Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-26951631-20151207083903/@comment-27204325-20151207122347

^ Yeah, this. It's almost worrying how straightforward people are perceiving the last few chapters and failing to at least entertain the idea that this was a culmination of something Eto had been laying the groundwork for for months, if not years, to the point of realizing Shuu was a key to jarring Kaneki's memories, letting Kanae hire Aogiri forces to assassinate the Quinx so she could assess the players, then kidnapping Kanae and brainwashing her so that she could unleash her during the Tsukiyama Operation at the precise moment Kaneki's personality was in conflict with Haise's. That's a ridiculous amount of planning and strategy, with very unstable chess pieces at that.

And I'm really glad Harostar brought up the Anteiku Raid, since this is Eto at her best. We know because we're told that V14 is the only way out, that's why Arima himself is stationed there. So, Eto waits until Yoshimura is injured enough to be captured, then waits until Arima and all of Squad 0 are focused on her, completely collapsing the CCGs containment wall, which needed to be done if the Aogiri forces are going to escape with dozens of wounded investigators.

So, she let's the CCG exhaust their forces weakening her intended target, brings her troops in to mop up and abduct additional test samples, single-handedly snatches the most important target, secures her allies' escape route using herself as a decoy, then evades capture despite being surrounded by CCG's strongest investigators; she'd perfectly manipulated both sides from the beginning. But yeah, she's totally weak.