Talk:Akira Mado/@comment-211.49.126.48-20170319113820/@comment-211.49.126.48-20170322013649

(just to clarify the comment about it being Eto's fault wasn't from me, in case things get confusing since everyone in this thread is an anonymous XD)

Thank you for being so nice about it ^^;; I think that Eto has her own reasons for doing these things and while it's impossible to justify most of her actions, it is easy to understand the motivations and emotions behind them. She was born as a member of two worlds that are constantly at war with each other and never had a proper parent figure to guide her through the chaos; of course there was Noro, but we're not sure exactly how much of an influence he had on her yet (or how he 'raised' her for that matter), and I'm inclined to believe that Noro didn't completely act the part of a parent (he was quite likely kind to her and took care of her when she was younger, but I think Eto would have turned out a different person if Noro, a friend of Yoshimura's, had really bothered to guide her and/or teach her his worldviews/morals).

There's also the indication that the more a ghoul suffers, the stronger they become, and the fact that Eto started Aogiri at 14 (plus that monstrous kakuja). She's obviously been through hell. No wonder her sense of how the world should work is a little skewed.

And I think that Eto's goals, as vague as they are, aren't as twisted and terrible as some people think. She's expressed the desire to change the world to Arima and chose Kaneki Ken, of all people, as the One-Eyed King, showing no particular hostile intent towards him after their battle during the Tsukiyama arc (if anything, she was much kinder to him than she was to most). If she was really planning to mess things up she wouldn't have chosen Kaneki. I'm sure she knows that, at his core, Ken is a soft-hearted and empathetic person who wouldn't go along with those plans.

As for the deal with Akira's mom, like I mentioned above both parties had reasons to be attacking each other so you can't say either of them were in the wrong. I don't remember it being mentioned that Eto was particularly sadistic in finishing off Mrs. Mado, but even if she was, that's typical Eto and we've seen her do worse- I'm not trying to justify it but it fits in with the rest of her character.

And yeah, I agree with you- Akira would not have developed into the person she is now if not for that event (probably might not even have been properly involved in the plot if it hadn't).