Ella

dehumanization but in the sense of seeing someone as god-like, all powerful, magnanimous and unable to do any wrong. They are perfection incarnate, a symbol to follow, a martyr for a cause, or the embodiment of a teaching.

ch63 and re63

These images side by side are great at capturing how the original series and its sequel are different using the same line.

Tokyo Ghoul is bloody and gross and tragic, because ultimately Kaneki's plight here is pointless, as Aogiri, as we know, is not the real enemy, and yet, starting with this line, he begins his attempt to destroy them. He seizes control of the narrative-- we'll use a boat metaphor here (trust me)-- and he steers it toward Tragedy. Because tragedy is just 'doing a pointless thing' but like, if it was interesting.

Tokyo Ghoul: re is hopeful and about breaking cycles of tragedy, and Eto here, as a constant boat rocker, is now attempting to divert the boat's direction away from Tragedy and toward actual change and Hope. Because from chapter 63 onward (except for the things post-143, which is a whole other bag of worms), the relevant information about V and the Washuu is revealed, and the true villains of the narrative are finally placed on the board.

But there's another thing to talk about: the purpose of the characters saying the line. This line signifies Change. It denotes that the story has shifted in a different direction from where it used to be going. And that change is being driven by the character saying it in both instances. And, though that change is different for both of them, there is one commonality:

They are throwing away their human half. Their 'safe' half. They throw all of their cards into their identity as a ghoul in the hopes of pursuing their ideals.