Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-50.99.140.71-20151101223518/@comment-10733658-20151102211530

I honestly disagree with all the dislike the Quinx seem to be getting, though I understand having greater attachment to past characters. I personally rather like them, both as individual characters and the group dynamics that are at play.

One thing that doesn't seem to be have been brought up is how each of them echoes some aspect of Kaneki in the original series. Beyond that, their introduction has required Sasaki to step up as a leader and a mentor, in a way that he previously never had to as Kaneki. He isn't just someone leading a rag-tag gang, he has to be a guide and advocate for people in a similar situation to him. It's required him to really examine his abilities, and think in the larger scale in terms of what the existence of these people that blur the lines between Human and Ghoul really means.

Beyond that, I think their existence is going to have far-reaching consequences as the series goes on. As I said, their existence blurs the lines and there's none of the ambiguity or misgivings that would be connected to any of Dr. Kanou's experiments. It also further hints at the darker aspects of the CCG, which jumped on the chance to rekindle the old Human Experimentation that Shinohara mentioned hearing rumors about as a young man.

Honestly, a lot of the complaints I see with :re and the new characters seems to be the typical complaints aimed at any continuation/sequel. It's change, it's new things and a new focus. And people tend to not be as open and warm to new characters in contrast to the old ones that we already got attached to. There's a nostalgia filter that makes the newer thing seem "slower paced" or "boring" in comparison to the prior finished product, and the newer characters "less developed" in contrast to the cast of the prior, finished work.