Talk:Re: Chapter 79/@comment-197.37.129.119-20160605165054/@comment-27065544-20160606122617

I'm not following what the fandom says because, to be honest, a lot of it is either Arima worship or crap, but I have yet to see a comment where someone excuses Mutsuki's behaviour. Actually, on MS I've seen plenty of shocked-horrified reactions from the readers, and that's perfectly understandable because that's what the latest chapter was - shocking and horrifying (unless someone is weird and has, ah, unique tastes).

And no, I do not excuse his behaviour either, even though I always liked him and, right now, I like him even more (yes in that I'm the weird one). What Mutsuki did was monstrous, it doesn't matter if Torso was a demented freak that needed to be put down - in doing what he did to the corpse, Mutsuki has proven himself to be far worse, which says something considering Torso was, until chapter 79, one of the most disturbing characters in Tokyo Ghoul.

So to conclude, saying that Mutsuki did what he did because of negative experiences that led him bursting/snapping is not the same as justifying his crimes. I agree that that would be bull, but at least I acknowledge that his madness is a result of God knows what he went through as a kid, and not that one day he woke up, said 'oh hey let's do something fun', took an axe and went on a rampage. People like that do exist in real life - that is, people so desenstized they commit murder just to see what happens - but this isn't Mutsuki's case. If it were, it would be a different story.