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inumaqi · 5 years

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top ten tagged by @linkspooky 🍊 explanations under the cut! sorry for rambling xo → rules: name your top ten favourite characters from ten different fandoms, and then tag ten people - @osomanga @kara-suno @anonimarevolts @zeninmaki @wildbishonen @shysheeperz @tkmewthyou @kaldurlenn @joxterism @marshmallowdonutsprinkles

snufkin okay so he’s the only one not from an anime or manga but i had to put him on bc he’s the most important fictional character to me, ever. i grew up watching the moomin cartoons in the 90s and thinking about it instantly calms me down - they used to air the episodes early in the morning when it would still be dark outside: the landscapes were moody and cosy, the characters were so softly spoken and articulate... it’s just peak nostalgia. anyway, snufkin is moomin’s best friend; he returns to moominvalley every year to be with his friends during the spring and says his goodbyes to go adventure again come winter. it upsets moomin when he leaves but snufkin is adamant that quiet and solitude are important and healthy, and it’s not fair to expect him to compromise on his independence - that made a really big impact on me as a kid, especially as someone who never really had their ‘own’ space (twinsies). relationships aren’t weakened by physical distance or time, they’re about communication and understanding. that was important too. i don’t think i realised just how influential it had been until i was an adult but snufkin is an anarchist. he first shows up in the comics when moomin and sniff are talking about opening a bank - he tells them they should plant fruit trees instead. he destroys private property and rescues orphans, he refuses to participate in things that don’t bring him joy. when he’s asked where home is, he replies, “nowhere. or everywhere! it depends how you look at it” - the whole world belongs to him, and the whole world belongs to everyone else too.

yomo renji in general, i like characters that trudge along in the background and do the nitty-gritty work that supports the main story. i like people like that irl too. more than anything else, yomo is desperate to form human connections, even though he’s shackled by self-doubt and self-loathing. he just wants to positively contribute to a community, thinking he’s most useful keeping a quiet eye on people who might need protection/guidance (while still giving them space to grow and act themselves) or foraging for human corpses so that others aren’t in danger or moral anguish doing it for themselves.

bird boy is a total weapon - “the perfect ghoul” - and you’re reminded over and over again but a lot of his growth is about rejecting violence and repurposing his power as something productive that he can use to help the people around him instead of hurting people (the yang to uta’s yin). in the first few chapters, he says he kills humans (he’s a ghoul, humans are food, it’s natural) and yet he’s consistently framed as a scavenger who seeks out ‘roadkill’ [suicide victims] for sustenance, even before coming to anteiku, and implements a system so other people can do the same.

suguru getou i was originally gonna say meg bc i love him but, having just finished The Flashback Arc, i can’t stop thinking about getou and i’m beyond impressed with how akutami has managed to ground him so well, so sympathetically. getou is the sick, warped darkness to the hopeful light that gojou commands but... in an uncomfortable twist, the reverse is true, kind of.

actually, gojou is arrogant and confrontational and hyper individualistic. he’s a dissident. getou is obedient, compassionate, self-aware... he has a sense of social responsibility and passionately believes that his skills should be used to protect those who can’t protect themselves - non-jujutsu sorcerers - and all of the suffering he endures as a result is worth that. idk if others are reading his downfall differently but, from where i’m standing, that overwhelming responsibility never goes away, he doesn’t give up on it - he just starts to view the social landscape differently and begins to see how jujutsu sorcerers are vilified and mistreated in spite of all the good that they do. the ‘weak’ aren’t really weak when they’re able to organise and assert collective power over a minority, and so his sympathies shift.

the nail in the coffin for getou is learning that the hurt and pain could be eradicted from the world by cutting the head of the proverbial snake: non-jujutsu users generate cursed energy, so get rid of non-jujutsu users and cursed energy won’t be generated. it’s all horribly, weirdly rooted in good intentions that weigh him down and misdirect him. shinazugawa genya i feel like the bond that slowly starts to develop betwen tanjirou, and zenitsu and inosuke (in particular) is nicely foiled by genya’s lonely journey towards becoming a pillar. after losing almost all of his family and having sanemi walk away, genya is angry, antisocial, rude, violent, evasive...

he’s characterised as competitive, as if he hates his peers and wants to leave them in the dust as an act of self-satisfaction, a power fantasy or whenever, but this is a deliberate misdirection to cover for the fact that he’s scrambling to be a pillar so that he can reconnect with his brother and prove to him that he can protect himself; that sanemi doesn’t need to shoulder everything alone like he used to. his entire goal is an act of apology.

and in a story where so many characters are able to hone these exceptional skills, genya is uniquely disadvantaged as the only one who can’t master breathing techniques. rather than having a hero moment and powering up, his need to reconnect with sanemi is so strong that he essentially decides to compromise his humanity and become a kind of monster by ingesting the demons he’s pledged to annihilate. amajiki tamaki i wish i had a a longer explanation for this one but it’s actually super simple: tamaki is a really, really, really good portrayal of a person burdened with severe anxiety. the way he physically carries himself, the way he hides his face, his manner of speaking, his dependency on his mirio, how he interprets compliments as trickery, how he needs to be pushed and pushed and pushed before he’s finally able to release his potential... every single scene with tamaki felt deeply personal when i was reading bnha and i knew exactly what he was supposed to be feeling. shinmon benimaru sometimes good, nice people don’t fit a little friendly mould and i like that benimaru is hostile and rough and antisocial, even with people he cares about. he doesn’t expect anything of people, he doesn’t want them interfering with him, and he wants to help and support them all the same because he believes in community. he’s completely oppositional to the special fire force because he thinks it’s a tool to pursue an ideology rather than to protect people, which is why it’s so important when the eighth are finally able to win his approval - they become the only company the seventh consider allies, and it’s proof that their objectives are righteous. despite his reputation as... kind of a nuisance, his skill is acknowledged by everyone and he’s universally regarded as the strongest fire soldier there is. in spite of his antisocial attitude, he agrees that it’s important to share that with younger fire soldiers - he’s incredibly patient and understanding with them, helps them to individually adapt. the way he (and others in company seven) operate in contrast to the other companies when fighting infernals is really cool to me for two reasons: (1) it provides a commentary on how cultures and traditions often struggle to survive when they’re systematically (forcefully) replaced through power and wealth - although the subtext is a little troubling because it’s unclear whether ōkubo is conflating multiculturalism with globalisation which, uh, big nope; and (2) philosophically speaking, the approach to death is interesting. where the other companies essentially perform last rites and offer absolution to the deceased, benimaru personally takes responsibility - at the request of the people in his district - for sending them off in huge public display, kind of like a festival intending to celebrate their life. i think it speaks to how profoundly he values life. akihiko kaji i liked akihiko from the beginning because he’s stoic and introspective and also excitable and dumb. he’s a people watcher and waits for opportunities to softly guide uenoyama and mafuyu when they’re quietly crying out for help but doesn’t interfere any more than he thinks is necessary because he knows they can make their own way to where they need to go. i liked akihiko even more when he got really fucking messy. his relationship with ugetsu is sweet and it’s incredibly ugly and unhealthy because they both fail utterly to communicate with one another - they’re both to blame for avoiding and hurting each other, and i think that’s a really normal issue that people find difficult to overcome. i’m super interested (and really nervous) to see how his relationship with haruki develops. he’s done some horrible things to haruki and i want him to be accountable for those things and have them affect their relationship in a realistic way.

tanigaki genjirou one thing i really, really love about golden kamuy is the way noda satoru incorporates the importance of minority cultures into the story, and tanigaki’s apparent abandonment of his matagi heritage is really beautifully written. matagi hunting traditions shaped his life as a young man, it’s how he was able to really assimilate to the people around him and form relationships and - without getting too spoilery - he divorces himself from it all when he’s overcome by grief and hatches a plan for revenge against the person responsible. so, by allowing himself to surrender to negative feelings and thoughts instead of seeking support and learning to heal from what happened, he becomes a total shadow of himself.

makimura takeshi i know i’ve gushed about it before but i can’t properly explain just how incredible it felt seeing an asexual character in manga dialogue about being asexual, and devils’ line does it twice. the reason i’m so attached to makimura in particular is because he doesn’t seem to have fully figured it out - and he’s kinda... comfortable with that. he wants to be with someone and he wants to be monogamous but he can’t understand why he doesn’t feel sexual desire towards her; he knows his feelings aren’t platonic but doesn’t know whether they can really be called romantic either.

not to go dark mode but i very vividly remember just how lonely and horrifying it was battling with those uncertainties when i was a teenager, thinking i was broken because i didn’t have Normal Human Feelings and needed to be fixed. i was so worried about it that i thought about all the boys i knew, picked the one i thought was the nicest and actively tried to develop a crush on him. it was dumb as fuck but, ten years later, i realise it was really desperate and sad too. i forced myself to have ~my first kiss~ (it was horrible) because i felt like i was getting left behind and i think i would’ve put myself in worse situations as i got older if i hadn’t suffered with such bad social anxiety.

i hadn’t really thought too much about a lot of this stuff for yeaaars but it all came flooding back when i was reading devils’ line. it was bittersweet bc i was remembering all of those shitty feelings but also watching this character grapple with those same questions and go: i don’t know yet and that’s not weird, let’s just grow with it. i still don’t totally know whether i’m ace or aro or bi, or whatever, but i’m trying to be okay with just... not knowing.

misora shuuji anyway, devils’ line isn’t actually a manga with a specific focus on sexuality and gender but shimanami tasogare is and all of the characters are written beautifully. if you haven’t read it yet... then why haven’t you read it yet? misora is only about twelve years old and watching them battle with their growing pains is really compelling - they’re closeted but, through the lounge, they have somewhere to explore their gender and all the questions they have about it. they’re amab and present as traditionally feminine wrt clothes, wigs, makeup, etc. but can’t quite tell if they see themselves as a girl, a boy or non-binary.

with the onset of puberty and anxieties about physical changes to their body, misora’s story puts a lot of emphasis on the pressure they face to just ‘make up their mind’ about something that’s actually incredibly complex and doesn’t have any easy answers. they snap and shout and get upset, especially when tasuku (the protag) tries to push them into a corner because he wants a concrete label or identity he can attach to misora, even though space is exactly what misora needs.

#jujutsu kaisen #given #kimetsu no yaiba #boku no hero academia #enen no shouboutai #tokyo ghoul #shimanami tasogare #devils' line #golden kamuy #moomins #mine*edit

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dreamerfae · 5 years

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Thunder

Summary: Kaneki asks Touka about the time where she once was afraid of thunder.

Word Count: 1396

Rating: Teens and Up

Genre: Fluff

Notes: This story is set when the newlywed couple settle down in their new house and Ichika hasn't existed yet.

Lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a loud rumble. It was a rainy night, as the newlyweds prepared themselves for bed.

After putting her body lotion, Touka strolled over to the bed, where her husband was waiting for her. Going under the blankets, she kissed Kaneki and laid on his chest. She felt his arm pull her close and his lips on the top of her head. The couple laid in each other's arms in silence before Kaneki decided to say something.

"Come to think of it, I recall that you were scared of thunders last time. When did you stop being afraid of it?" He questioned, wide curious eyes looking down at her.

She put a finger to her chin and pondered. "I guess it would have to be when you held me in your arms for the first time... It was on a rainy night just like tonight."

- flashback -

That night had one of the loudest and scariest thunders that Touka has ever heard in her entire life and hiding under her blankets didn't help her a tiny bit. She hated and was afraid of thunders because it reminded her of the time she and Ayato were all alone after their parents died. Now that Ayato was gone, she felt even worse.

Instead of continuing to be afraid like this, she decided to head downstairs for a cup of coffee to calm her nerves and maybe even soothe her to sleep. So she leaped out of bed, ran to her door and opened it. At that moment, lightning flashed, then a loud clap of thunder. She grabbed the door, let out a very un-Touka-like scream and squatted down to the floor.

She was too shaken up by the thunder that she didn't hear a door at the far end of the corridor open and a person walking towards her. Whilst her gaze was directed to the floor and her body shook in fear, she saw a pair of feet before looking up to see Kaneki* standing in front of her with a worried expression on his face.

*black haired kaneki — when he just joined anteiku

He had his body bent towards her and held out a hand. "Touka-chan, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." She turned her head away indignantly and refused to take his hand until another clap of thunder came, this one louder than the last. Squeezing her eyes shut, she clenched the door tighter and refused to let him hear or see her scream. Her pride wouldn't allow it.

"Umm..." Kaneki seemed to be at a loss for words because the female didn't look like she wanted his help and he glanced around to see if maybe Hinami or Yomo was around but they weren't. It was only the both of them. She was attempting to stand up but the thunder came again, this time startling her into tripping and fell against his chest.

To hell with it, she didn't care anymore. The thunder scared her more than anything and she would take anything over the thunder, even if it was weak ass Kaneki.

"Touka-chan?!" Warmth flooded his cheeks as he placed his hands on her shoulders to push her away but she refused to budge. He glanced around, thinking that it would cause a misunderstanding if anyone were to spot them like this, and slowly guided her back into her room before closing the door behind him.

He sighed in relief then looked down at her in dismay and wondered if there was anything else he could do to help her in this situation. She didn't want to move, nor did she make an attempt in saying anything. For now, he managed to get her to sit on her bed and tried to think of ways to make her feel less scared.

Recalling how she once said that coffee could calm her down, he decided to make a trip downstairs to make her a cup. But as he turned, she gripped his shirt so tightly and wouldn't let him leave. Her body shook with fear and he sat down onto the bed, looking at her. "Touka-Chan, I'm going downstairs to get you a cup of coffee. I'll be back in 3 minutes."

She shook her head, lips trembling and she tackled him with a hug when another thunder sounded. He was taken aback by her sudden action but slowly and awkwardly allowed his arms to wrap around her, hoping that it'll make her feel better. He prayed that she wouldn't punch him by doing this and to his surprise, she remained still and didn't do anything.

As Kaneki finally decided on where to put his hands--on her waist--he felt her arms encircle his torso. He tried his best to remain as still as possible but couldn't help shifting a little when he felt her breasts against his chest.

He smelled nice and he was warm, she thought. Slowly, she couldn't hear the thunder anymore and could only hear the sound of his racing heartbeat. She smiled at how adorable he was to get nervous with a girl in his arms that she neglected how she felt so at ease with his arms around her.

It reminded her of the little girl she once was, where her father would hug her whenever there was thunder. But this time, it was different. Kaneki wasn't her father. He was a guy and this was her first time hugging a guy outside her family so intimately.

"Your heart's beating so fast." She commented, the smile on her face still evident.

He wondered if it was the poor ventilation in the room or the situation he was in that made him feel hot. Pulling his collar, he swallowed hard as he tried to focus at any part of the room except Touka and her lack of clothing—only in a tank top and shorts. "I-is that so?"

Touka's cheeks burned at the thoughts swirling in her head and didn't think it through properly before opening her stupid mouth. "Will you do me a favor? Could you lay down with me and stroke my head?"

She expected rejection from him anytime as he extricated himself from her and pushed her away. But she was betrayed by her own thoughts when he laid back down onto the bed, cheeks flushed red and patted the space beside him. "S-sure, if only for a while."

Ducking her head with a grin, she laid in his open arms, her head on his chest and listened to the rapid beats of his heart. Soon, she felt his hand on her head, gently running his fingers through her hair and stroking. She closed her eyes to the sensation and recalled a time where her father held her in his arms like this on stormy nights and did this until she fell asleep.

"Thank you.." she mumbled, before dozing off.

- flashback over -

"That night made me realize how I wanted you with me and I probably fell in love with you at that time because you were so gentle and caring with me even though I always treated you like shit."

Touka rose up from his arms, cupped his cheeks and smiled. "I love you, Ken. Thank you for everything you've done for me."

Kaneki felt so touched that the tears brimmed in his eyes immediately and he wrapped an arm around her waist. "I should be saying that to you instead. I love you too, Touka-Chan." He smiled.

They shared a loving, chaste kiss before holding each other on a rainy night, just like that first time.

-extra-

"Then when I woke up, you were in my bed sleeping with your mouth open. I thought you would actually have the decency to leave after I fell asleep. Guess you were just a perverted teenager, who knows what perverse things you did to me in my sleep." Touka teased, a grin on her lips.

Kaneki's cheeks burned and he exclaimed, "I didn't do anything to you! My arm fell asleep after you laid on me for some time then I fell asleep too! You can't blame me for sleeping when it was 3am!"

"I don't believe you didn't do anything to me."

He avoided her gaze when his voice lowered to a murmur. "I did sneak a kiss in..."

"HAH! I KNEW IT!"

I miss touken </3 do leave comments and reblog if you liked it thank you!

#touken #kanetou #kaneki ken #ken kaneki #touka kirishima #kirishima touka #tokyo ghoul #tg #tokyo ghoul re #haitou #tousaki #faewrites

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thunderingblacksteel · 2 years

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#Tokyo Ghoul #Tokyo Ghoul: re #Tokyo Ghoul re #Sui Ishida #manga #long post #Yomo's Flashback #double page #Kisho Arima #Renji Yomo #Kuzen Yoshimura #Yoshimura #Ayato Kirishima #Hikari Kirishima #Ken Kaneki #fav fav

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atheneush · 5 years

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Antes no me cabía duda alguna de que Eldarya solo tendría 4 rutas disponibles, pero después de leer las teorías del flechazo en "nadie" espero equivocarme. Tengo curiosidad por ver como lograrían hacer de Ash una ruta ligable llegados a este punto, o incluso una ruta en la que tengamos un novio en la tierra. Creo que estaré pensando en ello durante todo el día después de leerlo. Bueno, también aprovecho para preguntarte, ¿que te parecen las rutas de Nevra, Valkyon y Ezarel?

Pido disculpas de nuevo por ir tan lenta ^^U Lo siento anon. Considero muy difícil hacer a estas altura una ruta sólida con Ash, pero si es la única forma de obtener su imagen (y según las guías es la única forma) es porque lo será. Todo indicaba desde el inicio que él sería una parte importante del elenco y de los ligues de esta saga, pero su retraso en incorporarse, su peso, incluso, su tensión sexual con la protagonista es tan anecdótico que a estas alturas casi todo el mundo ha buscado ya otra ruta para engancharse o a desistido de seguir jugando. Aún cuando tengo paciencia y quiero ser positiva, no sé cómo van a hacer que se fragüe esta relación de cero a cien en unos pocos capítulos. Aún así, me llama, sinceramente quiero saber cosas de él. Y ojalá sepan llevarlo todo adecuadamente.

En cuanto al tema del OC/novio en la tierra, ¡¡Me encanta esta idea!! Encima, Erika ha sido olvidada por todos sus seres queridos, eso le incluiría a esta hipotética pareja. ¿No os encantaría una ruta en la que hagamos recordar lentamente su relación con nostras? No de golpe y porrazo como con Lys. Sino algo paulatino, pequeños flashbacks en momentos puntuales o cuando haya ciertos detonantes que los provoquen, como por ejemplo, el contacto físico. ¿No sería precioso ver esos flashbacks y descubrir a la par que él qué clase de vida y persona era Erika antes de Eldarya? Obviamente, no lo veo como algo que vaya a suceder, consumiría una cantidad de recursos y tiempo del que carecen y eso, previsiblemente, encaminaría demasiado el endgame final, pero… pero… *O* Erika volviendo a su hogar buscando un anclaje en su ex y esté perturbado y atraído por lo que provoca o los poderes extraños de gardi.

En cuanto a las rutas, de Ezarel hablé [aquí], aunque hubo quien no le hizo mucha gracias xDD No pienso que sea un mal perfil, solo, es con el que menos me entiendo y así es como le interpreto. Como siempre digo, eso no me convierte en la portadora de la verdad universal, es solo mi punto de vista. Supongo que algunos sentidos el último capítulo ha hecho que mi opinión se muestre algo más positiva porque realmente me ha agradado mucho la historia de Marie-Anne y la forma de moverse de Ez. Y si bien digo todo esto, también creo que de los tres es el perfil que mejor se ciñe a lo que se espera de él y que resulta menos ‘soso’ o que se ha quedado menos a ‘medias’.

Nevra físicamente es el que más me gusta. Honestamente, pelo negro y paliduchos es totalmente mi tipo. Hasta llegar Leiftan era la ruta que seguía. (Algunos capítulos me pasé a Valkyon) pero su personalidad por algún motivo se me quedaba algo corta. Me da la sensación que para ser un mujeriego se queda un poco retraído, quizás, precisamente, para no herir la sensibilidad de las jugadoras con una ruta que se acerque más a Dake. Supongo que tienen miedo de que se les vaya demasiado de las manos y obtener la misma reacción negativa que con él. En general, sus tendencias hipersexuales han sido bastante moderadas y apartadas de la trama, creo que siendo un perfil marcadamente ‘ligón’ se podía haber potencia un poco más. Aún así, quiero esperar un poco más a que lleven a su ‘arco’. Otro de los grandes puntos en los que parece que me flojea un poco Nev, es que no tiene una historia o un potencial enredo. Hasta el momento lo único que sabemos es un poco de su familia, que por lo que se ve, es la más normal. Y el tema del ojo, que según sus propias palabras, fue un accidente mientras capturaba a su familiar, pero… me replantee esta idea tras la salida del capítulo 21. La escena en la que Nevra comienza a hablar en ‘plural’, dejo el link [aquí] para que podáis leer a lo que me refiero. Es una de las cosas que más me ha llamado la atención hasta ahora, y que vaya encaminado a algo más grande que lo de perder el ojo capturando un familiar me parece interesante. No obstante, en ningún momento se menciona aquí que vaya estar relacionado. Solo es una intuición mía. Creo que para ser un vampiro, al final, Nevra me resulta el menos dramático y el que más sencillo es de tratar. Lo que le quita mucho del atractivo, o de lo que realmente yo habría buscado en un ‘vampiro ligón’. Alguien impulsado por una atracción fatal hacia la protagonista y con algún problema/inconveniente de la dependencia por la sangre. Por lo que a todo el mundo respecta, Nevra solo tiene la parte ‘buena’ de ser un vampiro: Superoído, superagilidad y atracción física, los colmillos y las orejas. En ningún momento se le da una parte ‘negativa’ como problemas con el sol, descontrol por la sangre, tendencias nocturnas… etc. incluso tolera el ajo. Soy una friki de las pelis antiguas como Nosferatu o Drácula, donde el vampiro siempre arrastra un montón de calamidades y enfermedades detrás de sí. Siendo honestos, para mi, podrían haber dicho que era cualquier otra cosa o haberse inventado una raza porque su funcionamiento no se ve alterado por el hecho de una criatura de este tipo. ¿Sigo pensando que es atractivo? Sí, lo es, pero… si para mi podian haberlo llevado un poco más arriba, se quedaron muy por debajo de mis expectativas.

Creo que ha tenido un crecimiento personal moderado pero constante. Lentamente Nevra es menos ‘cómico’ y mucho más duro y serio. La escena del capítulo 22 con respecto al comportamiento de Ez. Wow, creo que por primera vez lo vi en modo hermano mayor. O, por ejemplo, la relación con Erika… Admito que me rompió el corazón tener que rechazarle en la fiesta para irme con Leif. Su forma de ver el sexo opuesto aún es algo confusa para mi, al principio siempre parecía estar detrás de todas, aunque supongo que lo que realmente busca Nevra no es tanto las relaciones sexuales, como la aprobación. Probablemente lo único que necesita constantemente es atención, ser el centro de todas las miradas. Irónico cuando te dedicas a ser el jefe de la guardia Sombra. Es también algo que deduzco de todas los diálogos en los que le decimos algo de ese tipo y él suele responder con algo similar a “¿Realmente crees que soy así?”. No tengo una buena base para saber por qué necesita tanto llamar la atención, pero confío en que las respuestas llegarán tarde o temprano.

En muchos sentidos creo que queda mucho que explorar sobre él, tanto con sus relaciones familiares, su historia, como lo que nos tengan preparados para ‘su arco’.

Yéndonos con Valkyon. Ains, si bien creo que el que tiene una personalidad mejor definida de los tres principales es Ezarel, Valkyon es el que tiene mejor y mayor desarrollo de trasfondo. Eso es innegable. Siendo el más callado, me parece el más transparente y del que más cosas sabemos, tanto de su historia, como de cómo funciona. Eso es un ejemplo de buena dicotomía. Es agradable poder teorizar y ver con más claridad cómo van a desarrollarse los hechos con él. Pero antes de lanzarme a ese zarzal, debo admitir que es un tipo que me agrada a veces, y que otras solo me genera una total indiferencia. Es muy tierno y romántico en el trato, pero a veces solo es demasiado pasivo. Sé que suelo decantarme por las rutas que mejor tratan a la protagonista, pero necesito, aunque sea, una pequeña dosis de drama cotidiano. Algún defectillo, alguna inseguridad, algún descontrol. Es el hombre tranquilo, me recuerda un poco a Yomo de Tokyo Ghoul, más después de ver cómo se comportaba borracho. Eso me hizo mucha gracia. Físicamente tampoco me atrae en ningún aspecto. No me disgusta, pero tampoco me atrae. No soy muy fan del pelo largo, ni de los músculos. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pero vamos allá con todo aquello que no se queda en un estado tan ‘meh’. Para empezar Lance. Nos queda bastante claro que su mayor trauma, el mayor motor de cambio de este personaje fue la ‘muerte de su hermano’. Una herida que ahora parece cerrada pero que antes no lo estuvo. Nos han hablado de su culpabilidad, de sentir que no merecía vivir más que su hermano. Uno de los diálogos que también más me llamó la atención es uno en el que nos poníamos en el punto de vista de Ashkore y hablaba de cómo ahora estaba ‘muy confiado y subidito’. Lo que me hace pensar que este personaje, probablemente era bastante dependiente y tímido cuando era pequeño. Tal vez, incluso algo inseguro. Pero supongo que es normal, que para él, Lance es su héroe y salir de su sombra fue su gran reto.

Su reaparición va a golpear duro a Valkyon porque desesperadamente va a tratar de salvarlo. Va a querer comprender qué le pasó y por qué le apartó. No descarto, incluso una proposición indecente de unirse a sus planes solo con tal de recuperar a su hermano perdido. Desconozco si esto vaya a ser o no aprovechado por Lance, no comprendo del todo la forma de actuar de este personaje. Ni tampoco sé si será Valkyon el que consiga hacerle entrar en razón en algún punto. Por otro lado, en esta situación también tendrá cierta importancia la atracción de Miiko hacia este personaje. No sabremos hasta qué punto será imparcial o no. Pero ya tiene que joder que el tipo que más te ha estado fastidiando sea el mismo del que sigues enamorada. Whatever, no me interesa Miiko.

Finalmente, los orígenes mezclados de Valkyon (y probablemente de Lance también). Esto lo estoy diciendo de cabeza, no recuerdo el diálogo o si esto es canon, por favor si alguien me lo puede aclarar, resolvería uno de mis mayores agujeros ¿Se confirmó que Lance tenía algo de dragón? De todas formas, y por la forma furiosa de hablar sobre su pasado entiendo que sus orígenes han sido una gran mentira y por eso tiene un gran resentimiento hacia la guardia de Eel ¿Quién serán sus padres? ¿Qué fue de ellos? Creo recordar que Valkyon mencionó que era huérfano, pero no estoy segura porque pasó en los primeros capítulos. ¿Será dos niños robados (changeling)?

Creo que aparte del potencial dramatismo que se le sobreviene a Valkyon, de alguna forma está encaminado a ‘estallar’, a romper esa máscara de quietud impertérrita y tomar alguna decisión que va a ser decisiva en el transcurso de la trama de Eldarya. Creo que este Valkyon me va a llamar la atención más que el actual, pese a ser un personaje que casi ha alcanzado el nirvana, incluso frente a los primeros episodios cada vez es menos hermético, simplemente es demasiado ‘zen’. Quiero ver cómo agitan sus cimientos juju.

#eldarya #nevra #valkyon

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murasaki-murasame · 6 years

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I wasn’t entirely sure if I wanted to do entire posts about each episode of :re season 2, but episode 14 was really good and I have a lot of things to say about it, so here we are, lol.

It still might crash and burn later, but for now I’m still enjoying it, even though I’m clearly in the minority.

Anyway, the rest will be under a cut since it’ll be long and also spoil the entire series.

In a lot of ways, I ended up being pleasantly surprised by this episode, even though a lot of it technically went the way I expected. Like how they decided to end on the note of Arima slitting his throat. But a lot of the stuff in-between was interesting.

I was kinda surprised that they actually included Yomo’s entire backstory flashback about how Hikari and Arata got killed. I kinda figured they might cut it out, or at least heavily condense it, but they kept it pretty intact. I’m glad they did, though, since it gave this arc some much-needed thematic content.

On a more minor note, I appreciate that the anime doesn’t bother with some of the little things the manga did in order to set up chapter by chapter cliffhangers. In the Yomo-Arima fight in the manga, there was a whole cliffhanger where it looked like Yomo got killed, but that doesn’t really work at all in an anime when you don’t have to wait a week to see how the scene progresses, so thankfully they don’t even bother with stuff like that. On the one hand, it probably contributes to the overall feeling of the fights being less ‘intense’ than they were in the manga, but on the other hand, I very quickly got burned out by the constant, unnecessary cliffhangers in the manga. So this is much more pleasant in my opinion.

The other big change, from what I remember [beyond the fact that this episode just focused on continuing the Cochlea arc instead of swapping between it and the Rushima arc like the manga did], is the stuff with Hide. I feel like I’m gonna need to sit on it for a while to sort out all of my feelings about it, and in general I’m very curious to see how they handle his character later on once he actually returns to the main story, but my immediate reaction is that I think I actually prefer this to how the manga handled it.

As much as I love Hide as a character and basically everything surrounding his relationship with Kaneki, I never actually liked how Ishida handled the whole plot point of how Kaneki ate part of Hide’s face at the end of the first series. At the very least, it was executed very haphazardly, and a lot of it felt kinda clumsy and unplanned, with the flashbacks that Kaneki had to it at this point in the manga being some of the more glaring examples of it. It still to this day bugs me that, in the manga, we never got any clear answers for why Hide knew to find Kaneki there, why he knew to lead him to Arima, why he was willing to let Kaneki eat him, etc etc, and I feel like even once he came back into the story, there was no real impact to it, and the story spent absolutely zero time exploring the concept of how Kaneki’s feelings of guilt would change after knowing that Hide’s actually alive. And the specific way that the initial flashback to the sewers was handled always felt like a blatant retcon in general, and it just didn’t really cleanly fit with how the scene was initially portrayed in the first series.

So honestly I can totally live with the anime heavily changing how it handles this entire plot point. It’s always been a bit of a thorn in my side, so I’m glad they pretty much cut out the stuff that annoyed me the most, and kept the really nice stuff.

And also, I think that the whole detail of Kaneki being suicidal in this arc still makes total sense even without the whole lingering thread of him thinking that he murdered Hide. It’s pretty consistent with Kaneki’s personality in general to be suicidal and want to throw his life away to protect others, so I think it still works totally fine. And it also avoids the kinda awkward dissonance the manga had where the idea of Hide’s self-sacrifice got unironically glorified by the narrative and never criticized or explored at all, but it was used to say that Kaneki’s self-sacrificial attitude was bad and stupid, which still feels kinda hypocritical to me.

I wish the hallucination scene could have been a little longer, but it was still really nice and effective to see Kaneki finally open up about how severely he misses Hide. I still think that it’s a very effective scene even if you remove the context of him thinking that he killed Hide in the first series. Also, the :re character designer’s take on Hide is cute as hell and I can’t wait to see more of him later on.

We’ll see how it goes, but I’m really hoping they change things a bit later on so that he shows back up again a fair bit earlier than he did in the manga, since it felt like by the time he became relevant again, he was immediately overshadowed by everything else going on, and there was no time to do anything with him. So I hope they bring him back into the main cast a fair bit earlier, so they have more time to work with.

I’d actually kinda forgotten about it at first, but I guess they also skipped over Kaneki’s flashbacks to being kept prisoner in Cochlea, and how he lost his memories. To begin with, it’s entirely possible that they’ll just bring it up later, like during Arima’s whole dying monologue or something, but honestly I don’t think it’s a huge deal. It doesn’t tell the audience anything that couldn’t be easily pieced together. It also put an even more overtly off-putting slant on Kaneki and Arima’s relationship. It reminds me a little bit about how the manga outright spells out that Akira is intentionally acting as a mother figure to Kaneki because she was told to do so by her bosses to manipulate him more effectively, but I prefer how the anime cut it out and just let the audience think on their own terms about Kaneki and Akira’s relationship.

Other than that, I don’t think there’s too much to say about this episode itself. Although I did quite like the choice of translating that one line from Furuta as ‘teeth-hee!’. That was pretty good.

I know this post is mostly just about episode 14, but I’ve been thinking a lot over the last week about the writing choices made in episode 13, in terms of how it dives straight into the Cochlea/Rushima arc, and the more I think about it, the more I think I really like it. It’s not completely perfect, but still.

I think people forget that the overall start of the whole Cochlea/Rushima arc in the manga was where the pacing of :re in general started getting notably unbalanced and wonky, and a lot of things just kinda happen or get introduced with very little set-up. For example, the manga doesn’t exactly give much more of an explanation for how the CCG found out about the Aogiri base on Rushima. We just kinda find out soon after the time-skip that they’ve already started their raid on the island. And even the introduction to the second generation Qs was basically just ‘here they are, here’s their names and a few personality-establishing lines, OK now we’re going to do other stuff now and forget about them’. It basically ended up being a running joke that the Qs got more and more unimportant as more of them were introduced.

I’m at least assuming that some of the details like the way that Urie and Mutsuki in particular feel betrayed by Kaneki abandoning them will get touched upon once we properly go back to the Rushima arc, but that’s really most of the relevant stuff that episode 13 skipped over. It was also a bit sad to see them cut the dinner party scene with Urie and Matsuri, but honestly I’d prefer the anime not do anything with Matsuri at all as a character, if the alternative is them handling him as badly as the manga did in the long run.

Also, another important detail is that the manga also intentionally took us out of Kaneki’s head for a while after the time-skip. There was a good like eight or nine chapters or so where he was basically just being moody and we had no idea what was going on with him. So it’s not exactly a surprise that episode 13 also involved us not getting a look into his head.

I also really like that the anime is way more focused in how it’s just showing one arc at a time, whereas the manga was a lot more liberal with how it kept jumping between Cochlea and Rushima. And as someone who was reading the series as it came out by that point, trust me when I say that it was pretty agonizing. This is WAY smoother. To put it into perspective, Kaneki’s hair turns white at the end of :re chapter 75, but after that it doesn’t really return to his fight with Arima until around chapter 82, which ends with Arima slitting his throat. So the pacing here really does feel WAY more satisfying.

It’s also part of why the anime probably feels faster to people than it actually is, since it’s front-loading the Cochlea arc much more heavily than the manga did, and pushing back the Rushima arc to later.

And on that note, it looks like we’re actually going to have a Rushima arc episode next week, which is a little bit surprising, since I thought they would go through the entire Cochlea arc at this rate before going to the Rushima arc. But this is fine. We left off on a pretty satisfying cliffhanger with this episode, so I’m down with the anime shifting to an entirely Rushima arc-focused episode now.

I’m curious to see exactly how much of the arc they cover in the next episode. Considering that about half of volume 8 and all of volume 9 of the manga was focused on it, I think it’d take some substantial cuts for them to cover it all in one episode. The preview/synopsis for it seems to focus mostly on the Suzuya-Kurona fight, and the Tatara-Houji fight, but it also looks like it’ll also include some of the stuff with Takizawa, and at least some of the Mutsuki-Torso stuff. But even aside from that, there’s still stuff like the flashbacks to the time Amon and Takizawa spent with Aogiri, the raid on Kanou’s lab, and the whole scene where Marude assassinates Yoshitoki, so I don’t exactly think they’re going to get through all of that in one episode.

So after the next episode, I suppose it’s just a question of if they can wrap up the remaining threads of both arcs in one episode, or if they’ll need two. I guess we’ll see.

In the long term, I still have no idea exactly how the anime will be paced after this whole arc ends, but either way it looks like we’d effectively be left with seven or eight episodes to adapt the last seven volumes of the manga, so I’d expect there to be some substantial cuts and changes to make it work. Hopefully it’ll work well.

#murasaki rambles #tokyo ghoul #tokyo ghoul :re

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shslmahoushoujo · 5 years

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Ok, time for some more TGRE anime predictions! I’m enjoying the anime and the changes it’s done so far, partly because a few of them fall in line with what I’d been guessing they’d do for a while. So now, having looked at the things they’ve changed and switched around, it’s time to think about how they’ll handle the middle part. Because of all things, that’s what needs to undergo the most changes for this all to work out.

So, the four most changes so far: Tooru was found by Urie at Torso’s chamber Amon escaped Rue, Koma and Irimi stayed dead, and Kaiko wasn’t with Furuta when Tsuneyoshi was killed. I think these 4 changes are the key here to how they’re gonna create shortcuts to Dragon, some more noticeable than others.

Speaking of noticeable, the most obvious one to point out is Amon’s escape. That one plays the most straightforward, and it was by far the easiest guess. The lab section of the Clown Siege is... contrived, to say the least. Whatever his stay on the lab was meant for didn’t really go anywhere plot-wise But the anime decided to go for the more streamlined approach: You still have the mention that Amon’s pals with the :RE crew, so instead of him being caught and wrapping back around to the lab so he can be freed, he just poses dramatically on the cliffside thinking to himself “well... shit, they left without me” and he swims back to Tokyo, breaks into Akira’s place to get the cat, and then makes his way back to :RE. The important part here is, this cuts off a big part of 104-116 off, which allows them to be able to a) take it slower and b) use the post-Clown Siege parts for a longer breather episode. Were they to not cut the Clown Siege, we’d pretty much get no downtime episodes and we’d be jumping back to the action almost consistently.

Following that, let’s move on to the two smaller changes: Kaiko and Koma/Irimi. The latter one is one I’ve talked about before, a change I actually really appreciate because, other than the breaking of the Anteiku raid illusion, they really were just... there. I think they’ll just return as Spieldose in the finale, and that’ll be that. Which I’m fine with. As for Kaiko, his absence during the Furuta killing Tsuneyoshi scene means one of two things: Either he’ll deal with Matsuri right away... or we’ll get a scene of him approaching Eto in Cochlea. The preview for next week’s episode shows a bit more of the fight to escape Cochlea, so I could see a short conversation between Kaneki and Eto with the lines she didn’t bring up and telling Kaneki to hurry and go to his friends, Kaiko menacingly approaching from the shadows, and then the “I’m the One-Eyed King” line before cutting to the opening. Those are the two main reasons I could see them for not adding Kaiko to that scene, and instead have two random V dudes.

And then there’s Tooru. Hoo boy, is this gonna be the most controversial change. It already seems to be, actually. But being real here? I like it for a few reasons. One, the lack of shock value in how this is being handled; and two, the potentially interesting “outside perspective” take we might get here. I honestly suspect, at this point, that the anime will keep us away from Tooru’s thoughts for quite some time. I also think we’ll get some changes in the order of things, painting Tooru in a better light compared to the manga, and while still looking like someone on a dark path, it won’t have the amount of issues that you can easily raise with the manga version. And I think that at some point later, we’ll go back to the cave in a flashback, get a clearer idea of what happened there, and see what’s been going through Tooru’s head all this time, that being when we get to the equivalent of chapters 153-156.

Oh, I should talk about those changes that would make Tooru be seen in a better light compared to his manga self, right? Well, it all comes together with the other changes I’m thinking of, and how the middle part of the story leading up to Dragon can be condensed into 4 episodes. (Also, worth taking into account, the people present seeing dragon and their outfits). So here goes!

Episode 5: Potentially some of Kaneki’s talk with Eto that didn’t get mixed with Arima’s exposition, slight chance of Kaiko making his presence know after Kaneki leaves to help Touka & co, “I am the One-Eyed King” cutting into opening. Following that, chapter 99 (sans Koma and Irimi), Goat parts of 100-103, ending of 116, Goat parts of 117, ending of 118, Goat parts of 119, 120, the first half of 121, episode ending with the ending of chapter 100 (Kaneki meeting Furuta).

Episode 6: Kaneki-Furuta talk from 101, CCG parts from 100-103 with no Clown Siege references (mostly setting up the Yoriko-Takeomi wedding), Matsuri’s death happening if it didn’t in episode 5, CCG parts from 117-119 (introduction of the Oggai), second half of 121, Kaneki-Touka conversation from 122 interrupted not by news of an Oggai attack, but Tooru’s letter (changing “Yoriko was arrested” for “Yoriko will be arrested”), leading to the conversation from 124+125. 126 happens as is, with the knowledge of Yoriko’s arrest hanging over TouKen, but not straying off course. Yoriko/Takeomi related scenes from 129-131. End of 131+Qs scenes and wedding from 132.

Episode 7: Here comes the fun part. Ending of 128, with Furuta talking with the clowns about Dragon and Ayato finding the remains of the old underground king. Day after the wedding, news of the Oggai attack from 122. Talk and fight between TouKen and Tooru+Cousin Itt mostly the same, but Oggai bicycle attack replaced by a merger with the 24th ward arc fight. TouKen run into Juuzou blocking the path at the end. Closing images are a mix of the first few pages of 140+the ending of 133, Furuta seems to be in two places at once.

Episode 8: Office fight from 134-138 merged with Donato fight from 108-110. Furuta in the office is revealed to be Donato. Urie’s development from both parts mixed, fight ending with Roma’s death/Shikorae’s defeat and Donato’s “defeat”/finger reveal. Back to :RE, 143-144 happen, Marude arrives to a room with a distraught Urie and a nearly dead Kuroiwa, Hide reveal, earthquake, people there witness Dragon’s emergence. 145-146 happen, with a variant of 147 allowing for the the flashforward from episode 1 to happen the way we saw it marking the end of the episode.

Because of how the attack on :RE begins with most of the team scattered, a lot of the fluff from the 24th ward arc could be cut, and instead of Naki’s fake death you can easily have him just slated as missing in all that chaos. Yomo in the flashforward seems to be uninjured, both him and Nishiki are wearing suits, and Urie still looks injured and is looking from a broken window which matches the state of the chairman’s office, so this makes sense in my eyes so far. So I think this is how the rest of episodes would go:

Episode 9: Chapters 148-156. Cousin Itt and the other second gen Qs are mostly glossed over, with the Qs interaction with Tooru taking precedence. Technical aspects of Dragon simplified/bare minimum explained.

Episode 10: Chapters 157-165. The expected compressing this season has had so far, ending with the arrival of Eto to the battlefield to mirror episode 10 of Root A.

Episode 11: Chapters 166-172, 175. Following Donato’s defeat, 175 (without the opening scene) happens, and following Eto’s return to consciousness+the return of the White Suits, we move on to the Kaneki/Furuta fight, with Furuta’s fakeout mirroring episode 2 of the season, and ending in Kaneki’s finger crack.

Episode 12: Chapters 173-174, opening scene of 175, 176-179. Opening and ending tunes playing over certain scenes. Technically 7 chapters, which means they can take it easy compared to the rest of the season. First half of the episode ends on 177 (I can imagine Katharsis playing as 177 happens), I could see some things added to 178 (clarifying Eto’s fate, showing Ayato saving Kaneki), and I could see them streamlining 179 and not having all that narration but rather relying on show don’t tell. And of course, I’d hope for the major players of episode 1 of the season (Kaneki, Ayato, Eto, and Furuta) getting their time to shine this episode to mirror how the final season started. Rakuen no Kimi playing over the last HideKane talk and the final scene with the TouKen family.

That’s more or less how I expect it to go, at least. If it’s anything like this? I’m all in for it.

#Tara Says Stuff #tokyo ghoul #tgre spoilers #boy this went for long #but I've said it before #I'm here for Mikasano's bold screenplay #and trying to figure out how he'll handle the rest of this story?#some of the most enjoyable stuff this series has allowed me to do

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tg-re-enfermedad · 6 years

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Chapter 171: Disappear

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Pg 1: Uta lies on the ground and says that he lost. He tells Yomo that back when they fought when they were younger he had similar thoughts; wondering if today would be the day that he would kill Yomo or vice versa. He asks Yomo if he remembers when both of them wrecked both of their legs. Yomo says that he does and that Itori carried them home. Uta comments that back then, no matter what they broke or how much blood was shed, nothing mattered. He reaches his arm out and tells Yomo that today was the most fun he’d ever had.

Pg 2: Uta says that it’s all over now. He tells Yomo that when he left to work at Anteiku it didn’t sit right with him because it felt like he was going to a faraway place. Uta asks Yomo if he remembered what he said about his sister, how he would help him carry out his revenge for her. He says that he tried to get her back from Arima but in the end they couldn’t.

Pg 3: Uta says that he guesses that none of that matters anymore. He tells Yomo that in the end he couldn’t change despite the world changing around him. He says that everyone is gone, their parents, siblings, and even people from the 4th district.

Pg 4: Yomo interrupts him and says that he used to believe that the world is nothing but loss after he lost his sister and Touka’s father. He says that despite that he tried to convince himself that things were inevitable until he lost Anteiku. He says that he didn’t understand what he could have done to save it and wondered if he had struggled and fought like Kaneki had if he could have changed things. He says that in the battle at Cochlea he almost lost Touka and Ayato. He tells Uta that if he doesn’t want to lose anyone he has to stand and fight.

Pg 5: Yomo says that perhaps he’ll gain something out of it. He says that bringing together Touka and Kaneki and seeing the life that’s about to be born made him happy. He clenches his fist and says that the two of them taught him that the world is not just loss and despair.

Pg 6: Yomo says that the same goes for Uta and he tells Uta that if he wants to eat him then he can feel free to come by again. He says that if that’s what he wants to do then he should do it. Yomo says that he wants to live to be a granduncle and says that he’ll fight with everything he has. Yomo tells Uta to stop causing trouble for everyone else. He tells Uta that he doesn’t care how much he bothers him but says to leave everyone else alone. Yomo says that it’s a special offer for him because he’s his friend. Uta says that they’re already adults.

Pg 7: Yomo asks Uta if he needs him to carry him. Uta thinks that Yomo has gotten very strong. As Yomo carries Uta he tells him that when Kaneki came into his shop with Touka he had a feeling they would get together one day. Yomo says he thought the same and Uta jokes, calling him a liar. Itori sighs and says that it seems that Uta can’t change without the help of Yomo. Uta and Yomo are shown together in the past and present and the words “You are my pain, I cannot live with you nor without you, you give me death as well as life” appear over them.

Pg 8: The scene changes to Amon fighting Donato. Donato approaches Amon on the ground and asks him what’s wrong, and tells him that they should start already. Amon struggles to his feet. Takizawa asks Tomoe if she see’s “it”.

Pg 9: He grabs her head and tells her to look harder. Tomoe watches them fight. She comments that Amon has had chances to hurt Donato but hasn’t taken them. She asks if he can’t go all out. Takizawa sits down and says that she’s the same as Amon. He tells her that everyone at the CCG knew his story, that he was an orphan raised by a ghoul. He says that he’s experienced the cruelty of ghouls firsthand and he hates ghouls more than anyone else. Takizawa tells her that everyone acknowledged his might and he admired him. He says that the ghoul that raised him is Donato, the ghoul he is fighting.

Pg 10: Tomoe asks Takizawa why he’s holding back because he’s fighting the ghoul he hated all this time. Takizawa tells her that he can’t kill him because if he lost the thing that he spent his life clinging to it would leave him feeling empty. He tells her that she should understand because the same thing happened to her. Takiwaza rests his head in his hand and thinks that the lines are beginning to blur between Amon and the “man who couldn’t kill him”. Flashback to Takizawa fighting Houji. Takizawa launches an attack at Houji

Pg 11: Takizawa remembers Houji’s looking at him with a tear in his eye shortly before he was decapitated (recall that Houji was Takizawa’s partner when they were at the CCG). Takizawa thinks that back then he couldn’t get rid of his feelings because deep down he knew that Houji would never actually lose to someone like him [implying that Houij let Takizawa kill him because he couldn’t bring himself to kill Takizawa]. Takizawa thinks of Houji. He holds up Amons necklace and calls him a bastard. Amon crouches down, catching his breath, and Takizawa throws him the necklace.

Pg 12: Takizawa shouts to Amon, asking him why he still wears it. Amon thinks of himself as a child with Donato.

Pg 13: Amon wonders if he had really been wearing the necklace all this time. He looks at Donato and rushes towards him to attack.

Pg 14: Amon recalls his fight with Kaneki, and his words “the world is wrong and you ghouls are the ones twisting (corrupting) it!”. Amon strikes at Donato, shattering his kagune and knocking him back.

Pg 15: Amon recalls Kaneki telling him that he needs to understand his opponent instead of just assuming that they are wrong. Donato reforms his kagune and knocks Amon back. Amon gets up and grabs his quinque. He looks at his necklace. He thinks of Kaneki and thinks that because of his new body he has finally learned a few things.

Pg 16: Amon thinks that most ghouls are regarded by humans as creatures to be feared and that fact will not change. He thinks that the more he learns he realized that Donato is absolute evil. He thinks about why he wears the cross so he never forgets his days at the orphanage. He thinks that he’s always known that the world is twisted.

Pg 17: Amon thinks that among those who were twisting the world was himself. Amon transforms his quinque into a gigantic cross (possibly by infusing it with his kagune). Donato sees it and smiles.

Pg 18: Amon strikes at Donato, ripping a large chunk of his body out. He thinks that he loved Donato.

#Tokyo Kushu #tokyo ghoul #tokyo ghoul re #chapter 171 #disappear #monster #ken kaneki #Touka Kirishima #Amon Koutarou #donato porpora #Houji #seidou takizawa #itori #uta #hotaru tomoe

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doodle-shenanigans · 6 years

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It’s been months since tg ended and a month before the last anime season begins, so in the down time when I’m less likely to get straggled in my yard I’m just going to go ahead and get it out now

Arima fucking sucks. Arima fucking sucks a lot. Arima sucks and is a dick objectivity.

But hold on disclaimer! Listen every Arima Stan I’m not coming for you, just the framing of the character. I like Eto and I admit she’s a huge bitch who does awful things, so I don’t have room to say you have any moral problem for liking Arima. He himself is engaging, strong, intriguing, and has a dang fantastic booty.

HOWEVER the story, the attitude, and the characters drive me up the fucking wall. Jesus-Arima is a damn lie. Yo, this fuck was “CCG god” but not only was he double crossing the ccg by his existence as half human, he was also double crossing the Washuu’s too by working with Eto. The dude is still treated like he died for our sins, and he got away with it!

I scream every Arima flashback as ccg members and some ghouls remember him fond and casually. YA BOY BRETRAYED YOU

And it’s so fucking stupid too. The plan was so dumb. So Ishida you tell me Arima dindu nuffin he lov dos ghools whole time? What the hell are the ghouls to think? “Wow you were on our side as you genocided thousands of ghouls single handily and have broken up families for years? You’re such a tragic hero.” And the humans? The man you respected as the apex of humanity, friend, mentor, and hope for mankind wasn’t even full human at all and was complicit in the side you killing your comrades? Also knew your lives were lies built under the thumb of ghoul big brother? Don’t care, that’s Jesus. Yomo was the only one with an appropriate reaction.

Eto bitch you too, both half ghoul, both strong, both with large following, and y’all wait until the end of Arima’s life span to execute to the game plan with a literal bitch made OEK. Surprise masterminds he got half the ghoul population and half of Tokyo annihilated.

They literally could have did a better job themselves instead of putting in on the shoulders of someone proven unstable and foolish, and you can’t convince me otherwise. It all worked out in the end, but was that coarse of action even worth it with all the things that went wrong? Arima or Hirako couldn’t at least tell him about the dragon thing since now with the line “Tokyo will become ghouls” we know our clairvoyant good boy god knew about that too? In reality it makes him seem more like a dick for keeping that secret. I bet Kaneki would have liked to know that before he turned into a gaint worm.

As I said before my problem with Arima is the framing since characters don’t have to be morally correct to be likable. The difference, Eto for instance faces consequences in the eyes of the other characters and her close followers all paid with their lives. The last chapter she appeared and passed out/died Hirako glared at her and I could have reached into the panel and shook him. Dude wtf in the reveal that her and Arima were partners the whole time you were in the group shot!! You been knew, look somewhere else kettle the pot is resting. Eto had her eyes closed, but it was Hirako who needed to wake the fuck up.

Arima is praised by the cast and narrative when his parallel is a villain for the exact same shit. Eto was hardlined bad from what she did to Kanae, but Arima can stab Kaneki in the face multiple times and turn him into “his quinque”. But that’s muh fucking daddy right there!!

You mean to tell me that part of Kanae’s arc would be okay if she survived and called Eto her mom? That would be weird right? Well it’s exactly just as weird as the first one! Still the next arc Kaneki is cradling Arima in his lap calling him his father while Arima says he finally has something to care about, ignoring the implications of everyone who died in his master plan or he met over the years meaning absolutely nothing to him. Meanwhile his counter part is off getting humiliated and alone.

Anyway, Tg framing is hypocritic and gives me a headache when I think too hard about it, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

#dont shoot me i know hes a fav but this has been bothering me forever #its like arima is a complex character but the story wont let him be one #arima kishou #hirako take #kaneki ken #eto yoshimura #tokyo ghoul #tokyo ghoul:re #tg spoilers #tg salt

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coromoor · 6 years

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I’ve been too sad over TG ending to talk about the Touken Fam but now the floodgates have opened and I had most of these all saved up *thumbs up*

Touka’s nickname for her is “Pudding”

Ichika is rambunctious and energetic and clumsy like Touka was as a kid. Before her kagune develops, regeneration isn’t as fast so she constantly has skinned knees and tears in her pants from where she’s fallen over

Kaneki learns to sew so he can patch them up otherwise they’d spend their entire budget on new clothes

She likes collecting bugs and instead of playing with Barbies, collects families of millipedes to put in her doll house Ichika: This one is the Mama, this one is the little baby and big one is the Papa! Kaneki: ..... they’re.... lovely....

One time she brings in a centipede and Kaneki faints

Ichika’s favourite people are Amon and Banjou because they’re SO TALL and when they put her on their shoulders she’s so close to the sky and clouds it feels like shes flying

Kaneki is as salty as the ocean and after Banjou makes a joke about him being a small bean, Touka caught him trying to reshape his legs with kagune to make himself taller

Touka draws Ichika latte art in her babyccino and every day when asked what she wants it’s always “A BUNNY!”. She sits on the counter next to Touka as she works on it.

Kaneki reads with her every night- stories of magicians controlling dragons or an epic war between the empire and rebels or a story of a man and a woman who reaffirmed their love in a time of sickness- and Touka often has to carry them both to bed when she finds them fast asleep on the couch with the book still splayed open.

Not before she draws on their stomachs with a black texta while they’re asleep

Kaneki is a Panic Dad™ and his dad senses are constantly on high alert- “OK ITS BEEN 20 MINS TIME TO REAPPLY SUNSCREEN” “YOU HAVE TO WAIT 30... NO 40 MINS AFTER EATING BEFORE YOU CAN SWIM JUST IN CASE”

Since Ichika is such an energetic little kid, he’s always chasing her around ready to catch her when she’s jumping all over the place

One day Kaneki finds Touka with Ichika on her back, teaching her how to do a backflip. Getting war flashbacks, he rushes over to intervene

Ichika’s favourite movie is Shrek

Touka can’t hold back her potty mouth and every time she swears in front of Ichika, Kaneki is diving to cover her ears

Touka, Yomo and Ichika watch Sailor Moon together, and Yomo nicknames Ichika “Chibiusa”

She never wants to wear new clothes, instead wanting to wear the bunny patterned dress every day and cries when they put her in something different. Kaneki side eyes Touka.

Her first word was “Papa” and Touka didn’t speak to Kaneki for 3 days after that.

Her first sentence was “you shitty idiot”. Kaneki side eyes Touka.

She couldn’t say Ayato’s name properly as a kid, so she calls him “Yabo” instead

RIP Ayato

Hinami calls her “Flower girl” and always brings a flower every time she visits to thread in Ichika’s hair

#ok but the millipede one was me as a kid #i used to collect them and put the family in my dollhouse LMAO #kaneki ichika #headcanons #touken

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lottesseenaghoul · 6 years

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RE:169 quick thoughts before I go into rabbit hole of tg posts on tumbler (edited)

So I was expecting the scans to come out on Thursday but was surprised to see some fresh panels in the uta tag and FLIPPED.jpeg at my behavioural economics lecture. Honestly not the best place for getting a nosebleed xdd

Anyways here are some of hot takes I got from reading the chapter. More nuanced meta probably on its way. I read it on mangastream and I did screenshots there.

The chapter starts with the first part of Uta’s tattoo quote and ends with the second part, forming a sort of narrative framework to read it.

We jump straight into the fray, with contrasting shots of Yomo’s damn fine looking face and Uta’s there as well, clearly guided by very basic thinking and mostly intuitive, emotional impulses:

Like this is typical, stereotypical “unhinged” face people do in mangas. A mix of enthusiasm and bloodlust, it says this guy went “insane”. Ugh. Uta’s mental health warrants a LOT of unpacking nevertheless so let’s leave this face’ implications for later.

We glimpse their fight styles then:

Uta is on the offensive, honestly his is such forceful, visceral way of attacking here - straight up fuck up your opponent with the sheer force of your blow. He is shown to be a lot more nuanced and deliberate in previous fights, steering clear from attacking and content with evading the blows, dealing some psychological damage afterwards. But that is Uta just half-assedly toying - clearly he doesn’t stop himself with Yomo. The reasons can be manifold - that’s how they’ve always done it; he’s so pumped, he stops thinking and loses himself in pure bloodlust; he’s in a serious crisis - this is my preferred angle.

Now his fighting style, besides the raw strength behind it, is also quick and agile. In a second Uta gets behind Yomo, and tries to strike through his body mid-air. His face looks like this:

Very unstable.

Uta’s pupils are incredibly large here - again, a visual reminder how little conscious control he might have in this situation. OR how vicious his intents are.

My impression is that when he’s led by such murderous motivation (whatever its composing parts), Uta moves intuitively, we don’t see him playing around or allowing to be struck. Here he has the initiative but Yomo can so far fend off or otherwise deal with his attacks.

I’m honestly so thirsty for Yomo in this chapter, just look at this fine motherfucker:

{I’m interjecting to thank my lord satan for my pan-shipping, slutty heart because now UtaRen became another ship I love. Add in some Itori and you have another one. This one just keeps on giving <3}

Also Uta is so messy here, my baby all playful like a rabid hyena.

Despite all the refinements older Uta keeps about himself (suave clothing, neat hair, designer mask studio, antiques in glass cases, chess), he didn’t seem to have done much growing up, emotionally. Donato comments on it like that:

You just gotta love the fact that for most of the manga Uta keeps the facade of actually being the least reckless of the ghouls. But I trust Donato on this, who seems to know Uta’s darker impulses fairly well. Possibly better than Yomo and that dude got his fair of beating from Uta too.

What got me interested is how Amon had commented how pointless Clowns endeavours were. Initially I thought it’s Donato who said it, but later on he tells Amon that he would soon understand...

Oh Amon looks fine AF too. Be still my slutty heart!

Furuta says something possibly pivotal for the incoming plot arc:

(IDK wtf this is, but if even Furuta comments on it as if he was both grossed out/scared, it must be important. Oh, he meets Kaneki too, no biggie. “That’s just freaky!!”, I love you Nimura)

Back to my boys, Yomo is getting beat up but mostly evades Uta’s attacks and looks more and more pissed. Uta just looks like a dumbass. Or rather as stupid as cats who torture smaller critters for fun and recreation do:

Also we get a glimpse of his kagune. It seems to be very elastic, easily changing shapes as Uta sees fit. It was just this gigantic mass of RC cells in the beginning panels, now it’s much more resembling the spider legs en masse that we remember from his fight with Juuzou:

But what is most important here, we finally get the first shot of Itori. She is wearing a mask in the beginning, and it’s important in context of what Uta will be saying shortly: edit: It’s Itori speaking, thoughts on that in a different post.

She’s an observer in that panel, very significantly voiceless, not shown to be nearly as amused as Nico here:

Uta’s Itori’s words are honestly a key to Clown’s philosophy and deserve a meta of its own. [In the beginning I thought these were Itori’s words, especially after I saw “Kanekichi” being mentioned; it’s how she had referred to Kaneki before.] - no wonder, it was my brain’s way to remind me I was far too concentrated on Uta to consider the awesomest queen Itori :/

Uta Itori says something very interesting here:

Obviously, if he were to be an OEK, first or the second one, that would be right up the alley. But even if not, it hints at very interesting possibilities. I want to see Ishida expand on it in some flashbacks.

The most important words are coupled with shots of Itori slowly taking her mask off. It has a very dramatic effect.

Theres a heck ton to unpack here. Honestly I would never think Uta would look at his value system from that particular angle. Edit - and he wouldn’t because he is currently in the midst of a mayor meltdown. It’s Itori who actually bothers with explaining.

He She refers to the coldness of their existence as ghouls, of how senseless it is - like a vast, cold void stretching infintiely in front of them.

Uta’s ways of searching for warmth are probably the only ones somebody as uprooted as him could come up with - he sees drawing blood, wounding (but also getting wounded - Uta seems to have a very laissez faire attitude to him perishing eventually as we remember from his talk with Donato).

According to Uta Itori, Yomo is the warm one. For him her, it’s via bloodletting that he can get closer to taste it. Edit Uta def seconds that in the panels to come with his own actions

I still think there’s some theatrics involved in this speech, as the next panel shows....

God, way to make your opponent unsuspecting of your next move Uta.

And we get another important shot of Itori. She’s clearly positioned as somewhat stradling the line between Uta and Yomo but this series consistently shows her as being closer to Uta nevertheless.

Her eyes are shining so bright here, it’s clear she’s in deep thought and possibly a bit torn apart with what’s happening here. What Uta says clearly strikes a cord but her taking the mask off, idk it may signal some important differences between her and Uta’s worldview. That or it’s a sign she identifies with his words deeply. Edit ditto, these are her words and the scene took entirely different meaning and made me Love Itori, the first time since reading the series.

Honestly Uta is just beginning tho, as he has some creepy words about dreaming of the day where he would get his hands stained with Yomo’s blood. He actually left Yomo on the ground to have this mini speech properly. He’s posturing as far as my impressions go - Uta reverts to his younger persona, sans earlier sentiments of not wanting to cut his fun short by killing the only one ghoul who could match him somewhat.

The most important thing in this chapter is what Yomo says next...

Here Uta is, going off about his strange blood kink and Yomo goes all shonen manga on him. But it’s not the same shonen posturing he did in previous chapter. We don’t see his eyes - we see Uta’s and that dude is honestly #shook.

Naturally he reacts in ways only Ishida can think of. Honestly how Yomo’s words are literally drowned out by Uta’s uncontrollable and histerical laughter is such a masterful move:

This is the guy who dug up Ren from the ground because he was his “friend”. Now he’s just a mouth apparently.

Idk but this seems like the key panel for analyzing Uta from psychological angle. This dude most pronounced feature is his mouth which is nothing like human’s or ghoul alike. It’s like he’s truly the chaotic trickster god with none of the sentiments he was hinted to possess.

I was talking with @gaiajulz and I love how she pointed out that it seems like Uta is actually drowning out Yomo’s heartfelt words and he isn’t even fully aware he’s doing it. With Uta’s firm worldview, he’d rather go full crisis-mode instead of acknowledging how vulnerable and in need of closeness he is.

Honestly Uta is soo Washuu-like in this panel, like Furuta’s older brother or something. First screech like a Cthulu monster and then do a little happy dance!

What’s important is how Uta links what he sees as Yomo’s nivete with his emotional honesty and lack of any hidden agendas. Yomo is pure and good and this is why he is naive enough to trust a world like this. Uta saw so many sides to it, he literally sees no other option than to play the fool, including fooling around with one of the precious few of potentially close people in his life.

I also think he kind of looks like crying? From laughing so hard maybe.

The chapter ends with my baby going full kakuja (predictably it’s his shifty face that’s the most inhuman part here, just a mass of flesh) and this flirty words:

Renji seems so shocked, it’s possible he had never seen this form. Either way he’s speechless.

And Uta’s philosophy is hinted at again - he’s willing to trample his friend just to feel anything.

What we are dearly in need of is some good meta on Uta’s mental health, how his values feature into it and how his own actions contribute to it unraveling. Obviously such speculations are about as scientific as psych profiling but I feel it would be very important to try and understand this character better.

And boy, is there a lot to unpack here...

Edit - crossed the parts where it’s suggested it’s Uta who summarizes Clown’s philosophy. It’s Itori and I don’t get my brain could hint at the discrepancies in my own thinking but not make the definite link. Gotta love that sweet ADHD folks.

#uta #tg #tgre #tgre spoilers #tg theories #tg meta #tg theory #yomo renji

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