Scientists are a bunch of romantics.
The passion to build has cooled and the joy of reconstruction forgotten, and now it's just a garbage heap made up of hedonistic fools.
In all respects, this city is saturated. It's like an overripe fruit. And within it is a new seed. We only need to wait for the wind which will make it fall. The wind called Akira!
It's too big for us as we are now. But someday, we'll also be able fo...You see, it's already begun.
Akira's power exists within everyone. But when that power is awakened, even if you weren't prepared for it, you must choose how fo use it
Ryu told me about it once. He said that Akira is absolute energy. Humans do all kinds of things during their lifetime, right? Discovering things, building things...Things like houses, motorcycles,Bridges, cities, and rockets...All that knowledge and energy...Where do you suppose it comes from? Humans were like monkeys once, right? And before that, like reptiles and fish. And before that, plankton and amoebas. Even creatures like those have incredible energy inside them.