Talk:Seidou Takizawa/@comment-178.82.48.20-20150624163130/@comment-10733658-20150627164602

Eh, I think arguing in terms of our (the audience) ideas of Right and Wrong is a mistake because the series already deals with issues of Moral Grey areas, and how different groups have differing ideals of what is Right or Wrong.

It's clear that he's abandoned his previous ideology, and the things he learned as a human were right. He's replaced that with the ideology that Eto and co have taught him, and I suspect is also very much internalizing an idea of "Ghouls = Monsters", so if he is a Ghoul he has to be a monster. The fact he killed and ate his parents probably cemented in his mind that he's a monster, and there's no going back.

However, when he sees Akira, we see that things are more complex than that. It makes him stop, and cover his face seemingly in shame. So he probably does still have some sense of his old morality, but has probably spent so much time throwing himself into being exactly what his masters want that he tries not to recognize or acknowledge it. I mean, if he stops and really thinks about things, then he has to deal with what he's done. And I really don't think he's capable of handling that.

From Kaneki and Urie, we also see enough suggestion that the Ghoul's Power is kind of intoxicating and addictive. Both of them while losing it mention that it feels good, which probably adds fuel to Takizawa's behavior. It's like a junkie getting their fix, it feels good and they don't have to deal with anything.