Tag: akiramon

Wait, you think Akira loved both Amon and Taki romantically? While I prefer akitaki as a ship I didn’t interpret Akira saying she loved them both as a confession. She only admitted that she cared about both of them despite seeming emotionless, wasn’t that the point of it? She was also never shown to be interested in Taki romantically, only Amon. I honestly don’t see what the point of Akira having romantic feelings for Taki at this point would be. I doubt Ishida would include a poly relationship.

Lol okay!

Yes, Akira probably did mean that romantically. She equates her love with Takizawa with her love with Amon, making no distinction when she’s talking to Gori about it. It’s also notable that she’s being confronted by Gori, who canonically has romantic feelings for Amon as well. She doesn’t differentiate, so yes, I think she very much loves both of them romantically.

Not all requited romantic loves have to result in the couple getting together, and I agree with you: we’re probably not getting a poly relationship in TG given Ishida’s… poor track record of LGBT representation in TG.

Furthermore, even though Seiaki has build up from the beginning of their scenes together just like Akiramon, Akira and Amon were always focused on more by the plot in the first TG. In :re not as much (Seiaki has more focus). Shuuneki is also built up (though it’s unrequited, like Mutsurie and Ayahina for now) from the beginning of their interactions, but was never going to be canon (and it got more focus than Touken in the first part of :re though wasn’t as well written as seiaki was). Seiaki has a better shot than Shuuneki, but seeing as Takizawa willingly sacrificed himself so Akiramon can be together and given Akiramon’s structural similarities to Touken. I feel like those feelings are also related to her father (because TG is Oedipal in a lot of ways). I don’t think we’re going to get a long-drawn out love triangle, I think Ishida will continue to handle it how he has handled it so far–unless Amon dies, which I don’t really see happening, Akira and Amon will probably end together and Seidou is honestly happy for them, but Akira and Seidou, and Amon and Seidou too for that matter, need to resolve what is unsaid between them.

I like both ships, so I don’t really mind either way.

Since you were talking about how the Qs are coded as kids, I thought this was a good opportunity to bring this one idea I’ve had up. If the Qs are going through this coming of age narrative, wouldn’t it be fitting to make mutsurie canon in the end? Mutsuki’s crush on Sasaki is kind of like some crush a kid would have on an older person since Sasaki is a paternal figure to Mutsuki. He also calls him sensei/teacher so as long as Mutsuki has this crush, he can’t grow up. (1/2)

Romantic/sexual feelings are usually associated with adulthood, but in
this case Mutsuki has the kind of crush kids very often have. The main
reason they wanted Sasaki to come back was so that he would keep him in
control, like how parents take care of kids. However, if Urie and
Mutsuki’s relationship were to become canon, the romantic/sexual
elements with it definitely would be associated with adulthood. I like
to think that mutsurie becoming canon would be the peak of their
development. (2/2)
       
    

Yup, that’s precisely it. It’s funny because early on in :re that’s exactly what I thought of Mutsuki’s feelings–that it was a typical student crush.

Adolescent coding quite involves a lot of exploration of where you fit in terms of relationships with family, friends, and yes, often romantic and sexual feelings–Touken, Akiramon being examples. They don’t get really explored (they’re implicit but not explicit) until :re except in Akira in TG, but Amon shuts her down because he is still a child and not ready for that yet. Shuu can’t express his feelings for Kaneki in TG beyond “I want to eat you” which is very childish.

But in :re, Touken, Akiramon, and Seiaki get focus and we also get focus on Ayato’s feelings for Hinami and Urie’s for Mutsuki and Mutsuki’s for Haise… also Karren’s for Shuu, Shuu’s for Kaneki, Ui’s for Hairu, Hairu’s for Arima, it’s a romantic disaster. Hinami’s feelings for Kaneki though not romantic also fit with the relationship-figuring-out in that she’s clinging to her older brother and his opinion of her, rather than finding out and being secure in who she is.

The difference in ships I consider likely endgame + alive (Touken, Akiramon, Mutsurie, and Ayahina–Seiaki is also possible) is Touken and Akiramon became canon while they’re still very much adolescents so they’ve gotta work that out as couples. Mutsurie and Ayahina I think are more likely endgame as in the end of their journey/character arc endgame, part of realizing who they are and becoming adults, or so I hope. The biggest obstacle in them getting together is Mutsuki and Hinami’s feelings for Kaneki, though Hina’s aren’t romantic but they’re still an obstacle, annnnd Ayato and Urie’s not verbalizing what they feel. Ayato’s further along in that he’s at least realized the limits of physical strength whereas Urie knows that now but lets Saiko act for him. It’s also maturity at the heart of it: speaking what you feel and understanding that physical strength can’t save you all the time is an adult perspective.

Now that you mention it, it’s really not a coincidence that Touka has more masculine personality traits compared to Kaneki’s more feminine traits, is it?

Nope, it’s not. (I’m gonna talk feminine masculine tradionally as defined by Jung please note I think it’s a lot of nonsense now but it does play a role in analyzing literature). It’s common imagery in yin/yang anima/animus. 

Also compare Akira and Amon and how Amon has more feminine traits than Akira does though Akira is outwardly very feminine and Amon outwardly like the embodiment of masculinity–and so is Takizawa. But Amon and Takizawa are very very vulnerable people inside seeking answers like Kaneki, whereas Akira was not until recently–she was compliant with the system her father passed onto her.

Ayato and Hinami, and Urie and Mutsuki, have the opposite thing going on. Ayato is very outwardly and inwardly masculine and Hinami is very outwardly and inwardly feminine. They both present as masculine but Urie uses masculine traits to mask vulnerability and Mutsuki uses vulnerability to mask anger.