Bipedalism, or 'two-footed walking', is the story of a painter who grew up in an orphanage and only years later learns the circumstances of his father's disappearance and death. Childhood memories bring the main character back to the past: he buys a
house in the s
uburbs that
used to be
long to his
family. In the
basement, h
e finds
his father&amp
;#39;s archi
ves and scien
tific research
documents on t
he hybr
idizati
on of human r
ace with
related bio
logical specie
s. Studyin
g the arc
hive material
, he unexpecte
dly finds evid
ence of
efforts to
renew t
he experiment
s on the remain
ing hybrid
population. Th
e painter then
becomes a rese
archer,
and conseq
uently a v
ictim.
The basic id
ea of his
father&#3
9;s research w
as to cha
nge, control
and in
fluence t
he process of
human evolut
ion - initial
ly connected wi
th eugen
ics theories o
f the period
before World
War II, and n
ow being pla
ced in a con
text of mo
dern &am
p;#39;biotech
nologica
l' expe
ctations b
y his former co
lleagues. The
main ch
aracter tri
es to recreat
e and realize
his father&
amp;#39;s
heritage,
who was
forced t
o cooper
ate with stat
e terror
organizati
ons, using the
results of his
secret
researc
h. In a tra
gic man
ner, this
informa
tion turns i
nto the
main character&
amp;#39;s rea
lity, at fir
st forcing him
to reapp
raise h
is father&#
39;s values
and later drivi
ng him to madne
ss.　　Bipedal
ism, or
&a
mp;#39;two-foo
ted walk
ing&#39
;, is the stor
y of a paint
er who grew
up in an o