It’s a crescent moon (with a creepy smile). Thank you for reading this all the way to the end! I really appreciate it! If there are masks you want to see getting dissected, suggestions are always welcome! masks & symbolism tokyo ghoul kaneki kakuja stork three eyesįinally, some spotlight for this guy! His mask is pretty straightforward.

After rereading the fight with Arima, I think I’m going to have to spend some time looking at some cute kittens to cheer me up And to round it off, a picture of eye-less Kaneki is shown (chapter 140). He realizes that he and his mother are the same. He realizes that Touka was right, that he was just afraid of losing people again. Right after this, we go the to the part where Kaneki is in his own mind, where he meets his mother, meets his past self etc. The exact moment only the third eye is left. This is the exact moment the second eye is gouged out. Arima gouged his two eyes out in chapter 139: The eyes play a very big role during his fight with Arima. The symbolism of the eyes doesn’t stop there. There is introspection, just before the third eye appears. He’s thinking about who he is and what path he should walk. He starts doubting everything he knows and then Yomo comes to crash the party and he tells him to walk his own path. For this, we need to look at the first time we see kakuja Kaneki. It means enlightenment or knowledge or introspection. Overall, the third eye is symbolic for the inner eye. The fact that Kaneki has three eyes is very interesting. (´Ａ｀。) It’s very possible that I’m wrong and it’s supposed to resemble something else entirely. Kaneki is no female and he’s definitely no mr. Unfortunately, there are also some sides to the stork that don’t fit Kaneki at all. Let me just state that the whole reason Kaneki started eating ghouls and becoming a kakuja, was to become stronger so he could protect the people he loved, mostly people from Anteiku, his home. This is because in ancient Greek and Roman culture, he was associated with respectively Hera and Juno, goddesses responsible for the safety of homes.

The stork is not only the bringer of babies, he’s also the protector. He was reborn again, after his fight with Arima, this time as a whole different person. After he was reborn, he started eating only ghouls, and thus he became a Kakuja, with a new mask to fit it. He was turned into a ghoul by a son of a bitch named Kanou, but the moment he was truly reborn as a ghoul, was when he accepted his ghoul-side, during Yamori’s torture. The origin of this story lies in some ancient cultures, where the stork is associated with new life, or rebirth. Of course, most people know about the stork bringing babies in a bag to the parents. I looked into the symbolic meaning, and definitely found some interesting things, I’d like to share with you. I think this comes quite close (with a little imagination). See what I mean:Īfter a little searching, I found the stork. My first thought went out to a raven or crow, however, the beak is a bit too long. To be honest, I can’t really determine what kind of bird it belongs to. And, even though some species have NO eyes whatsoever, kakuja Kaneki has three. Last time I checked, centipedes don’t have beaks. Though this is his centipede-form, his mask doesn’t really resemble a centipede. It’s very interesting, mainly because it doesn’t fit the rest of his kagune. More masks! So, this post will focus on the mask of kakuja Kaneki.

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