Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-75.71.66.246-20150504224144/@comment-25047329-20150505012213

With all the novel and study references he makes, I assume that Ishida is an avid reader, so it's possible he took some insperation from this book. He doesn't borrow concepts to a "T", but the original series made comparisons between Kaneki and the main character of Kafka's "Metamorphasis", though it's apparent the stories are vastly different.

Unless Ishida makes a reference to Man Plus it can't be said if he took insperation from it one way or another, however.