Ura Baito: Toubou Kinshi - Vol. 1 Ch. 12 - Clinical Trial ③

[MangaDex]

 

[ForTheJerusalem]

So we only got to see the end of the experiment.

 

[nodamnbrakes]

The horror this time was ‘cubism.’

 

[binhoex]

This chapter was really impressive and conceptual. So in the beggining of this trial there were that bunch of people thas has failed and were forgotten for the main girls.

 

[beep_repair]

This chapter was really impressive and conceptual. So in the beggining of this trial there were that bunch of people thas has failed and were forgotten for the main girls.

I get the sense that all the other trial participants "succeeded" (as measured by those running the trail). Only our two MCs failed and therefore remained stuck in this lower dimension. Of course, from our perspective, failure is preferable to success.

Interesting that only on the first job did Yume and Hama really "solve the case". At the ryokan, they figured out what was going on, at least superficially, and put a stop to it. Since then, they've brushed up against the supernatural without understanding or affecting it. Makes it hard to tell where the series is going. A good thing, imo.

 

[friendly]

Hoooohhhhhh. Yeah come to think of it, just four people is a little low for a medical trial huh. Genuinely chilling ending.

I really enjoyed the detail that the route back to reality was uninviting, dirty, but also wonderful. Terrible things, incredible things... that's life for you. And her long dead dad letting her go... maybe just based on her memory, but I still find it sweet.

Also really enjoyed the other trial participant girl being represented as a hyena. But I suspect nothing good about the higher plane of reality being represented with fireworks...

 

[LupusVir]

So obviously the point of the experiment was for subjects to eventually open the door and have their spirit or mind go to some higher dimension. But what is the benefit for the researchers? This is apparently the 29th time they've conducted this experiment. They don't seem surprised to have many people open the door. This indicates that most or all people open the door in every trial. So they aren't still just seeing if it could be done. There's some other reason.

When Sakimura goes through the door, she says that the purpose of the experiment is to observe the new information in the higher dimension. But crucially, she says "we are the entrance". So I think they're still connected to their bodies, and the researchers are using that link to get information. After a few seconds of being in the higher dimension, I think it mostly destroys their mind. This is what the fireworks represent, a mind lit up and blazing, racing up further and further before exploding in a brilliant flash, then fading away.

The researchers interview the subjects afterwards to get what they can out of them, or maybe can get some information from some kind of advanced brain scanning technology. Or even using their brain/body's connection as a looking glass to get a glimpse of the higher dimension somehow.

And then they get rid of the subject by folding them up and through the door via the connection, maybe?

Although... We are assuming that the door leads to a higher dimension. There's something from Hama, I think, that talks about a dream she had as a child about the door. It may be something that is inside all our minds, and leads to knowledge locked away. Maybe for our own protection, by our own minds or some other entity.

In that case, getting rid of the subjects by folding them away is probably some gray tech that the researchers developed to dispose of used-up assets. Useful since it also removes them from the memory of everyone who knew them.

 

[Onimeno]

Excellent chapter, impressed by the creativity of the authors and the good pace of the story,