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Mai Hasegawa, code-named Konoko, is the protagonist controlled by the player in the 2001 third-person action game | Mai Hasegawa, code-named Konoko, is the protagonist controlled by the player in the 2001 third-person action game | ||
[[Oni]]. She has black hair with purple highlights, and stands about five and a half feet tall<ref>[[:Image:Unit_viewer-Konoko_2.jpg|This Unit Viewer image]] gives her height as 5'5", though it comes from early in the story's development.</ref><ref>Konoko's height was estimated using world units [http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=35562#p35562 here].</ref>. She works as a [[TCTF]] agent, a police officer who fights technological crime. She is one of only two prime Daodan symbiotes, giving her considerable strength and stamina. | [[Oni]]. She has black hair with purple highlights, and stands about five and a half feet tall<ref>[[:Image:Unit_viewer-Konoko_2.jpg|This Unit Viewer image]] gives her height as 5'5", though it comes from early in the story's development.</ref><ref>Konoko's height was estimated at 5'6" using world units [http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=35562#p35562 here].</ref>. Her age is not given in the game's material<ref>However, [[:Image:Unit_viewer-Konoko_2_unmasked.jpg|this biographical info]] from an earlier story draft gives her age as 23</ref>. She works as a [[TCTF]] agent, a police officer who fights technological crime. She is one of only two prime Daodan symbiotes, giving her considerable strength and stamina. | ||
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===TCTF agent=== | ===TCTF agent=== | ||
At the start of Oni, Konoko was working under the orders of Commander [[Griffin]]. She received mission data from [[Shinatama]], an SLD, and her Chrysalis' development was monitored by the SLD as well as the scientists working for the TCTF, including Doctor [[Kerr]]. However, she had not been assigned any missions before the events of | At the start of Oni, Konoko was working under the orders of Commander [[Griffin]]. She received mission data from [[Shinatama]], an SLD, and her Chrysalis' development was monitored by the SLD as well as the scientists working for the TCTF, including Doctor [[Kerr]]. However, she had not been assigned any missions before the events of Oni. | ||
After completing her training, Konoko was assigned her first mission: a rendezvous with an undercover TCTF operative working in a Syndicate warehouse. Upon discovering the agent's dead body, she found a datapad linking the warehouse to the Musashi Heavy Manufacturing Concern, a suspected Syndicate front. | After completing her training, Konoko was assigned her first mission: a rendezvous with an undercover TCTF operative working in a Syndicate warehouse. Upon discovering the agent's dead body, she found a datapad linking the warehouse to the Musashi Heavy Manufacturing Concern, a suspected Syndicate front. | ||
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When Shinatama is kidnapped from the TCTF HQ, Konoko decided to rescue Shinatama personally. Griffin, on the other hand, opposed her decision, stating that he had already sent a strike team to retrieve Shinatama. In spite of this, Konoko disobeyed his orders, and went to the Atmospheric Processor where [[Muro]] had taken Shinatama. | When Shinatama is kidnapped from the TCTF HQ, Konoko decided to rescue Shinatama personally. Griffin, on the other hand, opposed her decision, stating that he had already sent a strike team to retrieve Shinatama. In spite of this, Konoko disobeyed his orders, and went to the Atmospheric Processor where [[Muro]] had taken Shinatama. | ||
While Konoko was able to reach Shinatama, she had been badly damaged by Muro. It was at this time that Konoko learned that her actual name | While Konoko was able to reach Shinatama, she had been badly damaged by Muro. It was at this time that Konoko learned from Shinatama that her actual name was Mai Hasegawa, and that the SLD had been constructed to monitor the development of a "[[Daodan|Chrysalis]]" inside her. Griffin, fearful of Konoko's unbridled development as a symbiote, ordered Shinatama's self-detonation in order to kill Konoko. After escaping from the blast, Konoko was declared a rogue agent by Griffin. | ||
Konoko next went to the Regional State Building in order to gather information about her past, but the data was stolen by the ninja [[Mukade]] right before she could obtain it. Konoko pursued Mukade through the nearby rooftops before cornering him and recovering the | Konoko next went to the Regional State Building in order to gather information about her past, but the data was stolen by the ninja [[Mukade]] right before she could obtain it. Konoko pursued Mukade through the nearby rooftops before cornering him and recovering the disc. | ||
When reading the contents of the disc, Konoko learned of her parents, particularly her mother Jamie Hasegawa -- maiden name Kerr, thus making Doctor Kerr her uncle. | When reading the contents of the disc, Konoko learned of her parents, particularly her mother Jamie Hasegawa -- maiden name Kerr, thus making Doctor Kerr her uncle. Upon locating Kerr in a prison-like TCTF facility, he informed her about the nature of the Chrysalis and revealed that her brother was Muro. Shortly after this, Kerr gave his life to save Konoko's. | ||
Looking for revenge, Konoko infiltrated TCTF Regional HQ and confronted Griffin, with the player choosing whether to kill him or spare him. She then traveled to Muro's Mountain Compound to determine what his plan was, and to stop it. Learning that he was about to send a signal for the world's [[ACC]]s to reverse their air-cleansing process, she could only think of one alternative: to sabotage the | Looking for revenge, Konoko infiltrated TCTF Regional HQ and confronted Griffin, with the player choosing whether to kill him or spare him. She then traveled to Muro's Mountain Compound to determine what his plan was, and to stop it. Learning that he was about to send a signal for the world's [[ACC]]s to reverse their air-cleansing process, she could only think of one alternative: to sabotage the signal. Shortly after Konoko defeated Muro in combat, the ACCs received the faulty signal, and many of them were destroyed. | ||
At the end of Oni, Konoko looks forward to the use of her father's work, the Chrysalis, to save mankind from the | At the end of Oni, the casualties are beginning to mount from the polluted air making its way into the cities, but Konoko looks forward to the use of her father's work, the Chrysalis, to save mankind from the crisis. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
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{{C8}} is where Konoko first learns her real name. It is spoken by Shinatama, but at that moment Konoko may not be able to absorb much of what Shinatama tells her. | {{C8}} is where Konoko first learns her real name. It is spoken by Shinatama, but at that moment Konoko may not be able to absorb much of what Shinatama tells her. | ||
====The | ====The Disc==== | ||
{{C11}} is where Konoko learns most of the information about her parents, Jamie Kerr and Professor Hasegawa. She and her brother Muro are not referred to at all in Hasegawa's diary, except for the newspaper article '''GRAD STUDENT DIES : MURDER OR MERCY''': "Jamie Kerr Hasegawa, environmental activist, top grad student, mother of two". | {{C11}} is where Konoko learns most of the information about her parents, Jamie Kerr and Professor Hasegawa. She and her brother Muro are not referred to at all in Hasegawa's diary, except for the newspaper article '''GRAD STUDENT DIES : MURDER OR MERCY''': "Jamie Kerr Hasegawa, environmental activist, top grad student, mother of two". | ||
====Science Prison==== | ====Science Prison==== | ||
Konoko is referred to as "Hasegawa, Mai" in | Konoko is referred to as "Hasegawa, Mai" in [[Quotes/Consoles#Sytropin|a console there]]. The readout relates mostly to experiments performed on Mai at some point in time. | ||
After scanning Mai, [[Quotes/Speech#Scanner_room|Kerr discloses]] that Muro, Mai's enemy, is indeed her brother. He does not, however, make any statement as to Hasegawa's fate or whereabouts, nor does Muro in their final confrontation. | |||
===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
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;"Konoko" | ;"Konoko" | ||
:"Kono" means "this" in Japanese, and "ko" means child (or "great", "price", or "sin"!) ([http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html source]). Hence, "Konoko" literally can mean "this child" to a Japanese speaker, and is often used in this manner. Although we don't know who in the TCTF would have given this code name to her, her father ''was'' Japanese. | :"Kono" means "this" in Japanese, and "ko" means child (or "great", "price", or "sin"!) ([http://www.freedict.com/onldict/jap.html source]). Hence, "Konoko" literally can mean "this child" to a Japanese speaker, and is often used in this manner. | ||
:Although we don't know who in the TCTF would have given this code name to her, her father ''was'' Japanese. Also, the TCTF Regional HQ [[:Image:Dream_1_murder_or_mercy.jpg|seems to be in Japan]], and Shinatama also has a Japanese name. | |||
:Despite any "added value" we assign to Konoko's name, Brent Pease admitted [http://oni.bungie.org/special/part1/brent.html HERE] that he had no meaning in mind when he created the name. | |||
;"Mai" | ;"Mai" | ||
:According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates as 'dance' or 'linen robe'; most commonly, "mai" is used in everyday Japanese with the meaning "dance". | :According to ( http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=mai&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or ), Konoko's true name translates as 'dance' or 'linen robe'; most commonly, "mai" is used in everyday Japanese with the meaning "dance".</sup>. | ||
==Appearance during storyline== | ==Appearance during storyline== | ||
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[[Image:Konoko_Variants.jpg|500px|right|thumb|"Shirow" is Ghost in the Shell's author, Masamune Shirow.]] | [[Image:Konoko_Variants.jpg|500px|right|thumb|"Shirow" is Ghost in the Shell's author, Masamune Shirow.]] | ||
{{Pullquote|Lorraine McLees, Bungie artist, remembers the slight tug of war between the Chicago and Bungie West [offices]: 'Their vision of (Konoko) was more overtly -[[blam]]!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft, so we'd go back and forth with the California office. They'd send Konoko designs back with a bare midriff and the bottom of her breasts exposed, and we'd go back and re-clothe her. The funny thing is that the more we tried to de--blam!-ize her, the more sexy she became.'"|2=[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/AboutUs#page=games&game=10127 Bungie.net]}} | {{Pullquote|Lorraine McLees, Bungie artist, remembers the slight tug of war between the Chicago and Bungie West [offices]: 'Their vision of (Konoko) was more overtly -[[blam]]!- than ours. We specifically didn't want her to be just another Lara Croft, so we'd go back and forth with the California office. They'd send Konoko designs back with a bare midriff and the bottom of her breasts exposed, and we'd go back and re-clothe her. The funny thing is that the more we tried to de--blam!-ize her, the more sexy she became.'"|2=[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/AboutUs#page=games&game=10127 Bungie.net]}} | ||
Lorraine produced the sketches of Konoko on the right to show her mastery of various animé styles. While she was made the art director of marketing in June 1999, Okita's designs for Konoko were already well in use by that point | Lorraine produced the sketches of Konoko on the right to show her mastery of various animé styles. While she was made the art director of marketing in June 1999, Okita's designs for Konoko were already well in use by that point (for instance, the Konoko in the [[intro]] is Okita's design). The in-game model also appears to be based on Okita's art rather than Lorraine's, which is not surprising when one considers that Okita was one of the 3D modeling artists. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||