to the death of a host by sensing a release of energy, or a cessation of life of another Daodan organism nearby, therefore, no reaction to Mukade's defeat means he still lives). | |||
'''''Who really was/is Mukade?'''''<br> | '''''Who really was/is Mukade?'''''<br> | ||