The way the panels are laid out for the way Kaneki fought with his kagune during this chapter kind of reminds me of the way Touka fought against Shuu in the initial Gourmet arc of tg.
And I’m thinking of all those times, in addition to during training (and later on his own experiences), he probably used to observe how she fought.
“I was fortunate. Touka-chan was the one who taught me all those things.”
Okay so for all the people going “Kaneki won” and etc. who aren’t like… understanding paneling.
Furuta goes into Kakuja mode and it dredges up something he wasn’t expecting when he’s literally trying to make the worst image of himself possible. He’s screaming the same thing that Yamori screamed. Yamori who is as close to a one dimensional sadist as Tokyo Ghoul can get.
What it dredges up is his humanity. The human desire that he has been suppressing all of this time, in order to do the things he did and accomplish the things he needed to get done in life before his time came.
Bearing witness to that desire is what causes his undoing. He hesitates and leaves an opening because he’s completely overwhelmed by the sheer force of that human desire he has been long suppressing.
The chapter makes it clear with the flashback Furuta tried to destroy those parts of himself because he had a limited time frame to break the cage and couldn’t hesitate for a moment.
However that’s exactly the tipping point of the clown, Furuta is paralleling Uta here. You can’t deny your own humanity and act upon the stage even if you think you can, even if it works out for awhile. Your humanity will always reassert yourself because that’s how it works. You can’t throw away parts of yourself or break away from the parts you don’t like.
Furuta’s making a villain speech and finally playing the ultimate role of final boss he’s been working himself up for for so long even going for the cliche move of “we’re not so different you and I” and shouting “I’d never lose” but what reasserts itself in his instance is his own humanity, forcing him to confront that he too in a way wanted to play house inside of the cage. He’s something other than a reckoning born into the world to destroy the Washuu and then die a half life, that he too desired for more.
Kaneki even says as much at his greatest moment of despair, that it was a mistake for him to desire things, that it was a mistake for him to want for more, anything more than a death to bring an end to his long suffering.
Every time someone says this I lose an hour off my life.
Jk but no, this chapter seemed to reinforce the idea that Tsuneyoshi was a gross lying rapist who bred children. Kindness is part of the abuse cycle.
@hamliet, I absolutely agree with that. These thoughts came to my mind after a kingkishou‘s great meta about the Sunlit garden. Although according to Kishou, Furuta was loved, there is one thing that bothers me
Manga tell us that the Washuu family treats people as figures,
so I guess Matsuri probably is very similar to Tsuneyoshi, but in his turn, Yoshitoki differs from them by his mild character.
Even the facial expression of Tsuneyoshi is similar to the facial expression of Matsuri. Just look at them, the air around both them were always heavy.
Therefore, I think Yoshitoki is the exception in Washuu-family, when his father (just like Matsuri) is cold and hard-hearted person. He is logical and rational. I don’t think he’s capable of love. At least, in its excessive manifestation, as Arima says
It indirectly indicates from Ishida’s arts from the calendar: Yoshitoki takes care of his father, but it seems Tsune isn’t very happy about such care.
Maybe Tsuneyoshi had favorites (I’m not talking about full-blooded children of the main branch), for excemple, Arima who he even called by his name. In the case of Furuta, Arima clearly mentions that Nimura were loved much more than others kids. Doesn’t it look like Furuta just should have been a second Arima/Kaiko? What if it’s the real reason for favoritism, not because of Tsune was a loving father. Among other things, Nimura looks very similar to Tsune and Yoshi.
Maybe this is the real reason for such «love»? As if Furuta could be more pure Washuu’s blood than the rest illigitimate children.
Moreover, in contrast to Hairu’s bright memories I always remember Furuta’s ones:
Children from the garden. They are single, lined up in a row in a totalitarian manner, gosh, Rize – she looks so lonely. I’m more inclined to think that the sunlit garden is just like mass conveyor for the production of slaves and it’s terrible. I don’t see any love there from the “true” representatives of Washuu family from main branch.
I feel like when Claudia first died, Undertaker kept seeing her face everywhere, no matter what he did to try to distract himself.
“Her face refused to stop appearing before his eyes. Sometimes she was smiling, sometimes she was stern, sometimes she was melancholy, sometimes she was angry, sometimes she was annoyed – all the expressions he’d had the privilege of seeing her wear. If he turned away, there she was again, watching him. If he closed his eyes, there she was again, behind his eyelids, watching him. Nothing helped. He couldn’t erase her visage from his mind.
“It was painful.
“It was so, so painful, but, in a way, he was glad.
What a wonderful random question! Yes, I do follow the Chihayafuru manga though I haven’t been involved in the fandom for years! Nonetheless, I could honestly write an essay about my shipping views in Chihayafuru but I wouldn’t want to bore you with–
You know what? Screw it, I’ll write that essay. ^-^
The first Chihayafuru-related fact you should know about me would be that when I first read Chihayafuru I was young, and I was crazy about Taichi/Chihaya. I believed that Taichi and Chihaya would somehow end up together, one way or another, no matter how improbable it seemed at that time.
I still believe that Taichi and Chihaya are endgame, but the basis for my argument is much more grounded and evidence-filled than it would have been, say, three years ago. Back then, I just had a gut feeling that they would be together, but now I can allude to several scenes in the manga to back me up.
It’s important that I should mention that this is definitely NOT an Arata-hate post, but if you’re an Arata/Chihaya shipper and the idea of Taichi and Chihaya being together upsets you, I advise you not to read my post any further than this. I may be right, but I also may be wrong, and in the end, only Sensei can decide how this series will progress. ^-^
Without further ado, here’s why I think Taichihaya is endgame.
@paradoxhamartia WAIT, what if this is (partially) related to Eto’s gift from the Roze arc????
She possibly knew what Kanou was after (with Dragon and all, just like Arima knew about Furuta’s plan apparently), so WHAT IF this is the reason Kaneki can now go all out as an ukaku (which would also explain the owl pattern on his torso, I agree)????
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