Talk:Re: Chapter 175/@comment-28892972-20180606052536/@comment-27247962-20180611162011

^You seem to be mistaken about my standpoint in the matter, because I don't disagree with what you just said. From where I stand Eto pushed him to go without her, like a mentor sending off his pupil (but that is my personal take & interpretation of the matter), even though that mentor-perspective is probably a one-sided thing not shared by Kaneki himself. And even though Eto would've been immensily useful, there'd be far too much friction between her and the characters that are more dear to Kaneki. Kaneki himself would be torn about this and then proceed to throw in the towel distancing himself from all the responsibility put on his shoulders and that wouldn't be much of a story.

He needed this moment of leadership where it's for once him in charge, instead of someone else pushing him around not leaving him much of a choice. It's a crucial stage in his development, a development that wouldn't have come to pass with someone as competent as Eto next to him. He'd leave everything to her if she tagged along.

Which in itself makes me wonder why he didn't think of that, but maybe he was too preoccupied with all the recent tragedy that happened to think about the possibilities. Naturally if he was convinced of Eto's impending death at the time this wasn't even an option to begin with.