Talk:Ghoul/@comment-27592959-20160120174328/@comment-213.66.199.45-20160210045301

^ Ishida would not throw in all this parasite.themed symbolism for nothing...

(The cordyceps "zombie ant" fungus... Saiko´s Caterpillar fungi themed kagune... etc)

And "ghoul" is jsut the name for the infectee, not the parasite itself.

That thing is what´s referred to as the "Rc-cell".

In a way, it´s very similar to the "Yoma" concept from "Claymore", only a lot more beneficial in the Tokyo Ghoul setting for the infected party.

And ask yourself, which scenario is more realistic?

A) A parasite that evolved to depend solely on the human species as its host species in its lifecycle and due to the centuries, if not millenia, of evolution weeded out those with too weak immune-systems to handle it, allowing those with stronger immune-systems which could tolerate the parasite´s presence to survive and spread their genes, making more with the same heigtened immunesystem which serve as hosts for the parasite to thrive in while leaving the rest of the "weak" and "unfit" humanity alone?

or B) A complex living creature who started off as a completely different being from humanity and then "evolved" somehow to mimic them?

Do I really have to point out the most unlikely option here?

I know people can say that "Uh! This is fiction! The rules of reality doesn´t matter!" But the case here is that it "does" matter, or in the case of "Tokyo Ghoul" it does. as this is a very realistic based series in its foundation and world setting.

To go back to options A and B

Sure, there exists mimicry in nature where the predator evolves to resemble the prey and vice-versa... like the ant-spider for example... But putting this logic on the relationship between the "ghouls" and the "humans" falls for one single reason.

Humans and Ghouls can have offspring.

Just because the ant-spider can resemble a ant, it doesn´t mean that it can make offspring by screwing one of them.

Mimicry is only superficial and that´s were your logic and argument as a whole falls.

The parasitic theory is the one generaly accepted as it´s much more likely and got a lot of evidence to support it from the story alone.

Mimicry just doesn´t make it to the goal line.

That´s all.