Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-27065544-20160608152119

What I'll write should probably go to Torso's page, but I feel this is more appropriate since it was Mutsuki who did what he did. I was rereading the chapter and, while not rocket science, I've noticed that the way Torso was mutilated can easily be seen as symbolic of some stuff. Details as follows:

>decapitation = the fatal blow, Mutsuki's kagune is more or less a segmented blade so easy job, this led to easy access to the corpse

>dismemberment = what Torso did to all of his victims, Mutsuki included. Except Mutsuki can retaliate and return the favor. I call this revenge.

>'thick implement up the anus with enough force to rip flesh' = this is probably far-fetched, but could be seen as Mutsuki 'raping' Torso. The male anatomy only has one orifice down there, so not much choice. Also, Mutsuki being female means he lacks any, umm, natural tool to pull this off, so again, kagune. Like the dismemberment, it could mean Torso did rape Mutsuki and this was done in revenge.

>eyes = per Mutsuki's own admission, as quoted in this page, the male gaze is 'disgusting' for him. Torso already leered at him very creepily the first time they met in the taxi, and he had many opportunities to do so while he held Mutsuki captive. This can be easily linked to the way Mutsuki's father looked at him in the bathtub scene - a predatory, hungry gaze, same as Torso.

>penis shoved where the nose was = like the anus part, Mutsuki castrating Torso and shoving his genitalia in his face can be seen as retaliation. Also, like the anus part, this was violently done (no way an average penis can easily go through the hole in the skull covered by the nose). This could also be interpreted as a show of disgust, with the male organ in general being considered 'filth' by Mutsuki.

>tongue = this is the one I'm sure of the least. We know Mutsuki cut off and collected tongues from the animals he killed, so there's that. But there's also the possibility he may see a human tongue as a synonym of 'hurtful words'. I would be more convinced if he cut off his father's tongue when he killed him, but as far as we know, he simply smashed his whole head to pieces.

I might have just written groundless rubbish, but if there's one thing I am sure of, it's that there was A LOT of anger involved in Torso's mutilation.

Thoughts?