Talk:Koutarou Amon/@comment-172.56.15.215-20161016030910

Putting aside the fact that I am a complete and utter Amon fanboy, I'd like to theorize on how Amon's current predicament plays out and offer my perspective on what I believe Amon is to the overall narrative.

Firstly, let's tackle the main theme of Tokyo Ghoul which revolves around the conflict between humans and ghouls. The key motif of Tokyo Ghoul centers around the age old question of "Is there a good side and a bad side in war?" To which the answer, of course, is subjectively no. Good and bad exists no matter what side you're on. In the first series, examples include the ghoul restaurant (bad) or the Anteiku (good) to the morally ambiguous Aogiri (neutral). But war is a fickle mistress, in which the details of who is right and who is wrong can become quite muddied through misunderstanding and the misguided actions of the few.

While Kaneki showed us the humanity of the ghouls, Amon allowed the CCG to stop being demonized as merciless killers. Touka's relationship with her human friend. Amon's two friends who were murdered by the old lady.

Secondly, the writer of Tokyo Ghoul clearly loves his parallels. Look at the raid arcs between the two series. Or some if the parallels between Takizawa and Kaneki in RE.

Now we see the lines of divided sides bluring; the releasing of Eto's book sparking public support for ghouls or the reveal of the CCG corruption by V.

I believe Koutarou Amon has always served as a direct foil and deuteragonist to Ken Kaneki. Their plot lines, they're love interests, and all the way to their climactic fight at the end of the first series. Now we have the current raid arc. While it did cutaway from the Cochlea raid a few times, for the most part, it focused on Kaneki's return to the ghoul side and culminated with his ascension to being the new One Eyed King. What happened after that? It immediately went back to the Island and maintained focus there as all the pieces were set in place for Amon's return. And what better way for the foil to make his triumphant reappearance than by getting his ass absolutely smashed after we see Kaneki literally become the strongest ghoul we've seen to this point outside of possibly Furuta who, as far as we're aware, decimated the One Eyed Owl. We've got the King of Ghouls and... floppy. The defunct half-ghoul failure.

Now, I've got two possible outcomes in mind regarding Amon's current situation. The first, put simply, is that Amon dies. Flat out gets killed. It's a twist and what better way to foil the protagonist, than having the deuteragonist completely fall while his counterpart is having the most success.

I don't honestly believe that's the theory that will come to fruition. I think not only Kaneki, but Amon are both vital to bridging the world of ghouls and humans. And in that vein, I think Amon is about to display his real power, whether it's been him holding back or power that's been dormant inside of him, triggered only now after what looks like a killing blow. Albeit an imperfect, less manageable power.

There are many, many more parallels I'd like to draw and examples that strengthen the theme I've presented here, but I am typing this on my phone and Wiki comments are not the most apt place for discussion. (Also, please forgive any typos.) There are also several more theories that I wish I could expound on pertaining to Amon. What I discussed above is only the briefest summary of what I think will happen in the coming chapters. The main idea of this post was to point out how I think Amon is far more vital to the narrative than I think a lot of people care to consider.