Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20140507131600/@comment-6192846-20140520030138

Since we're getting around our Act 2 info as well, we have a bit more clarification on Milky, which sort of negates my previous post about Milky to a large degree.

My point with Seth hasn't changed but I think we should reexamine the text, like we did in the other thread.

また、これをきっかけにセトが過去、元老院の許可なく人造人間の製作実験をしていたことも判明. 彼は研究所を解雇される.

"Also, in the wake of this, Seth's past, the fact his team had been working on experiments to manufacture artificial humans without the permission of the Senate, was discovered as well.

He was dismissed from the institute."

Granted, I'm not that familiar with the language, especially the される at the end, which might qualify him being dismissed/discharged. However, I understand its a passive form of "suru" meaning "to do" so I think it just affirms that he was discharged.

Granted, the only apparent contradiction used here is:

『Ｍａ』計画の責任者、セト＝トワイライトである.

Literally meaning "Supervisor/Responsible for Project Ma, is Seth Twiright."

Which could be simplified as, "The one responsible for Project Ma, Seth Twiright," or, "The Supervisor of Project Ma, Seth Twiright." I can't find anything else to translate this setnence as either. It's very simple and straight forward.

Assuming both sources as 100% accurate, this could be done on purpose to make a reveal/plot twist of Seth being back after he was apparently offed in the first album.

The story does jump over a decade. I think it's possible Seth, being the "greated scientist in the country" as the Project Ma song put it, would be called back to help with the project that would apparently decide whether everyone lived or died at some point, especially given all the failures.

It could be he was purposefully put in charge of the seventh project because the Senate was out of options, and he was planning for Irina being the candidate, but that's me delving into pure speculation.