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Inconsistency in Bonaparta's storyline. Why did he need Nina to witness

posted 12 years ago by Vargtimmen88
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...the poisoning of the couples involved in the experiment at the Red Rose Mansion? According to his confession to Tenma on the last episodes, what really drove him to give up on his pet project and kill all the people involved with it to leave no witnesses, was him falling in love with the twins' mother and wanting to protect her and the children. So, in the end, what was really the point of him forcing Nina to get through all that terror - which happens to be the main cause for all the events in the series - if at that time he had already changed his plans? Either I got this part of the story all wrong or it was the author who missed a major plot-hole/inconsistency while envisioning this storyline in particular (the later guess being highly unlikely so hopefully someone with a better insight of the series might enlighten me on this).

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[–] Vargtimmen88 12 years ago

So it was all about his disturbed mind sorta twisting his moral conduct and grasp of logic and driving him to commit a 'well-intentioned monstrosity', so that he could relieve his conscience and feel less guilty? Makes some sense if you put it that way, but my only problem with that thesis is that he didn't seem that odd and peculiar as you describe when we meet his older self in that South Germany village, he seems actually fairly sane and quite aware of his past actions. Was it because he had already spent enough time in that quiet and restful village to be in peace with himself and managed to regain his humanity?

Thank you for the thoughtful response nonetheless, though there's still a few details bugging me regarding this storyline that I hope you wouldn't mind to elucidate me once again. Like why didn't Bonaparta got rid of that Peter Capek guy along with the other forty-something people who died in the mansion. Wasn't he supposed to be like his main accomplice in the experiment and therefore a pivotal witness? And what was Bonaparta's intent in locking Nina in that dark room for days before exposing her to the killing?