Talk:Yakumo Oomori/@comment-25606269-20141031192430/@comment-76.97.152.191-20150310062524

Nope, definitely not. And I have my reasons.

There's a difference between a character being used as a plot device and that character actually being a good/bad guy. Yamori was a plot device. Without him and his torture, Kaneki never would have gone through as much as he did for the rest of the manga. Centipede, his bouts of insanity, increasing brutality and the way he cannibalized all of his kills--none of it would have happened without Yamori. He was Kaneki's turning point, really.

In regards to the [actual] centipede, I am 100% postive that it did not meddle with Ken's DNA. Kaneki's mutated kagune were a result of him eating almost every ghoul that he killed. All the centipede did was push him over the edge for good (remember when he began to laugh after it was placed in his ear? Yeah, scary stuff...), which, if you ask me, was what Yamori was counting on. His purpose was to torture Ken until he broke, then continue breaking him, over and over again, until it was no longer entertaining. (So you're actually right about one thing--Yamori never wanted to devour Ken.)

What he DIDN'T expect was Kaneki doing the same thing that he did--overcoming the torture, rising up against the one inflicting it, and defeating them. Really stupid move, I honestly don't know what else he thought would happen.

Anyhoodles--Yamori a good guy? Not in this universe. But he served his purpose.