Talk:Kureo Mado/@comment-124.107.111.25-20150320101421/@comment-10733658-20150320102253

I disagree about him living, I think his death was thematically necessary. It illustrated the dangers of being consumed by vengeance (something that later almost destroys Kaneki), and gave a lot of development to all involved.

As a character, I think he's an excellent example of the dangers of becoming the very thing we hate. He was so consumed with hatred of Ghouls, that he became sadistic and cruel. Notice that he wouldn't tell Amon what was in the case, and ordered them to split up -- he recognized that Amon wouldn't approve of him using a dead mother's arm to lure in her child.