So how much longer do you think this whole dragon thing is going to last ?

Until I die.

Jk but idk. I could see it ending shortly, like within the volume, and i could see it being dragged out–but I am hopeful it will end by the end of the volume. I think this is the penultimate arc personally–meaning, i think there’s one more after this one, maaaaaybe two if one is shorter like the Clown Siege.

What’s left is basically V and the Lab, all of which tie into the destruction of the CCG and the Lab could contain plot points like zombies and the Sunlit Garden, which is what’s most important about V. Plus a lab arc could include an exploration of Arata and Yoshimura, which ties into the parents/children theme, which the Sunlit Garden would also explore. All this to say, I think there’s too much to explore while Kaneki’s in dragon (ya never know though) but the two main dangling concepts can be explored together. The Clowns can tie in anywhere.

I want to have hope that the Quinx/Aces will confront Kaneki after this arc collectively, but after what happened between the Quinx and Mutsuki resolving anticlimactically with their flaws still being present, I’m somewhat worried about that prediction. Even if the Quinx fight Kaneki and drag him out of the Dragon, it shouldn’t be that simple. The best time to confront him is when they fulfill all of their flaws or grow out of them a lot more, so maybe Judgement arc?

That is true lol. I can’t say when it will happen, just that I think it will happen (though again, it may not be in tandem). The thing is the Qs were foreshadowed to have a role to play by Furuta, the mastermind, though he could be wrong lol, but I do think the fact that they represent Kaneki’s flaws and Mutsuki was even bringing that up in 155 means that they’re going to confront him and thereby help save him. But as for when it will happen, I honestly don’t know! We shall see.

Do you think there will be more than one Dragon in the future? Not like Kaneki’s current form but symbolically or Kakuja wise. On that panel with the 3 stories Kaneki read, there were about 5 or 6 Dragon figures in the panel and I know Ishida has to be hinting at something. Plus there were like 6 tanks in the lab when they encountered Amon so my suspicion increases.

Dragonpocalypse.

Kidding. I think symbolically/kakuja wise Amon is a good candidate and he’s been associated with Dragon symbolism before.

That’s true, there are definitely 5 and possibly 7 or 8. But I’m not sure if we should take that as super specific foreshadowing.

It will be so sad if the quinx do manage to kill Kaneki… they will fulfill their assigned role from the beginning, to kill Haise if he ever to go berserk… but, that to say, i’m not sure it is just quinx’ job now, most likely everyone’s job, Kaneki is so huge now… can we just get the old nagaraja that destroyed underground city to do the job? He seemed to be the same size as Kaneki… We kind a need him now xD

It’d be incredibly tragic, and it’s definitely what Furuta seems to have planned. Generally if it’s something Furuta has planned I think we should be hoping the characters run in the other direction, and there are some things Furuta as the current writer of Kaneki’s story hasn’t planned for, like I discussed here. Furuta wants the world to unite around defeating Dragoneki:

But everyone he wants to defeat Kaneki loves him or has ties to someone who loves him. Furuta is the moon. He is deluded, and yes, Kaneki is Dragon, but I question whether defeating Kaneki bringing peace is fitting with the story’s themes, which seem to counter Furuta’s philosophies if anything.

Thank you for the ask!

personally, i’ve always thought that if kaneki is really going to be stopped without violence, then he’d need not only touka and hide, but also hinami and the quinxes bc i think that he’d need all the different types of love(romantic from touka, platonic/friend love from hide, familial from the quinxes and hinami) to properly heal

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But seriously, yes.

This is how I’d love to see it play out. Especially if we are following the Fool’s Journey (a theory I’m not giving up on), I would think Hide might be the Sunlight to help rally people to save Kaneki. Because as far as Furuta’s plan goes, it’s not a great one. It’s built in animosity. Uniting just to defeat someone or something is pretty fitting with Furuta’s extremely cynical view of humanity, but what happens once they’ve defeated the Dragoneki? What does that mean for the Quinxes if they have to kill the man they viewed as a father figure? What does that mean for Touka and her baby? Dragoneki might be good insofar as breaking Mutsuki, Tsukiyama, and Hinami’s obsessions with him, but breaking to the point of inspiring hatred and that hatred being portrayed as a good thing that ultimately achieves peace… idk how that fits with the story’s themes.

I was talking to @arvendell about this and they pointed out that that seems more like a temporary fix, or in Furuta’s plan, more likely it means everyone will be dead. But one of TG’s main themes is living, no matter if its stylish or if you can be happy. And I highly doubt Furuta’s philosophy is supposed to be endorsed by the narrative.

Thank you for the ask!

Touka next chapter:

The QS can’t fight Kaneki at the moment impossible unless, we add other people like a revived Shirazu, Amon, and Hide group them hell yeah.

Of this group, minus a lot of changes, the only ones I can see willing to fight Kaneki to defeat him are Urie and Amon right now. But the foreshadowing does seem to indicate that Furuta’s plan is for the Quinx to do it.

Framed-out Urie, resurrected Shirazu, framed-out Mutsuki (and we don’t know how strong framed-out Mutsuki will be), and possibly a framed-out Saiko (should she become a ghoul, which, considering what’s happened to every other Q so far, seems possible) working together?

Frankly, it’d be hard, but I think they could do it. I’m still hoping for a Hide-intervention, though.

Thank you for the ask!

Seems like the theory of the qs coming together to destroy kaneki(dragon) is getting more real. I mean the hints are everywere it would also make pretty great panels and a fitting death for him imo.

Unfortunately, yes.

Given what the panel of the Quinx when Furuta first announce his intention to create a final boss:

And what we know of the original purpose of the Quinx:

That would almost certainly seem to be Furuta’s intentions here. The question is, will our rotten fruit narrator succeed?

Because one thing Furuta does not quite seem to understand is healthy love. The Quinx all love Kaneki–well, maybe not Urie, but he’s teamed up with someone who does (Hide). Mutsuki’s obsession needs to break for sure and I’m guessing this Dragon stuff is going to be a part of that, but his love for Kaneki–will it ever get to the point where he really is okay killing him? And Saiko loves her Maman, and Shirazu, should he return–well, we don’t know. Will they ever really be able to get to a place to where they are willing to kill him?

I’d prefer Kaneki to snap out of these puppet strings Furuta’s forced on him, have Touka forbid him from ever playing his anthem of “Look What You Made Me Do” ever again, and choose his own path because he wants to, not because it’s life or death. This is really Kaneki’s only chance at this point to avoid death at the hands of his children. If he doesn’t want to be a tragedy, he has to start acting like it.

Thank you for the ask!

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Ishida you troll.

That’s some kind of group therapy right there Kaneki.

That might make Furuta your therapist which would explain how well this goes.

Furuta your murderous bastard.

Hajime you don’t have to look beautiful for me to love you.

Is he dead?

Furuta is cheering for the Dragon that’s killing kids and killing him like I coo over my cat when it’s too adorable for words.

Bye bye moon arc? Dare I hope?