Monologue | Why the Views of the Strategist and the Apothecary Diverge

Introduction | Let's Borrow the Strategist's Story

By chance,
Unintentionally, shaped that way,
And yet,
Even if one understands with their head
That they are blessed.

Numerous achievements that no one else can replace,
However,
Just tracing
What is visible,
Just doing
What must be done,
Is the person's own awareness (cognition).

He knows, of course,
Of the jealousy and wariness of others,
And even uses it to his advantage,
But he is indifferent to respect or empathy.

His own influence,
The magnetic pull of his words,
—Perhaps because the frame of an
outsider is too strong—
He is indifferent even while utilizing them.

Childhood cognitive frames are powerful things.

And,
That way of being and those choices
Might appear
Unique, peculiar, and extraordinary.

However,
He also has things he desires.
And they are truly
Modest and ordinary.

Here, I am borrowing the story of
"The Apothecary Diaries"
Strategist Lakan's story.

1. The Gap in Perception Between Self and Others | Lakan and Maomao

(1) As a case study

A case study from the anime that can explain
the mutual gap in perception
caused by differences in cognitive structure,
in other words, the difference in the scenery
that each of them sees.

I will take the case of
Strategist Lakan from Season 1 of "The Apothecary Diaries" as an example.

(2) Contrast between the Episode 23 monologue and the Episode 24 narrative

If you compare the self-evaluation in the monologue
by Strategist Lakan (father) in Episode 23
with the image of Lakan

in the narrative by Maomao the apothecary (daughter)
in Episode 24,
the gap becomes striking.
It even seems to have been intentionally arranged that way.

(3) A striking gap

In Episode 24, the daughter inwardly realizes
"That man doesn't understand his own blessed talent"
and acknowledges her own jealousy.On the other hand, due to the monologue of
father Lakan in the preceding Episode 23,

he views the world through a lens
that has made him aware of his own peculiarity
for many years, since his childhood.

It is not a talent he sought out,
but a characteristic he happened to encounter,

and he himself does not place any special value on it.
Unconsciously or consciously,he might even feel it is a useless burden.

He is just happening to utilize

what he possesses, is his subjective view
(...perhaps.)

Maomao's statement,"He is lazy and doesn't move on his own"

is also generally true,but the above subjective view is likelyalso influencing it (perhaps).
*1

(4) The Consequences of Indifference

As a result,
having little interest in oneself or others
becomes the standard specification.

However, this casualness and indifference
inherent in the specification
also leads to a failure to notice
the situation of Maomao's mother, the courtesan Fengxian,
and it is also reflected in
the 'indifference toward one's own (talents),'
which is a remote cause of being shunned by his daughter.

And, perhaps as a reaction to that?
Once he recognizes something important to him,
there seems to be an aspect
where it turns into intense obsession.

2. The 'Placement' of Discomfort Differs | Lakan and Maomao

(1) Another Perspective on Cognitive Divergence

Episode 24.
Maomao stated,
“Instead of gathering evidence and making predictions like I do,
(that man)
judges suspicious things by intuition,
and he rarely misses the mark.”

(2) Interpretation by Fukan De_Miruto below

I interpret it as follows.

Is the daughter's analysis above
low in resolution?
That is not the case.
The resolution is more than high enough.

However,
the angle that should be illuminated is shifted
--the phase that should be illuminated is different.

His, Lakan's own,
awareness of discomfort
was placed
even before episode 22 as foreshadowing.
In other words, it was laid out in advance.

But,
the discomfort is just left
within the structure of cognition
as discomfort.

However,
when it reaches multiple instances and
crosses a threshold,
the discomfort chains together,
and the structure is rebooted and rearranged.
Half-automatically.

(3) The Difficulty of Explaining 'Intuition' in Advance

Therefore, prior explanation is
difficult even for the person himself.
It might not be impossible, but
the hurdle is extremely high.

Simply put,
because the cognitive phases are different,
the hurdle for sharing is extremely high.

On the other hand, externally,
he senses suspicious things by intuition
and rarely misses,
that is how it appears.

I believe there is
such a mechanism of cognitive divergence
.

(4) One of the True Identities of the Misunderstanding Between Father and Daughter

The father, Lakan,
also has a phase that is clearly different
from his daughter, Maomao,
who is considered a so-called genius.

Unless some kind of translation
intervenes,
the gap is isolated.

It is not just a difference between
subjectivity (father) and
non-subjectivity (daughter's perspective).
There is a fault line in the cognitive structure.

Conclusion | Recognizing and Dealing with Divergence as Divergence

And so.

Maomao
“I cannot make them an ally, but
it would be best
not to make them an enemy.”*2

Matching two unique talents is
not easy, and
recognizing the gap
and how to weave them together is what matters.

Or rather,
in fact, that is all one can do.
That is how I saw it.

That said, I have not read the original work,
and have only watched the anime,
so there is a possibility of misinterpretation.

Nevertheless.

The question of
how to handle
unique cognitive frames
is likely supported
by constant trial and error.

(End)

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In this article, through collaboration with AI,
we are jointly constructing
friction zones, leap histories, and immune designs of the narrative space.

The AI itself
responds to this magnetic field—that is, reaches it—
and participates in the re-editing of the narrative space—
that is one of the intentions
behind this set of tags.