Talk:Re: Chapter 122/@comment-94.254.94.227-20170423112443/@comment-27247962-20170423164633

yup some would disagree. ^^

Arima's role was major, he was in some way always connected to every new insight we got as a reader. CCG, Garden/Washuu's plan, Eto's plan, Kaneki/Haise,...

While I agree that this might not necessarily make him a main character, but the consistency & amount of screentime do decide a main character. I find it exceedingly ironic that the role of many main characters are small compared to less shown characters. Only Kaneki & Furuta have as many connection as Arima, if not more to the different parties/situations of the past, the now & future.

We could say that it's exactly that smaller role in the grand scheme of things that makes many a main character less likely to die, because it has no merit whatsoever in being killed, unless that character draws attention to him/herself by counteracting the antagonist/opponent progression.

And therefore I consider the role someone plays in the story as more of a prediction factor for death, then a character being categorized as main or side, that is based on it's overall consistent presence.

Naturally this doesn't account for characters that have a specific bone to pick with certain other characters. This is highly subjective to the boldness of the author, if not other more practical reasons.

If our small role main characters decide to join the big fight, then they should be just as vulnerable to dying as those who have a more major role or fodder that has no choice in this. In short the more their role increases in the big picture, the more vulnerable they become to death. To me that's an acceptable analysis, which explains why most main characters managed to pull through 'til now. They had nothing of importance on them or inside them.