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  • Why didn't Shunsaku take Rock into custody after knocking him out? It would've probably saved the good guys a lot of trouble. Shunsaku is in a way a law enforcement officer while Rock was already kicked out of the Marduk and thus demoted to a low street thug without any authority. Shunsuke could easily and lawfully charge him with the murder of Atlas and another murder attemptnote  if not several other crimes.
    • Fair points, though I don't know how much Atlas' death would warrant Rock's arrest, given that he did that while still being part of the Marduk party and due to the fact that Atlas himself is far from being an innocent person, he's a revolutionary who personally attempted a violent coup, thus Rock killing him may get a pass even if handling human threats isn't the Marduk's job.
    • Also, while it's been a while since I've seen the film, wasn't that after the military takeover? At that point, I'm not even sure if there even was any law enforcement left in the city, or anyone to turn Rock over to. Besides, with Duke Red in charge, it was in Shunsaku's interest to stay off the grid right then, at least until he could reactivate Tima.


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