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In furuta poem its something line at his say that i couldnt understand " if you were planning or giving me something,in this year i want four time more of that love or hate.I dont need anything else." can u analysis what does he mean?

Thanks for asking, anon.

Sure, I can certainly try.

Well, what I want to point out is that Furuta is probably a lonely person. A very lonely person, that is. You see, just for you anon, I went to some chapters again and noticed that Furuta has next to no considerable interactions with anybody outside he isn’t obliged to interact with.

One could say he is dedicated to his role as a V member and can’t afford to talk as much as he wants to, but I tend to think differently. Even Arima has small talk with people as well as in the first part, so does Kijima, even Hairu does it.

I had this discussion with someone before, but what we agreed on was that he was very likely a student at Kamii. The reason I tell you this is because we can see here a striking parallel with Furuta and Kaneki. Both are withdrawn, only dedicating their attention to their respective book. I don’t think that is a coincidence at all but could tell us what I suspect (note: it’s not a confirmation). Furuta possibly didn’t have any friends at that university either, just like with Kaneki’s case. Without Hide, Kaneki would have been very much alone there. 

So for whatever reason given, if Furuta doesn’t see any reason to befriend others, or if he is quickly bored by people, he is a rather seclusive person, if he hasn’t any sudden outbursts that is. 

A lack of considerable interaction with people who give you warmth through it, or with people that matter to you, makes you isolated on the long run.

A stronger point would be Furuta’s complicated relationship with his father as shown in chapter 66. We can only make speculation what his true feelings towards his father are, but either way Furuta probably didn’t receive much love from his father, willingly or not. 

And let’s not forget one of the most important point that leads me to your question, anon. Furuta grew up in the most loveless environment a child can grew up in; Sunlit Garden. Whatever SG is up to, discipline, order and daily trainings are the orders of the day. That would explain Arima’s, Hairu’s, Furuta’s and even Shao’s rather… peculiar attitudes towards issues to minimal stuff like small talk.

And how about the very essence of this message? Birthdays are usually celebrated, but birthday celebrations are also often associated with childhood and familistic unity, and I can sure as hell guarantee you that no SG child had a childhood.

Let’s not forget his very birthday is on a leftover day and therefore assumes that his brithday happens only every four years. I wouldn’t be surprised that he kind of feels like a “leftover” for his father as well.  

And about the “four times more of that love or hate” part… Well, to me it sounds like he feels he isn’t a child born out of love, if that is true or not we will see. But he didn’t experience any love and care since birth, which is why he wants to be crushed by love, experience it at its fullest. And I didn’t oversaw the hate part, I might add. I almost feel like he either expects, or sees the possibility of receiving hate, but more than anything, he wants to be overwhelmed by intense feelings from others, because it could validate his existence (I do think he feels somehow invisible at times).

So all in all, I must say that he not only desires love and attention, but also a normal, familistic life. And while I assume that it is highly likely the love and care from his father he craves, I also think that deep down he has a somewhat strong wish to experience the life of an ordinary person, including having friends, returning home but all in all having a place he can return to at the end of the day. 

I think Yoshimura can describe best how it feels to be a V member, because I often dance around the bush as you have already witnessed. My apologies, anon.

And what I forgot to mention is that right now Cochlea arc is happening at the end of November or at the beginning of Decemeber 2015. His 6th brithday is coming up soon, so I am curious to see in the next chapters if Furuta expects a change in… certain matters for whatever reason because it is rather unusual that he expects something big to happen on his 24th birthday (I mean 6th birthday). 

It could be that the estimated revolution is at its peek at the end of February and that the Washuus are starting to fall, just as much as V. Having reached its low point with possibly no assets to rely on and probably free from the clutches of V by then, Furuta’s father would have no reason not to interact with Furuta anymore, or that is at least what Furuta thinks although I don’t think that Furuta works towards V’s downfall just because of the Washuu family, but as he sees how destructive it has become and that it serves little to no purpose. 

Oh, and the last sentence of the poem “I don’t need anything else” probably tells us that he is already fed up with all the mess that is going on and just wishes to have an emotional fullfillment or a nadir at its most extreme and quite frankly, love would certainly  do him good, considering that he is on the verge of breaking down completely.

Nonetheless, I think Furuta has a personal vendetta against the Washuus. If it is rightfully so or if its “just” defiance to due being rejected… let’s just wait and see.

Thanks for the question anon, it was really enjoyable to write that. :> If you have further questions about any topic for that matter, ask away! 

Hello I wanted to ask you something in regards to Rize. So in chapter 47 of tg Itori tells Kaneki that Rize's name is fake and she changed it once she appeared (I'm guessing when she moved to the 20th ward.) See there is this discrepancy because V/Kaiko refers to her as "Rize" and Furuta, who knew her as a child, probably since birth called her "Rize" as well. "Kamishiro" is obviously not her real name but what does Itori mean about her entire name not being real?

Hi, anon, I genuinely thank you for asking that. :)

Firstly I want also to thank you for naming the number of the chapter, otherwise I would have spent a long time to find it out. 

You are actually right on everything you just said.

Well, I want to add that the name “Rize” is probably her “real” name, as real as it could get at least because we didn’t get much information of her past to confirm otherwise. But from there on it becomes interesting. While I don’t know if Kanjis or Katakanas were used when Kaiko mentioned her (youngjump has raws from chapter 64, and Kaiko mentioning Rize was in chapter 63), Furuta, as you already mentioned, called her out in a flashback. And it is written in katakana.

And her official name (family registry wise, after she escaped that is) was 利世, therefore in Kanji. 

Well, I have to say this about that situation, although it is just speculation. 

It could be very well be that her name is indeed written in katakana, therefore as リゼ. Don’t get me wrong, names can be written in katakana and there is no rule to write them in Kanji, for example foreign names are often written in katanana, but this is just odd in my opinion because both Furuta and Rize are breeders/bred? but get different writings systems for their names (his being in Kanji, while her name is in Katakana). But Furuta got an odd name as well, with his name also being read as ni fu ku, 229, so who am I to complain. 

The name “Rize” itself is odd, too. It doesn’t seem to be a popular name in Japan, if it was ever used at all (although I found a band that is called RIZE). Nevertheless, the German dub has her name stated as “Liz.” I honestly don’t know why that is, because prouning Rize is fairly easy for Germans. So could it be that Rize’s actual name is Liz? Note that only her first name was changed and she was the only one whose name was changed. The other ones stayed the same. If her name would be indeed Liz, or Lizzy or Elizabeth or Eliza, then writing her (nick)name in katakana would make some sense. (It isn’t that unheard of to use “foreign” names, for example the name “Erika” is a bit popular in Japan). But it could also be just an artisitc choice for all I know.

I am genuinely lost, anon. But what I suspect is that her name written like this 利世 is highly likely fake. Shachi probably at one point or the other helped her to choose Kanjis for her new identity. In my opinion, she should have used a whole different name, nothing that can be read as “Rize” at least, but in the end that was her decision so ditto. 

What I managed to find another panel of someone, this time Eto, mentioning Rize. And again, Rize’s name was written in Katakana. But I do highly suspect that Eto knows that the name 利世 is fake, and considering that she had such an extensive knowledge about people and V… yeah, it probably makes sense that when Eto mentioned Rize, it was written in Katakana. 

The name 利世 is definitely fake, while the name “Rize” possibly isn’t. The real question though is if it’s a nickname (therefore being somehow close to her real name), if her name really is written in Katakana (which I highly suspect), or if V choose different Kanjis for her name (which we didn’t see yet), although I do wonder why the speechbubble had her name in katakana when Furuta called out to her. 

Rize did keep the “reading” of her name, people from V still call her Rize, so I am as confused as you are. But as I mentioned, Rize might indeed be a nickname. So Itori might be possibly still right.

I am sorry but that is all I could come up with. But I will just tag some people if they have any better ideas as to why that is. 

Thank you for the question nonethless and feel free to ask my further questions if you want.

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