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Stanley Suzuki
Lieutenant Colonel Ishii Shiro is a real historical figure. He is the commander of the unit of the army that includes the laboratory where Dr. Ibaraki works in Japan. He is the architect of Unit 731’s infamous plan to make biological weapons and test them on human subjects. In Ibaraki’s interactions with Shiro at the laboratory and during a night out, Shiro is cruel, coercive, and egotistical.
Ishii Shiro Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Ishii Shiro or refer to Ishii Shiro . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14: Tokyo, 1936
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“The true purpose of the facility is concealed from the local community through the disguise of a lumber mill. We’ve even started calling our test subjects maruta. It started as a joke, but ‘logs’ has turned out to be a convenient euphemism, so we have persisted with the term.”
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“A great doctor, just like a great military commander, knows that sometimes a few lives have to be sacrificed to save thousands of others. When this war is over, great doctors will be remembered.”
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Ishii Shiro Quotes in After Darkness
The After Darkness quotes below are all either spoken by Ishii Shiro or refer to Ishii Shiro . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 14: Tokyo, 1936
Quotes
“The true purpose of the facility is concealed from the local community through the disguise of a lumber mill. We’ve even started calling our test subjects maruta. It started as a joke, but ‘logs’ has turned out to be a convenient euphemism, so we have persisted with the term.”
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“A great doctor, just like a great military commander, knows that sometimes a few lives have to be sacrificed to save thousands of others. When this war is over, great doctors will be remembered.”
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