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gunkbaby · 20 days

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All Of Shuu’s TG Calender Appearances! (In Chronological Order!)

*this was initially just gonna be a twitter thread but I’m posting it here first bc is easier to draft and arrange. :) Wrote the little information cards that are under the pics and will try to image ID them for the text late one.

Under a cut bc there are twenty-four of them! Enjoy! <3

(I believe the image below is from an anime calender? Or something? I’m not sure.)

January 12th - Skiiing Day

On January 12, 1911, Major Lerch of the Austrian Army first taught a young officer in the Niigata Prefecture how to ski. Be careful when doing tricks!

February 6th - Blog Day

Based on bu (2) rogu (6). A blog post from Shuu, it reads: “February 6 Have you heard of a flower called the ‘Hardenbergia’? It is also called a ‘Komachifuji’ and as its name suggests, it blooms with lovely purple petals. And here is the usual Tsukiyama Shuu’s Flower Language Corner. In flower language, a Hardenbergia refers to: “A fateful encounter.” “Happiness will unexpectedly drop in.” …and the like. There’s also “a miraculous miracle”… —But this is what I think. Encounters are always fateful, and reunions are always miraculous. Fate, miracles, our world is filled with such. This moment is also a miracle.” The comments feature Touka being quite rude, Kaneki adding little of importance, and Yomo not understanding technology.

February 13th - Bank Robbery Day

On February 13th, 1866, the first ever successful bank robbery took place in America by Jesse James.

February 25th - Hori Chie’s Birthday

Hori was Tsukiyama Shuu’s classmate in Seinan High School. Hori treats Tsukiyama as her photographic subject and despite Tsukiyama being a ghoul, she doesn’t fear him. Tsukiyama in return finds her intriguing and treats her as a pet. Their relationship continues on until now making them long-time acquaintances. Whether they have a good relationship or not, it’s difficult to say for sure.

March 3rd - Tsukiyama Shuu’s Birthday. (Obviously.)

Happy Birthday, Tsukiyama Shu.

March 26th - Untitled.

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March 31st - Untitled.

The inauguration (to celebrate the completion of the structure) of the Eiffel Tower in Paris was held today. I wonder if Tsukiyama has ever been to France before.

April 28th - Nice Bath Day no. 3

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May 1st - Untitled. Shu’s second blog post.

This blog reads as follows: ‘Hey, everyone. We have now entered May, yes? Speaking of May 1, it is a custom in France to send muguet (Lily of the Valley) as a present to the person you love on this day. And the recipient is said to be visited by great fortune.” Now then, upon hearing the words ‘the person you love’, whose face do you picture in your mind? How about giving flowers as gifts to him?…Or her? …With that said, that beloved person you just thought of may already be a happy person at this point. Shu.’

May 11th - Salvador Dali’s Birthday

The Persistence of Memory. “I saw three soft Shuus. One of them had a deplorable figure that hanged down from the branch of the olive tree.”

May 27th - Hyakunin Isshu Day

No. 86 Saigo Hoshi “Should I blame the moon, for bringing forth this sadness, as if it pictured grief? Lifting up my troubled face, I regard it through my tears.” Grief? Is that what you’re trying to say, moon? I don’t think so. Did I only just want to blame the moon for this sadness?

May 28th - Fireworks Day.

On this day in 1733, fireworks were launched for the first time for a festival in Ryogoku. The festival was first held by the 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Yoshimune, in order to calm the spirits of the dead who fell to the great famine and cholera in the previous years. Now, it is held annually as water god festivies to ward off evil spirits. (Note: turn up the brightness or stare very hard for a long time. He is there, I promise.)

June 9th - 6th Ward Day

A huge amount of members were sacrificed during the annihilation of ‘Aogiri’s Hideout’ in the 11th Ward. Afterwards, Kaneki left ‘Anteiku’ in order to follow Rize’s footsteps and entered a new world, the ‘6th Ward’, alongside Tsukiyama and Banjou.

June 25th - Spaceyama.

No text. Shuu gets a cow and a Strange Thing and his father is proud.

July 20th - The Day of the Moon Landing

On 1969, the human race landed for the first time on the moon in the spacecraft, Apollo 11. At that time, Commander Armstrong sent a message to Earth saying, “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

August 6th - Handsome Day

Based on ha (8) nsa mu (6).

August 27th -Miyazawa Kenji’s Birthday

A poet and writer of fairy tales who was based in his hometown of Iwate. The paradise of his work was given the name ‘Ihatov’.

In his masterpiece “The Restaurant of Many Orders”, two young men went hunting in the forest, got lost, and strayed into a restaurant called ‘Wildcat House’. The irony of it all is when the two instead became the food.

September 21st - Fashion Show Day

On this day in 1927, the first fashion show in Japan took place in kimono shop called Mitsukoshi in Ginza. At that time, kimonos were mainstream.

September 8th - TG’s 5th Year Anniversary

Serialization strted on Weekly Young Jump No. 41 which was sold on this day in 2011. Thank you very much for reading.

September 9th - Rollcake Day

Based on how the cross section of a rollcake forms a ‘9’. June 6th is also called ‘Rollcake Day’ for a similar reason.

September 16th - Match Day

On this day in 1948, freely selling previously rationed matches was accepted.

October 14th - Glasses No.2

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October 25th - World Pasta Day

On this day in 1995, the World Pasta Congress was held in Italy.

October 26th - Kishimen Day

Kishimen is a slick type of noodle that’s thin and wide in width. Based on tsu (2) ru (6) which means ‘slick’ or ‘slippery’. It is also considered the ‘autumn of appetite’.

December 23rd - Palindrome Day 3

‘Intimidating, Tsukiyama… Will you get burned?’

December 29th - Chanson Day

On this day in 1990, a long-established Chanson cafe in Gonzales called ‘Ginpan’ went out of business. The place was known as a gateway to success for Chanson singers.

Ok I think that’s all :)

Tell me if I have missed one, I will edit. Sorry, am tired from exam prep, hopefully this is okay. I love you so much. I feel like Shuu is always home for me in stressful times.

I’m planning to do one of these for Kanae and Rize too. I can do other characters I guess afterwards.

I own this calender. I think I might like a second one to cut out and make postcards with to go on my Shuu shrine.

#Goodness. I hope this is all correct #It took me so long #that second blog post always makes me sad :(#Bless you shuu #Thank you for being a part of my life #shuu tsukiyama #Tokyo ghoul #shuucore #gunk #tg gunk #tg calender

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chalkodareal · 1 year

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strong bad facial expressions post

ok, this post was one i wasnt gonna make originally because i felt it was like......WAY too niche to be normal. however, most of you guys are more insane (positive) (this is good) than me anyway so i do not care!!!!!! this isnt in order of the toon it is in so um. sorry !!!!!

STRONG BAD SMILING

(from various, image from sbemail #126 - best thing)

not very odd or uncommon so im just mentioning it here real quick. his smile means everything to me but that is much besides the point. this image isnt from like, the first toon he smiles in but it was the most normal example so i used it. i like it when he does this. but again, increasingly normal.

2. STRONG BAD WINKING

(from sbemail 149 - candy product)

um. i dont know whether i like this one or not. on one hand it is oddly cute to me. on the other. um. dont fucking do that sb?????? keep your eyes open. luckily i dont think he ever did this again.

3. STRONG BAD MAD. NOT HAPPY

(From Date Nite)

angry strong bad. i actually have some pretty intimate experience with this specific expression, as i have lurked in the files for date nite for more time than you think someone would. the symbol for this one is pretty weird.

4. STRONG BAD POST-VORE

(from sbemail 187 - winter pool)

everything about this image is wrong. his mouth is so round. his eyes are so utterly disappointed. honestly, an appropriate reaction. poor guy. literally a sopping wet cat to me.

5. STRONG BAD MAKING OUT WITH PIECE OF PAPER

(from teen girl squad #10)

another pretty rare instance of his eyes actually being closed. i do not have mixed feelings about this one however, i very much like this one. despite the fact that he is....making out with his teenage girl oc. in front of his brothers and the cheat. i kind of like to imagine that he reads tgs to all 3 of them and that is why they were in that one. everything about this issue is still utterly cursed but i still love it very much and he makes a very odd face

6. LITERALLY ANY EXPRESSION FROM RECENT H*R TOONS

(from various, images from decemberweenvent calender and sbemail #209 - parenting respectively)

strong bad's actually a lot more expressive in recent toons. atleast in my opinion. they arent as horrifically terrifying to me but they make me happy all the same. homestar's kinda undergone a similar thing too, but he was always decently expressive so i will not make a post about that. yet.

anyway, i just made this post because i think about a few of these very often. i love it very much!!!!!!!!!

#long(ish) post #strong bad #homestar runner #honorable mention to sbemail 170's the cheat with his mouth open. not a strong bad but it is funny 2 me

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mossmx · 4 months

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raga il cigno a sesto calende XD grazie ciuri, meglio del tg regione

#fiorello #viva rai due sanremo #viva rai due #moss text

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scrcrow-a · 6 years

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me , looking at that wardrobe tag : 🗿🗿🗿

#hide .... probably wears light up sneakers and calls it fashion #theres a pic of him in the tg calender w/ a biking outift #i’ll do it anyway skskks

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teresallpcb-blog · 6 years

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PCB manufacturing knowledge

An excellent PCB manufacturer design engineer must first master these PCB manufacturing basics. PCB designers are a subdivision of hardware design. From the hardware development process, upstream customer docking hardware schematic design engineers, downstream customers docking PCB/PCBA Processing plants, so PCB designers need to understand the basics of upstream and downstream processes.

PCB manufacturing process single/double-sided PCB manufacturing process diagram Multi-layer PCB manufacturing process diagram. PCB sheet type 1, CCL classification C. Rigid CCL is divided into: paper substrate, ring fiber cloth substrate, composite material, material substrate, special type.

1. Substrate material (1) Mainly produces raw materials a. Usually, electronic grade non-alkali glass cloth is used. Commonly used models are 1080, 2116, 7826 and so on. b, impregnated fiber paper c, copper foil According to the method of copper foil classification: calendered copper foil and electrolytic copper foil The standard thickness of copper foil: 18um (HOZ), 35 um (1OZ) and 70 um (2OZ) Other specifications: 12 um (1/3OZ) and high-thickness copper foil (2) paper substrates commonly used FR-1, FR-2, FR-3 and other models (3) glass cloth base The most commonly used is FR-4 fiberglass cloth base CCL, its basic formula is low bromine epoxy resin (bisphenol A type) as the main resin, dicyandiamide as epoxy curing agent, and polyamine as the accelerator, which is the most used raw material in PCB production. . FR-4 commonly used reinforcement materials are E-type fiberglass cloth, commonly used grades are 7628, 2116, 1080, etc. Commonly used electrolytic roughened copper foil is 0.18 um, 0.35 um, 0.70 umFR-4 is generally divided into: FR-4 rigid board Common plate thickness is 0.8-3.2mm; FR-4 thin plate, common plate thickness is less than 0.78mm. The general technical specifications of FR-4 sheets are: flexural strength, peel strength, thermal shock resistance, flame retardancy, volume resistivity, surface resistance, dielectric constant, dielectric loss tangent, glass transition temperature Tg, dimensional stability , maximum use temperature, warpage, etc.

2. Composite CCL is mainly divided into CEM-1 (epoxy paper base material) and CEM-3 (epoxy glass fiber non-woven core). The main difference from FR-4 is that the specific core material is sandwiched between the substrates. The various performances are similar to those of FR-4. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, mainly in terms of CEM in terms of processability and heat resistance. -4 strong. The general technical specifications of CEM materials are roughly the same as those of FR-4. Prepreg or PP PP is a prepreg composed of a resin and a reinforcing material. Among them, the resin is a "B-stage" resin which is in a semi-cured state. The commonly used PP for circuit boards generally uses FR-4 prepreg. FR-4 type PP is a polymer which is made of an alkali-free glass cloth as a reinforcing material, impregnated with an epoxy resin, and has a resin structure as a branch. The commonly used FR-4 type PP is divided into 106, 1080, 2116, 1500 and 7628 according to the reinforcing materials, which correspond to different fiberglass cloth characteristics, resin content and PP thickness. The technical indicators of PP are as follows: New varieties with PP, fluidity, gel time, volatile content PP: Tg PP, low dielectric constant PP, high resistance to CAF PP, high dimensional stability PP, low CTE PP , no bubble PP, green PP, resin copper foil (RCC), etc.

3, Flexible CCL (FCCL) classification according to the media substrate: PI and PET according to flame retardant properties: flame retardant and non-flame retardant according to the manufacturing process: two-layer and three-layer raw materials a, dielectric substrate : PI, PET film film, generally required to have good flexibility; b, metal conductor foil: ordinary ED, high elongation ED, RA, copper-bismuth alloy foil and aluminum foil, generally required to have good ductility, commonly used High elongation ED and RA. Commonly used thickness is 18um, 35um and 70um; c. Adhesive: PET, EP/modified EP, acrylic, phenolic/butyral, PI, generally required to have good resin adhesion and Low Z-axis thermal expansion coefficient, commonly used for acrylic and EP/modified PP adhesives. PCB sheet type list PCB sheet type list

#allpcb #pcb #pcba #circuit board #design

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rewritinghomestuckasmr · 4 years

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>John: place....

>John, place your new CON AIR POSTER on the wall.

You lovingly NAIL your CON AIR POSTER to the wall, a sense of pride washing over you when you step back to look.

>John: Pat yourself on the back for a job well done.

Patting yourself on the back, you admire the CON AIR POSTER a little longer.

….

You wanna say it…

…

Put the bunny back in the box.

>John: Are you proud of yourself?

Why yes.

Yes your are.

>John: Look at the calender.

Ah your handy dandy ORDINARY CALENDAR. You marked your birthday down on it, April 13th, and have yet to x it out. You would right now but, you just didn’t want to.

>John: Mind the fall!

What?

…

OH!

Almost tripping and falling face first into one of the many cakes in your room (Your dad was overly zealous when it came to this sort of thing), you turn and glare into thin air.

Thanks for the tip jackass.

>John: Eat.The.Cake.

You love your dad’s baking, don’t get that twisted, but you are sick of eating cake right now. You’ve never even really liked cake to begin with!

You’d CAPTCHALOGUE it but, you don’t wanna waste your SYLLADEX cards on it...so it’ll just stay where it is, taking up room in your bedroom.

>John: You’ve got a message!

Looking over at your laptop you brighten considerably when you see that you do in fact have a message, you walk over to your computer to answer the message.

Just for some context this computer has served you through many wars, being there for you whenever you searched the treacherous waters that the internet was. Baring scars from your betrayals and anger filled words.

Proudly your own homemade wallpaper shines back at you.

Your Pesterchum is going off.

>John: Open Pesterchum.

Your grin seems to somehow grow, it’s your bestfriend pestering you after all.

>John: Open message.

-- turntechGodhead [TG] began pestering ectoBiologist [EB] at 16:13 --

TG: hey so what sort of insane loot did you rake in today

EB: i got a little monsters poster, it's so awesome. i'm going to watch it again today, the applejuice scene was so funny.

TG: oh hell that is such a coincidence i just found an unopened container of apple juice in my closet it is like fucking christmas up in here

EB: ok thats fine, but i just have one question and then a word of caution. have you ever seen a movie called little monsters starring howie mandel and fred savage?

TG: but

TG: the seal on the bottle is unbroken

TG: are you suggesting someone put piss in my apple juice at the factory

EB: all im saying is don't you think monster howie mandel has the power to do something as simple as reseal a bottle?

TG: why did the that kid or whoever drank it know what piss tasted like

TG: i mean his reaction was nigh instantaneous

EB: it was the 15th day in a row howie mandel peed in his juice.

TG: ok i can accept that

TG: monster B-list celebrity douchebags are cunning and persistent pranksters

TG: also fred savage has a really punchable face

TG: but who cares about this lets stop talking about it

TG: did you get the beta yet

EB: no.

EB: did you?

TG: man i got two copies already

TG: but i dont care im not going to play it or anything the game sounds boring

TG: did you see how it got slammed in game bro????

EB: game bro is a joke and we both know it.

TG: yeah

TG: why dont you go check your mail maybe its there now

EB: alright.

You roll your eyes at your friends quirks,before getting up.

>John: Look out the window.

Your yard looks the same as ever, the looming Oak tree remains resilient while your childhood tire swings sway back and forth from the wind. Your grass remains perfectly cut and free of any lumps and missing pieces of grass. There at the end of the driveway was your mailbox.

>John: You got mail!

Looking at the mailbox closely, you practically cheer for joy when you notice the red handlebar thing was up!

>John: Do a victory dance.

Not right now.

You need to go downstairs and check the mailbox!!!

>John: Go retrieve the mail.

Just as you were about to run down out of your room, you notice that your dad has pulled into the driveway!

Your dad has returned from the grocery store.

>John: Forget it and check the mail later.

What, no! It’s just your dad.

>John. Forget it and check the mail later.

No. Your going to spite the voice in your head and go check the mail now and give your dad a hug.

>JOHN.

Your head starts to ring.

>CHECK >THE >MAIL >LATER

Your not feeling so good...a fear starts to creep into you, the voice in your head was scaring you….

>John: CAPTCHALOGUE the fake arms again.

You really don’t want to….but out of fear you do,

>John: Set PESTERCHUM status to BULLY.

Scuttling over to your computer, you quickly set the status of your PESTERCHUM client to bully, not quiet RANCOROUS yet.

>John.

…..

Yes?

>John: Forget about what happened a few minutes ago.

You try your best to forget, you're only able to push it to the back of your mind for later.

>Readers: Forget about what you saw.

...You have a feeling that this will be important later...

#homestuck #john egderp #john egbert #dave strider #ooo spooky whats the narrator up to now

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toukaisbetterthanyou · 7 years

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what short skirt day in tg calendar?

There was a short skirt day in the tg calender featured!

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haruerp · 7 years

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THE PIC ON THE RIGHT WAS FROM THE TG 2016 CALENDER! What does this mean !? . . #anime #animelover #animeboy #animefreak #animeforever #animefans #animefan #touken #touka #tokyoghoul #tokyoghoulroota #tokyoghoulre #kaneki #kanekiken #toukakirishima #sasaki #sasakihaise #kanekixtouka #toukaxkaneki #sasakixtouka #toukaxsasaki #kenkaneki #kirishimatouka #kirishima #ken #otaku

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dokidoki-tae · 7 years

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you ever wonder what direction the manga is going in? I mean it just looks like a mess that's exploding left and right with spontaneous character entrances and deaths, it looks like JK Rowling's "Deathly Hallows" gone crazy. Hell, it even feels like Ishida is rushing a bit because he made too many important characters, and this puts off the character entrances of even more memorable and nostalgic characters from TG getting a backseat...(1/2)

2/2) It makes me wonder what the end goal will look like, b/c if you remember I was working on Ren (still am, waiting and watching to see how tgre works out and what the hell ishida's up to) and was trying to consider how she'd fit in the storyline (together with Hide who is alive and working behind the scenes with her to be reunited w/ kaneki) when I suddenly had an awesome idea that could finally unite ghouls and humans together: a common enemy.

(3/2) I think ghouls and humans won't really get along unless there's significant reason to prompt them to work together. Lots of ideas pointed me to the fact that it'd be far more reasonable to set up a scapecoat to pinpoint ghoul-human anger at (ex: Washuus/Furuta/clowns) so the two would work together & begin to get along (ex: WW2, Code Geass, etc.) But then Kaneki could also be the scapegoat. There was a tg calender pic of him w/ a crown of thorns, and JC died "for humanities sins"

I wonder that every time spoilers come out. But I’m being hypercritical because I’m bitter about Hide; thus, my opinions tend to be heavily biased. I don’t mind character introductions, if done right. Arakawa-sensei managed to utilize a variety of characters throughout her manga without needlessly killing character where the deaths had little to move the plot forward. Nina’s, Hughes’, Captan Buccaneer’s, and Fuu’s death all made sense, and the way it was done was not abrupt and not ineffective, as their death contributed to later events and because it had an impact on readers. They weren’t easily forgot. It’s not the case with TG since characters die left and right, and nothing was ever done with them.

You’re probably right about the scapegoat thing, but I think something needs to be done with the CCG and V in order to achieve change and unity among ghouls and humans. The CCG needs a change from within, like a coup, and stop Furuta. Kaneki could be the scapegoat, but people already view him as the enemy, and I don’t know how he’d be able to bring people together (maybe I need to watch code geass to see what happened)

#shay replies #i dont know what im talking about #owlsfleur

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linkspooky · 7 years

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Urie 400%

Souced to the TG Calender translation project here: (x)

Urie Kuki has been foreshadowed several times in omake, and in the manga itself that he’s going to acquire a kakuja, or otherwise swelling of his muscles (to a hulk like state). This state form dubbed Urie 400% was first drawn by Saiko in volume four, and has since shown up as a running gag in Omake. Generally though, if something is mentioned more than once, no matter how silly it may seem it can count as foreshadowing.

TG: RE volume 4 Omakes by Makyun

While the theory that Urie is going to develop a kakuja, or at least turn full ghoul has been around for awhile, I want to elaborate on how effectively the manga has foreshadowed it, and also how this is going to tie into Urie’s character arc. Starting with the first appearance, Urie 400% showed up immediately after two important events in the manga.

Part 1 Character

Tokyo Ghoul Re: 29 to seek a nest, page 8

The first being Urie’s breakdown in the auction after his frame 4 surgery. This scene not only parallels Kaneki’s breakdown as he awakens his Kakuja down to positioning, it also clues us in to both characters. Kakuja are purely freudian in nature, they’re characters being overwhelmed by their repressed urges, when they break out it’s pure Id. Which is why they are associated with mental stability or instability, the only characters shown controlling Kakuja for periods of time are the stable and surrounded by friends Yoshimura Kuzen, and the very self controlled and directed Eto Yoshimura.

Tokyo Ghoul 101, page 6

If this is a breakdown if Id (I desire) then what do each of them desire in this case. From the ramblings it’s rather obvious to decode. “Me, me, me, me, me, me” and “Me? Myself? I....I, I, I.” This has been interpreted in the past of a confusion of idenitty, especially since Kaneki is elaborated on in the next few chapters of unstably flipping between his gentleness and his viciousness with little cohesion between both. I’m going to put forward a new interpretation though, it’s actually referring to their selfishness. After all usually when a preson thinks “Me, me, me” it’s in the context of being selfish.

Both boys are rambling about their selfish desires. For Urie, it’s for strength, and to “Feel Good”, and Kaneki as well wants strength to “Protect everyone.” Both of these are selfish desires meant to alleviate the boys insecurities. Both of them further break down later, Urie says that he “Hates everything,” to Mutsuki out of frustration and Kaneki realizes he’s not protecting anybody but rather being violent.

Both of these boys have very selfish and nasty desires that are highly repressed, that come out when they feel a rush of their ghoul powers. This is because Urie was deliberately made to parallel Kaneki. If all of the original Q’s are a cross section of Kaneki, Shirazu his want to improve, Urie his struggle, Mutsuki his hypocrisy, and Saiko his innocence (I’ll elaborate more on Mutsuki and Saiko in a different Meta but to prove my point for now, Mutsuki is someone who has a gentle nature and then flips to enjoy killing, while Saiko tries to stay out of conflicts entirely, or acts like her usual self in the middle of them to a fault.)

The tragic element of Kaneki’s struggle is that it’s futile. At the end of the Kanou arc, he asks himself over and over again, “Why?” what is he accomplishing through all this struggle. The correct answer is nothing, as Touka points out to him and Kaneki accepts at the end of his journey at Tokyo Ghoul. None of his actions were protecting Anteiku, he suffered so much and gained so much strength to basically exhaust himself running in circles. He didn’t accomplish his goal of protecting Anteiku, because it was never about Anteiku in the first place, it was about fulfilling his own selfish need for security.

Tokyo Ghoul 107, Page 6

Tokyo Ghoul Re: Chapter 140, page 6

It’s why Kaneki is the central character in a tragedy. He does not change enough, and in time, and in the end succumbs to his flaw. Urie is the embodiment of that part of him, but somehow turned up even more. Urie’s entire being is running himself in circles, and repressing what he really wants to achieve and conflating it with strength. Even his manner of speaking, and being drawn reflects this. Urie often speaks with parenthesis that leave out his true thoughts or finish the rest of his sentences in his head (because he’s kind of a tool). He’s also drawn mouthless even in critical moments, because Urie often does not say what he truly means.

Chapter 95, AM (MS) Page 18

Even in this panel in particular, Urie is masking the word (slaughter) with the much more business like exterminate employed by the CCG. Because the word slaughter, implies he wants to beat Amon up in a bloody rampage for hurting Mutsuki rather than carrying out his duties as an investigator.

The second manifestation of Urie’s struggles comes in his foiling to the character Takeomi. As pointed out Here (x) by Coromoor, this foiling is continued up until this day with Urie being unnerved by Takeomi getting married, and also trying to imitate his stellar feats but failing against Donato. We’ll get to Donato later, but to focus on what Urie wants out of this rivalry. His reasons for hating Takeomi are for the actions of his father, he feels a deep resentment that Urie told his squad to leave without him, and the squad members left. He sees Bujin as somebody who got to grow up in a presumably happy childhood with a father, at the cost of him losing his own father. It might have a deeper root even than that though.

Chapter 9, Inherited Feelings, Page 10

Urie wants acknowledgement for his pain as a really basic desire. Let’s talk about narratives for a moment, from a narrative perspective, Kuroiwa saw the loss of his comrade, but a noble one. As Mikoto Urie himself chose to sacrifice himself for the rest of his squad. Kuroiwa saw the right thing to do in this situation was to take down owl, as that was what Mikoto Urie had sacrificed himself trying to accomplish. In Kuroiwa’s perspective, the matter begins and ends with owl.

Chapter 61, the ENT page 3

Owl dying however, would not make Urie feel better. What he felt was not the noble sacrifice of a comrade but the loss of his father. The narrative that Kuroiwa sees, is shallow and does not account for Urie’s emotions. Which seems to be the main flaw of the Kuroiwas in general, so masculine they are actually completely comfortable in their masculinity and seem generally oblivious to circumstances especially emotional ones. Urie suffered a great emotional loss that was never acknowledged, and because of that he continually feels unsatisfied and directs those emotions at Iwao and Bujin. If he can’t have their ackonwledgement, he wants them to suffer the same negative emotions that he did then, he wants to surpass them, he wants to bury them.

Tokyo Ghoul RE: Inherited Feelings Chapter 9, page 9

Chapter 32, Eat and Run, page 9

What Iwao sees in this scene, is the son of a former comrade now accomplishing what Mikoto would have wanted him. He is becoming a full fledged investigator in his own right, even without his father around. Therefore he gives him the same acknowledgement of congratulations he gave his own son. This is not what Urie sees, or what Urie wants, ashe sees the man who left his father to die continuing to act like it was nothing, and therefore his pain is nothing.

Chapter 104, Sudden Death, Page 6

As I’ve said before, Kuroiwa tends not to understand others or be blinded by his own traditionalism. This is even shown in the cap above where both Aura and Kuroiwa seem to care more about how Akira’s parents would feel about her current situation then Akira herself. Even though Akira’s own narrative has always been about failing to live up to the expectations of her parents, a mother of which she never met, and a father who unconsciously nurtured and expectation of her to be like that mother, and trying to eventually break free from that.

This is not a favorable position, especially since the two adults here are oblivious. They mourn the deaths of a Washuu, who has sent them to meaningless deaths for the sake of securing their own bloodline within the next panel. However, this is the position that Urie aspires to. His ultimate goal, is to reach where the Kuroiwas are, to be so secure in their position, power, and masculinity they don’t have to question anything.

Now while his means of accomplishing that has become different over the course of his development, I will argue that that basic desire (I want to feel secure) has not changed at all. Now, the majority of Urie’s character development is quite obvious, and has been summarized elsewhere so rather than talking about how he has changed, I will elaborate on how despite all of that change he’s remained the same in character . The key word of the day is Sisyphean, a lot of effort but with no development. A pointless struggle. You push the boulder all the way up to the top of the hill and it rolls to the bottom.

The events that are happening in the manga, deliberately call back to what was set up all within the first ten chapters for Urie. Chapter 3 was when Donato was first introduced. This conversation shows the way that Urie sees the world, in terms of credit and achievement. His means of getting what he wants (To feel secure, acknowledgement) are through climbing the rigid system of merit set up by the CCG. He also remarks on his preference to work alone.

Tokyo Ghoul Re: Chapter 8 Bell, Pages 6, 8

While Urie has grown significantly to be more aware of others, and even value them he as not once broken free from the framework surrounding him. Even when he is trying to encourage others, or when trying to speak sincerely he always sees it through the lens of rank and accomplishment.

We see this again,

Chapter 26, Ah. Page 4

Again.

Chapter 32, Eat and Run, page 8

Again.

Chapter 55, Alice & Amp, page 8

Again.

Chapter 59, Kneel Page 13

Again.

Chapter 64: A Devouring Gut, page 6

And Again.

Chapter 106: A Hopeless Course, Page 17

Urie refuses to let go of this framework of advancing through the system of the CCG and earning what he wants in that way. The second thing established in this chapter, Urie prefers to work alone. Which we also see him reminded of.

Chapter 57, Regretting Smile, Page 10

Chapter 98, Old School, Page 10

Chapter 108, Eternity, Page 15

He charges in alone against Amon in the end whent he battle turns unfavorable extremely recklessly, and he tells Higemaru to fall back against Donato while he serves as a distraction. It’s especially poignant from a sins of the fathers perspective, as Urie is exactly mad at Kuroiwa for that same reason, yet here he is repeating the habit of telling others to stand down while he handles everything alone. The only thing that has changed is his motivation. Which ties into Donato, and is the real reason he’s fighting him.

Urie is this sequel :RE manga’s equivalent of Amon Koutarou. The two of them both ascribe to rank and advancement, and hunt ghouls to sovle their own issues and insecurities that have a basis in their father. The most important similiarity between the two of them though, is that what Urie wants right now but what he’s failing to realize is the same realization Amon failed to make.

The two of them only want to fight to protect their friends. However, they are too tied into the logic and system of the CCG that neither of them can realize it, and therefore neither of them can achieve what it is they want. They are, as characters, stalled.

Tokyo Ghoul Re: 97 Body Alone, 21

Tokyo Ghoul 134, Page 14

Amazing how Urie thinks the exact same words that Amon did, a moment before slaughtering him. Despite being so similiar though, Urie was never going to come to an understanding to Amon. Because Amon was a ghoul.

Part 2 Body Development

Finally we’re getting back to the second thing that happened before the first Urie 400% comic arrived. Urie got crunk.

Chapter 37 Dead Secret, Page 6

Urie has specifically, been concentrating all of his RC cells into his muscles since receiving the frame 4 operation. After repeatedly releasing his frames again and again, the results of this are obvious Urie is about to cross a point of no return. Rather than recap his slow development into a ghoul over the course of the manga though, as that’s been covered elsewhere let’s touch on the foreshadowing of why exactly it is important.

Chapter 6: A Bad Gamble for the Possessed, Page 1

First off, there is an unwritten horror about the Quinx surgery. Unlike Kanou’s half ghoul surgery which forces its patients to effectively become ghouls, thus having to struggle with the same problems that ghouls do, an unquenchable hunger, a horrifying body. The Quinx are allowed to use the abilities of ghouls without having to suffer the same way ghouls do. Therefore no Quinx has any significant sympathy for ghouls, and is effectively an emotionless weapon against them. Even Shirazu and Saiko, who questioned there role in fighting ghouls never actually did anything about it. Saiko was even handed an oppurtunity on a golden platter, and basically made no decision on how to react to Amon until she was forced to fight.

The horrifying thing of Urie’s slow transformation is not that he is becoming a ghoul (half the characters in the manga are ghouls anyway, everybody’s a ghoul now), but rather his attitude towards ghouls. He has no sympathy for them at all, and the image he has in his head of ghouls, as killers without remorse that need to be exterminated - is Urie all that different?

There has been foreshadowing about Urie turning into a ghoul from the start of the manga, and most of it has to do with ironies present in his attitude.

Chapter 2, The Neglected Helm and the Fearful Serpent, Page 22

Chapter 8, Agent 8 Page 5

Early on it’s set up that not only should investigators who lose control of their kagune be exterminated, but that Urie might just be a shitty bastard worse than a ghoul.

He repeatedly denies ghouls their humanity. Here is Urie giving a speech about how important it is to have the bodies of the dead. In the next few chapters he’s shown using a quinque made of a dead guardian who was so important to Eto, his deaths is one of the many reasons for her revolution.

Chapter 58 Playfully Faint, Page 12

Chapter 16, Heavy Steps, Page 16

Here is Urie comparing ghouls to whales. “Take a good long look, at their own cruelty.” Interesting Urie.

Until we reach the current showdown. Urie is against Donato, and look at his revulsion for Donato’s actions.

Chapter 108 Eternity, Page 16

Yes, to Urie killing children is disgusting. Unless they are ghoul children who were imprisoned for saving your mentor, and then are going to be executed by being put into a blender.

Chapter 59 Kneel, Page 17

Perhaps Donato is worse than Urie and deserves to be imprisoned because he enjoys bloodshed. He kills and devours others who are weaker than him for the sake of his own personal enjoyment.

Chapter 27, Calling out to Within, Page 8

Chatper 46, C page 16

Then perhaps it’s because ghouls kagunes are too powerful, and they themselves mess with a power they cannot control. Urie even remarks something along those lines when he sees Amon’s Kakuja go out of control.

Chapter 98, Old School, Page 5

Except whose been shown steadily trying to master his own power with reckless ambition.

Chapter 27, Calling out to Within, Page 8

Who has been foreshadowed to develop into a Kakuja?

Who has been compared with centipede Kaneki at his literal worst point?

Chapter 107, Page 6

Urie has been able to get away all this time not sympathizing with ghouls at all because he is a human. No matter how much progress he’s made, he’s stayed stagnant on this point. That is why, he is most likely going to turn into a horrifying kakuja like monster comparable to Amon, especially since all of his kagune currently are in his muscles.

The important part will not be the transformation though, but after. When Urie becomes irreversibly a ghoul, he’ll finally be treated the way they are. There’s a reason that in the one calendar page he shares with Matsuri, Matsuri is drawn as Van Hellsing, while he is drawn as Dracula, the antagonist and monster of the novel.

Tokyo Ghoul Calendar, translation done here by Michi. (x)

Urie has been able to be the protagonist in his own story of development for quite some time. However, perhaps that was not the true role he was meant to play. Soon, he might even feel what it is like to be an antagonist.

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