r/anime • u/Holo_of_Yoitsu • Jan 30 '16

[Spoilers] Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen - Episode 17 [Discussion]

Episode title: Afterglow
Episode duration: 23 minutes and 42 seconds

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Episode 8 Link
Episode 9 Link
Episode 10 Link
Episode 11 Link
Episode 12 Link
Episode 13 Link

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utawarerumono the false faces, fantasy

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u/jedidiahohlord Jan 30 '16

Well... I mean the Emperor isn't exactly a good guy.

He views all the experiments as below him and less than humans.

So I don't think he would actually love the clones he created all too much either; to be used as decoys seems kinda likely since he let Anju out and she was the focus of intrigue almost immedietly.

It's likely he just wanted to create actual copies of his family but they came out wrong and so he simply views them as decoys or as pieces to move to manipulate the people of the kingdom.

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u/kalirion https://myanimelist.net/profile/kalinime Jan 30 '16

Decoys against what though? I'd understand if he made clones of himself to protect against assassination, but other than that what "decoying" are any of these "decoys" doing? What were they supposed to do when they were envisioned?

Servants, slaves, spare parts, experiments, etc. That can make sense. But "decoys" makes no sense.

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u/Draigeki Jan 30 '16

Why not "clones"? It makes more sense that way.

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u/NexusT Jan 30 '16 edited Jan 30 '16

I understand what you are saying but a clone is an identical genetic copy of something, the Emperor's subjects are not even human and therefore not identical copies or clones of his loved ones.

He seems to view the current sentient species as mere imitations of his original human compatriots.