Talk:Ginshi Shirazu/@comment-58.10.221.97-20150903185545

Andy here!

Seems like Shirazu and Fura have a lot in common as of recent chapters, both in personality, facial expressions and how Fura was also a delinquent in the old days, similar to how Shirazu seems to be portrayed (his speech pattern, even saying Sassan). They even have similar piercings.

It might be foreshadowing how unlike the rest of the Qs, Shirazu is actually a lot more like his own man or a second Fura rather than a slight resemblance to how Kaneki was in part 1. It seems to be trying to parallel Arima and Fura's relationship in the old days, especially with Sasaki constantly being compared to Arima. If Ishida was actually going with the role reversals and twists in plots, then it might mean that at some point, Sasaki has the possibility of going rogue, as Fura stated Sasaki will follow an order he's given, but that doesn't mean it'll remain true forever, especially if he regains his memories. Shirazu might be the one who ends up going after him and at some point, have a show down, instead of how Fura was constantly trying to catch up with Arima by being a good investigator and remain as friends till today, instead, Shirazu will be the one chasing after Sasaki/Kaneki by weighing his options (saving his sister and remaining with CCG so they could still treat her or betraying his leader, which seems like he didn't have a problem doing even with Urie tried to manipulate him to do so in the beginning).

Despite the fact that he might respect Sasaki now since the showdown between him and Nishiki, there's a high chance that Shirazu will go against him (especially if Sasaki's snake symbolism is accurate, and Shirazu is an Ukaku, then it would be Dragon (big snake) vs Phoenix (Ukaku) all over again.) I might be looking too deep into this, but I've also done the same assosciations with Amon as he was symbolised as Kaneki's opposite in the first part, and there seems to be a role reversal, so why not symbolisms reversal. If anything, Haise means ashes, so it might even mean that the Qs are the phoenix that will rise from Sasaki's "ash" (ash meaning his past, and how he's training them using his experiences so far) to take him down later. But it could also mean that Amon also rose from his "ash", and might come to save him in the middle of all of this, as he was the first one to go the furthest at trying to understand Ken at that point. We might see Amon vs the Qs at some point, but then again, take it all with a grain of salt, as I'm assuming that Amon is Floppy in this case, and these are just my speculations.

In any case, Andy out!