Why does Kaneki crack his fingers?
A man in a bar cracks his fingers before a fight. A pianist cracks his fingers before playing, but why in the world does Kaneki do this? In the start, it felt more like a symbolic gesture, but as I looked deeper, I feel Kaneki cracking his finger is more than just a symbolic attribute.
It’s more like he wants to convey something. Hence I started investing it and here’s my theory.
The cracking of fingers symbolizes two things, the abuse and abused, i.e the victim. Jason behaved in a psychotic way, not because he was born with illness but because he was tortured by a violent investigator. The cracking of fingers is a portrayal of strength and dominance in a fight.
In chapter number sixty one, page fourteen if my memory serves me right, Jason was speaking to himself- “I’m not Yamori, I’m the investigator meeting the torture.
I convinced myself”. The self suggestion gives Jason the strength and mentality to resist the sadist by becoming a sadist himself.
The same goes for Kaneki as well, as in his mind Yamori’s idealogy of the weak get trampled are strong. To add to that, is Rize’s inner voice which plays in his head every second.
That’s the reason Kaneki sub consciously picked up Yamori’s habit of cracking fingers. It’s the symbolism for “I’m strong”
I honestly love this. It really makes sense as to why he does that.
I though he did did because it reminds him of how Touka broke his finger to help activate his kagune…
so many spelling errors. who proof read this?
I’m sorry I should’ve checked 😛