Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-58.10.221.97-20150906164349/@comment-58.10.221.97-20150906223727

@Dalaios

Andy here! Thanks for the tip, I do agree that I have to keep it shorter, I tend to have a habit of "wanting to get every thought out on paper" when I write, or else I'll be greatly frustrated.

I actually do think there is a system that Ishida structured, but one that works in his favour, not one that forces his hand to write the story to always be a constant parallel. Example would be that if the first chapter of TG is Tragedy, then a parallel would be Tragedy as well in :re, but that wasn't the case. If anything, we had comedic moments between Sasaki and Akira, so I feel it's still up to Ishida, he can reverse the parallels, and make it Tragedy then Comedy (don't misunderstand that I'm overthinking, this is just an example that I bhrought up on the whim).

The deeper meaning part, I can't really agree. There are a lot of symbols and hidden hints at the characters, such as the Tarot cards, the Yin-Yang symbolism, animal symbolisms and much more constantly being thrown towards us.

The reason I nitpick the small similarities and feel like they are relevant is because it is by the same author. Sure a story like Harry Potter and Star Wars are completely different, but they are about orphans who are the chosen one, one day destined to rise against the Dark Lord and overthrow his evil plan, but those aren't relevant as they are completely made by different people. Especially eversince I've gotten to understand and research the things Ishida puts into TG, I can't help not overlooking even the smallest details because there are times when I have done that, and I've had to re-read the whole manga twice already now. That makes it a total of three times that I've gone through it, and re-reading the :re chapters every day to see if I could still find links. Trust me, this drives you mad, but there is pleasure in doing it, even if it's not really there, it helps me as an aspiring writer to understand his technique.

Trust me, you didn't come off as an asshole, because at least you were constructive enough to criticise my points rather than post a dull comment about how "no one is gonna read that". <--- That is what comes off as what you would call "an asshole", but with all due respect to that person, he isn't one, he's simply acting like one. Everyone can be nice if they want to be.

And yes, I was pretty baffled when I saw the whole breaking Akira's bones theory and such. How someone thought of that, I'll never know. This isn't Game of Thrones (don't like how they treat their characters there either) where characters are going to get off left and right without a care about their relevance or development. I like to keep an optimisitc view that everything that happened in TG will come full circle in :re. That's how this series should go, it should resolve every unsolved puzzle TG left open, but even if it does so in an ambiguos way, I'd be more than happy if it ends without leaving us uncertain of important key events and questions, because even if Kaneki does come back or not, if it ends in a way where he makes us entirely unsure of whether or not it is Sasaki or Kaneki in control (because the two might have merged into one), but we are free to assume either options, I think that's the best way to go. Then again, that's just my preference. In any case, it seems like I rambled on again. Andy out before it gets too long again!