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Except that person never actually existed prior to this point. The dog follows the tail, and it turns out the tail was rather nice while the dog is rather shabby. It's an intense disappointment. The person behind Beatrice should live up to Beatrice. I don't think he/she does. I'm not really required to accept it because it's "the real person" since (1) it's arguable whether it exactly even is, and (2) one is actually more real to BATTLER than the other is to Battler. And I care more about the Battler I've actually seen than the Battler who "really" exists.
If the intent behind the progression were to actually be unsatisfying by design, it could do a great deal for the humanization of a larger than life character (as real people, by and large, are not as grand as their imagery suggests). But he stopped short of crossing that bridge with Kinzo, then burned it, so I have no delusions as to believe he doesn't intend for us to actually be satisfied with this.
Well, nuts to that, says I.
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