Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-76.0.226.61-20170304233944/@comment-10733658-20170305201940

Honestly, I think the problem with Eto is that Ishida forget one of the core rules in storytelling -- Show, don't tell.

He spends so much time ESTABLISHING Eto as this powerful force, primarily through characters telling us that she's strong. We are told that she's the strongest, that everyone is afraid of her, and that she's a force to be reckoned with.

But when it comes to her actual usage in the series, Ishida primarily uses her as a benchmark for establishing the strength of other characters.


 * How do we know that Arima is strong? Because he's the only one that could defeat Eto.
 * How do we see how strong Kaneki had become? Because he defeats Eto in battle.
 * How do we know that Furuta is strong, without even seeing him do jack on-panel? Because he beat Eto.

So, essentially, Ishida kind of fell into that classic storytelling trap by using one character to establish others as powerful.