Talk:Re: Chapter 156/@comment-10733658-20180115184605/@comment-10733658-20180115225953

^ Well said.

I do think over time, it's kind of been lost how this is a series where broken, damaged people keep trying to save each other. There's been a lot of horrible things done all around, and a lot of madness and pain. But ultimately there's the themes of wanting to be accepted and loved, in spite of being ugly or having done wrong.

Ishida hinted that :Re doesn't have to end with a tragedy in the way TG did, and has given some indications or teases of a better future. But it's a really nasty road to get there.

Really, I think no one hates Mutsuki more than Mutsuki. This is a kid that has never been able to articulate a lifetime of suffering, and instead either repressed it or lied and lashed out. Violence is pretty much the only thing Mutsuki has ever had, especially in terms of coping mechanisms.

Like with Juuzou and Takizawa, Mutsuki needed someone to yank on the proverbial emergency brake and offer them not only acceptance but support.