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After defeating Muro and destroying the ACCs, Konoko makes the following statement on the consequence of her actions: | After defeating Muro and destroying the ACCs, Konoko makes the following statement on the consequence of her actions: | ||
:"When I blew the processors, I bought us some time... but at a horrible cost. The dead and the dying now line the streets, but it's impossible to deny the problem any longer. My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all... Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better..." | :"When I blew the processors, I bought us some time... but at a horrible cost. The dead and the dying now line the streets, but it's impossible to deny the problem any longer. My father's work may prove to be the salvation of the afflicted after all... Mankind as we knew it is doomed. The Chrysalis will change us all. Let's hope it's for the better..." | ||
These few sentences are a golden mine for interpretation and speculation (what did she buy time for? what problem does she mean? who was denying it? how will the afflicted be saved?). One possibility is that she | These few sentences are a golden mine for interpretation and speculation (what did she buy time for? what problem does she mean? who was denying it? how will the afflicted be saved?). One possibility is that she plans to give "Daodan to the people" indiscriminately (as opposed to Muro's elitism). The "problem" would be the one pointed out by Hasegawa (that Mankind was doomed unless it adapted to the polluted world). | ||
The facts remain that Oni's aftermath is the direct consequence of Mai's actions, not Muro's, and that she virtually issued a new deal aimed at dehumanization, along the lines of Hasegawa's dreams (which, ironically, Muro claimed to have honored as well). Her vision of the new world is arguably, since she's totally oblivious to eugenics, anarchy, and other potential issues of indiscriminate "upgrades". | The facts remain that Oni's aftermath is the direct consequence of Mai's actions, not Muro's, and that she virtually issued a new deal aimed at dehumanization, along the lines of Hasegawa's dreams (which, ironically, Muro claimed to have honored as well). Her vision of the new world is arguably, since she's totally oblivious to eugenics, anarchy, and other potential issues of indiscriminate "upgrades". | ||
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===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
The German word "Sturmänderung" can be decomposed as "Sturm-Änderung", meaning "stormlike change". However, the word "Änderung" isn't a violent change, so the resulting term is an [[wikipedia:oxymoron|oxymoron]]. | The German word "Sturmänderung" can be decomposed as "Sturm-Änderung", meaning "stormlike change". However, the word "Änderung" isn't a violent change, so the resulting term is an [[wikipedia:oxymoron|oxymoron]]. | ||
This | This could just be a case of [[wikipedia:All Your Base|All Your Base]] on the part of Oni's [[Credits|writers]]. However, other interpretations exist. Most notably, "Sturmanderung" can be seen as a near-anagram of [[wikipedia:Sturm_und_Drang|Sturm und Drang]]. | ||
The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | The latter was a cultural movement in romantic Germany, marked by writers such as Goethe. The philosophy of that movement was that, e.g., emancipated literature would empower the populations to more political freedom. In a spirit of "counter-enlightenment", the human nature of the protagonists would drive them to extreme emotions and even acts of violence. An example of that movement is the tale of the titan Prometheus by Goethe. | ||
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===Knives=== | ===Knives=== | ||
Muro's words about "all the others" make it likely that he viewed regular humans as an inferior species, a la [[Knives]] of Trigun, and simply wanted them gone. | |||