Talk:Re: Chapter 53/@comment-106.1.155.140-20151117112433

a lot of people saw the scene of kaneki's mother hitting kaneki, then interpreted it as abuse.

But the way i see it (after read the chinese scan), she was disciplining kaneki.(remember chapter 52? "my dear defected, your parents failed to educate you")  (well, whether she was physical disciplining and abusing is still debatable,but it is not unusual in Asian culture . )She was punishing kaneki for him wanting something, which is  kinda consistent to who she was according to kaneki's description: a person put others' need before her own want. This scene is explaining how kaneki became the person he is today by the way he was brought up, because her mother, the person he loves, wished him to be just like herself.

This scene corresponds to some other scenes in the manga:

1. Not just his mum, Akira, Touka, they too have this 'i only beat you because i care about you' mentality. (Probably Eto too)

2. Eto is doing the opposite to Kanae,  forcing Kanae to abandon her sense  of duty to pursuit her inhibited desire.