Netflix’s Japanese animation series “Pluto” is based on the same-titled manga series by Naoki Urasawa and centres on a string of puzzling killings. In the show, robotic inspector Gesicht is entrusted with learning the real reason behind the killings, a mission that leads him straight to a more complex plot that preys on the already precarious bond between humans and machines. Gesicht discovers along the way that some of his memories are missing. Gesicht’s investigation is significantly aided by these lost memories, which also offer an unusual perspective on the notion that robots are capable of experiencing human emotions. This is all the information you require if you are searching for details regarding Gesicht’s background, especially his absent memories! AHEAD OF SPOILERS!
Gesicht’s Missing Memories
Gesicht is the main character of “Pluto” and a robot detective for Europol. He is looking into a string of killings that include both humans and robots and are strangely connected. Gesicht begins to question if a robot could actually kill people during these investigations, though, given that their programming forbids them from doing so. Gesicht has what at first he thinks is a nightmare—a reoccurring vision—during this procedure. Gesicht sees a man in the vision requesting money from him in order to buy a virtually broken robot.
It becomes clear as the story goes on that Gesicht’s visions are based on memories that are no longer aware to him. Adolf Haas, a German merchant, contacts Gesicht with the intention of killing him. Gesicht comes to terms with the fact that he killed Adolf’s sibling. Gesicht learns that his memories were erased because he had killed a person in the past, despite his refusal to acknowledge his role in the murder.
Gesicht’s Past, Explained
Gesicht discovers a scheme to eliminate the seven strongest robots in the world while looking into the murder. Gesicht is also interested in learning the truth about his history, particularly the memories that he has lost. Gesicht thinks that the feeling of hatred—which is required to commit a crime like murder—cannot be felt by machines. Adolf, though, is convinced Gesicht killed his brother. Subsequently, Gesicht discovers proof that the reason his memories were erased was his murder of a human. Gesicht visits the Netherlands in quest of information regarding Sahad, a sophisticated robot he thinks was involved in the creation of Pluto, and it is there that he ultimately finds his memories.
In the end, Gesicht recalls the events leading up to Adolf’s brother’s death at his hands as he was interacting with a Dutch robot assistant. Gesicht had come upon an ancient, virtually obsolete robot while at work. Gesicht decided to take the robot home because it continued to demonstrate a will to fight for its life. Gesicht and his spouse, Helena, brought up the robot as if it were their own, giving it the name Robito. However, Gesicht and Helena’s child were among the robot children slain by Adolf’s brother, who had a terrible past with the machines. Gesicht as a result became extremely hateful and brutally murdered Adolf’s sibling.
Gesicht remembers his time with Robito before the robot assistant—who looks like his kid—shoots and kills him. The sorrow of Gesicht’s lost memories intensifies as he passes away shortly after discovering the truth. One reoccurring subject in the series is the incapacity of robots to fully feel and experience a wide spectrum of emotions. The series subverts the amnesiac protagonist cliche typical in cyberpunk fiction by exploring this issue through Gesicht’s traumatic history. Furthermore, Gesicht’s lost memories provide a new perspective to the argument for robots to have the same legal rights as people, which is a central theme in the story as a whole.
