Talk:Hairu Ihei/@comment-169.139.8.30-20151019104821/@comment-79.24.36.47-20151019203943

This is how I see it: TG :re has a different structure than TG since so far its focus are big operations like the Auction Raid and the Tsukyiama Extermination. I think these operations are difficult to write in a way that's interesting since you need to make use of many characters and to vary the fights. We must also consider Ishida can't kill off main characters like the Quinx or Sasaki or even some ghouls character like Takizawa for example (at least he can't do that too early in the game). So he basically can't have too main characters fighting each Others. At the same time it's unrealistic that such big operations end without casualties. So Ishida has been creating characters that can be sacrificed.

In the Auction Raid Ishida used the winners of the contest as sacrificial pawns for the CCG and created Nutcracker in order to let the Quinx have an enemy they could win against. At the same time Big Madam was killed off in order to let Suzuya's character develop.

In this arc he sacrificed Shimoguchi's character (btw I was sadder for his Death than Hairu and Kijima's, he was a mediocre man with no particular talent and a bad attitude, but he cared about his subordinates and he seemed so human to me) and then introduced two charismatic characters like Kijima and Hairu in order to kill them off. I also think Matsumae would die personally. In this way he could surprise the fandom and write an interesting battle. We should also think that if the investigators can get in too easilythey would reach the roof and that would cut time for the Sasaki-Shuu-Kanae(maybe) confrontation.

For me Hairu was interesting like Nutcracker was. They both had great designs and were strong with original styles of fighting. They weren't given development even if they were two potential interesting characters. Personally I was more surprised by Ihei's Death. First of all she was described as incredible strong. In second place she wasn't fighting against a main character like Nutcracker but against another side character who had a similar stand as her in the story. However, what I think made her more important than what she really were was the point of view. We were introduced to Nutcracker as to an enemy, she wasn't linked to any important character. Ihei on the other hand was introduced as a fellow investigator of the Quinx and she was linked to characters like Arima, Haise and Ui. So many (me too) thought of her as a relevant character who could build many important relaionships with the main Group. However, if Ishida killed her she hadn't probably any other role to play and actually her Death could be more important than her life because it could effect many characters: Arima, Haise, Ui maybe even Shirazu (what if her Death made he rethink about his doubts about ghouls?) and it could lead us to know more about the garden.

As for Kijima he was a character who was created for Jail. What if Ishida simply liked his design and wanted to use it for the manga? Maybe he decided to kill him off so early in order to leave his backstory in a mystery so that people could accept jail's story as partially true.

Also I find it interesting that both Ihei and Kijima were compared so often by the fandom to Suzuya and Mado. Maybe Ishida too thought they were too similar to them and decided to kill them in order to avoid being repetitive. I am sorry for this long and probably boring post, but I had these thoughts about their Deaths in my mind for a while whenever I saw someone saying their deaths didn't make sense.