Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-26689808-20151119101345/@comment-10733658-20151121052621

I've said before, that I think at this point in the story it would really be poor writing to bring in someone else as the One-Eyed King. It requires Ishida to basically invalidate an entire series worth of foreshadowing leading up to the big Chapter 142 reveal.

It means that there's some other natural-born One-Eyed Ghoul that grew up in the 24th Ward, that wants to bring down V and the CCG and the other "Liars", that is a brilliant and charismatic mastermind leader.

Eto is Kaneki's foil. They stand parallel to each other in many ways, and now that Ishida has done the Big Reveal, the audience is finally getting to see what Eto has been doing the entire time behind the scenes. He's no longer hiding her, because that mystery has been solved.

I think requiring that she openly declare it is reaching, since it's unlikely she would. She's built this complex mythos, and surrounds herself with so many pawns to act through.

But we have two Major Players (Yoshimura and Tsuneyoshi Washuu) both state that the One-Eyed Owl and the One-Eyed King are the same person. Washuu directly, and Yoshimura through how he responds to Kaneki's accusation of being the King's father.