Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-10733658-20150307142416/@comment-213.66.199.45-20150308173653

There´s a possibility that Torso is autistic, you know...

That doesn´t make him a psychopath...

(Before anyone point out "He gathers torsos and think they are his lovers, how is he not a psychopath?" Then remember that the term only describe people who completely lack morals and can´t understand emotions of others.

Torso is anything but devoid of emotion and I see it that he´s actually fully honest with his feelings...

He´s a ghoul so the torso thing could be one way on how his autism shows itself in form of "Selective foods" and also, if you look up on the subject you also see that autistic people also displays "food rituals" in how they eat their food... like "Two pieces of vegetables, two pieces of meat, two pieces of pasta, put them all together in the mouth and chew it twenty times before swallowing. From there, go for the vegetables first, start with the smallest and eat them in terms of size until the largest one remain and then eat it. After that, spread the meat over half the plate and go for the pasta, don´t touch the meat until all the pasta is eaten, once that is done, go for the meat, start at the farther end of the plate and work your way down towards you until its all done. After that, lick the plate clean. Done.")

(That was just one example of a autistic person´s "food ritual" and there´s plenty of others that aren´t as complicated but the behavior is real. they have to do something a certain way and if they can´t do it, they tend to get very upset from being denied their "patterns")

The thing Torso has with the torsos are just the same thing... "Selective foods and food rituals"

Autistic people have social impairments and lacks the intuition about others that many take for granted. they lack social understanding and imitate emotions and responses to them as a way to not stick out.

Ghouls are people too and I´m pretty sure that they can be born with autism as well... There´s no reason for why they shouldn´t be able to.

(For more information about the subject see this... )

The point is, that if it is the case that Torso have autism, then his emotions are truly honest regarding Mutsuki... A psychopath would fake emotion with a hidden agenda behind the actions but as I can tell, Torso has no hidden motive or motivation for such a thing. He sees Mutsuki and is being completely honest with both himself and his own emotions, no hidden agenda like "Come on, take the bait so I can kill you later..." but more like "Why are you so scared? Did I do something wrong? Please don´t be afraid, please stay with me Tooru, I just want to be with you... why are you running? Please come back...please!"

So in a way, Torso is better than people like Jason or Naki or Eto or anyone els eof the big shots in Aogiri since he is a ghoul without actual malice in his actions or mind. He´s awkward, timid and attach to his caretakers greatly (Ayato and Hinami), seeing them as "friends" as I see it...

And I dare to say this, but I think his perception of love regarding Tooru is genuine since the concept of love in those with autism is percieved differently than in a person who doesn´t have this born condition.

Also, consider that Autisitc people are pretty misunderstood and are having a hard time as it is in the society of today while getting a hard time from people who doesn´t understand them properly, and that´s just between humans.

Imagine being a ghoul and have autism as well, leaving even less people who can understand and assist them with social situations.

No wonder Torso turned out as he did...

Think about this as a potential possibility regarding Torso´s character and a foundation for his actions in the series.

We got Mutsuki as a good representation of "transgender individuals" that doesn´t usually get that much spotlight in terms of manga.

Why wouldn´t Ishida also insert "autism" in the story through a character? Portraying it in a realistic manner as well?

So in short, that´s my thoughts regarding Torso and his view of Mutsuki...