Talk:Koutarou Amon/@comment-27788670-20161023130259/@comment-76.30.182.214-20161023204329

Harstad, I completely agree with you. I made a comment about this about a week ago anonymously.

Dayne, I get where you're coming from and I see the merit in your theory. I also briefly considered the idea of Amon's death as an aside to my point in my old comment. I feel like you're only focusing on half of what Harostar is saying. Yes, he mentions audience appeal, but more importantly he acknowledges narrative devices. Amon has always served as Kaneki's mirror. He IS the deuteragonist and foil. Everything about him. Ishida has a very clear narrative flow and loves his use of parallels. He adheres to his established narrative logic consistently. I'll give you that his dying here and inspiring Takizawa and Saiko would be a poignant send off, but I think you're not giving enough value to how critically important Amon is to the narrative.

I know anything we say here are just words in the wind until the next chapter comes out, but I felt like you're focusing on the wrong point of Harostar's messages.

Of all the options, I think immediate death is the last one on the table. Not for the sake of audience appeal, but for the logical flow of IIshida's narrative using devices he's already established. Everything Amon is saying since he got back is Amon simply being Amon. Whether Saiko spared him, whether he get gets back up stronger than before, whether he fights Juzo in the coming chapters, or whether the CCG captures him I don't think we've seen the end of Amon.