#Pinto shuu

[gunkbaby]

He’s soooo whimsical look at his gay little wrist

[shuutism]

[dontshutupplease]

It’s canon. From what I have read people mistook Shuu in anime for a man in his 30s or older so yeah, Chie would.

Credits to this masterpiece, I used their template to make this. Saw it and just had to:

[tg-headcanons]

Heyo!! I recently watched tokyo ghoul pinto and wanted to know what you thought of it (if you've watched it)!

I DID AND I LOVE IT BUCKLE UP BECAUSE IM RANTING ABOUT HOW GOOD IT WAS

Tokyo ghoul pinto has it all. Ghouls doing average things, a glimpse into Shuu’s past, how humans view ghouls, HORI, and most of all, possibly the best and most important part of Shuu’s lore

So it comes as no surprise that I love Tsukiyama. He is my chew toy, my purse dog, a bug in a jar, my rotten soldier, my good time boy who I am putting in a dog crate and kicking down the stairs, because he is so interesting and bitchy. And in pinto I think we see the biggest, core arc of why Shuu is the way he is and what forces him to change

Shuu Tsukiyama has never faced consequences

We already know what he’s like. He’s grand, he’s fruity, he has access to social circles and hobbies that are both revolting to most and highly sought by few, but are, most importantly, a rich man’s game. Shuu may be a ghoul, but he has so much money and power that he’s never faced most of the struggles ghouls normally do. Sure he’s still as illegal to exist as the others, but no government agent is going to go after a family so well funded. When he hunts, it’s recreationally. When he’s at his lowest, he has a safety net. When he wants something, he gets it. He has all the time and resources in the world to devote to doing whatever he wants and what he wants is decadence that can not exist without harming people. Decadence that is generally understood to be sadistic and unnecessary, but he doesn’t view it that way because he simply doesn’t consider that there are consequences.

In the opening, we see him doing this. He attacks and kills a runner who he has apparently been tracking for a long time. He’s wearing nice clothes, he’s in a nice neighborhood where people with time feel safe out at night, and he’s doing this not out of hunger, but because he wants this specific meat that’s been toned to perfection. Much in the way someone would prefer a cut of veal over ground beef, he prefers a human body with the perfect taste

Here he’s caught by beloved ratgirl Hori, who gets a picture of him hunting. Now, any other ghoul would have killed her. It’s well established that when a ghoul is seen by a human, they need to kill that human because no matter who they are, it’s a risk to have someone know who they are. However Shuu doesn’t even seem to consider it. He doesn’t have that instinctive bolt of life or death terror like we see in touka or Hinami, because he isn’t like other ghouls. He has money and power and men like him don’t get investigated. So rather than immediately killing her, he treats her as he would a business acquaintance. He takes her out to eat, looks at her ID, and just… let’s her live. Of course he keeps tabs on her, but its very abnormal for a ghoul to let a human who has seen their face, let alone has photographic proof of what they are, just walk away

He trusts that he will see her at school. He trusts that she won’t report him. He thinks that this is a safe bet because, well, why wouldn’t he?

He does keep tabs on her, but he doesn’t even seem to realize how much power he has to do so. Shuu isn’t the one investigating her, his servants are. His servants watch her. Matsumae, his family’s personal school plant that his family can personally afford to train and hire, is the one who gets her information. She offers to kill her for him because this is such a routine, and is surprised when Shuu insists on handling it himself, citing his need to learn how to care for his own issues. This is a surprise because this hasn’t happened before. There’s been plenty of threats that have needed to be neutralized to keep him safe, but it’s not like the great and powerful Tsukiyama has ever had to do the work. Why would he? That’s what servants are for

He is solely at fault for being caught, but nothing bad is going to happen to him. He’s rich and he’s charismatic. Every girl in the school swoons over him because he’s beautiful and says the right words. Every jealous boy in school can’t touch him because can you imagine what his lawyers would do? Not a single person would dare speak badly about him because they know how powerful he is. The only time anyone ever tells him this is a bad idea is when he tells seemingly the only other ghoul student what’s going on. A girl who doesn’t have his money and power. And she tells him exactly what he’s doing

“I can’t believe you allowed this to happen, and yet at the same time I’m not surprised. This is just like you, or rather like your family. They’re so powerful they have influence over politics and business, as their distinguished son you get to live a charmed life. If you’d been brought up in a normal household, you wouldn’t dream of going into the world and making a spectacle of yourself. I’m amazed you’ve gone this long without getting found out”

And she’s right. She is issuing him the only warning that anyone has been willing to tell him. She tells him that the reason he’s alive, the way he lives, isn’t because he’s special, or clever, or beloved by all. It’s because his family is powerful and that’s it. It’s because his family has influence and money, enough to prevent people from looking too close, or digging too deep, or finding all the bodies in his wake. He is immensely privileged to be as cocky as he is and he needs to be careful

He is warned, but he doesn’t listen. Because in his mind, he is the main event, and it’s not only his right, but his duty, to put on a show

Shuu instead continues his game, because to him that’s all this is. To him, this is just a story, and he is the narrator. He invited Chie to the hospital to see the show he’s put on. He tells her about his observations with the aloof certainty only seen in particularly annoying grad students and men who don’t have people in their life kind enough to humble them before their inevitable social philosophy phase. He tells her about one particular interaction between a patient who is so rich that he gets away with all the harassment he wants, and the nurse who is trapped there by social necessities, but takes every opportunity she can to hurt the old man back. He sees this as a particularly human story that he is viewing from the outside, and takes it as an opportunity to show Chie how So Very Enlightened he is about how he sees it. He doesn’t once consider that he has something in common with that old man

Chie, ever the pawn in his game, goes along with it. She goes up with him to the old man’s hospital room. It’s opulent and nicer than anything she could afford, but inside there’s only rotten fruit and a dark, quiet place where the nurse can attack the old man where no one can see. Shuu narrates it like one would a nature documentary. Waxing poetic about how they’re both hiding their awful deeds and both victim and perpetrator, until he decides to step in.

He wants to show her that he is above them. That no matter who is in the right, or who they are, or how strong they are, he by right of power can do whatever he wants to them. He pins the nurse and makes her shut up, he rips the skin off of the old man’s leg and eats it, he makes quite a show of what he’s done and looks back at Chie for her reaction

And gets nothing

Pinto is a story about Shuu. This is what we see as an audience, it’s all from his perspective. This is what Shuu believes as part of the story, he too sees himself as the protagonist here. He’s always the protagonist, he’s always the coolest most interesting person in any room. Everyone loves him, everyone wants him and wants to be him. Shuu is gods specialist boy in every way so why, oh why, is Chie not impressed?

How dare Chie not be impressed?

This entire performance was for himself. She was a prop for him just as these other people were props for her, but he doesn’t seem to understand that. He’s enraged that all this time, no matter what he does, she’s just snapping pictures and listening, but not understanding that he is supposed to be better than her. Something she’s doing for herself. He yells at her, he threatens her, he even leans her out the window to show her that he is capable of killing her. He is asking her, demanding to know, who she thinks she is

She just takes a picture

He drops her, and only as he sees that she is continuing her work in the face of death does he save her. She’s happy to be alive, but even now, she doesn’t seem impressed with him. He makes a comment on keeping her like a pet because she’s amusing, but Chie refuses

Mind you, this entire time Chie has not been impressed. She does not idolize him. She does not hate him either. He simply isn’t important to her and it drives him insane. Shuu is so used to being the object of everyone’s adoration or hatred, he is used to people caring so much about what he does with no consequences when he does it, so when Hori, someone so below him doesn’t look up to him, he sort of loses it. He does everything he knows how from gracing her with his presence, to feeding her, to putting on a morbid show, and none of it works

And then she drops the bombshell that she has the picture of him eating ready to upload in the case of her death

For what is likely the first time ever, Shuu realizes he is in tangible danger. Everyone is a pawn in his game, but this time he’s not just an outside observer chuckling and commenting on how poorly everyone else is doing, he’s a player. He’s involved. He’s part of this story and not on his own terms. For the first time ever, someone is on his level and their world does not revolve around him. He is not the mastermind, he is no different than that old man waking up to someone who is ready to strike back at him, and now he’s painfully aware of just how capable he is of bruising

And he. Is. Afraid.

He plays it cool and quickly tries to get Chie to cancel it, and she does, but she also teases him. She toys with him in good fun but now, he’s in the place he wanted her to be in. He is as aware of her ability to kill him as he wanted her to be aware of his, and he is uncomfortable. His whole life he has gotten away with literal murder. His father sees no problem with it because he’s rich and sheltered too. His servants see no problem with it because the job pays and they care about him. His peers don’t even suspect it because he knows how to smile pretty and throw money around

But Chie never cared

This story is not about Shuu. This story is about Shuu and Chie, and he’s never had to share a title screen before. Chie had her own motives and desires that had nothing to do with him, only with her hobby and how she could better it. She was interested in him as a morbid curiosity and eventually a friend. She chose to be a part of his world not on his terms, but on her own. She was always capable of destroying him, but chose not to. Shuu was always capable of destroying her, and chose not too while not taking it very seriously, and didn’t realize until that decision that he didn’t really think much about had passed that he is in real, serous danger

Now, Shuu has two paths here. He could either kill hori like any other ghoul would, like his own servants usually do, or he can let her live as an equal, knowing everything she knows. And he lets her live. He lets her live because, in some small, almost unnoticeable way, he has grown. He sees her as her own person and, as much as it pains him, her life has value outside of him

They remain friends, friends who for the first time in Shuu’s life, are equals. Because for the first time in Shuu’s life, he is aware of what it means to have your fate in someone’s uncaring hands, and has to learn how to live with it. It is an amazing arc that continues in the main story, but I always come back to pinto to watch Shuu realize in real time that he is not untouchable, and one day someone will get the better of him

[mossy-rot]

thought about pinto again and the reason shuu looks like that is bc he is definitely transmasc just. going through it. he came out and his dad was like "boy clothes? new hair? I got you" and then Did That to him. he was experiencing too much euphoria to realize The Horror

[fortune-fool02]

Little Bookshop

Tsukiyama Shuu x female reader

Summary: Shuu finds himself returning to the same shop frequently. Not just for the books they have but for the human who owned it. 

Bookshop au?

This was an idea I got. I hope you enjoy it! This one is set more around Pinto than the actual series itself. Please like, reblog and comment! Thank you!

Please enjoy!

The new bookshop had caught Shuu’s attention in passing when he finished school for the day. A sign set outside to try and attract customers, as did the flower baskets set outside in bloom. It reminded him of the entrance to a peaceful garden in Spring time, somewhat. 

Given that he had nothing better to do, Shuu decided it wouldn’t hurt to pop inside and take a look around. The soft sound of a bell chiming above the door was made as he entered, a warmth enveloping his body, welcoming and gentle. The smell of books, both new and old, hung in the air along with some scented candles. He loved it. 

“Hello, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?” A voice pulled him from his thoughts, and a young woman stood at the counter, her smile as warm as the air around him. [Eye colour] eyes that radiated a softness like innocent doe-eyes. He smiled at her, 

“I’m just browsing at the moment, Mademoiselle. Though, I have to admit, I’ve not seen this shop before. Are you new here?” He inquired and she nodded. 

“I am. I recently opened up. My name’s [Name], a pleasure to meet you, sir.” [Name]. A peculiar name for a peculiar person. Shuu wandered around a little, his eyes browsing over the different titles of books and yet kept finding his eyes shifting towards the counter, towards her. It was a pleasant change to have a new face around rather than the same dull, bland ones waddling about on school grounds. 

“You wouldn’t happen to have any books on poetry, would you?” He called out, his fingers brushing along the spines of the books as he passed them, tapping a few occasionally. 

“I do, in fact!” A few moments passed before [Name] appeared from around the bookshelf, the bright smile still on her face as she guided him towards the correct section. The shop was a little bigger than it appeared on the outside. “Here you go. There’s a large range of poetry here. All for sale, too.” 

“Merveilleux.” After a few minutes of looking, Shuu approached the counter with a few books in hand. And then was out the door before he realised it. All the way home, [Name] was the sole focus of his thoughts. Something about her pulled him in, and yet he couldn’t place what. A new curiosity that plucked at him, her scent still lingering slightly to him, and he longed to smell it again proper. 

So, he found any excuse to return to that bookshop. Be it purchasing the same books he already had at home or just to stop for a little chat. Anything to get close to her again. Not that [Name] seemed to mind at all. She grew delighted to see him and enjoying their chats and bits of gossip he had. All the while oblivious to the tiger she allowed in her company, stalking and awaiting for the right moment to pounce and strike. 

“Tell me, my dear, what made you want to open a bookshop?” Shuu sat on a chair by the counter, leaning back into the comfortable seat as he watched [Name] restocking some shelves, her body vanishing then reappearing behind different shelves and sections. It would make an interesting game of Hide and Seek to him. Stalking and hunting around each corner. Seeking her out. 

“It’s something I always wanted to do. Own a small business, be around what I enjoy. What’s not to love?” She responded, returning to the counter to collect another stack of books. Shuu pressed his hand atop the stack, keeping them in place, and looked at her. 

“Interesting. And how are you finding it?” [Name] tossed the question about in her head a little before looking at him, meeting his lavender eyes before answering. 

“How about you tell me why you keep coming back?” Her response seemed to throw him somewhat off guard by the look that flashed in his eyes then the chuckle that rumbled from him. Turning the tales on himself and that little smirk she had only made it better for him. A bold mouse. 

“Hm, simple. I enjoy it here. The atmosphere. The vast collection you have to offer, as well as the company.” He answered, leaning down a little so their eyes were at level, and gazing into her eyes. Pinning her in place. Even when his eyes were lavender, they held a piercing gaze of their own, one of charming and intensity rather than of hunger and savagery.  

“Is that so?” [Name] picked the books up and went to stack them, this time, with Shuu trailing behind her slowly. His eyes fixed on her and her alone. 

“Yes.” Slow, hushed steps followed hers, her form dipping in and out of sections while he followed. His slender fingers drumming along the spines of the books he passed, “There’s something about you that keeps pulling me back here.” [Name] listened carefully for his footsteps before setting the stack down quietly then slipping into another section, listening to him. “You fascinate me, [Name]. And I want to know you better.” His voice was close, dangerously so. The soft drumming close to her ear. 

Thinking quick, [Name] moved again, ducking into a small crevice that had yet to be filled, and stayed perfectly still. Something sparked along her nerves, a mixture of excitement at this little game of seeking. 

“Hiding from me? Oh, mon chéri, such rude hospitality.” She could hear the smile in his voice and the soft creak of floorboard as he moved around. The distinct sounds of the outside world nothing but muffled background sound. For a brief moment, she could have sworn she heard something like sniffing, which sparked a flicker of confusion. As she leaned around the corner, peering from her hiding spot, she failed to notice the pair of eyes watching her from the small gap between two books. A faint red hue radiating from the lavender colour before it vanished. 

“Found you~” [Name] jumped at the sudden closeness of the voice and spotted his eyes, 

“Jesus Christ! You scared me.” Shuu couldn’t help but chuckle at her reaction, aware of just how much he could scare her if he wished it. Though that was half of the fun.

“You started it.” [Name] smiled and crawled out of her hiding space, dusting herself off and turning back to him. His hand reached out and patted her head, “If you’re going to try and hide from me, darling, do a better job. I’m very good when it comes to finding what I want. You could say I’m somewhat of a hunter.” 

That little moment didn’t prove him wrong. Though the phrasing of it was a bit strange to her, she kept quiet of it. Everything about Shuu was strange but it only added to his charm. A little mystery to him. 

“Well, Mr Hunter, I’m getting ready to close up shop now, so you want to help out?” She asked, motioning to the time as she went to start tilling up from today’s profits. Shuu smiled and walked over to the entrance, flipping the sign and locking the door. 

“Of course, my dear [Name].”

[fawntastic]

Bruh I can't believe Ishida robbed us of awkward hormonal teen Tsukiyama. Yeah Pinto/chapter 3 of Days were great, but imagine if Shuu had been a whiny, insecure little bitch who burst into tears when Hori wouldn't tell him why she took pictures of him hunting

[dreamsofaweirdmermaid]

I just watched Tokyo Ghoul Pinto and now I am MORE excited to cosplay Tsukiyama for next Con!

[juzuya-13]

I'm like 99.9% sure Shuu Tsukiyama isn't gay, just because a male character is flamboyant and rather feminine doesn't mean they're gay, just like a female character being tomboyish and strong willed doesn't mean they're lesbian and saying otherwise is very hypocritical, stereotyping is just horrible and many times deceiving, it needs to stop. Throughout the whole entirety of Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul: re we came to understand Shuu's character and we do know he had a thing for Touka in his younger years, he also has always had a peculiar interest in Hori ever since they first met and of course there's Kaneki, what Shuu in fact feels for Kaneki is debatable, is it an obsession? Admiration? Love? All of those combined? It surely started as an obsession and it shaped over time into something more, what it is exactly is questionable but I'd say he strongly admires Kaneki and what he has become, he sees Kaneki as a leader and he respects him deeply and cares for his happiness and well being, while still having that lingering obsession in the back of his mind. Anyways, I respect those who consider Shuu to be a gay character, it is your right to think whatever you please but I can't help but get a little upset whenever I see people saying things like "he's a TWINK there's no way he can be anything but gay" alright that's gross mate just saying... Overall for me if anything Shuu Tsukiyama is bisexual or somewhere in that spectrum, but that's just my worthless opinion.

[fortune-fool02]

Honestly, this is one of the coolest scenes regarding Ghoul eyes! The slow but threatening process of it!

[convict-240]

from the creators of six fingers of ken, comes 3 hands of Pierrot, WTF?! XD

[gunkbaby]

Bro thinks he has claws

[shuutism]

[tg-headcanons]

Do you have tsukiyama headcanons? c: (about shuu, or about the family in general, or even about shuu's mum cuz they never talked about her much)

Ooooo!

Their family owns a LOT of shit, so much materials and money that if there’s a ghoul safe space, the Tsukiyama’s almost certainly have a hand in it, if not own it outright. Providing some accommodations to other ghouls is the one real act of charity they do. This includes everything from doctors to cafes to hotels that are meant for them, but the promise of safety can only be spread through word of mouth

Since their family fucked up their genes with Alabama shit, they can’t become kakuja. Because of this, digesting ghoul meat is difficult and can give them food poisoning, but this doesn’t stop them. They’re like lactose intolerant people but instead of milk it’s RC, they keep eating it knowing damn well what will happen.

Shuu doesn’t actually like coffee, he just drinks it to look cool

Mirumo is weird as shit but everyone’s used to it. Screaming out of his window for seemingly no reason? Eh that’s normal. He shoved papers he no longer needs into a hedge and walked away? It’s fine there’s servants for that. He’s laying face down on the floor in the middle of the hall? Well it is Wednesday

Kanae is a trans man. As simple as that. Ghouls are accepting and it’s really a non-issue, but sometimes humans will make rude comments about it. Those humans are all dead now.

As caring as the family is towards other ghouls, they don’t see humans as equals. They interact with them only out of social obligation or hire one or two as servants in mean games of “how long will it take them to figure us out?” Before they kill them. It’s not uncommon for them to purchase humans at the auction as meat or short lived pets

The only human any of them respect is Chei, and they sort of have to because Shuu practically adopted her like a feral cat. She genuinely has no interest in exposing anyone so they do their best to make her comfortable when she’s over. They even bought some food, but since they have no idea what humans like it’s comprised of raw eggs (they don’t have any stuff to cook with), some apples, frozen shrimp, a shaker of oregano, a bag of chips, and caprisuns. They tried their best, but Kanae’s expertise is in hunting, not grocery shopping

Shuu’s mother died when he was very young from an autoimmune disease for which there was no ghoul safe treatment for at the time. It’s that that motivated her husband to invest more in hospitals and medical research. It was years later that a ghoul safe treatment was made, most people weren’t sure why the Tsukiyama family would spend so much money making another weird brand of a medication that already exists, but it saved countless ghouls. Mirumo hopes that it’s a good way to honor her memory

Shuu doesn’t remember much about his mother aside from sharing meals with her, so he’s always held food a little sacred

Kanae was there for almost every stage of Shuu’s life and has seen so many humiliating stages, notably his horrible music taste and some very regrettable fandoms he was heavily involved in in middle school. Kanae doesn’t drink often, but when he does, he is an open book of information that would destroy Shuu. It’s this way that the other servants learned about his early teen infatuation with blood on the dance floor and he’s made it clear that if anyone talks about it he’s killing them

Shuu has a spray bottle full of vinegar with his name on it at Anteiku for when he refuses to stop being weird to Kaneki. He hates the smell and it’s an effective deterrent

Sometimes Mirumo will invite his son to scream out of a window with him. Father-son bonding at its finest

All ghouls, regardless of class, will get into cuddle piles. Mirumo and Shuu can tell themselves that they’re in a pile with their servants just to quiet their instincts all they want, but deep down they know they care about them

Kanae has the fashion sense of a 12 year old and if he isn’t put into one uniform or another he’s wearing cargo shorts, sandals and a hoodie

[thecrazyanimegirl]

“I really love humans. I mean, even though humans don’t have the claws and fangs to live in the wild, they’ve flourished across the earth.

What’s the driving force behind them?”