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Edit: This thread has moved more into the realm of whether or not characters should be assumed to possess souls by default, as opposed to specifically medaka box revisions. Wokista (talk) 03:19, December 6, 2018 (UTC)
Alright, so this is something that has been discussed in various threads but has never been officially addressed. I'm tossing this together so that a Wiki policy can be discussed on how we move forward, so I won't have scans. However, I will address specific notable moments within the series
Medaka Box has a strange situation with spirituality in that... It doesn't. Medaka Box has all but outright denied any spiritual aspect to its verse. This is not merely them not addressing the spiritual concepts within the verse, Medaka Box is not an agnostic series. I'll go down the line on various points of this
There is no after life. The only thing close to it is Ajimu's class room in the other world, but other than that there is nothing waiting for the characters when they pass. The world is at best a dream world, but is more likely just another physical plane since the training that happens there caries over to the real world.
Resurrection is impossible. I know that may sound ridicules at face value considering Kumagawa exists, but the verse draws a clear distinction. It actually goes out of its way to distinguish itself from something like Dragon Ball, and actually calls it out by name. The only way to bring someone back from the dead in Medaka Box is to make it so they never died at all. Essentially, there is no basis to bring them back once they truly pass on
Mentality and consciousness is entirely biological and tied to the brain. This is partially its own issue, but it is related. There is no metaphysical aspect to Abnormalities or Minus. The telepaths and telekinetics in Medaka Box function not based on a conventionally super natural force, but instead can read and manipulate electrical signals. (It also explicitly does not play by the "mind hax more people = more mind hax potency against an individual when focused). When your mind gets overwritten, you are a different person. When your physical body and mind get destroyed, you don't exist.
Point is, How do we address a verse that explicitly has no souls or spiritual element? How does verse equalization play into soul manip working or not working? Obviously something like Pucci's soul manip may still work, but what about something like Undertale?
I feel like I should also address that Medaka Box does have magic, but it is, again, largely exclusively a product of people being so insane that their fantasies bleed over into reality, and the sane cannot perceive it for the most part. But that is about at metaphysical as it gets other than plot manip. Everything else is just fantasy materialism
Alright, so this is something that has been discussed in various threads but has never been officially addressed. I'm tossing this together so that a Wiki policy can be discussed on how we move forward, so I won't have scans. However, I will address specific notable moments within the series
Medaka Box has a strange situation with spirituality in that... It doesn't. Medaka Box has all but outright denied any spiritual aspect to its verse. This is not merely them not addressing the spiritual concepts within the verse, Medaka Box is not an agnostic series. I'll go down the line on various points of this
There is no after life. The only thing close to it is Ajimu's class room in the other world, but other than that there is nothing waiting for the characters when they pass. The world is at best a dream world, but is more likely just another physical plane since the training that happens there caries over to the real world.
Resurrection is impossible. I know that may sound ridicules at face value considering Kumagawa exists, but the verse draws a clear distinction. It actually goes out of its way to distinguish itself from something like Dragon Ball, and actually calls it out by name. The only way to bring someone back from the dead in Medaka Box is to make it so they never died at all. Essentially, there is no basis to bring them back once they truly pass on
Mentality and consciousness is entirely biological and tied to the brain. This is partially its own issue, but it is related. There is no metaphysical aspect to Abnormalities or Minus. The telepaths and telekinetics in Medaka Box function not based on a conventionally super natural force, but instead can read and manipulate electrical signals. (It also explicitly does not play by the "mind hax more people = more mind hax potency against an individual when focused). When your mind gets overwritten, you are a different person. When your physical body and mind get destroyed, you don't exist.
Point is, How do we address a verse that explicitly has no souls or spiritual element? How does verse equalization play into soul manip working or not working? Obviously something like Pucci's soul manip may still work, but what about something like Undertale?
I feel like I should also address that Medaka Box does have magic, but it is, again, largely exclusively a product of people being so insane that their fantasies bleed over into reality, and the sane cannot perceive it for the most part. But that is about at metaphysical as it gets other than plot manip. Everything else is just fantasy materialism
