Thread:Harostar/@comment-24494906-20150108181514/@comment-24494906-20150128165811

I looked for a bit, but didn't find anything. I suspect it's made-up. Marude should be about as old as Yoshitoki Washuu, and Yoshitoki can't be 40 years old.

Matsuri Washuu's name is really strange. His given name does not follow the naming pattern of the Washuu family heads. It's as if he wasn't meant to become Yoshitoki's sucessor when he was born. Maybe he is Yoshitoki's illegitimate child (which would explain why he doesn't get along with his father). But if he's not the heir, shouldn't he have a (half-)brother whose name follows the naming pattern? And actually, there is a character whose given name would follow the naming pattern, his name is just written with the wrong kanji: Hideyoshi Nagachika. And actually, we find out his full name for the first time immediately after Yoshitoki and Tsuneyoshi Washuu were introduced. So in short: Is Hideyoshi Nagachika really Hideyoshi Washuu, the heir to the Washuu clan and Yoshitoki Washuu's second-born son? It'd explain a lot, though it also creates a lot of other questions: Why did Hide take on a new name and transfer to a Kaneki's school? To hide him away?