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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
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#37851: May 20th 2017 at 10:17:46 PM

Well they are minority at the very least or else the Earth shouldn't be very populated.

So they can be contained or something if you kill all the bad eggs.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
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#37852: May 20th 2017 at 10:17:52 PM

So this white-haired goon gets his head lopped off soon, right?

Right?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#37853: May 20th 2017 at 10:19:23 PM

I mean, the "see humans as only food for safety" vs. the "humans are people like us" seems to be a pretty big divide, understandably created from the nature of the circumstances.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#37854: May 20th 2017 at 10:19:24 PM

It's an interesting situation. Humans obviously and justifiably hate and fear the ghouls because of, you know, all the murders.

On the other hand, Ghouls actually can't survive on anything else, so you get the question of which species should choose to let the other drive them to extinction, and neither one is going to make that choice.

It's potentially possible for something to be worked out so that Ghouls don't murder for food, but that sort of change to a cycle of revenge, plus the massive and easily-corrupted infastructure needed for that is a big problem.

edited 20th May '17 10:20:13 PM by Enlong

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#37855: May 20th 2017 at 10:19:31 PM

[up][up]Except the fact that's it's in their blood. If it wasn't for their willpower Kaneki and his friends would be no different from the other ghouls that kill indiscriminately.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
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#37856: May 20th 2017 at 10:19:32 PM

It's kind of a self-fullfilling prophecy; yes, Ghouls eat people but it's literally self-preservation. But humans treat them like shit because they eat people, which in turn prompts Ghouls to care less about humans.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#37857: May 20th 2017 at 10:21:35 PM

A group of Ghouls should make a deal, attempt to reach out to the government or something.

They should try to reach a compromise somehow.

edited 20th May '17 10:21:52 PM by slimcoder

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#37858: May 20th 2017 at 10:21:43 PM

[up][up][up]That was hunger, not inborn sadism. And he was like that because he's never dealt with it before.

edited 20th May '17 10:22:24 PM by LSBK

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#37860: May 20th 2017 at 10:23:16 PM

Kill that old bastard.

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#37861: May 20th 2017 at 10:25:24 PM

There we go, the white haired bastard's a cooling corpse now.

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#37862: May 20th 2017 at 10:25:27 PM

Poor Hinami's really been put through the wringer. sad

Yeah, the common sense nature of "Yeah, you're nice, but most of your kind eats people" really raises questions about why people are so accepting of the idea of sympathetic vampires.

To play devil's advocate here, there aren't a lot of fictional vampires (that I know of, at least) that completely suck their targets dry; many are shown to subsist on non-fatal amounts of blood (and, like with what happened between Kaneki and Touka, there are instances of the "victim" willingly offering themselves). That's a bit more "moral" than outright cannibalism, especially when you see ghouls eating living humans whole and reveling in it.

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#37863: May 20th 2017 at 10:27:22 PM

Should we still feel sorry for the bastard because of his wedding ring? I mean, it's terrible for the family he left behind, but still, screw him.

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#37864: May 20th 2017 at 10:27:34 PM

Are we seriously supposed to feel bad for the guy who just taunted a young girl with the deaths of her parents....yea, no. Fuck him.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#37865: May 20th 2017 at 10:27:44 PM

Yeah, there is no easy answer here.

I think the lesson is supposed to be that even an evil person's family deserves sympathy, and there's always repercussions when killing someone.

edited 20th May '17 10:29:02 PM by LSBK

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#37866: May 20th 2017 at 10:27:55 PM

Family he left behind?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

edited 20th May '17 10:28:16 PM by AlphaVII

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Rynnec Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Healthy, deeply-felt respect for this here Shotgun
#37867: May 20th 2017 at 10:28:19 PM

Nope, not don't feel a thing for that lazy-eyed bastard just because he happened to have a wedding ring. Not one bit.

His partner and Hinami, however, deserve all the hugs.sad

edited 20th May '17 10:28:31 PM by Rynnec

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#37868: May 20th 2017 at 10:28:30 PM

I tell you what, the ghouls need lobbyists.

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#37869: May 20th 2017 at 10:28:31 PM

This episode gave me plenty of feels.

I want this omake at the end of the episode to be canon. tongue

edited 20th May '17 10:29:24 PM by BearyScary

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#37870: May 20th 2017 at 10:28:32 PM

Now here's the other side of the spectrum. Not sure what they wanted us to feel with Mado but you cannot sympathies with the old bastard.

Dude was a fucking psychopath, a monster regardless that he hunted Ghouls. If Ghouls were regular human criminals then Mado would be charged with police brutality for the sheer glee he takes in hunting Ghouls.

Old bastard needed to die, who cares that he has a family.

Nice to know Hinami's family is doing well in Heaven cause see God does love Ghouls. tongue

edited 20th May '17 10:29:26 PM by slimcoder

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#37871: May 20th 2017 at 10:29:05 PM

Holy Mood Whiplash, Batman!

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You'll never see it coming...
#37872: May 20th 2017 at 10:30:08 PM

The topics explored in Tokyo Ghoul certainly make for a thought-provoking discussion, if anything.

Even in the shorts does this asshole mess up everything.

Old bastard needed to die, who cares that he has a family.

Well, you see, funny thing, that...

edited 20th May '17 10:31:57 PM by X2X

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BlackYakuzu94 CHADhan Player. from Easy Coast/NY Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Longing for my OTP
CHADhan Player.
#37873: May 20th 2017 at 10:30:47 PM

Like, I understand what they were going for...but if they wanted us to feel bad, maybe they shouldn't have made him such a sadistic bastard. Sympathy only goes a long way, and while I feel bad for his family, I cannot feel any sort of sadness for this guy's death.

A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#37874: May 20th 2017 at 10:31:01 PM

Like, even if someone tried to float the idea of letting Ghouls eat only people who are already dead, there's a lot of room for corruption in that idea (secret murders, Ghoul doctors who "fail" at their job, courts, jails), and I'll bet very few humans would want to allow that out of the kindness of their hearts alone. Like, even the religious angle and the question of proper burials would be a serious question.

edited 20th May '17 10:32:38 PM by Enlong

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mythbuster Since: Jan, 2010
#37875: May 20th 2017 at 10:31:33 PM

Also, Edward did go through a phase where he exclusively preyed on murderers and rapists. So even if they absolutely must kill people to survive, they could still restrict themselves to targeting people guilty of heinous crimes.


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