Talk:Henry Jekyll & Hyde/@comment-27654842-20160125080134/@comment-27654842-20160217140759

There's a lot of different adaptations of the story. The Broadway musical depicts Jekyll working under Utterson's company and he's engaged to Utterson's daughter. He met a prostitute named Lucy and he promised to meet her again but his engagement won't allow him so, so he created the drug and Edward Hyde solely to meet Lucy. (I don't exactly know the detail because I have no interest in musical, and I only know this because my friend watched it.)

I think Jekyll banging at Hyde in his NP animation reflects Jekyll's pain when he drink the drug and slowly turning into Hyde.

Sensation of the potion, from Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case

"The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth and death. Then these agonies began swiftly to subside, and I came to myself as if out of a great sickness."

It may also be because Jekyll (during the ends of his novel) realized what horrors Hyde commited and he's trying his best to stop him altogether, but he can't because Hyde is able to suddenly manifests during his sleep even without the potion. There's also that one time Hyde manifests during waking hour while Jekyll was sitting in the park. Eventually, the potion gradually loses its effect to return Hyde back to Jekyll, and Jekyll realizes that he will soon will permanently become Hyde.

We can see while Jekyll have Hyde under his control, Hyde is still able to slip through his consciousness (from his my room dialogues, and how Jekyll freaks out whenever he uses his skill.) Jekyll also constantly assures his Master that "he's okay", meaning that he went through a great deal of pain just to keep Hyde down. And by releasing Hyde means he's releasing an incredible amount of pain upon his body and have his consciousness overwhelmed by Hyde. Him banging to Hyde during his NP animation probably also reflects him trying to fight Hyde's consciousness.

(I'm sorry I'm just so passionate about this cinnamon roll)