Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-25787298-20170117230439

Alright, so I was debating this with someone in the comments, and feel like this is a better way to discuss it. Is Amon dead?

He was ever so blatantly crushed, yet everyone is so overly confident that that was not the end of Amon. I want to come to a conclusion why that is.

Firstly, if you believe he's alive, why? How? Surely, these are questions you asked yourself in regards to the topic. If so, what'd you come up with.

Commonly made-up reasons I've encountered are:

1) Saiko made a hole in her Kagune. I find this to be silly because there has been no indication whatsoever that Saiko can manipulate her Kagune's shape. Only how much of it she uses. On top of that, she is overcome by her emotions easily, and was visibly shaken by the moment. If she were to have thought to do something to save him, it'd be apparent to the reader, as Saiko isn't a secretive type.

2) Amon could've just survived. I find this to be highly unlikely. He was being pinned down beforehand, and then the Kagune, after being forced down, was literally indented into the concrete. Amon would be flat before he would be pushed into the conrete.

So please, share with me your theories if you feel he's alive, because if he were, so far, it'd just be poor writing. There were doors left open with his character, but this is a Seinen, and this is a Tragedy. I truly feel that that was his end and he passed his torch to Saiko with his final words. 