Hey, watch out or I'll sic my namesake character on you. After he finished yelling at me for excessive quoting he would still probably prank you. So :p
Seriously, I just hit the wrong button (quote instead of reply) and it slipped my notice.
There is one cyborg in Gunslinger Girl who almost never goes on a mission. She's been more or less turned over to R&D. And curiously she's probably one of the better mentally adjusted of the girls. [snips a big chunk of text better meant for a more conversation oriented thread]
I am probably intrigued in large part due to taking part in an ongoing GSG based RPG. I've been enjoying my series of cyborgs and handlers. The girl who hoped to grow up and become a handler (and instead after surviving a point blank machine pistol headshot became the somewhat insane assistant to the SWA chief). The first boy to be made a cyborg who wanted to be both a knight protecting the girls and a doctor. And the newest a girl who makes came out of the initial conditioning process a touch cruel ("Forget the justification. You want someone dead. I want to break things. Handy coincidence, yes?"), okay, more than a touch cruel.
Bringing up the RPG isn't off topic for one reason. We're using Unisystem to run it, the same set of rules used for the zombie RPG All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Gunsliger Girls vs. Zombies. The in game 'SWA Cyborg' package is just sick (full maxed out Hard to Kill, Fast Reaction Time, Nerves of Steel, and Situational Awareness qualities, although balanced some by the negative qualities like full Amnesia prior to conversion, and an Emotional Dependency on the handler). But there isn't really anything in that package that doesn't seem to have justification by whats in the anime and manga.
A group of SWA cyborgs might just be a perfect anti-zombie swat team. Small but strong, fast, great reflexes, and they can keep fighting even after traumatic and painful injuries. Arguably they might even have a degree of resistance to bite transmitted zombie disease. There's just the question of whether the public might view the SWA and cyborgs as being just as monstrous. "That girl made nine headshots in a row, and then took on the remaining zombies with a pair of hatchets. That just aint natural!"
If there were some excuse for why they were in London, a GSG/Shaun of the Dead might be amusing. Wait, I can't remember, was the outbreak in Shaun of the Dead worldwide?
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.
Seriously, I just hit the wrong button (quote instead of reply) and it slipped my notice.
There is one cyborg in Gunslinger Girl who almost never goes on a mission. She's been more or less turned over to R&D. And curiously she's probably one of the better mentally adjusted of the girls. [snips a big chunk of text better meant for a more conversation oriented thread]
I am probably intrigued in large part due to taking part in an ongoing GSG based RPG. I've been enjoying my series of cyborgs and handlers. The girl who hoped to grow up and become a handler (and instead after surviving a point blank machine pistol headshot became the somewhat insane assistant to the SWA chief). The first boy to be made a cyborg who wanted to be both a knight protecting the girls and a doctor. And the newest a girl who makes came out of the initial conditioning process a touch cruel ("Forget the justification. You want someone dead. I want to break things. Handy coincidence, yes?"), okay, more than a touch cruel.
Bringing up the RPG isn't off topic for one reason. We're using Unisystem to run it, the same set of rules used for the zombie RPG All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Gunsliger Girls vs. Zombies. The in game 'SWA Cyborg' package is just sick (full maxed out Hard to Kill, Fast Reaction Time, Nerves of Steel, and Situational Awareness qualities, although balanced some by the negative qualities like full Amnesia prior to conversion, and an Emotional Dependency on the handler). But there isn't really anything in that package that doesn't seem to have justification by whats in the anime and manga.
A group of SWA cyborgs might just be a perfect anti-zombie swat team. Small but strong, fast, great reflexes, and they can keep fighting even after traumatic and painful injuries. Arguably they might even have a degree of resistance to bite transmitted zombie disease. There's just the question of whether the public might view the SWA and cyborgs as being just as monstrous. "That girl made nine headshots in a row, and then took on the remaining zombies with a pair of hatchets. That just aint natural!"
If there were some excuse for why they were in London, a GSG/Shaun of the Dead might be amusing. Wait, I can't remember, was the outbreak in Shaun of the Dead worldwide?
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Will the transhumanist future have catgirls? Does Japan still exist? Well, there is your answer.