Talk:Re: Chapter 56/@comment-10733658-20151205162917

I'll be honest, if Ishida really did just kill Eto off I will be very unhappy. Not simply because I like her as a character, but because it feels like a complete waste of a major character for shock value.

I mean.....isn't she at the core of so many major events? Doesn't she have an enormous amount of unresolved story, between her past and her current goals? Didn't Ishida spent the entire original series building up to the reveal about her? Isn't she a foil to Kaneki, a dark reflection of what he could be as much as Arima is?

I honestly hate the idea that such a fantastic character could just be killed off like fodder, solely so Kaneki can look awesome. It also seriously seems like it would hamstring the entire story, since that means the entire mystery surrounding her is moot now. All the things related to V, Aogiri, her plans for Kaneki and Amon, her alliance with Dr. Kanou, and her role as Kaneki's foil kind of.....means nothing.

It also leaves us with a kind of "What next?" kind of deal. Like.....either Ishida ends the series soon, or has to resort to serial escalation that further renders everyone but Kaneki pointless. It becomes pretty much Arima and a bunch of new characters ala a Shounen series because every other character save perhaps Amon becomes kind of.....fodder? No way that Touka, Nishiki, Tsukiyama, or Hinami could contribute anything to his future struggles.