Talk:Re: Chapter 57/@comment-74.135.59.112-20151213015159

Okay so here is my analysis of the chapter of sorts, thoughts and constructive criticism/disagreement would be appreciated:

Witnessing of what Kaneki did: For starters, this is clearly where we see that Kaneki is masquerading as Haise. To me it was clear that it was kaneki who fought eto. He had the memories of Yoshimura, called Eto by her human name, etc. However, now he talks to Ui as if nothing is wrong. You know just Haise eating a kakuja. There has to be an inkling in Ui's mind that something is amiss, which I believe will lead to some interesting developments in the upcoming arc, whatever it is. Ui acts like he believes Kaneki, but to me he seems at least a little suspicious.

Further evidence for Kaneki acting like Haise: Kaneki talks to Ui with extensive knowledge of the Tsukiyama Investigation. However, he says this in a very cold tone, not like the usual Haise. This Kaneki is very cold and calculated, which fits how he speaks to Ui. Furthermore, notice how he glances at Karren before he tosses shuu off the building. This seems to hint that he thinks that Karren might try to save shuu, indicating that he is actually just trying to get shuu out of the situation. Lastly, he thinks in regards to shuu that he is going for "now." This indicates that Kaneki thinks that they will meet again, something that plain Haise would not think about since he does not have a past with shuu.

Shuu and Karren/Kanae: Pretty simple. Karren loves shuu so she jumps off the building to try to save him by cushioning his fall or something. And shuu seems to have known about Kanae all along, but let it slide for her sake. Which is really cool of him, and make me respect shuu a lot more. I hope he survives. It appears that just Karren fell to the ground, so I don't know exactly where shuu is. I'm just glad that Karren's part seems to be done, at least for the time being. Her past seemed to be a little forced, possibly to just make her relevant. It also was just shoved aside by Kaneki's awakening. It looks like Karren might be dead.

Urie and Kaneki and Mourning with the qs: This was one of the most interesting sections for me. It does a lot to reveal more about Kaneki's personality/outlook as well as hinting for future developments(or regressions) for Urie. Kaneki seems to know who are the children are. This complicates things a lot. Does he generally feel loss for Shirazu? If so, that would suggest a true merging of the personalites, because Haise certainly would. However, it could all be a cold ruse, which would actually make me slightly dislike this Kaneki.The encounter also goes to show how this Kaneki highly values strength and taking responsiblity for the situation. He does not want to take anger out anyone else, just deal with the situation's issues head on in a realistic fashion. I think Urie will continue to vigorously seek strength, but possibly now for the sake of protecting his friends, not his promotions and status. This could lead to a resemblance to whit-haired Kaneki, which could be interesting.

Aftermath of the arc's events: Further cements that for whatever reason, and for whatever amount of time, Kaneki is staying the CCG. Two possible reasons are to get ghouls, such as Hinami, out of prison, and also to get info on groups like aogiri, clowns, etc. Glad to see Urie get squad leader, will be interesting to see how he does again. Now for what I thought what was honestly the most shocking thing in the whole chapter: Kaneki(or "haise") steps down? Why? It is stated that he chose to does so, so he wasn't forced. Does he want to join a diffrent squad? Possibly Arima's? I think that is a possibility. Most likely though, is that in general he wants to get a greater leadership position in which he will have greater access to info, people, etc.

+And also, great hinting that Eto is alive and will be back at some time.

So if I had to give the chapter a rating I would say...7.5 to a 8.5/10, my reasons being that while the chapter opened up a whole new realm of possiblities for the progression of the story, it did feel like Ishida defused an incredibly tense situation in somewhat of an awkward fashion. Also the shuu/karren section was just alright.