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Old 2011-08-07, 08:47   Link #23675
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Originally Posted by Cao Ni Ma View Post
Well, the government officials might not be as trust worthy as you'd think. If there where explosives left on the island and they knew about it they'd do everything they could to cover up the incident, no need to bribe them at all.

Theres plenty of circumstantial evidence that could be interpreted as them hiding the truth. From the stonewalling of the resort, because imagine the public nightmare of having a large group of tourist get blown up in an island getaway. To their incessant attempts to try an buy back the island before Kinzo developed it. It could tie up with what Okonogi mentions as well.
But these things are not tied to the story of the murders on Rokkenjima at all.
This would immediatly catapult us into a genre called Shakai-ha, which uses the setting of a murder mystery but is more a political thriller. And Ryűkishi himself made it clear at several points that while these elements are there, they have no influence on the central events.

I would also say that you could easily write a story that incorporates political intrigue, yakuza connections, corporations plotting against the family...but the question is if we want that.
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