I usually keep my wildest predictions only to myself, but why not write about one this time. I’m sure everyone’s aware of the 206 chapter theory at this point, but it basically means that TG:re will have 206 (204 actual + 2 extras) chapters in total. I was thinking about the Chiastic structure earlier (here’s @hamliet‘s awesome meta about it) and noticed that the structure follows almost the exact chapter numbers as well and isn’t just vaguely based around events and themes.
In chapter 79 Kaneki leaves Touka to go off on his own and here begins a long phase where the two are separated and have trouble communicating with each other.
In chapter 125 of :re, which is exactly 79 chapters from the supposed final chapter 204, those two finally get together and have sex. They did talk before this, but I think this chapter can be seen as the point those properly reunited, stopped being awkward around each other and properly connected with each other.
In chapters 80-83 Akira was first introduced to the manga and the events there cover her and Amon getting acquainted with each other for the first time. Funnily enough chapter 121 of :re, the one where they kiss and become a couple, is 83 chapters from chapter 204, the supposed end of the manga.
Why this matters is that TG has 4 main ships that have lots of parallels and similarities between them and also a decent amount of focus. In the original it was Touken and Akiramon and in :re it was Mutsurie and Ayahina. For the first two this pattern covers both of the series, but for the latter two, it would only apply to :re.
Okay, so here’s my extremely wild prediction: something will happen to Mutsurie around chapter 175, because chapter 29 has the hug scene, which is the first important moment for them (though chapters from 24-28 could also work) and something will happen to Ayahina around chapter 189, because chapter 15 was when we were shown that these two are closely acquainted. I don’t know if this something is them getting together like with Touken and Akiramon, but I expect something good to happen that is important for the couple’s development. We shall see. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Assuming Editor-san’s line is actually relevant this time, I’m just super excited about the prospect of knowing more for different reasons.
First of all, the one who founded the Clowns was Roma, but she also said that…
…the others might not know it was her. Whether she meant Itori, Uta, Nico, Donato and Furuta or small fries who joined the gang, that’s not certain. As a side note, the “grand party” she’s talking about might be referring to the conflict between the second OEG of the timeline and V, since we know Roma ended up being defeated by Tsuneyoshi in his youth.
Anyway, if the others really don’t know Roma was the founder though, then it may mean that…
the reason they all ended up joining is not necessarily closely related to Roma’s own reasons for founding the gang (which mainly was fearing getting bored), which is logical if Roma actually was the youngest out of them all (not counting Furuta) and even if Itori’s description of the Clowns does encompass Roma too.
Secondly, in the new chapter, Donato said this…
… just before Itori rambled about their group while watching Yomo and Uta fight, and precisely as Kaneki was meeting with Furuta.
In other words, it’s a perfect lineup to understand what’s exactly linking all of the remaining Clowns and why they finally decided to step forward onto the stage after (what was implied to be) so many years of staying in the background and pretending to be the audience.
In fact, we even got a little hint a while ago that the Clowns had some sort of leading figure who had a plan about Kaneki, thanks to Uta:
And while I’m aware that Uta is a real troll and taking him seriously shouldn’t happen, at the same time, it still makes sense for Uta to have been talking about Furuta in ch31.5.
After all, the Clowns are currently playing for time for Furuta, they helped him overthrow the main Washuu family, they followed his directions during the Clowns’ raid arc, etc, and besides, Roma also said this in ch135:
…which is a direct throwback to the current arc, since Furuta purposely recreated a situation (using Kaneki amongst others) that paralleled what had happened with the Nagaraj 100 years ago because he seemed to have been seeking the same results.
In other words, either the “raison d’être” of the Clowns is directly linked to Furuta’s goal of “super peace” or, more simply, Furuta offered them a way to “keep cracking jokes on stage so that they wouldn’t go crazy”, which is why they’re helping him.
Sorry to bring up the subject once again, but I was thinking about OEGs…
…and since there is a good chance that there might be one of the two OEGs of the timeline amongst the Clowns (if not the two of them), I wonder if Furuta also didn’t approach the Clowns precisely because he knew that.
I mean, when you consider Itori’s description of the Clowns to be “to keep cracking jokes on stage so that they don’t go crazy” with what Uta said about “never having heard any happy stories about OEGs” (hence probably why he said he’d rather not have TG ending as a tragedy), maybe this is related.
I’m not saying that all the Clowns are OEGs, at most only two of them can be, but if the Clowns all previously had a purpose in life linked to one of the two OEGs before Eto, then that could explain why Itori said that they’re “ghouls tired of despairing”. After all…
so far all the OEGs lost against the world.
Donato even said to Urie that “the Clowns love famous people [like Kaneki]”, when Itori also referred to Kaneki as famous in ch34, so it could be yet another hint that all the Clowns were involved in past rebellions (”famous people” = the OEGs leading rebellions, like Kaneki)…
…but these brought no change as we already know, which makes Kaneki the last hope of the century (and an on-going debate between the Clowns, since some are rooting for him and others prefer when he’s despairing).
TL;DR Again I really don’t think the Clowns care to see what results Furuta’s “super peace” will bring (rather that’s V, since they’re always very serious about “peace”).
However, if they’re all old ghouls who got involved in at least one of the two previous ghoul rebellions, only to end up tired of despairing because no OEG ever succeeded so far in changing the world, then maybe this could explain why they took Furuta’s opportunity to crack jokes on stage for yet another rebellion:
because it is their way “to avoid going crazy”
but also maybe because of what Itori said in ch148 about “watching till the end”/”making sure” for “your king’s sake”.
The way our Ciel is getting the Phantomhive ring is really tragic. I mean, it’s already terrible that the ring must be taken out of real Ciel’s dead body. But what makes it even more painful is that our Ciel wants to do that himself because he believes it’s his duty…
…but then he fails to do it!
And that must be really hard on him. The thought of taking the ring out of his brother’s body himself is surely a horrible one. Our Ciel is trembling when taking the knife and of course that’s totally understandable.
But he doesn’t want anyone to touch his twin again and as his brother (and as the one who wants to take over as Earl Phantomhive) he’s determined that he must be the one to do that terrible act himself.
So he’s going through that, as well, but in the end he can’t do it himself and Sebastian must retrieve the ring for him.
Our Ciel must feel even worse here.
However, it’s also a lesson for him and he seems to understand that.
gosh I just noticed that he also closed his twin’s eyes…
which is a significant gesture imo since the twin passed away + maybe Ciel didn’t want his twin to be a (dead) witness to what he was about to do. ;_;
Make deals with the devil while you’re still a child. Contracts signed by minors aren’t legally binding and if satan tries to take your soul he can be prosecuted. Enjoy your perfect grades and lifetime supply of chocolate.
Berserk fandom: Casca will never wear a dress! Give her the armor!
Canon Casca:
Idk how much more clear she should say it that she LIKES dresses, but can’t afford to wear them on a battlefield and is insecure that she doesn’t look good when wears them.
She is obviously pleased and relieved to hear Guts dispels her suspicions.
Move on from whatever misogynistic bs you built around the character.
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