These arguments feel rather contradictory aren't they? "Darkwick is still trying to save Zenji" but "if they know his soul is still around, they'd put him to rest"? If Darkwick kept Zenji's body in the hope that they could still revive him, wouldn't knowing his soul still hasn't truly passed to the other side mean it's good news to them? Like, why would they want the ghoul they're trying to revive to die a second time...?
Did Haku lie about Darkwick wanting to have Zenji to be laid to rest (for whatever reason)? Because he一in his attempt to quell Subaru's suspicions of Darkwick一kind of accidentally hinted on Darkwick's plan that they're still trying to revive Zenji.
While we're at it, is it okay for me to say that I doubt Darkwick is completely in the dark about Zenji's existence...? My reasoning is here:
The Cursed Temple - Chapter 25
MC specifically asked for "Hotarubi ghouls'" travel records. Back then, we haven't found out about Zenji being dead so we just assume his records is written there too. But that's not the case, isn't it? "Officially", Hotarubi ghouls are only Subaru and Haku. So MC was only looking at Subaru and Haku's records here.
Later, we got an explanation on how Zenji travelled to pick up Saburo.
The Cursed Temple - Chapter 30
MC thought, "Darkwick wouldn't have the phone of someone dead on their system, that's why Zenji's travel records weren't included in the documents Professor Dante gave me," but let me tell you one thing: this is a very flawed logic. An organization as big and uptight about their security as Darkwick would record EVERYTHING coming in and going out of their perimeters一especially if it's something that utilized their specialized app (in this case Catsmo).
Now, I'm not familiar with how things like public transport works in Japan but I don't think they'd just shut down a dead person's account just because they're... well, dead. Where I'm from, I think a family member had to manually request account shut down for that else they'll just let the account stay dormant. But Zenji's Catsmo account isn't like that, right? His account is still very much active and that's why he can still use the Galaxy Express to travel by himself.
Zenji is a smart man but he isn't very tech savvy (he still somehow thinks that him not being recorded on videos is simply due to Haku's incompetence) and I'd bet MC only knows the general information about travel app records. It's easy for her to arrive at the wrong conclusion, especially when she's not familiar with how Darkwick works. What's more, this happened literally the next moment:
Haku teased MC by pointing out that she was suspecting them. MC, flustered and feeling guilty, immediately tried to make an excuse and then she got reminded of Zenji's note. Thus, MC (and Zenji) is distracted from the topic of Zenji's travel record and wouldn't realized the flaw in her own explanation. Misdirection success! Haku, you sly fox!
So unless Zenji was lying about using Catsmo (which I doubt, that guy is a terrible liar), Darkwick absolutely have a record of "Zenji Kotodama"/"Taro Kirisaki" using Galaxy Express to commute that day.
Now that it's out of the way, let's tackle the other topic: Darkwick trying to revive Zenji. Bringing someone back from the dead... sounds incredulous, huh? But Darkwick have successfully brought someone back to life before: Dante.
The Cursed Temple - Chapter 16
Honestly since we haven't shown the exact scene and what happened after, we can only either speculate around it or take Alan's testimony as it is: ① Alan didn't actually kill Dante. He only thought he did. Dante was left an inch from death but Darkwick managed to save him. ② Alan did kill Dante and Darwick successfully brought him back to life. For this ramble, we'll assume ② is what happened and so revival from death is possible in the world of Tokyo Debunker.
So, Darkwick have had a history of reviving someone from death. This would explain their confidence on the chance of reviving Zenji. Problem is that Dante is a human while Zenji is a ghoul一an anomaly. The thing that revived Dante might not work the same way to revive Zenji. That's why for now they're still only preserving his body. They need more research. Cynical part of me thinks that Darkwick might be pouring more resources on researching a way to revive Zenji and that's why the Kyklos curse research is lackluster (on top of the fact that we have very little informations on Kyklos) but who knows... (this is not me blaming Zenji, btw)
Going back to Dante, this particular line of his stand out to me:
The wording made the line feel like Dante is challenging Alan but the tone of delivery isn't like that at all. Did he mean: ① "You can try killing me again. They can revive me anyway." ② "You can kill me again if you want to. This time for sure." What do you think? 🤔
Anyway, it's kind of interesting that Alan's murder of Dante were told in Episode 2 and his death and revival is talked again in Episode 5一a Hotarubi focus episode of all houses. Hotarubi, where one of the ghouls is intertwined with the concept of death and revival as well.
And the fact that both Kirisaki brothers have something to do with "being revived". Jiro was in some sort of coma until Yuri managed to cure him and woke him up and now Darkwick is trying to bring Zenji back from death.
To end this rambling: I don't think Darkwick has the purest motive on wanting to revive Zenji, for all its worth, but I really doubt they'd actually want to "put him to rest" either, as Haku put it. So I'm leaning to Haku lying about this but... what's his motive?
Dante said it himself, he's not exactly hiding his revival (but he won't talk about it either since this concerns Alan) so this whole Darkwick bringing someone back from death isn't really a super top secret or anything, right? So why...?
Yeah, I know Zenji would later ask MC to keep his existence a secret from like, a bunch of other people (and especially Jiro) but why would Haku lie about Darkwick not being aware of Zenji's ghost? My best guesses for now are ① because Subaru doesn't have the best opinion of Darkwick and that's why Haku is trying his best to hide the shady things Darkwick do and quell his suspicions (I'm still kind of in the traitor!Haku camp) ② Haku did hide Zenji's ghost from Darkwick, thinking they'd rather have him put to rest but then they got notified of activity from Zenji's Catsmo account and so Haku had to come clean. This is how Haku found out about Darkwick's plan on reviving Zenji and that's why he believe they wouldn't try to purposefully get a ghoul killed. Hmmm... idk.
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Currently watching Smallville and other shows that I remember getting on the family TV in the early 2000s. I don't know if I'm just spoiled by modern tv standards or I'm misremembering, but the acting is low-key terrible. It's mostly the line delivery, like the actors are reciting their script and not really putting emotion behind it. The sets and camera angles are so obvious, too. The scripts themselves are very pc, very safe.
I'm also currently rewatching Outer Banks in anticipation of season 5 coming out and the difference is jarring. Granted, different times, different production studios. But I can get lost in Outer Banks, like I'm actually part of the Pogues, like I have to be there.
That doesn't happen with Smallville. I know I'm a viewer. I know I can leave at anytime and pick up where I left off.
I don't know where I'm going with this rant. It's just an observation I made. The simpleness of Smallville is great to retreat into when my brain is fried and needs a breather.
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Finally got caught up in TKDB. The newest chapter was a quick read; seemed to be mostly for fleshing out the characters more and their dynamics this time around.
I don't remember seeing any background info on this castle besides the previous investigation into it. Knowing the history could help point to the anomaly or what created it. Since the opening scene hinted at an active site before the production crew got there, I don't think they had anything to do with it. Maybe the company that commissioned this project owns the property? Or it's a front by the anomaly itself. Hell, for all I know, it could be Darkwick affiliated since the tip off was anonymous, like that group last season on that hijacked ship or whatever.
I agree with the census that there is no rogue. Looking through the comments justified my thoughts more. The production crew is small, about 5 to 6, plus the 7 from Darkwick (67 joke??? Is zzg tiktok brain rotted?? Jk), so it'd be easy for a lot more mess ups to happen besides the MC's missing card and shooting the wrong introduction. What really cemented the idea for me was when MC revealed her card to Sho and Ritsu and it turned out to be blank. Why hide MC's own title from her? Makes sense for the ghouls, but my girlypop? If they succeed all the trials and MC picks whoever, what's to stop the GM from claiming that pick as the rogue and granting the bad ending anyway? That's what I'd do at least.
I did love how the GM was slowly getting annoyed with all the ghouls' questions/demands. Gotta map out the metrics, though, so I applaud them.
Hopefully my short rambling makes sense. I'm typing this at work rn on the fourth of my 7-day long stretch while running on three hrs of sleep and a pot of watered down coffee with a shit ton of sugars and cream.
Is Ikemen Villians a good game? I keep seeing posts about it on my feed and I'm kind of interested. Don't know if I want to put my energy into it, though.
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country.
Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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For those who have missed it, a tourist in Hawaii decided it would be fun to chuck a rock (a BIG rock) at a monk seal. He missed, but he was captured on video, and when told it was illegal to interfere with them, said "I'm rich, I can pay the fine."
Is the best part that he got doxxed? No.
Is the best part that he got tracked down by a local and beaten? No.
Arrested on state at federal charges, looking at up to 5 years and 50K? Nope.
The best part is the local city council's reaction.
And the best part of that is the look on the attorney's face.
One minute I'm having a nice picnic by myself in an isolated field, the next I'm debating the ethics of horseracing with Kieran Culkin over a game of chess.
You know as an American born in the late 90s I’ve watched my country blow up foreigners on tv supposedly in the interest of national security since I was a toddler but quite frankly we live on a natural fortress of a continent with friendly nations to our north and south and have been attacked on our own soil literally two times in the past hundred years and we have military bases on every inhabited continent on earth. It’s never made sense to do these things for “national security”. It never will make sense unless you value the shareholders of weapons companies over the lives of children. And apparently a concerning amount of people do.
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I'm at work rn - a new place - and the 20+ pipework running through the ceiling is creaking and croaking. The noises are so loud and they echo from the kitchen to the front are where I'm positioned. Even worse, the entire front walls of the first floor of the building are floor to ceiling windows with minimal to nonexistent light outside. There's shades pulled down, of course. But it's that sheer, see through consistency that decorative shades are made out of.
There's cameras thank god, so I can check if I'm suspicious. But the cameras are only pointed towards the entrances, so if someone was truly fucking with me, if they were smart, I wouldn't be able to tell.
The cherry on top? The building is surrounded by thicket - trees, brush, etc.
My last job spoiled me so bad. I'm doing the same work as I was there, but it was quieter, more secure, and in the heart of downtown.
Randomly remembered seeing this random old black and white photo from like the 50s, pretty sure it was from Sweden. A picture from a morgue, of a tall blond man in some kind of an uniform approaching another man standing beside an opened coffin, clutching something to his chest while looking at the approaching man with a look of wary insult on his face. The caption explained that this was an incident of a police officer stopping a man from putting a bottle of beer in his father's coffin (his own father, not the cop's father) because for some reason doing that was against Sweden's burial laws.
I don't remember the details but I recall how the guy had the looks of a rough life written all over him, ragged clothes in contrast to the police officer's pristine uniform - though obscured by motion blur as he was rapidly approaching with hateful intent - and the much finer burial clothes of the deceased. A small, skinny man with black hair, holding onto the bottle that's about to be confiscated like it's something precious to him.
I felt like something wasn't adding up and went to the comments to see if there was additional context that was missing from all this, and there was: The son and the father were Romani, and at least at the time it was still very much a tradition in Swedish Romani culture to bury the dead with little gifts - not necessarily extravagant or expensive, but things that the lost loved one would have liked.
This wasn't about a mourning son being stopped from playfully paying his respects in a way that someone else thought indignified. This was about a man being prohibited from performing his own peoples' funeral rites.
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