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Relay Column: When Scientists Wear Lab Coats – Reflections on "DEADMAN WONDERLAND" & "Box of Spirits and Goblins" (Satoshi Nishigai)
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Satoshi Nishigai
Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology, Mejiro University and the Faculty of Law, Chuo Gakuin University. Current fields of specialization include bioethics and modern literature and cultural studies. Previously specialized in behavioral ecology. Co-author of "東日本大震災後文学論" (Nan'un-do, 2017) among others. His paper "記憶の選択的消去の倫理的問題を記憶再生技術とともに考える―湯浅政明監督『カイバ』の解釈から脳神経倫理へ―" ("Bunmei Kenkyu" No. 36, 2018) is among his works.
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1. Mother Does Not Wear a Lab Coat
In "DEADMAN WONDERLAND(13)" by Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou, the phrase "54 The shut-up reason" appears....Igarashi / You delivered flowers to the deceased subject every year, right? / (omission) Don't you realize? / --- That's not "research"; it's something a "human" would do.
An inhumane experiment involving the development of nanomachines, where the subjects are nearly dead. One of the responsible researchers, female scientist Igarashi, gave birth to a child solely to increase the number of subjects for her experiments.
However, despite being "only interested in research," Igarashi finds her child adorable. Yet, she suffers when the other responsible researcher, the child's father, cruelly says, "Let's make cute ribbons in the intestines!" This moment is followed by her colleague's comment about her research actions.
She offers flowers to honor the subjects she sacrificed. This act of mourning is pointed out by her colleague as being something a "human" does, not a "researcher." It is difficult to judge whether mourning is good, so I’ll set that aside for now. However, through her colleague’s comments, Igarashi is reminded not only of her cruelty but also of her "humanness," awakening her virtues as a mother.
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