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Question for Episode 1


Why didn't Kate just remove the mask when confronted with the Track Suit Mafia? It would have been apparent that she was too young to have actually been the Ronin that they were after.

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Really? You are that naive? If she did that, the next question would be something like:
1) Is Ronin your father? You are shaking your head vigorously, so yes? And where can we find Ronin? If you don't tell us we are going to kill you or rape you.
2) I heard some people are looking for you, I bet they pay good money if we deliver you. Well, if they don't we will just rape you and sell you to an underground whorehouse since we already kidnapped you at that point.

Or just common sense. In a dark night when you are a beautiful girl facing a bunch of criminals and all male, and with a van, what to do not getting kidnapped and raped? Pretending to be a dangerous assassin or tell them you are a defenseless little girl?

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No, I am not that naïve.
The Tracksuit Mafia (TM) would likely ask "Where did you get that suit?"
Her reply would be "I was at the auction that got attacked. The suit was also there. I was not supposed to be there so I grabbed the suit"
TM: "Oh yes we were there and we saw you."
Her: "So you have nothing against me because I am not the Ronin".
TM: "Well we would take you in our van but we do not have time for that as we have to get this watch to our boss."

OK, maybe the last one would not have happened but they actually would not kidnap her because they actually do have higher priorities.

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That is more than naive, that is delusional.

If I were the Track Suit Mafia I would have captured the girl and interrogated the connection out of her, or at least establish if what she said were true. True or not, at that point they probably will have to kill her.

Anyway, if you still don't see it then I can't help you.

PS: Also I don't think TM was at the auction. They were not the ones looking for the watch, at least they did not ask about it. So Ronin was their only priority.

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Even without the mask, how would they not feel that she was a 119 lbs woman when they had their hands all over her grappling with her? Or when she threw a punch that didn’t land with the power of the real Ronin? Or how did they not notice her higher pitched female voice when she made noise as one of their punches hit her? It should’ve been obvious as it was to the viewer. I guess the tracksuit mafia was into the willing suspension of disbelief like those of us watching.

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