Talk:Re: Chapter 62/@comment-197.135.127.158-20160201201234/@comment-25047329-20160201224739

For better or for worse, Ishida likes to make a lot of call backs and parallels to the original series and most of the arcs in :re have borrowed from the original series. On one hand, it can be really cool. If you're someone who loves looking out for that kind of stuff it's interesting to see what's a call back to what, how it was adapted to a different situation, and how the characters react. Like the Tsukiyama Family Extermination arc borrows from the Anteiku arc with Shuu taking a somewhat similar position to Kaneki. In this case, it was used really effectively because Shuu himself acknowledged the irony (and the fucked up joke) and tried not to repeat the same mistakes Kaneki did.

Right now, Eto is taking center stage and the story is attempting to establish the connection between her and Kaneki. :re chapter 62 was mostly one big flashback to Eto's childhood so I went back to see what chapter 62 was of the original series. That one was "Ken", the chapter where we saw Kaneki's childhood and after that is "Ghoul", the one where he broke free from Yamori and the Cochlea Raid was happening at the same time. Ishida doesn't parallel things to T, but in broad strokes, you can sort of see where the connection is. This is where one of the drawbacks potentially comes in as Ishida sometimes attempts to connect chapters and events for symbolic purposes, but it doesn't always call for a smooth narrative. Like, I agree with Lialali that a flashback for Eto is necessary, but at the same time I get why the placement feels a little awkward.

Perhaps :re feels like it hasn't had a major arc yet because it hasn't had one all on its "own". Not entirely. Since :re is going through them faster than the original series did, I reckon it'll start doing its own thing eventually though.