Talk:Floppy/@comment-58.10.221.97-20150824095834/@comment-68.32.116.146-20150829040749

Hi again Andy,

It's good that your enjoying discussing Tokyo Ghoul here. It's always fun to look too deeply into the manga. Ishida writes that deep so sometimes we find something we didn't expect. :)

I absolutly agree that the seeds of Kaneki are hidden in Sasaki and that Kaneki will wake up or be reborn. I have read on one blog that Haise can sometimes be read as ashes. I was thinking that Haise Sasaki was the metaphorical ashes not the Phoenix yet. Sasaki is just the transition between Kaneki's death and rebirth.

I agree that Amon is represented by the cross, but I'm not really sure that it represents Christian philosophy. I think that Amon's cross is more a symbol of his search for truth and of not wanting to have dark secrets in his life. It really crushed Amon to discover that the CCG had dark secrets just like his 'father'.

To me, if anyone represents Christ in the manga it's Arata. He loved his neighbors and 'died' for other's sins. Although I don't think Arata has been literally dead. I expect Arata to return at some point. Kaneki comes in close second for Christ like.

Amon is more of an Old Testement wrath of God person. I'd cast him as more of a Moses. I'm not quite believing this as I type. If I cast Donato Porpora as Pharoh's daughter and V as Pharoh, Amon then has the role of freeing his people, the justice seeking members of the CCG, from V.

I haven't heard about Kaneki's mask having meaning associated with the Buddha's mask. Could you please tell me more about the idea?