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Originally Posted by SasamiJurai
These clones are after all real little girls and the guy who came up with this storyline IMHO has some issues.
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Originally Posted by Dr. Casey
That's judgmental to a ridiculous degree. Writing about dark subject matter, no matter how screwed up it might be, doesn't mean someone has mental issues. And yes, it does have storyline relevancy in numerous ways (showing how ruthless and mercenary segments of the Academy City government can be, for starters).
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I agree- just because a writer writes a dark story doesn't mean they have mental issues... Often dark subject matters are explored to contrast and better bring out the wonderful aspects of life in a story. Writing about dark subject matters is also often a great challenge for the writer and usually requires a great amount of resolve, determination, even courage to express themselves. Humans are often drawn to dark subject matters... And often stories that explore such themes touch the audience more directly in the heart than anything else. No matter what kind of life someone's had, no one on Earth has not known at least a little bit of suffering, I believe. It's something common we all share, but do not like to express in fear of being judged (what you said might even be an example- "mentally ill") and put down. It's hard to find such honesty these days; I admire those who can express such feelings we all share outwardly.
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Originally Posted by Haak
God damn they really just killed that ridiculously awesome clone, just like that. RIP Misaka Clone.
But what I really wanna know is why Misaka just left her clone like that. Sure she had another lead but she wasn't even sure if it would lead anywhere since she didn't even know what it was. Wouldn't she have wanted to stay with her clone to learn what experiment was going to happen? If it were me I wouldn't have left that clone out of my freaking sight!
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Well this is my take on Mikoto's situation... She's very much an impatient, hot-headed character. She spent the whole afternoon following the Misaka clone hoping that she would lead her right to the creators. But night came and Misaka still had found nothing, and only got dragged around everywhere. When the clone tells her that she's not heading back to the facilities, I think Mikoto's patience ran out big time. She wants to find out NOW, to take action NOW- and the most logical way to do that is to go off on her own and find out for herself. Being a level 5 (with a rather prideful personality), she's also very confident in her own abilities. Logically speaking, spending time with her clone only provided distractions and prevented her from finding out anything useful. The word 'experiment' probably didn't mean much to Mikoto anyway at that point- she wouldn't have thought anything of it for did not know the horrors behind it.
Mikoto is also someone who stubbornly persists once her mind is set on something. In season 1, I think she spoke about this as one of the main reasons why she reached level 5. In this scenario, she had her sights on finding out the origins of the clones- the creators behind it. And that IS her quest, until finding out about the level 6 shift project which completely distracts her because of how horrible it is.
Thus, due to the above reasons, I think it's more of a personality aspect.
