Talk:Shuu Tsukiyama/@comment-172.56.28.233-20150806004526/@comment-213.66.199.45-20150806045919

To answer both...

1: Yes.

2: He doesn´t have a Kakuja, due to inbreeding and genetic defects, what he has gained is a mutated Koukaku instead. We saw glimpses of it when he had his fit in the bedroom. from the look of it, it has get a "lot" bigger from the increased amounts of Rc-cells that he aquired from eating other ghouls in his depression. Since his body doesn´t allow for a kakuja transformation, the rc-cells instead have made his base-koukaku a lot stronger and focused on improving it instead.

Evidence 1: it´s size. In the beginning (see the church scene) it was barerly enough to wrap around one of his arms and make a sword of normal size to fight with. Wind through the timeskip and it has become a dozen meters long and thick like a torso, all those rc-cells had to go somewhere and boosted up the bulk of his kagune instead.

Evidence 2: range. Tsukiyama, like any other koukaku, was a close-range fighter only. He was a sword for that reason.

Now, after the timeskip, he thrust his koukaku forward against an opponent several meters away (five-six) and if Kanae hadn´t countered with his Rinkaku, he would have not been stabbed but completely ''dismembered! ''(Judging from the corkscrew design of the koukaku, it´s very obvious that if the strike had hit, Kanae would have lost have had his arms, legs and head seperated from the body once he had hit the wall behind him. That´s how big and strong Shuu´s koukaku has become.)

Just as Ayato has trained and evolved to counter the Ukaku´s weakness for "close-combat" by hardening his wing into a blade, Shuu has (albeit involuntarily and completely by accident) countered the koukaku´s weakness for "long-range combat"! He doesn´t have to be up and personal to destroy anyone anymore, his koukaku has evolved into a battering ram that can deal immense damage to ranged fighters while also be sturdy enough to not break apart when struck down. Also, since his Koukaku is so big, he can use it as a shield to wrap around himself and other allies in mid-battle as wall, becoming a "wall" to protect the ones he doesn´t want to lose or die on him.

In a sense, Shuu has become the "Sword" and "Shield" for Kaneki after the timeskip. Strong offense, strong defense and the ability to take out ranged fighters like Ukaku users while protecting himself as well.

I believe that Shuu might have the potential to win against "Feuguchi One" if he ever got in a fight with it. Since in contrast to other Koukaku, his kagune acts and folds with the ease of a ribbon, an extension of his will and limbs. Just like "Feuguchi One" can act on Akira´s control as well.

The point is, if Shuu gets some training and not go into the "Gourmet" mode from using his mutated Koukaku, he might as well have gone up a rank when compared to his capacities before the timeskip.

Depending on his skill, I believe Shuu Tsukiyama might be a "S~"-"SS" ranked koukaku now.

Just theories and guessing, but that´s my opinion on this...

So yes, I´m excited to see more of what Shuu is fully capable of now... and after the Rose Investigation... he might actually get a legitimate rank of his own by the CCG depending on his actions.

Let it be "SS"...