He was shown so intelligent but was so stupid to think that a girl of that age could die from a small electric shock.
It was very obvious for me to think that the girl didn't died from electric shock and was easily perceived by her mother.
I don't think that's a plot hole. Yes, he was very smart. He was the top in his year and he won some high science competition. But just because he was smarter than a bunch of other high schoolers doesn't mean too much. None of the things he creates are particularly genius. The genius is all in his head and I think that's made pretty clear with both the failed murder and how easy it was for Moriguchi to disable his bomb.
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Agree. He was very intelligent and adept when it came to science and engineering (esp. circuits) but it's clear that he lacks social intelligence. He suffers from severe abandonment issues and doesn't have any friends at school. His sense of perception is unreliable and often blown out of proportion/false/misinterpreted so it's not entirely surprising that he would have thought that the little girl had died from getting shocked by his rigged purse. He wanted her to die so badly that he jumped to conclusions too soon. Someone more mentally stable would've recognized that perhaps she wasn't dead yet but he's too deluded and arrogant to see things clearly.
shareIn the novel, he purposely increased the voltage, which was designed to give the girl enough shock for her to burn up. He had already experimented it on cats and wanted to see it happening to a child like her. He wasn't sure if it was enough to kill her, though. That was why he brought the detested classmate along. He wanted him to get the blame if she did die. He was disappointed the girl had only passed out so he left it to the boy to take her back to the nurse's office. But alas, the classmate took the matter into his own hands without the boy's knowledge.
The boy was angry with the classmate because he "stole" his right to decide what to do with her (suggesting that he had planned to increase the voltage even more and test it on her again later). Hence, the boy's violent confrontation with the classmate later on. The film's scene wasn't as clear as the novel's scene.
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Duh! Why do you think the director clearly shows her compressing/decompressing diaphragm i.e. breathing.
You know. he probably zapped a few smaller animals to death. And just kinda panicked, given the jump from small animal to full blown homo sapien.
He was never highlighted as a genius in the movie, quite the opposite. His highest motivation was however learning, and esteem amongst learning-peers.
Doing very well in school, gets you easily ahead of a majority these days.
You are right though, It is kinda plothol'ish.
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I think teh answer to this is essentially about Shuuya.
He is extremely egotistical... thinking he was better than everyone and that he could make no mistake.
But he makes countless mistakes due to his own arrogance... the most obvious one being at the end when he puts up his suicide video the night before he planned to kill himself. He obviously thought no one could stop him (hence why it was so easy to disarm the bomb) and it ultimately proves his downfall every time in the film
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He's not exactly intelligent...He's just good in electronics and stuff....I hope you're not someone who equates academic excellence to intelligence.....
He made a device and tried to test it on a little girl...He upped the discharge but I dont think he had a first hand knowledge of how much shock could kill someone
Also, he didn't want to kill her in the first place. He knew she only passed out, but told the other boy she was dead and wanted him to tell everybody he did it. Just to generate attention towards himself, because that is the only thing he ever wanted throughout the movie. Attention. That's also why he later says that the stupid had to go and finish her off.
sharei agree , yeaa he was not so clever but he never thought he killed the girl , he made the other boy who was a bit stupid to think this..in order to throw the girl in the water and kill it ..this is the plan . not the clevverest thing cause he had to cover himself .. but he did nt and the mother knew
shareHe was shown so intelligent but was so stupid to think that a girl of that age could die from a small electric shock.
It was very obvious for me to think that the girl didn't died from electric shock and was easily perceived by her mother.