History Headscratchers / Akira

** Cloning? If you're referring to Akira being body parts in jars, it was probably to keep him from destroying Neo-Tokyo again

** Cloning?

* Why did the Espers assault Tetsuo's mind with images of Akira earlier in the film, during which he makes it clear he doesn't know who that is; and later, attack him three-on-one in his hospital room in a certain [[NightmareFuel famous scene]] ''still in the dark about Akira?'' This is what sends him on the offensive to the Baby Room and escaping to find Akira's containment unit in the first place. Kiyoko also has a vision of Neo-Tokyo's impending destruction, surely provoking Tetsuo, who is full of angst and whose psychic abilities mirror Akira's is a '''bad''' idea?

* In the manga, after [[spoiler: Tetsuo]] damages the moon, the tides on Earth become much more extreme. Why? The moon hasn't gotten any closer to Earth, and the total mass of the moon and its ring shouldn't be any different than the moon's old mass.

** The same applies to his right hand man, the man in the suit. While he need Tetsuo's power to keep the Empire stable, there's only so many times you can see your minions explode before you try to kill the bastard. If Tetsuo's powers weren't so clearly unnatural or powerful, talking would be a preferable option. Since Tetsuo is that powerful and psychotic, all talking would do is open you up to become a nice smear on the wall when you could've at least have been shooting him instead.

** The thing is that Kaneda isn't actually that smart, or that heroic. He's not one for giving inspiring speeches beyond "Let's go crack some skulls". After Tetsuo kills Yamagata he has crossed the MoralEventHorizon line. Kaneda doesn't need to have some sort of gradually dawning realisation to know that Tetsuo has turned into something terrible - he's just killed one of his best friends almost arbitrarily, right in front of another of his friends (Kai). As Kaneda says, "He's our friend, not yours! If anybody should be killing him it should be us!"

** The thing is that Kaneda isn't actually that smart, or that heroic. He's not one for giving inspiring speeches beyond "Let's go crack skulls". After Tetsuo kills Yamagata he has crossed the MoralEventHorizon line. Kaneda doesn't need to have some sort of dawning realisation to know that Tetsuo has turned into something terrible - he's just killed one of his best friends almost arbitrarily. As Kaneda says, "He's our friend, not yours! If anybody should be killing him it should be us!"

* Why did Kaneda just rush into attempting to kill Tetsuo. While I personally don't have a problem with it (seeing as how Tetsuo had become a legitimate threat) a lot of people tend to cite Kaneda's lack of attempting to talk Tetsuo out of it as a flaw on the film and manga's part. They also say it makes Tetsuo and Kaneda look like they were never that close to begin with since both of them just rushed into attempting to kill the other without giving it to much thought. So I'm just curious if there's a particular reason why Kaneda never tried o talk him out of it?

** The thing is that Kaneda isn't actually that smart, or that heroic. He's not one for giving inspiring speeches beyond "Let's go crack skulls". After Tetsuo kills Yamagata he has crossed the MoralityEventHorizon line. Kaneda doesn't need to have some sort of dawning realisation to know that Tetsuo has turned into something terrible - he's just killed one of his best friends almost arbitrarily. As Kaneda says, "He's our friend, not yours! If anybody should be killing him it should be us!"

* Why did Kaneda just rush into attempting to kill Tetsuo. While I personally don't have a problem with it (seeing as how Tetsuo had become a legitimate threat) a lot of people tend to cite Kaneda's lack of attempting to talk Tetsuo out of it as a flaw on the film and manga's part. They also say it makes Tetsuo and Kaneda look like the were never that close to begin with since both of them just rushed into attempting to kill the other without giving it to much thought. So im just curious if there's a particular reason why Kaneda never tried o talk him out of it?
** The thing is that Kaneda isn't actually that smart, or that heroic. He's not one for giving inspiring speeches beyond "Let's go crack skulls". After Tetsuo kills Yamagata he has crossed the MoralityEventHorizon line. Kaneda doesn't need to have some sort of dawning realisation to know that Tetsuo has turned into something terrible - he's just killed one of his best friends almost arbitrarily. As Kaneda says, "He's our friend, not yours! If anybody should be killing him it should be us!"

* Why did Kaneda just rush into attempting to kill Tetsuo. While I personally don't have a problem with it (seeing as how Tetsuo had become a legitimate threat) a lot of people tend to cite Kaneda's lack of attempting to talk Tetsuo out of it as a flaw on the film and manga's part. They also say it makes Tetsuo and Kaneda look like the were never that close to begin with since both of them just rushed into attempting to kill the other without giving it to much thought. So im just curious if there's a particular reason why Kaneda never tried o talk him out of it?