Talk:Re: Chapter 73/@comment-84.112.208.25-20160416124252/@comment-10733658-20160416142110

Actually, I think people would be greatly disturbed regardless of which character it involved. Obviously, how attached someone is to a character plays a major part in how they react. But I think the material is sufficiently dark and realistically close-to-home that it bothers a lot of folks in the same way that finding out Kaneki's mom abused him bothered a lot of folks.

Like I said, I kind of agree with the mentioned post in that everyday kinds of evil tend to hit us a little harder. Because something like a serial killer carving women up feels like it's something out of a horror movie, and not something that could happen in your town. It's easier to disconnect to more extreme things, because it's harder to imagine it actually happening. I mean, Jack the Ripper has become more myth than actual crime, to a lot of people. His myth extends far beyond the five confirmed victims of his time, and really isn't nearly as bad as some of the later killers out there.