Talk:Shuu Tsukiyama/@comment-24231905-20170312022834

Allow me to do a little analysis of whyTsukiyama having the Moon as his motif is fitting:

- The obvious connection between the names.

- His Kagune is circular-looking like the Moon and spirals or 'cycles' like a Moon cycle.

- The Moon is considered a feminine celestial body, even maternal in nature, as opposed to the Sun which is masculine and paternal. As we know, Tsukiyama is effeminate, flamboyant as well as emotionally needy and sensitive. Also I consider him a bottom lol.

- Japan is known as "The Land of the (Rising) Sun." While Tsukiyama is Japanese he surrounds himself in Western attire, mannerisms, customs, etc. as if to set him apart from the rest of the Japanese population (which again fits his flamboyant personality and his need for individualism). So again he is the Moon as opposed to the Sun that is associated with Japan (though to say that the Moon and the West are related might be a stretch).

- Expanding on above, if we see Kaneki as the Phoenix (and in extension, the Sun itself) then Tsukiyama being his moon makes even more sense. We only see a beautiful, illuminated Moon if it's being shone on by the Sun's light. The same could be said of Tsukiyama, we as the audience only start sympathising with him through his humanising relationship with Kaneki (remember the rooftop scene?).

- The Moon is constantly everchanging, cycling from new to crescent to half to full moon. It also has an influence in tidal patterns and in general water (which constantly changes states of form and location found). This is appropriate for Tsukiyama's erratic (and again, flamboyant) character but also the radical change of heart he begins to have for Kaneki. Kaneki brings the best out of Tsukiyama. Isn't that romantic?

- We often see the Moon's reflections on bodies of water. During the manga we are  his reflections on himself and his relationship with others.

- The Moon is often thought to be otherworldly, or an otherworld in and of itself. Tsukiyama at the beginning of the manga represents this to Kaneki - he introduces him to the Gourmet Society (AKA the Otherworld) and is in general a source of mystery and intrigue.