Talk:Re: Chapter 156/@comment-10733658-20180115184605/@comment-10733658-20180116001657

Like I said, it's a start and they addressed the immediate crisis. But there's so much baggage that everyone is going to have to deal with, sooner or later.

Beyond personal consequences (coughTakeomicough), I'm not certain Mutsuki would face any legal consequences simply because....where do you draw the line? The majority of the folks in the CCG have done similarly awful things, with the blessings of the organization. And then there's the ghouls, who share similar guilt on a lot of fronts.

I mean, we're horrified and angry because Mutsuki's violence was very in-our-faces and mostly aimed at characters we care about. But in the grand scheme, it really wasn't any worse than some of the things done by other characters. (Tsukiyama, Nishiki, Ayato, Kaneki, Akira, Amon, JUUZOU)

In terms of addressing the idea of "not ending in tragedy", I think it's more that Ishida has given us another example of a character that is broken wishing for death, and others rejecting this. Telling someone at their lowest point that death isn't the only option, and to keep on living. (Amon to Takizawa, "Hide" to Kaneki, Ryouko to Hinami, Yomo to Touka)