Tsukasa's Mother.
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Actually, it already has, and I just remembered where.mentis wrote:It would be nice to have some official word from the creators as to the intended meaning of that scene. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen .
On the CC2 .hack page, there's a section called ".hack//Filmscript", which contains scripts of some of the episodes. These scripts don't match the final product in all details, but in general they're close enough. Here's a rough translation of an extract from the script of episode 23, "The Eve":
--Flashback
Police station, investigation room (?) [translator's note: this question mark in parentheses was present in the original]
Various items including 2 CDs, a pair of sneakers, and a child's brassiere are on a table.
(All she really wanted was the bra. The rest was just for camouflage.)
Tsukasa just sits there obstinately, along with a policewoman who is waiting for something.
The door opens, and Tsukasa's father enters.
Without saying anything, he hits Tsukasa with an open hand.
She falls from her chair, and glares weakly up at her father through her long bangs.
Her father, enraged, raises his hand to hit again, and the policewoman hurriedly grabs his arm.
Ah, that's excellent. I don't necesserily like being proven wrong , but in this case its good to get to the bottom of this.
Shinsou, thanks for finding that info. If only the scene had resembled the script closer (with the Policewoman coming to Tsukasas "rescue") it would have made more sense to me, I think .
Shinsou, thanks for finding that info. If only the scene had resembled the script closer (with the Policewoman coming to Tsukasas "rescue") it would have made more sense to me, I think .
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ooooo that really helps ^-^ I know it wasn't too much of a sad scene but I still feel sorry for Tsukasa *hugs Tsukasa*Shinsou Wotan wrote:Actually, it already has, and I just remembered where.mentis wrote:It would be nice to have some official word from the creators as to the intended meaning of that scene. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen .
On the CC2 .hack page, there's a section called ".hack//Filmscript", which contains scripts of some of the episodes. These scripts don't match the final product in all details, but in general they're close enough. Here's a rough translation of an extract from the script of episode 23, "The Eve":
--Flashback
Police station, investigation room (?) [translator's note: this question mark in parentheses was present in the original]
Various items including 2 CDs, a pair of sneakers, and a child's brassiere are on a table.
(All she really wanted was the bra. The rest was just for camouflage.)
Tsukasa just sits there obstinately, along with a policewoman who is waiting for something.
The door opens, and Tsukasa's father enters.
Without saying anything, he hits Tsukasa with an open hand.
She falls from her chair, and glares weakly up at her father through her long bangs.
Her father, enraged, raises his hand to hit again, and the policewoman hurriedly grabs his arm.
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For the sake of simplicity, I'm going to refer to Tsukasa as a he. I have seen the entire series and I know Tsukasa is a she.
There really isn't much of a debate here... Tsukasa said his mother was dead and we saw a flashback of her funeral (and yes, that was a Japanese funeral). We know it's her funeral because Tsukasa said she was dead and we never see any other female character related to Tsukasa and his father anywhere else in the entire series. If it were any other person, it would have been both unlikely to appear anyways and completely irrelevant to the storyline. Also, if she wasn't dead, Tsukasa wouldn't have thought that his mother's spirit was an omniscient voice in The World. Obviously she couldn't have been both in her body and a spirit in a game at the same time. Then there was the dramatic reaction Tsukasa gave when Morgana made him believe she was his mother. The final piece of evidence is that we never see her at any other time in the series in th real world while Tsukasa is unconscience. We only see his father. It is pretty safe to say that Tsukasa's mom is dead and buried. I'm sorry, but to say she's still alive or "just left" isn't exactly a rational or accurate interpretation of the series.
As far as I can see, all of the arguements saying she's still alive are only supported by "What if" and "Wouldn't they have" comments and no real evidence from the series itself.
There really isn't much of a debate here... Tsukasa said his mother was dead and we saw a flashback of her funeral (and yes, that was a Japanese funeral). We know it's her funeral because Tsukasa said she was dead and we never see any other female character related to Tsukasa and his father anywhere else in the entire series. If it were any other person, it would have been both unlikely to appear anyways and completely irrelevant to the storyline. Also, if she wasn't dead, Tsukasa wouldn't have thought that his mother's spirit was an omniscient voice in The World. Obviously she couldn't have been both in her body and a spirit in a game at the same time. Then there was the dramatic reaction Tsukasa gave when Morgana made him believe she was his mother. The final piece of evidence is that we never see her at any other time in the series in th real world while Tsukasa is unconscience. We only see his father. It is pretty safe to say that Tsukasa's mom is dead and buried. I'm sorry, but to say she's still alive or "just left" isn't exactly a rational or accurate interpretation of the series.
As far as I can see, all of the arguements saying she's still alive are only supported by "What if" and "Wouldn't they have" comments and no real evidence from the series itself.
Last edited by S1lentOp on Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Actually it's very possible she died during childbirth, as there is a japanese tradition of, well, celebrating wouldn't be a good word, so for lack of a better one, honoring the anniversary of someone's death. A death during childbirth would also greatly increase the incentive for the father to resent Tsukasa's existance, resulting in abuse.S1lentOp wrote:Now, Tsukasa's mother couldn't have died at childbirth because we clearly see him and his father at her funeral when he was small. Now, he had to have been at least 3 in that flashback and the last time I checked, most people don't wait 3 years after someone dies to have a funeral.
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I actualy think that is funny. not her mother dying at child birth, but tsukasa knows that after his mother died. mabey his dad said something like that, or there where tapes of the sort.And yet Tsukasa is able to recall that his mother liked old movies and seemed to have a big bond with her and crap.
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Especially that Tsukasa can recognized his mother's voice.And it's perfectly possible that Morganna used Tsukasa's mom's voice, just like she manifested a photo of his mother and called up Tsukasa's other memories, and how Morganna only used that voice in Tsukasa's presence. And since Morganna being able to browse the internet is unlikely (Why would a game management system need to) it's much more plausible to assume Morganna got the Little Mermaid story from Tsukasa's memories.
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but didnt tsukasa not know the story? i remember that morganna explained it to her because she dident know it, or am i wrong?AuraTwilight wrote:Especially that Tsukasa can recognized his mother's voice.And it's perfectly possible that Morganna used Tsukasa's mom's voice, just like she manifested a photo of his mother and called up Tsukasa's other memories, and how Morganna only used that voice in Tsukasa's presence. And since Morganna being able to browse the internet is unlikely (Why would a game management system need to) it's much more plausible to assume Morganna got the Little Mermaid story from Tsukasa's memories.