Discussion Manga / Akira

Goal Oriented Evolution The person writing this entry said the whole story is basically mocking the idea... But its the complete opposite. The power that Tetsuo and Akira use has a goal and is connected to everything including evolution. Miyako discusses it in the final volume. "Miyako "freed from the shackles of flesh, or even deeper ... the memory of life itself," (kaneda sees testuo in the womb— though hes a bit glowy) "life in all its countless evolutions. do you not think evolution too vast and too grand to be mere environmental adaptation? " (kaneda sees muck, dna strands, dividing cells) Kaneda "what are you trying to tell me? Miyako "the memory of the cell... the memory of the molecules that form its nucleus and ultimately the memory of an entire universe!" (sees the universe) "a vast universe was released .. seeking ultimate perfection, it became a great current pulsing through the universe" (sees the big bang- looks similar to the bas relief that recures through the story) " The power dispersed but in the deepest memory of each of its manifestations, lives the seed of the whole."

Kaneda "you mean Tetsuo and Akira's power is really—" "but why would that power bring destruction?!" Miyako "akira may have have been trying to alter the course of human evolution..." Kaneda "what for?! isnt evolution programed?!"

Miyako "cannot the human spirit choose its own course?" Kaneda "you mean humanity wanted to evolve again? Miyako "the results are for your children to see."

This should be cross-wicked, but I don't know which folder is belongs to (movie? manga series?)

• Big Honking Traffic Jam: Two tanks and a detachment of soldiers are blocking a road during Tetsuo's rampage. At first, the motorists stuck behind the roadblock are annoyed, honking their horns and shouting, until they see a helicopter crash in the intersection ahead.

Why does the Film link redirect to the Manga and the Manga have a section for the film's tropes? Shouldn't the film be in the Film section and the Manga be in the Manga section?

Is it just me, or is the manga epilogue the dumbest thing ever? Why on earth would the main characters reform the Great Tokyo Empire, and not well, get the heck out of there? For most of them, their main motivation for staying was to obtain revenge for their friends. Friends killed, often enough, by Tetsuo and the Great Tokyo Empire! What does the GTE even stand for, except for a gang of drugged out rapists hoarding guns and foreign aid? And how are they going to feed themselves once the relief supplies run out? Did Tetsuo shoot them all with an ultranationalism beam or something?

When was Akira ever dissected and put into vials, as this page implies? He was stored in a chamber that kept his body at absolute 0, through the aid of three massive dewar flasks, which could be where the confusion stems from.

I don't know...when I first saw this movie, I couldn't help but feel sympathetic toward Tetsuo...after all, I could relate to his being The Resenter at having to be saved all the time and having others defend him instead of being able to defend himself. Am I the only one who's ever felt that way?