Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-201.174.194.237-20160217022355/@comment-26409128-20160219141213

I don't think so. Mostly people refuse to believe that people can change. Akira can change. In the flashback it was obvious that Akira wasn't delighted to play the mother role at all. I think she knew from the beginning that Kaneki was involved in her father's and Amon's "death". The CCG wouldn't conceal that information if she is supposed to take such an important task. And even if they did she isn't an idiot and probably realized it herself. At the beginning of :re and throughout their relationship became better. It became strained from time to time due some circumstances but that's it.

If Ishida did not want to make it obvious he could have just left the panel with her sad face out. Then nobody would know what she feels either. But he deliberately put in in there. Furthermore Akira said "Names don't..." Why would she say that if it's an act? Even if a "mother" would say that the CCG surely would not want her to.

Also another important scene was when she was yelling at Matsuri in the Auction arc. Why would you need to play the mother act when your son doesn't even hear it? Also Matsuri was her superior... you don't yell at your superior if you don't even care about what's happening. And he probably did know about the role Akira is supposed to play because he has a higher rank and is a Washuu.