I’m kinda of angry at the fandom’s inability to differentiate between fiction and reality at the moment, but personally I’m glad about Torso’s characterization in this chapter
Has Torso presented as a realistic serial killer versus the stereotypical manga serial killer that is bland and incredibly unrealistic. Ishida wrote an incredibly scary and realistic antagonist who actually unsettles people (including myself), that’s great writing
Torso’s backstory maintains the idea that ghouls cannot be born evil. Monsters are not born, they are made.
Ishida suddenly stopping the use of the above trope and having Torso be “uwu he’s just evil” would make Torso’s longevity in the manga unreasonable. You can’t have a character introduced at the beginning of series be as two-dimensional as a sheet of paper. That’s bad writing
Torso’s entire backstory reveal and his portrayal in the manga has made him the quintessence of the idea “his past explains his actions, but does not excuse them.” If you read the last chapter and did not see that message then you aren’t reading the manga right
Ishida’s still portraying Tooru’s entire situation in a highly negative light. Tooru sympathizes with Torso (not empathy), which is a result of Stockholm syndrome. But despite Tooru’s Stockholm syndrome, he is still highly intelligent and is scheming to escape with the newly acquired information he got from Torso. Tooru is not finished, he is still fighting, please calm down
Now I know somebody will come charging into my inbox yelling how I’m apparently supporting Torso’s actions, or how I’m supporting transphobia, or some other A+ bullshit like that, but I do have a piece of advice for anybody who is incredibly angry at this chapter:
Please go outside. It isn’t healthy for you to rage this much over a fictional story that dissects nasty morality issues such as kidnapping, sexual assault, human trafficking, genocide, torture, bigotry, abuse responses, and many other ‘taboo’ tropes. TG is a small part of your life, and it isn’t even a narrative directed at Western audiences (us). Just go take a walk and eat some ice cream and come back
The Yasuhisa sisters were considered failures, and it’s been bothering me for a long time. They were clearly functioning fine, but with the recent chapter’s closeup of Kurona/Their eyes, the marks below their eyes are a dead giveaway:
They’re scars from surgical staples, aren’t they? Leftover reminders of being human, like the scar on Keneki’s abdomen.
This leads me to believe that their bodies went through a period of rejection, which ultimately lead in their kakugan’s inability to activate. The ones they have now must be donors.
PS- I think this is Kurona imagining herself as one with her sister.
The angle of the “camera” is off too much, and the speech bubble acts like more of a divider than anything. There’s just no need for another eye transplant, unless Kanou was trying to fool someone, since her RC count is already high enough.
But what did Kaneki have that they lacked? He didn’t need an eye transplant, so why was he, a prototype, more successful than the real deal?
The answer is RC cells. Rize stabbed him through the abdomen, so not only did he receive Rize’s kohakou, but her kidney as well. He had a much bigger immediate boost in RC’s than either Kurona or Nashiro, and his body was able to accept the transplant straight-off. It probably helped that the kidneys– organs responsible for regulating fluids within the body– are located directly next to his new rinkaku, too.
So here’s the problem regarding the other two synthetic half-ghouls we know of, Takizawa and Amon. We don’t know much about their surgeries– even less about Amon in general.
They were purely human, and so one of them had to have a boost in RC cells in order for my theory to stand (especially after losing so much blood during the raid). So I found a little connection here that might have something to do with it:
Kaneki – He starts out as a Villager, before becoming a Master of Arms a couple of months after Yamori’s torture.
Hide – Hide is the Dancer class.
Shuu – Shuu starts out as a Cavalier in TG: Pinto, but in Tokyo Ghoul, he is a Paladin.
Touka – She starts out as Pegasus knight, and becomes a in :Re is a Falcon knight. She chose it over becoming a Kinshi knight because she wanted to be able to heal, as well as fight.
Hinami – Starts out as a Shrine Maiden in Tokyo Ghoul, but in Re: she becomes an Onmyoji.
Yomo – He starts out as a fighter during his childhood, but in Tokyo Ghoul and :Re, he is a Berserker.
Nishiki – Nishiki is a Kitsune that becomes a Nine-Tails when he becomes an S-rank.
Eto – Eto was a “Nohr Princess”/One-Eyed Ghoul before changing into a “Nohr Noble”/One-Eyed Owl.
Tatara – Tatara is a dread fighter.
Noro – Noro was a Dark Knight upon taking Eto in, but before that, he was a dark mage.
Naki – Naki was a dark mage, but became a Sorcerer after meeting Yamori.
Ayato – In Tokyo Ghoul, he is a Wyvern rider, to contrast Touka, but in Re: he is a Wyvern Lord.
Arima – Arima started out as a Villager, before becoming a Merchant, after which he reclassed into a Cavalier and then into a Great Knight.
Amon – Amon starts out as a Knight, before reclassing into a General after Mado’s death.
Akira – Akira was a lancer, before becoming a Spear Master at the end of Tokyo Ghoul.
Seidou – Seidou was a Bowman, before becoming a Sniper when he fought Tatara in Cochlea. With Aogiri, he became an Outlaw, before becoming an Adventurer sometime between the Auction arc, and the Tsukiyama family extermination arc.
Suzuya – Suzuya started out as an outlaw, before changing into ninja and eventually becoming a master Ninja.
Mutsuki – Mutsuki stared out as a Monk, before reclassing into a Great Master after the auction arc.
Urie – Urie started out as a Samurai, before becoming a Swordmaster right before :Re started.
Saiko – Saiko was a troubadour before becoming a Strategist after the battle with Noro.
Shirazu – Shirazu was a Mercenary before becoming a Hero after killing Nutcracker.
Shinohara – Shinohara started out as a Knight, before becoming a Great Knight.
The ghoul’s weapons ranks are based on the character’s rank as a ghoul.
C-ranked ghoul -> E-ranked weapon
B-ranked ghoul -> D-ranked weapon
A-ranked ghoul -> C-ranked weapon
S-ranked ghoul -> B-ranked weapon
SS-ranked ghoul -> A-ranked weapon
SSS-ranked ghoul -> S-ranked weapon
For the CCG/Humans, the weapons ranks are based on what type of ghoul they can exterminate.
3rd Rank -> E-ranked weapon
2nd Rank -> D-ranked weapon
1st Rank -> C-ranked weapon
First Class Investigator -> B-ranked weapon
Associate Special Class Investigator -> A-ranked weapon
Relatable FE Quote or Something 