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Kobold
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:04 pm Post subject: When people die in Suikoden |
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I'm asking this mainly with focus in Suikoden 2. When you kill an enemy, even if its a human, say Highland soldier, they show them disappearing. Since this is just a battle animation, it might be worth little notice.
However, when you return to Muse with Milkotov to witness the Beast Rune slaughtering Muse citizens, a particular citizen runs out from Jowston hill, on the verge of death. When he dies, the man fades away, leaving no corpse.
My question. Do people simply disappear after they die? But there is another countering factor. The fact that there is a cemetry in the castle, and that Neclord raises corpse to make them into zombies. This suggests that dead people ARE buried.
However, this brings me to another point to justify that dead people disappear. Nanami's "death". In this instance, i am assuming that Nanami doesn't die, and is simply feigning death. After Nanami dies, the leader of the alliance army's sister dies, and there is no funeral or whatsoever? Even if funerals don't exist in the Suikoden world, wouldn't Riou at least go in and see his sister's dead body for the last time? Just after Huan announces that she's dead, everyone just walks away? They don't care about seeing the body at all? So much so that Huan can even ask Shu in right away on the spot to allow them to have a conversation?
How unrealistic is that? Thus with this point occuring, i would assume that it is a norm for bodies to disappear after they die, thus the people had no intentions of needing to see the body. As corny as this perspection sounds, it comes with the backed visual proof where the citizen in Muse faded away.
Thus, my query would be, do people disappear after dying, or are there corpse remaining like how the real world is? Or is this just negligiance on Konami's part? Where they simply haphazardly made the Muse citizen's body fade away, and didn't pay enough attention to make Nanami's death fein more realistic? _________________ Kobolds are great! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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When you go to North Window for the first time, Neclord comments on how well the graves were dug. Therefore they must be buried, which is what most of the evidence points to.
About Nanami, maybe no-one wanted to see her dead body, maybe its not their custom, who knows? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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I'm going to say that the muse citizen and Nanami's "death" were just negligiance on Konami's part. Plus, further proof that dead people don't just dissapear after death:
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In S1, Odessa asks you to throw her body in the river so that the Liberation army doesn't loose faith. If she was just going to dissapear anyways then there would have been no need to. And it's said later in one of the Shinsyos that Culgan and Seed's bodys were found in the ruins of L'Renouille. _________________
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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I think they must normally bury the bodies. There's been a graveyard in every game, which suggests that they must bury the bodies, since otherwise, why would they have them? Graveyards serve a pretty specific purpose. :p
I think the muse citizen dissapearing was done for two reasons - 1) Konami wanted to enhance the visual surprise by having the body fade, and wanted you to move on, instead of poking some dead guy, and 2) though this is going to sound absolutely stupid, I think the golden wolf thing just kinda sucked away his energy/soul until he didn't exist anymore.
As for Nanami, well, I think part of that was oversight on Konami's part, but I also think it's likely that Riou had his hands full with the war and didn't have time to really grieve; they may have simply held her funeral after the war. Riou might have wanted to avoid seeing her body until he had to. *shrugs* _________________
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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I think that the body disappearing was just for the effect. It was a way of letting the player know that the person is dead, so you don't have to be reminded when you see the body. _________________ Let's waste time chasing cars.... |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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Correct me if I'm not remembering correctly, but in Suikoden 2, during the final invasion of L'Renouille, don't the dead bodies of some of the Highland soldiers that are in a set position remain on the ground after you defeat them?
In addition, at the very beginning of the game, can't you see some of the dead members of the Unicorn Brigade lying around? |
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Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Correct me if I'm not remembering correctly, but in Suikoden 2, during the final invasion of L'Renouille, don't the dead bodies of some of the Highland soldiers that are in a set position remain on the ground after you defeat them?
In addition, at the very beginning of the game, can't you see some of the dead members of the Unicorn Brigade lying around? |
Yes...Also in S3, when you defeat humans, they don't disappear at all...They are all lying there on the ground -even though it is hard to witness b/c there is usually a cutscene right after. I'm actually wondering if some of the nameless soldiers die at all...F
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.However, my point is lost when Hugo, Lulu, & Sgt. Joe are fleeing through Vinay del Zexay...They are encountered by Zexen knights that I am sure didnt want them to leave. I can't imagine Hugo and his entourage killing the knights with all that armor on...But they do disappear though |
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:39 am Post subject: |
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I think I agree with most people here that said that the disappearing bodies is just a gameplay effect and definitely not for storyline purpose.
The graveyards are definitely the most legit proof to support theory of people being buried. Genkaku was buried behind his dojo. Elza was faking her death by using a fake grave to fool Clive. And other proofs that are mentioned by others already.
For Nanami's body not being shown, I think it's more because Konami didn't want to pay too much detail on dead characters. From the gameplay point, Ridley could die and yet we didn't get to see his body. Kiba died and we didn't get to see his body either. It's assumed that "the players accept that X is dead". Hence, no need to have any proof at all to show that X really died.
For the storyline point on why Riou believed that Nanami was dead even without seeing the body or no funeral or whatever, we wouldn't know because it's possible that Riou did see Nanami's body (and her still faking the death). And Riou most likely wouldn't want to put her body in the casket (or if he wanted to, Shu could call him somewhere to make him not be in the same room as the "dead Nanami"). Hence, leaving an opening for the switch to happen (hide the real Nanami and put something else or even empty casket).
I agree with Sophita on the Muse citizen disappearing. Those two reasons are what I had in mind as well. _________________
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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My theory with the Muse citizen was that he was drained by the Beast Rune, therefore, his body and soul were absorbed by the Rune so that it could materialize in its true form. |
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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TheStrategist wrote: |
I'm actually wondering if some of the nameless soldiers die at all...F
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I`ve been wondering about that as well, in all 3 games. I like to think that the party actually killed them, but it does depend on the situation. For example, the Highland soldiers you can encounter randomly in Muse at some point were probably killed by the party, since it is a random encounter and all. But I`m not so sure about, say,*Very small spoilers for S3*
the knights Geddoe & co attack in his chapter 3. Most of the time Konami seems to leave it up to the player to decide whether the were killed or simply knocked out.
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However, my point is lost when Hugo, Lulu, & Sgt. Joe are fleeing through Vinay del Zexay...They are encountered by Zexen knights that I am sure didnt want them to leave. I can't imagine Hugo and his entourage killing the knights with all that armor on...But they do disappear though
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Hmm...gameplay elements come into play here. From a realistic point of view, how could a couple of unarmoured teenagers with daggers even harm a full-grown knight in plate armour, let alone four of them? If they did managed knock them out and win the battle, it wouldn`t have been hard to kill them while they were on the ground. _________________
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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While i'm quite of the mind to belive that people, or humans atleast, who die in the Suikoden universe leave bodies behind, the 6th volume of the Suikoden 3 manga brings up a question similar to this ((so I put it here, pyo)).
Spoilers for Suikoden 3/S3 manga. Highlight to view, unless you have a non-default color setting then, um...you were warned .oO
When Jimba/Wyatt dies in the manga, after Chris has taken his True Water Rune, his body just simply...disappears. Perhaps this is because the True Rune had sustained his life for so long ((I can't recall how old he is though...)), that now that he is without it and already dead his body just fades back into the etherial mists. Which would mean that ALL True Rune bearers, or atleast those who have lived longer than a normal Suikoden-world lifetime, would fade away like this once killed. Or, atleast, once the rune is removed and the body has died.
Or does someone else have more information on this? Something to explain why that happened or tear my theory--based on nothing, mind you--apart?
I'm quite certain that the S3 manga shows dead people elsewhere, but I haven't rechecked all 6 issues to be positive. _________________ Where am I going--I don't quite know. What does it matter where people go?
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Well, that makes sense, considering that their bodies are held together magically and not naturally. You remove the magical element that keeps the body composed and it falls apart. Like cutting the wire that keeps the big stack of poles together that just happens to be conveniently placed for a chase scene in a martial arts movie. _________________ Continue to push until it has given, by the way. |
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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if you ask me they just didn't put blood and such in game for the rateing. I vet if it wasn't ment for all they would prolly put more blood and gore on deaths but this game is really ment for eveyone rather then the older fans. But thats just my thoughts.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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Sophita wrote: |
As for Nanami, well, I think part of that was oversight on Konami's part, but I also think it's likely that Riou had his hands full with the war and didn't have time to really grieve; they may have simply held her funeral after the war. Riou might have wanted to avoid seeing her body until he had to. *shrugs* |
Even though it has nothing to do with Suikoden, it does deal with this particular point. I, personally, have no desire to see the body of a loved one once they've passed away, as I prefer my last memory of them to be how I saw them when they were alive.
When my grandfather passed away, I had the option to view his body before the funeral, but I couldn't bring myself to. It's hard enough to attend the funeral and be forced to accept that this person is gone forever and there's nothing you can do about it. One of my cousins was the same, as she couldn't bring herself to view the body either, but I was told that it really didn't look like my grandfather as he was when he was alive, and that's how I choose to remember him. (though on some level it might seem like a selfish decision...)
I agree with the concept that Riou had to focus on bringing the war to its conclusion before concentrating on anything else, since dealing with Nanami's death right away could potentially result in Riou leaving the army behind, as Nanami suggested in Tinto. I know that when I first played through that scenario, I wondered if I had done something wrong and if there was someway I could have saved her. |
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Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:22 am Post subject: |
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I was in a similar situation as Elc, so I understand what he is saying. My father passed away last year, and I chose not to look at his body in the funeral. I dont regret that choice. I know what he looked like in life, I feel that this is enough, the face of my father that I remember.
(and with all those make up on, my aunt told me he didnt look like my dad AT ALL anyway)
I have said this in another topic, Riou is regarded as the hero of Dunan Army. He is supposed to lead the army towards victory at all cost, "I am really sorry for your sister Lord Riou; now lets talk about the strategy for the next battle" He is not even allowed to be depressed. They do have a war to fight after all, and to put it very rudely, its just one person's death. If the war continues, there will be a lot more death than one.
I guess Riou is too busy preparing for the war, and actually seeing his sister's body might really make him broke down. and I think Riou really believes his sister died. He saw her get hit by an arrow, dying in his arm, and then the army doctor told him she died.
As for the others in the army, since Riou hasnt seen the body, and he is the younger brother who should be the first one to do that, they might feel they shouldnt ask to see the body. I mean, usually people dont ask to see the body, they usually go see the body when they are asked if they want to see it or not.
For the funeral part, they might have hold a very small and private funeral for Nanami with a empty casket, or Shu can tell Riou they should hold the funeral after the war in Kyaro (It makes sense that Nanami would have like to be buried in her hometown) Anyway, its not too important so they dont show it in the game _________________
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