I think the romantic aspect is there, but is not why he’s drawn to her. Instead, I think the romantic tones to their interactions highlight how disturbing and twisted their relationship is.
What draws them together I think is all of their similarities. He was drawn to her writing before he even became a ghoul because he recognized his own feelings there, he could relate to her loneliness and the way she expressed herself.
After becoming a ghoul, they only became more alike, and he even followed her down the same self destructive path, until the only thing that he could relate to and enjoy reading anymore were her books.
And now, he’s become even more like her. And they both know it. She told him so, probably to draw him closer to her, but also because it’s the truth.
That’s also how she knows he wants to be loved, and why she used that against him during their fight, in order to secure his attachment to her even more.
As for why he’s attached to her despite everything she’s done, he has a history of attaching himself to female figures who hurt him, and especially those that resemble his mother. See, Rize. She tried to muder and eat him, she laughed in his face when he tried to escape her, and she was the start of his traumatic ghoul life.
But he spent most of TG looking for information on her, or looking for her. And when he finally met her again, he cried in front of her and begged her to recognize him. After everything she did, he still attached himself to her, and just wanted her to acknowledge to him.
I think that’s definitely tied into his complicated relationship with his mother. And I think the same thing is happening with Eto.
Only, Eto is aware of the unhealthy attachment, and she’s using it for her own ends.
“My last work” is written for those who are similar to me; “wrongful existences” in this world, written for my solitary fellowmen who crave flesh and blood.’
So Eto is revealing all of her identities to everyone around her and we found out things about her childhood and her background, and now she cuts her hair.
She’s shedding all her masks and she cut her hair to the length she had it when she was younger.
This feels like we’re finally learning about who Eto really is, and not the persona she presents to everyone else. And I’m both anticipating and dreading this.
Hachikawa gets his nose and mouth chewed on by Shikorae Shikorae then rips part of his face off Hachikawa takes out his qunique (The quinque isn’t Black Dog) Hachikawa and Ayumu start to fight together Hachikawa makes Mutsuki go on ahead Hachikawa and Ayumu are battling against Takizawa’s group However, Ayumu gets caught by a ghoul and her hair gets pulled back At that time, her real face can be seen clearly Hachikawa and Ayumu get caught by Takizawa and Shikorae Hachikawa appears to be dead It is unknown if Ayumu is dead or alive Mutsuki, who went ahead, ends up encountering Torso
Eto, who was caught by Kaneki, is standing in front of a TV camera (It is unknown if this is in Cochlea or not) Kaneki is watching the scene A live TV broadcast begins Eto announces that she is a ghoul to the public
Members of re are watching the situation on TV
Well, at least Irimi isn’t confirmed to be dead and that’s good!
I’m wondering the same exact thing. Having not seen the panel or the context, and just going on text spoilers, we don’t really have much to go on for how that played out.
I’m assuming he arrested her, and that her lines at the end of the chapter were about telling everyone about her being the One-Eyed Owl.
Did they make her or let her have a press conference? I was kind of under the impression that the CCG didn’t offer those sorts of fancy things to ghouls. Like, high profile civilian identities or no, why are they letting her have a press conference? What did you expect that to accomplish in your wider war on Aogiri or war on ghouls? Is it going to intimidate ghouls by saying “No matter how famous you are or how well you’ve blended in, the CCG will find you?” What would be the intent?
At this point I kind of suspect she called a bunch of reporters and they were just waiting outside the interrogation room, in which case, how the hell did you allow that to happen, CCG?
I think, for some reason, Eto herself might want everyone to know that Takatsuki Sen is a ghoul, but I don’t know.
I’m guessing it might be more like one of the scenes out of some police procedural with a bunch of reporter trying to stick mics and cameras in the way as CCG personnel try to drag her to a transport or something similar, rather than the CCG setting up a press conference for her to formally make a statement.
The layout of the building that Sasaki is using for interrogations is weird and makes me think this is the case. The door to the interrogation room appears to lead out onto a covered, outdoor walkway, rather than the interior of a building. Which doesn’t make all that much sense for a CCG interrogation area, really, because ghouls can survive pretty high jumps, but, hey, whatever CCG, you do you. Aesthetics and all.
But it would mean that Eto would have to leave facing the public, and would have been able to call ahead and have reporters with cameras pointed up at said walkway from the public street below, so she could totally smile at them from her quinque steel handcuffs.
Good going, CCG. Aren’t you supposed to be making everyone think ghouls are emotionless monsters incapable of basic human empathy? Now everyone knows ghouls can also be 14 year old prodigies with incredible insight into the human condition – nice job guys.
Although it’s also possible that Eto tells Kaneki something that makes him not arrest her just there because she wants to hold her own press conference and know that the CCG isn’t going to let her do that. Like at the end of the last chapter, she makes it very clear that she has something to hang over Kaneki’s head.
If she has some reason to want the public to know that Takatsuki Sen is a ghoul, and if she wants to make the announcement her own way, with as many fun manipulative words as she can, then maybe she tells Sasaki that he doesn’t need to arrest her because she has this press conference and if he doesn’t let her do it, *insert whatever it is Eto has on Kaneki that she was threatening him with last chapter*
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