If you’re not already familiar, then this might seem like a strange duo to focus on for serious analysis, particularly since their interactions are few and so easy to dismiss. But I believe that this subtle character dynamic is one with a high chance of becoming plot-relevant at some point in future manga chapters.
I’m about to try and convince you:
William and Undertaker serve as literary foils for each other, and are intended to be juxtaposed
There is the possibility that this goes so far as William representing what Undertaker used to be, and vice versa Undertaker what William could be at risk of becoming (most likely with the help of a few hundred years, of course)
There is a high, if not certain, chance they will interact in the manga, and as they are such complete foils, it is very likely this would be in the form of a large plot event
I am going to begin with support from the first anime season, then second Wonderland OVA, and end with the manga where I make my point. Every part of this is necessary for the point I want to make, I promise.
Man I wish that, even if Mephy doesn’t want him to interact with the past, at least Yuri can find out that even if her youngest son is going to be super angsty and emo at 16 y/o, at the same time her oldest boy is absolutely adorable and a great guy.
One thing I don’t get is that the Washuus are the ones who allied with the old CCG to take the One Eyed Washuu down 100 years ago
and then they created V when the second OEG of the timeline showed up??
It was even around the same time as (or just before) they developed quinques for human investigators:
So when did the change of power take place? When did the Washuus become a part of V (as Furuta explained in ch101) and when did V start having the upper hand when they were initially supposed to be the Washuus’ creation?
Unless V really existed before the Washuus, but then it would contradict some stuff that was said in previous chapters, I’m just ????? lost?
EDIT: never mind, @linkspooky pointed out to me that we’re probably supposed to read the scene as followed
This little part that Kaiko is thinking…
meaning that he’s simply still super mad that his pal Kuzen left V behind for Ukina and Eto all these years ago.
TL;DR the Washuus still created V in order to defeat the second OEG of the timeline who threatened to overthrow the CCG just after WWII:
now if I could just know who this gal/dude is that’d be nice
I’ve also been thinking that the Washuu became a part of V around when the second OEK appeared. Maybe V is an amalgamation of various influential families, primarily consisting of ghouls. As a part of V these families are producing soldiers in the form of half-humans for the organization. One hint suggesting that there might be other Washuu-like families elsewhere, is Shao. She’s a half-human who was born in Taiwan, but was sent to Japan’s CCG from an external source. I hope that makes sense.
@donatoporpora yeah, excellent point about Hsiao or even Germany, which has always been referred to as the #1 partner of the CCG (and both organizations belonging in V could explain this partnership). We also still don’t know why Donato (who is Russian) was hanging around in Japan (not that there has to be a specific reason but eh).
That’s why the idea of a part 3 targeting a more international scale of TG’s world always sounded interesting (iirc Middle East was also mentioned by Yoshimura and there was also the link between the Rosewald and Tsukiyama families), even if I doubt that it’s ever going to happen by now.
In the end, it depends if V is really just Washuu/Japan-centered or if there might be a real international side to it (Taiwan and Germany at least) and I can envision both possibilities honestly. For example, maybe Hsiao could simply be born because at some point Tsuneyoshi visited Taiwan and had a fling with her mom, which is why she then joined the sunlit garden. Just like it could be what you said. 🙂
What we were told is that initially V seemed to be sunlit garden-only, but then they slowly opened their ranks to other strong ghouls (like Yoshimura)
which is why V now represents an organization that is encompassing the Washuu family and the sunlit garden (and why they can afford to get rid of the Washuus).
So maybe the same thing happened internationally, as in, the Washuus created V around WWII but then V slowly expanded over the years and ended having affiliations in other countries (Germany, Taiwan…).
Since it really seems the Washuus created V to defeat the second OEG of the timeline though, then I’ll stick with this timeline until we’re given more info. :3
There’s a big announcement in the next issue, now guessing it could be Part 3. The preview say that the series has reach its climax. I don’t know what happens in Chapter 175, but when they used that line, it tends to indicate the end is next. I know Gintama pulled a swerve, but then again, it is technically not a lie.
Well, we’ll know soon enough.
Oh my god this fandom. Story structure 101 means stories do not end on climaxes. It’s climax–> falling action –> resolution. If anything that indicates it isn’t ending at 176. Also the marketing team knows their shit to hint at big announcements right when it looks like it could be ending (144 and now) but the announcement is likely to be a second cour of the anime like the first time was a re anime adaptation.
Before Miss Yana Toboso went off to bed, she added William T. Spears and Ronald Knox from her sketch of Grell Sutcliff awhile ago. The 3 shinigamis in their business attires.
midnight-in-town 