#furta

First Impressions: Hello everyone! I hope you all have enjoyed the beginning of a great week. There is a lot to discuss for this chapter, so I am eager to get into it. I’ll give my first reactions here and some analysis later on.

I am not ashamed to admit that I farm reaction images from TG. This one is going to be a fine addition to my collection:

Okay, this panel of Hide is when my sense of extreme nervousness first began. He just looks so concerned:

I have seen lots of posts about the interactions between Urie and Mutsuki in this chapter, but oh my goodness! They are too precious:

This page only got me more nervous. I did a triple take when I saw Saiko’s eyes:

This is completely unimportant, but how gross would this sound?:

This panel gave me some serious Root A flashbacks:

I won’t lie, the entire end of this chapter had me completely confused:

Up next, read my best attempt at making sense of it.

Analysis:

First I want to talk about the ghoul transformations. Our first evidence we get that something isn’t right is Saiko in this panel:

It seems like she has suddenly developed a second Kakugan and her Kagune has also been affected somehow. It is also worth pointing out that the starry pattern behind her might represent some kind of spore or mist being released from Dragon’s decomposing body that is responsible for the events we see later in the chapter. Speaking of transformations, something is clearly wrong with the people of Tokyo:

This information helps clear up some of the mysteries surrounding the 24th ward. It also might mean that Tokyo is screwed. A sudden influx of ghouls that have no understanding of or ability to control their hunger might make for a real mess. Maybe the turmoil that will cause has been part of Furuta’s plan all along (more on that later). One other interesting implication of the ghoul conversions is that the reverse might be possible as well. However, we will definitely need some more explanation of what exactly is going on before we can invest too heavily in that theory.

In terms of theme, there are some interesting directions Ishida could take with the spontaneous ghoulification. Most obviously, we have an idea that TG has been exploring since the very beginning: the question of whether or not ghouls possess humanity despite not being human. I would argue that the series is presenting the ghouls as just as human (with all the good and bad that entails) as the actual, biological humans. Mass ghoulification of the citizens of Tokyo might be the final blow that knocks down the wall between the two groups. It might represent the prime opportunity for true empathy between humans and ghouls. On the other hand, it could just make the situation worse. We’ll see what Ishida has in store for us in the next few weeks.

Next, I want to talk about Kaneki. In this chapter, we saw that getting him out of Dragon was no easy feat:

I read this as an unconscious act of defense (much like the rest of Dragon’s actions), rather than representative of a desire on Kaneki’s part to remain within the monster. When Urie finally cuts him free, Kaneki remains unconscious, but his massive kakuja begins to break down:

I know that a lot of people are discussing whether or not Kaneki is dead, especially after seeing this panel:

I will cover both a narrative and thematic argument for why I think that interpretation is incorrect. Narratively speaking, Kaneki’s character arc just isn’t complete. It would make little sense to me if Ishida decided to kill off Kaneki right after giving him a major revelation. I know virtually nothing about the Tarot card story structure, but it seems like an odd choice to kill the fool before he finishes the journey. I do think that a “fake out” death is a possibility (wherein most of the characters and potentially the audience are made to believe Kaneki has died). I think having Kaneki return from the dead could be a decent parallel to the ending of the original TG and it would also have some nice thematic resonance.

Speaking of themes, we need to consider Jesus. If Kaneki is currently “dead” then him returning to life in the middle of these apocalyptic conditions would be about as biblical as possible. I’ll also mention that this situation is reminiscent of the end phases of Hero’s Journey (more specifically the Crossing of the Return Threshold). To be completely honest, Ishida might just be baiting us all and we’ll find out that Kaneki is just a sleepy boy (the speculation and analysis is still fun though).

Finally, I want to discuss the chapter’s ending. On my first read through I had no idea what was going on. We start off with Furuta and his V buddies finding this egg-sac:

Before I go on, I would like to point out the protrusions behind the egg, which remind me of a crown. Many others have discussed the connections between these scene and The Black Goat’s Egg. I can’t really rap my head around Rize being the murderous mother for Kaneki who becomes the murderous mother for the new Rize, but that might be what Ishida is going for. Rize hatches from the egg in a fairly dramatic fashion:

If this chapter smothered Kaneki in resurrection symbolism, it definitely did not go easy on the rebirth symbolism for Rize. I also think that her bursting free from the egg might set up her bursting free from imprisonment in a more general sense (that is how she spent almost the entirety of both the original TG and Re). On the last page, we get this remark from Furuta:

This comment really got me. Generally speaking, these last few pages almost completely derailed my impression of where the story was going to go next. I guess this is all going according to Furuta’s plan, but I have no idea what that plan is. I am not sure how this can be the real Rize (is this even the real Rize or is there a second Rize still in a tank somewhere?) or what Furuta wants from her. I am also unclear on what the utility of Dragon is moving forward (is Furuta going to try to have someone eat Tokyo again?). Also, I am not sure if Rize was Dragon all along and Kaneki was just part of the process, or if they are both Dragon, or maybe Rize is the second Dragon??? Hopefully we will find out next week.

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