Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-26951631-20151207083903/@comment-10733658-20151207110250

"she was literally begging to get hit."

This is actually a point I think should be considered. Her behavior during the entire encounter on the roof leaves all kinds of questions. If simply killing him was her goal, she had so many golden opportunities she didn't take. Instead, she watched him and goaded him and then lavished him with praise.

Eto has repeatedly expressed a major interest in him, for some unknown purpose. She's repeatedly alluded to his importance:


 * Telling Hide that she saw "a bright light" after meeting Kaneki.
 * Referring to him as "Kakuja's Egg" and targeting Amon after seeing their connection.
 * Asking Kanou to make "another Kaneki".
 * Tailor-making opponents to send after him, while she watches him.
 * The whole "tree bearing fruit" comment.

She's been observing him for months, has watched him fight numerous times. Eto knows exactly how he fights, then basically handicaps herself and fails to use a variety of abilities we've seen her use elsewhere? Just goes berserk and chases him around, after wasting a bunch of time with either just watching him or teasing him?

It feels like part of something larger, especially considering her response when he did beat her. No anger or frustration -- she's elated, she praises him and pretty much molests him because of it.

I'm not saying that Kaneki isn't incredibly strong and definitely won through his intelligence and skill. I just think considering this a straight-forward fight where both parties were fighting to win and kill....is a mistake. It doesn't take into account Eto's established patterns, which is manipulating people and always having some larger agenda. We've seen her play a long game before, and seen how she turns apparent loss into a victory (Arima beats her, but she makes off with her father and we learn that Aogiri stole the wounded and swept into the huge power vacuum that the Anteiku Raid created).