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He's unnaturally good with technology, including technology that should not work, is definitely insane, and his 1337speak is likely analogous to the sparks' jagged speech bubbles.

* Alternatively, Largo is a (Grimm) [[Genius: The Transgression (Tabletop Game)|Genius: The Transgression]].

** [[This Means War|Grimm]]? I'd say his personal style fits [[For Science|Staunen]] more. Although he's more likely to be a Spark, given that he seems to have very little Jabir and his tech doesn't seem to have Havoc problems.

** [[This Means War|Grimm]]? I'd say his personal style fits [[For Science!|Staunen]] more. Although he's more likely to be a Spark, given that he seems to have very little Jabir and his tech doesn't seem to have Havoc problems.

** Related to the above, if/when Piro finally <s>gives in to Largo-vision</s> becomes Inspired, he will do so as a Klagen.

* The zombies are manes!

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Gonna feel really stupid if Fred's already said this, or it's common consideration, but still.

Of all the characters in the strip, Largo shares the most in common with Ed (Dom is close, but a little too intelligent and [[Manipulative Bastard|favoring of other methods]]), especially in how they react to Japan. Both are hardcore FPS gamers, both have serious hard-ons for flashy, immensely destructive weaponry, both take to the mech-piloting, 'zilla-riding, zombie-blasting, robot-fighting side of (Mega)Tokyo's reality like ducks to water...and both become progressively more "insane" (relatively speaking) as a result. Largo, however, gets his madness tempered somewhat (especially by Erika, but with some significant input from [[Morality Pet|Boo]] and [[What the Hell Hero|Junko]], as well), and he comes with his own (mildly skewed) sense of honor to begin with. Ed, on the other hand, is given carte blanche by his employers to kill Ping (with the mild caveat to stay away from Erika), given the ability to essentially respawn in RL, and his schemes to carry that mission out get increasingly violent; everything in Ping or Miho's general area has become, in his words, "entertaining collateral damage." There's also hints (well...strong hints) that he was something of a psycho to begin with.

Of all the characters in the strip, Largo shares the most in common with Ed (Dom is close, but a little too intelligent and [[Manipulative Bastard|favoring of other methods]]), especially in how they react to Japan. Both are hardcore FPS gamers, both have serious hard-ons for flashy, immensely destructive weaponry, both take to the mech-piloting, 'zilla-riding, zombie-blasting, robot-fighting side of (Mega)Tokyo's reality like ducks to water...and both become progressively more "insane" (relatively speaking) as a result. Largo, however, gets his madness tempered somewhat (especially by Erika, but with some significant input from [[Morality Pet|Boo]] and [[What the Hell, Hero?|Junko]], as well), and he comes with his own (mildly skewed) sense of honor to begin with. Ed, on the other hand, is given carte blanche by his employers to kill Ping (with the mild caveat to stay away from Erika), given the ability to essentially respawn in RL, and his schemes to carry that mission out get increasingly violent; everything in Ping or Miho's general area has become, in his words, "entertaining collateral damage." There's also hints (well...strong hints) that he was something of a psycho to begin with.

By this point, Largo has managed to reconcile his reality with some semblance of normality. Ed, on the other hand, has submerged in that reality, and with his recent failure to permanently kill Miho, he's finally become [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1259 totally] [[Villainous Breakdown|unhinged]].

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== Most of Tokyo is actually made up of androids ==

Think about it. The police only seem worried about the deaths and emotional well-being of named characters, and yet they organize "events" that cause hundreds of causalities. Also note [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1011 here], where a zombie notes that "This Tokyo. No one's brain real." So, basically, [[What Measure Is a Non Human]] is well in play here--the police are sacrificing countless robots so that the various enemies of Tokyo don't kill actual humans.<br /><br />This also explains the zombies' actions a bit better. It's clear that the androids are advanced enough to be infected, so they were planning on using the "event" as a stepping stone to ''actually'' conquer Tokyo.

Think about it. The police only seem worried about the deaths and emotional well-being of named characters, and yet they organize "events" that cause hundreds of causalities. Also note [http://megatokyo.com/strip/1011 here], where a zombie notes that "This Tokyo. No one's brain real." So, basically, [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] is well in play here--the police are sacrificing countless robots so that the various enemies of Tokyo don't kill actual humans.<br /><br />This also explains the zombies' actions a bit better. It's clear that the androids are advanced enough to be infected, so they were planning on using the "event" as a stepping stone to ''actually'' conquer Tokyo.

* Do we ever see casualties? We see buildings destroyed, but since these events are planned, they could be evacuated beforehand. Then there's all of the [[Magical Girls]] and Ninjas running about, protecting civilians. There may in fact be no casualties; there's no way Tokyo could posibly function with such a high death toll.

== Miho is [[Serial Experiments Lain|Lain]]. ==