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I’m pretty sure I’ve briefly mentioned this theory here on tumblr a long time ago, but I’m bringing it back, because it’s still relevant even after all these months and is related to the latest chapter. Now to start off, Ishida has very blatantly connected Touka and Kaneki’s relationship to Yin and Yang before:

Yin and Yang is about two halves that together complete wholeness. When the halves are separate like this, they are the starting point for change. Both halves are chasing after each other as they seek a new balance with each other. That basically means that Touka and Kaneki’s relationship together forces each other to change and pushes both of them towards wholeness. Yin and Yang can be seen in the color choices and the use of opposite elements for the characters designs. While in this picture Kaneki has pale hair and dark clothes, Touka has dark hair and pale clothes. More commonly Kaneki also has the eyepatch on his left eye while Touka has  her hair covering her right eye. A moment in which this Ying and Yang symbolism becomes especially important is in chapter 122 when Kaneki and Touka talk together.

Touka’s hair is black while Kaneki’s is white, her shirt is white while Kaneki’s is black and her stockings are black while Kaneki’s pants are white. The color palettes are the polar opposites and meant to indicate how they are the opposing halves of Ying and Yang. Another moment where this can be seen with other characters is just briefly before this scene when Akira and Amon talked.

All their pieces of clothing (apart from their shoes) and hair have opposing colors. What these scenes have in common is that in both cases the two people were separated for years before reuniting and also after that were immediately unable to to properly communicate each other and sort their relationship out.

However, they some time after that had their talk together and managed to connect with each other . Both couples still have plenty of issues and miscommunication to fix, but according to Ying and Yang, they should be able to eventually overcome those issues thanks to each other.

Now, the reason why I wrote this post today is, because of Urie and Mutsuki who funnily enough fit into this template we saw with Touka/Kaneki and Akira/Amon. They were both separated after Shirazu died and Sasaki left, because Mutsuki left the Qs squad as well to aid other squads on their missions. After that they only ever occasionally met each other before Mutsuki was kidnapped for months in Rushima. After that they got their reunion when Mutsuki was rescued, but had no chance to communicate properly with each other. Their miscommunication issues were seen at their strongest in chapter 126 when Urie was too afraid to properly confront Mutsuki and Mutsuki refused to listen to him.

After that nothing really happened with them until we get to the scene in chapter 154. The panel that made me remember this old theory of mine was this one where them being the opposites couldn’t be any more blatant:

They are also right now wearing clothes that make their color palettes the polar opposites and actually have been doing that since chapter 105.

All of Mutsuki’s clothes and hair are white while Urie’s are black. Urie/Mutsuki take this even further than Touka/Kaneki and Akira/Amon by having even different skin colors with Mutsuki being tan and Urie being pale. What makes me believe this was intentional even more was the fact that literally nobody wears the type of coat Mutsuki has apart from Aura in the CCG so I always found it rather strange.

Now to get to the point, I do think that Urie and Mutsuki’s relationship is meant to parallel the ones I mentioned before so I don’t expect that this fight of theirs will end badly. I actually believe they are able to finally talk properly and sort their relationship out like Touka/Kaneki and Akira/Amon did instead of someone dying or anything else tragic. Ying and Yang is about two opposing halves coming together to become whole and it fits well with Urie and Mutsuki’s relationship. Mutsuki wants a safe environment where they’re loved which Urie can give and Urie wants to belong to a family which Mutsuki can give. They have the power to push each other to change. They are perfect for each other, but due to unfortunate circumstances can’t find each other. While their unfortunate situation is a bit more extreme than Touka/Kaneki’s and Akira/Amon’s, I do believe it will have the same outcome. Maybe them becoming a couple is way too early, but I expect them to talk with each other and communicate properly.

Hi, I love you.

(also, do you think it’s interesting that while touka’s hair covers her right eye and Kaneki’s eyepatch his left, Mutsuki’s eyepatch covers his right and Urie has the moles under his left? Idk it’s just interesting that they both have distinctive eye features)

Thanks for noticing me senpai and pointing that out, because I forgot to add it to the post. Their kakugans are on opposite sides as well actually.