Talk:Shuu Tsukiyama/@comment-25615147-20150204181556/@comment-5513888-20150217060306

reading this makes me think

1) The plot does NOT revolve around Shuu. I'm sorry, but I felt like that statement made in the post biased. In general, I think Ishida has a talent of revealing characters to have more than what meets the eye, and Shuu being no exception simply makes the story revolve around him as much as it does or will to other characters.  I believe Shuu wanting "Kaneki to go back to how he was" was more of a matter of trying to get closer to Hinami, as that would make it easier to get closer to Ken. Close as Tsukiyama was, he couldn't get that close on an emotional level, Kaneki would not allow it and therefore Kaneki would never really trust him in the sense of trusting him personally as he had in the gourmet arc.

NONETHELESS. The post is correct.

Tsukiyama's outburst at the end, trying to stop Kaneki, supposedly for the sake of eating him, should very appropriately be interpreted as a revelation that Tsukiyama really did have some personal attachment towards Kaneki, and genuinely did not want to see him die––not because of a lost opportunity to eat him, but out of genuine concern and care. The slight difference in this interpretation, however, is that Tsukiyama's  unrequited love (which may very well exist, I will not deny that. While I personally think he has a love for Kaneki that is intense philia––or love as a friend, close, tender but not intimate–– unrequited eros is also a possible and valid interpretation) isn't the focus of Tsukiyama's role, rather, it's his unpredictability that is focused. Should he reunite with Kaneki, what will his motives be? To protect and preserve him, take him for himself, eat him? Definately, it has been revealed Tsukiyama's pursuit after Kaneki isn't stomache-driven, but given his depression and...eccentricies... I think he may very well eat Kaneki just as Torso considers his victims lovers.

In any case, I very much look forward to Haise's encounter with the Gourmet, regardless as to whether my understanding or the blogpost's understanding is more accurate.