Talk:Ami/@comment-98.217.179.246-20140923154955

I knew right off the bat that she was going to be selfish and backstab Kaneki. I've read enough manga to see what her purpose was. The Japanese love making people that appear different, ugly, or weak EVIL. They do it so that they can have an excuse to hate people who are "different" without feeling guilty. They think fat, ugly people are selfish and full of themselves for subjecting others to their unsightly appearance. Basically, "s/he must be stuck up if they haven't done something about their appearance yet". It's a society that takes "judge a book by its cover" to an extreme level. It's why a lot of their dramas involve seemingly beautiful and strong people turning out to be massive creeps. Basically, if they make the character ugly, they want you to hate them. If they make the enemy beautiful, they want you to be intrigued.

They also like making victims have to be put down by heroes (or be killed off later) because they've already been broken and sullied by their aggressors. I.e. victim in psychopass ep1, trafficked children in Black Butler, refugees in SnK, etcetc. It's just the twisted way that the Japanese think.