Part 1 of the TG:re volume 12 omakes. I’m probably going to be posting the other omakes out of order because some have way more text and redrawing required than the others.
Hello! Well, I wouldn’t compare one couple with another, especially since I couldn’t be less sure that it’s all romance and rainbows between Amon and Akira.
I mean, sure, they kissed, but that doesn’t mean that now they’re just enjoying living their peaceful romance, especially when it’s war everywhere else. Anyway, from where I stand, I find that Akira and Amon are lying to themselves way more than Kaneki and Touka, which is why I wouldn’t try to compare their “happiness”, even more Akira and Amon are as involved as Kaneki and Touka with the current war and won’t be able to escape it.
The omake is basically one more indication that Akira and Amon are just… trapped in the past, unable to move on from their days at the CCG and to fully accept their new situation, and I think that because the whole omake for them revolves around Mado Kureo.
I understand that he was and will always be important to the two of them, but we could have had this omake in TG and it would have 100% worked with their dynamic at that time. However, we’re not in TG but in :Re and their situation changed while their old dynamic basically stagnated and thus… this omake is one more hint for me that Akira and Amon are just… refusing to face their issues with their current situations.
Elaborating on that would make this reply ten times longer, so in case you want to read more about why I think like that, please read these posts [x] [x] by @linkspooky and this one [x] by @undergroundsky.
Sorry Anon, you were probably expecting something more light-hearted as an answer but… while it definitely was cute, it isn’t very satisfying when it comes to their dynamic or fulfilling their developments some more.
Thanks for passing by in the first place and have a nice day!
Lol Anon, are you @linkspooky by any chance? xD Nah, but in any case I totally agree!
I absolutely love the way Ishida wrote Mado (first as the worst villain ever in vol2/3 and then slowly we started discovering more about him and how he wasn’t *just* crazy) but I agree: be it for Akira or Amon, they need to start acknowledging that Mado’s way wasn’t the best and they should reflect on how to belong in this world without having to relay on anyone but themselves.
But you know, I can also understand why it’s hard for Amon. I mean, he was raised by Donato who forced him to be an accomplice and to help with killing other children, so it was definitely traumatizing and to this day, Amon still can’t forgive himself for being so weak and not being able to resist him, which is why Mado Kureo was such a great role model for him.
Mado seemed weak, but he didn’t care for promotion and he killed ghouls out of revenge, so that’s why Amon went head over heels for him and why he still can’t be entirely on the ghouls’ side, as he told Kaneki.
I’m awaiting the day where Amon and Akira will finally acknowledge that their situation changing doesn’t have to be a bad thing. It’s only this way that they will be able to go confront Seidou, something that my boy definitely needs as well.
Like, for real, this omake series hurt: Amon and Akira being as if nothing happened in :Re while Seidou was having PTSD dreams all alone. :/// It’s literally such an accurate depiction of their dynamism right now that I could cry.
That’s Sensei, obviously he knows his stuff with his characters, but it still hurt. ;_;
Thanks for passing by Anon and have a nice day! :3
EDIT: well, what do you know Anon, @linkspooky literally wrote a post on the subject!
Hahah xD enjoy their post then, because it’s totally something that they think!
Honestly, I’m glad other people seem to see beyond the omake because it wasn’t just about some cute Akiramon interaction. I legit got called out by a very rude Anon who accused me of only caring about Takizawa but the truth is, I’m all for the 3 of them being happy, together or on their own, romantically or by living in the past, as long as the trio gets closure through interacting.
Because Seidou needs it as much as they do and he is obviously still a part of their dynamism, which is why the way Ishida portrayed their dynamism with this omake is just a brilliant reminder, in my opinion, that the three of them still need to confront each other at least one more time.
As I like to say, it’s never been just Seiaki or Akiramon or even “Seidamon” for these characters, they’re all a part of the same dynamism.
Anyway, enjoy Link’s post Anon! And have a nice day :))
Hey Anon! Yes, I agree with that analysis. I’m not one to say that we should all forgive Kureo or hate on him, everyone in this manga did some morally reprehensible stuff so liking a character or not is really all subjective, and all I tried to explain was that I didn’t read that omake as a simple picture of a happy ending for Akira and Amon. It’s always nice to get some content about Kureo in the first place. xD
Anyway, I don’t think it’s possible for Akira and Amon to become “perfect” characters, which is to say, moving on from the past, acknowledging what they don’t want to acknowledge, becoming more in favor of the ghoul side than they currently are… but it would be nice to see them at least try because their current situation is asking for it (Amon is a OEG and Akira shielded a ghoul, they’re enemies of the CCG as much as Kaneki and the rest).
It’s the case for every character or so in TG actually, not just them. xD It’s just that the current omake was a bit too sweet considering that everyone else is suffering right now. xDD
Yes hello time to over-analyze the omakes again even though they’re mainly meant to be jokes.
The omakes give us a glimpse into what Amon and Akira, and Seidou are doing separately without one another. As expected they’re both stuck in the past in a way, with Akira continuing to pore over old stories of her father even though everything in her character arc has suggested the way to move forward is in fact to let go of her father, and Seidou much less willingly being haunted by nightmares of his past and blurred memories sifting into his dreams as well. Something he is clearly not able to sort out for himself on his own without support.
Hello! Well, I wouldn’t compare one couple with another, especially since I couldn’t be less sure that it’s all romance and rainbows between Amon and Akira.
I mean, sure, they kissed, but that doesn’t mean that now they’re just enjoying living their peaceful romance, especially when it’s war everywhere else. Anyway, from where I stand, I find that Akira and Amon are lying to themselves way more than Kaneki and Touka, which is why I wouldn’t try to compare their “happiness”, even more Akira and Amon are as involved as Kaneki and Touka with the current war and won’t be able to escape it.
The omake is basically one more indication that Akira and Amon are just… trapped in the past, unable to move on from their days at the CCG and to fully accept their new situation, and I think that because the whole omake for them revolves around Mado Kureo.
I understand that he was and will always be important to the two of them, but we could have had this omake in TG and it would have 100% worked with their dynamic at that time. However, we’re not in TG but in :Re and their situation changed while their old dynamic basically stagnated and thus… this omake is one more hint for me that Akira and Amon are just… refusing to face their issues with their current situations.
Elaborating on that would make this reply ten times longer, so in case you want to read more about why I think like that, please read these posts [x] [x] by @linkspooky and this one [x] by @undergroundsky.
Sorry Anon, you were probably expecting something more light-hearted as an answer but… while it definitely was cute, it isn’t very satisfying when it comes to their dynamic or fulfilling their developments some more.
Thanks for passing by in the first place and have a nice day!
Part 4 of TG:re vol 10 omake. The word Matsuri uses for rendezvous is 「夜這い」(yobai; link to wiki), which implies he went to propose (consensual) sex to Urie.
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