Talk:Re: Chapter 48/@comment-62.179.123.10-20151011072041/@comment-10733658-20151011080920

I honestly disagree with all the hate Sasaki seems to be getting. While he is being selfish, I think people are being blinded by emotions and what we the audience know. They aren't even remotely trying to consider Sasaki's circumstances, nor what he knows or is struggling with.

I mean, really think about it. He doesn't know these people. They are strangers to him, people that claim to have once known him but who he doesn't know a thing about. One was a member of Aogiri, and the other is involved with a group that has been kidnapping and murdering tons of people. He has no idea what kind of relationship they had with Kaneki, whether they are people he could trust or not. But he has still tried to do what he could for them and tried to compromise as best he could. I mean, he seems to have left Uta be even though he's clearly a Ghoul and only captured when he was in a situation where he really had no other choice. He clearly doesn't want to hurt them, and has tried to reach a compromise through at least protecting them from other Investigators.

In my personal opinion, people have incredibly unrealistic expectations for Sasaki. People are so caught up in what we, the audience know, that they are ignoring the reality of what Sasaki knows and would be risking. Ignoring those factors really isn't fair at all, and does a huge disservice to the character and Ishida's story.

People are expecting him to just....throw away everything he has ever known. To throw away three years of his life, the only friends and family he knows, and make himself a fugitive. Because remember, he lives under heavy restrictions and the constant threat of termination should he be deemed too dangerous. So through betraying the CCG by actively aiding a wanted Ghoul, he would be essentially putting a noose around his own neck. It's exactly as Touka and Nishiki pointed out to Tsukiyama -- he would not only be giving up his current, relatively stable life.....but spend what little remained of his life constantly hunted. The CCG knows his face and considers him a high-priority target, he would be actively hunted with no where to hide.

Think about it. Change is terrifying to most people. The kind of change that involves losing everything you have -- your home, your friends, your family, your possessions, your career -- is beyond terrifying. He has ever reason to be hesitating, and expecting him to just do it for people that he only knows are involved in human trafficking and murder is unfair.