You can't sugarcoat this is any way, shape, or form—Ace (and the other members of Cradle Pharmaceutical ) murdered her, and endangered the lives of seventeen other children. He killed her when she was nine years old—before she even got a chance to live. I think if you don't believe Akane holds some dark feelings towards Ace you're... well, I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest you'd look over that again. Akane didn't ask to be in touch with the fields—as petty as it sounds. She didn't ask for any of this, it was all just thrusted upon her.
It's frustrating. Akane was a child—her thoughts most definitely did not extend to more than her current life—she probably only thought about now and not her future. But at the same time, she probably had some idealistic fantasy in her head about how she'd grow up to make a difference in the world, or make people happy, or help people.
She did not anticipate the Nonary Game.
She did not expect to die at such a young age.
And she did not imagine that she would, inevitably, grow to be a bitter woman, with thoughts rotating around revenge and seeking a way out of her own predestined fate.
So she wanted to get revenge on the four men who forced her into the Nonary Game. She wanted them to understand her pain, and what they made her got through. And... yes, it is a little pathetic, but I'm not claiming that Akane is a perfect person by any stretch of the word. What it boils down to is she was murdered and given a chance to find revenge on her murderers.
So she took it.
And the third is that the chance presented itself.
This is sort of a conglomeration of the previous two points. First, let me state that there are two kind of time traveling ideas ( it doesn't seem relevant, but I promise it will be! ). Basically, they boil down to the Earth having either one set timeline (see: Doctor Who), or a variety of broken up, possible time lines ( see: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Back to the Future ). 999 is based around the first.
( Despite the fact that 999 has multiple ends, each end is Akane trying to find the 'good' path. Where all the innocent people live. She keeps trying until she gets it right—the path that would lead her to the present she knew. )
There was one set timeline—Kanny would connect nine years into the future, and live in order to make Akane live to make the Second Nonary Game. While there was one path indicating that Kanny had burned alive in the Incinerator, the truth is she did not die, because she needed to live in order to make the game possible.
Say, for instance, she didn't survive—Junpei didn't save her. That would create a rift in the space-time continuum, and... well, basically screw everyone, who ever lived in the world or would live in the world, over.
In that light, it would be impossible for her not to survive. It's kind of... well, it's pretty impossible to claim that Akane isn't smart enough to comprehend the severity of the situation—she was undoubtedly frightfully aware of what would happen if she didn't survive, so not creating the Second Nonary Game kind of... wasn't an option.
But even if she knew about all that time-y stuff, I don't think it would really change anything. She died when she was nine—and an opportunity to save herself was thrown into her hands. It truly doesn't seem that farfetched that she just wanted to live for the sake of living. It kind of boils down to human nature as a whole, but... well, again, this is my own belief, but if presented with a chance to save your very own life, I think anyone would take that on.
akane kurashiki | 999 [6/7]
You can't sugarcoat this is any way, shape, or form—Ace (and the other members of Cradle Pharmaceutical ) murdered her, and endangered the lives of seventeen other children. He killed her when she was nine years old—before she even got a chance to live. I think if you don't believe Akane holds some dark feelings towards Ace you're... well, I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest you'd look over that again. Akane didn't ask to be in touch with the fields—as petty as it sounds. She didn't ask for any of this, it was all just thrusted upon her.
It's frustrating. Akane was a child—her thoughts most definitely did not extend to more than her current life—she probably only thought about now and not her future. But at the same time, she probably had some idealistic fantasy in her head about how she'd grow up to make a difference in the world, or make people happy, or help people.
She did not anticipate the Nonary Game.
She did not expect to die at such a young age.
And she did not imagine that she would, inevitably, grow to be a bitter woman, with thoughts rotating around revenge and seeking a way out of her own predestined fate.
So she wanted to get revenge on the four men who forced her into the Nonary Game. She wanted them to understand her pain, and what they made her got through. And... yes, it is a little pathetic, but I'm not claiming that Akane is a perfect person by any stretch of the word. What it boils down to is she was murdered and given a chance to find revenge on her murderers.
So she took it.
And the third is that the chance presented itself.
This is sort of a conglomeration of the previous two points. First, let me state that there are two kind of time traveling ideas ( it doesn't seem relevant, but I promise it will be! ). Basically, they boil down to the Earth having either one set timeline (see: Doctor Who), or a variety of broken up, possible time lines ( see: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Back to the Future ). 999 is based around the first.
( Despite the fact that 999 has multiple ends, each end is Akane trying to find the 'good' path. Where all the innocent people live. She keeps trying until she gets it right—the path that would lead her to the present she knew. )
There was one set timeline—Kanny would connect nine years into the future, and live in order to make Akane live to make the Second Nonary Game. While there was one path indicating that Kanny had burned alive in the Incinerator, the truth is she did not die, because she needed to live in order to make the game possible.
Say, for instance, she didn't survive—Junpei didn't save her. That would create a rift in the space-time continuum, and... well, basically screw everyone, who ever lived in the world or would live in the world, over.
In that light, it would be impossible for her not to survive. It's kind of... well, it's pretty impossible to claim that Akane isn't smart enough to comprehend the severity of the situation—she was undoubtedly frightfully aware of what would happen if she didn't survive, so not creating the Second Nonary Game kind of... wasn't an option.
But even if she knew about all that time-y stuff, I don't think it would really change anything. She died when she was nine—and an opportunity to save herself was thrown into her hands. It truly doesn't seem that farfetched that she just wanted to live for the sake of living. It kind of boils down to human nature as a whole, but... well, again, this is my own belief, but if presented with a chance to save your very own life, I think anyone would take that on.