Talk:Uta/@comment-213.66.199.45-20150224105829/@comment-10733658-20150224120912

Ironic that a post essentially accusing other fans of being butthurt comes across as rather......kind of that as well. (I'm not even touching the other "mean" comment, which honestly made me roll my eyes.)

I don't hate Uta, but I do recognize that he has swung from apparently being one of Kaneki's most valuable allies to actually being one of the most potentially dangerous Antagonists of the series. As a result, I disagree with the original poster's assessment of Uta as someone that "did what he thought was right", nor as some poor dude simply trying to have some fun.

What little we know about the Clowns is that they are pranksters heavily tied into the tragedy that unfolded in the original series, and that they celebrated the downfall of Kaneki and Anteiku. Since Uta spent the series presenting himself as someone they could all trust, as an ally at the very least if not a friend.......that makes him actions/response at the very least evidence that he is sadistic and cruel.

The revelation of Uta's true personality, as opposed to the one he presents throughout the series, shows that he is manipulative and knows how to fool people. At the Auction, we see him enjoying and taking pleasure in the horror and suffering.

While characters like Nishiki and Tsukiyama began the series as cruel, dangerous foes before revealing a kinder nature over time.....Uta is the exact opposite. He is someone that SEEMED kind, that claimed to have settled down into a peaceful life and wants people to believe he has changed, when in reality we see this was complete deception on his part.

He seems to be presented as the leader of the Clowns, though this is still ambiguous. So now we honestly don't know how much of a part he actually played in the prior tragedy, as the most active Clowns were Souta and Itori in terms of directly messing with Kaneki.