"Prettywitchiusaka" wrote:[QUOTE=Astro Forever;190579](Oh, cool topic!)
O'Shay: Why wouldn't she have been interested in you?
Tenma: Oh well, I liked to work on my little things, my machines... I didn't have much time left for girls.
O'Shay: Yet she remained around you...
Tenma: Yes. I think I impressed her with my creativity. She said I seemed to go beyond what she thought possible. It felt good to be finally able to share my discoveries with someone.
O'Shay; That's wonderful! So, eventually you warmed up to her, right?
Tenma; Well...yes...In fact, I think I noticed I was beginning to grow attached to ehr company once she began calling me...
(becomes silent, causing O'Shay to raise an eyebrow)
O'Shay; Yes, she called you...
(Tenma hesitates for a moment before taking a gulp to speak again)
Tenma; Tarou-chan...
O'Shay; Tarou-chan? (laughs) That seems about right!
(O'Shay continues to laugh, unaware of the anger forming on Tenma's face)
Tenma; You know, maybe I'll just be on my way-
O'Shay; No, no it's alright! (finally manages to calm himself down) Anyway, let's continue.
I agree on with you on the sympathy part Jeffbert, though I think even O'Shay has his limits depending on which version you look at.
If we're talking the 60 and 80's series, then I think Ochanimizu/O'Shay would defenitely feel the sympathy regarding tenma. If we're talking 03 series however, I honestly feel his sympathy would only decrease given Tenma's obsession with Astro/Atom in that particular version. After all, there's only so much you can take when you have one specific person comign after your loved a various different times.[/QUOTE]
Tenma then gathers himself and sits back to face Ochanomizu square in the eye, beaming an antagonism through his eyes and creased frown on his beaded sweated face. Glancing down at the purple crisscorssed carpet below their feet, Tenma then enters into a trance-like state, recalling his every memory with her.
T: She called me Tarou-chan that one day at the Musashino Park. This had to be our first date together as a couple.
After we took a long awesome stroll through the forest trails, we sat down at a park bench and ate a lunch I packed for us.
O: What was it of?
T: It was of sushi I had made for her and I , two half sets of Rainbow sushi with Eel and Mackerel sashimi, her favorite. Not that I was exactly a chef, you know.
Tenma chuckles slightly , but then smiles, albeit choked up for words.
O: Is it alright--
Ignoring his words, Tenma continued,
T: At best it was shoddy ,but she didn't care about it. Did I ever tell you my father was a sushi chef? I thought I got his abilities and I guess I did.She said my sushi looked like one of the best made and you know me, I could hardly see it myself until I finally tried my half. :a thoughtful sigh of content:
It tasted exactly like my father's with all the warm memories as a young schoolboy's lunch and dinner associated with--.
Tears came pouring down his eyes like a river.
O: You never told me...
T: My fathe....left me when I was only 9. Or so I thought.
O: What do you mean?
T:He hung himself while I was in the hospital for an infection gone deadly. I was supposed to have died a day after, but the black doctor, a so called "demon of the scalpel" , healed me and brought me to health over the course of a few months.
O:Black Jack?
T: No , it was Dr. Honma. For all the work he did for me , it still did not save my father.
O: I see. Is this why--
T: It is . After that revelation , I did not want anyone I love to die if I could help it . I suppose this was the overarching reason why I built Atom with the memories and heart of my dear Tobio. To keep my son from dying again.
It may be that in the original version of the comics, this was clarified.
"science for science sake" and science for betterment of all that exists" on the other hand, seems too broad; perhaps sentient beings, is more appropriate. 
