QUOTE (dive to blue @ Oct 14 2007, 04:06 PM)

I was actually going to post a speculation on the Dragon, until my eye caught this topic. However, my idea is not that Uluru is the Dragon.
Hiro has told us in a past episode that the Dragon trained Takezo Kensei, and later, asked for the princess. Takezo Kensei cut out his heart and handed it to the Dragon.
So here's a theory: Hiro is the dragon.
How so? Hiro techincally trained Kensei, as he is trying to make Kensei into the man of legend. And we all know too, that Hiro has feelings for the princess, and that's the reason (or at least, one of them) why he stayed in feudal Japan. It makes sense that Hiro would ask for the princess, and Takezo Kensei would cut out his heart, literally, since he has the ability of spontaneous regeneration.
Now, I'm not saying Hiro is literally going to turn into a dragon. That would be absurd. As most of us know, in the Heroes world and the real world, depictions have tended to become skewed and distorted as time passes by.
I also believe that there's a possibility that David Anders is playing both Takezo Kensei and the suposed villian "Kane," but I'll save that for another time. I'm sure we'll find out next episode.
I'm with you here. Especially know that GN 55 is out, about Hiro being the Dragon of the stories. Him appearing as some sort of 'tanuki' or something just underlines the concept of him as a mystical creature of ancient Japan during his time there. This 'myth' has most likely been perpetuated by Kensei himself, maybe in order to protect future Hiro's knowledge of the events (maybe an attempt to keep Hiro from steeling his love?), but most likely to heighten his own legend and fame. This is going to be interesting to see unravel.