Thread:Lilymul/@comment-27247962-20160715201143/@comment-26074716-20160717080945

Sorry it took me quite a time to reply, I basically wrote a long ass reply before it disappeared as soon as I hit the send button OTL

How do we see and interpret a fiction or literature is always personal. Yep, it's hard to be on the same wavelength because everyone came from different background, cultures, knowledge, environment etc etc Those things will always distinctly set one's interpretation and judgement to what they see and read but hey it's completely okay to agree to disagree. There'll always be room for discussions.

Believe me, I've been reading comments, analysis, opinions, metas and such as many as you so I acknowledge all those fans predictions and theories they come up with. But maybe I'm not too hung up on them? Although there are some of them are very plausible and I found myself nodding and agreeing reading through them, I still stand by the final words of the author, well, in this case it's Ishida. This happens in every fandom, I guess some are too attached to their own ideals and interpretations that sometimes when the story takes the path against them, they are fairly disappointed and frustrated like they felt like they are cheated on lol

And Ishida might be one of those writers who loves to leave things vagues and sometimes he's taking too much time to get on it. And the more he does that, the more antsy fans get. Those unclear words and representation of the writing often can mislead the fans especially someone like Ishida whom every now and then whithout fail, manage to continusly amaze the fans. Considering his reputation in doing TG series so far, fans' expectations and anticipations of him is already set on very high level. Some might demands too much and some might not get at all why he's doing this and that in the story lmao and I prefer to secure the middle ground, I've been reading too many fictional books and manga not to believe in myself too much lol

Also, maybe it's just me but Ishida seems to be a character-oriented writer than plot-driven author. He by no way is perfect but he invests large effort and time to build his characters and let the plot follows afterward. Kaneki might be one of the best protagonist I've seen in term of development and complexity(tho he's not my favorite, his characterization is too fluctuated for me, most of the time the development tends to push towards his lowest self, not that I am complaining I completely understand his nature of characterization, it's just seeing him make me depressed and tbh his fans is one of the worst things in the fandom lol)

For example, Arima's death had been dragging for 3 chapters now, some might see this a waste of time but it's totally Ishida thing to emphasize his characters dynamic more than let's say, going straight to what happened between Marude/Yoshitoki. For me I dont mind since Arima is one of my fav and his death is crucial for Kaneki's development. And for all we know, Ishida might not be able to fully explore the world and explains the whole things of how does TG world work by the end of the day. Even most of the fights are set up to be on very personal involved between the characters, not so much for the plot advancement.

Yep, I am probably more of the patient reader, I tend not to complicate things too much and as far I concern, I enjoy what Ishida delivers for us so far. I, too, got complaints and all but I choose not think about it as it might snatch away the enjoyment I have for the story.

And following this series with so many questions and mystery, with nerve-wrecking cliffhanger in every chapter on weekly basis are really unsatiable.