Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3544775-20141014011854/@comment-25047329-20151227070011

76.4.30.58 wrote: Just finished TG :re chapter 58 and I'm wondering why Kaneki is still with the CCG. It is implied that his memory has returned, so why hasn't he gone over to Touka and the others. His last moments were spent trying to save the manager and Anteiku from the CCG but yet he sides with them regardless of that fact? Plus, wouldn't he now know that the coffee shop he went to as Haise Sasaki is actually run by Touka, a former friend of Kaneki? Or do his memories from Haise disappear? That wouldn't fit though because he still recognized his co-workers. So is Kaneki, the Black Reaper of the CCG, now turning his back on those he almost died to protect?

I think there are two major reasons.

1. He wants to "die in style" and do something that will make him loved by everyone. He is first and foremost concerned with how he's going to achieve that at the moment. Seeing how he treated Tsukiyama and the Qs and the cold way he's acting now, he seems to be trying to distance himself from loved ones as much as possible. He's walking a self destructive path and everyone would just get caught in the crossfire. Given how dangerous CCG work is and is a job filled with potential adulations and reverence, continuing with them grants a huge possibility to give him what he wants.

2. He really doesn't have much option one way or another. He's only allowed to live as a human if he stays loyal to the CCG and continues under the alias of "Haise Sasaki". If he leaves to join :re, not only will his privileges be revoked, but there will be a huge manhunt for him. He is, for all intents and purposes, "CCG property". A dangerous weapon that the CCG has been honing for three years under the prestigious Investigator, Arima. A lot of time, money, and resources were spent trying a make him a prime Investigator. Also as an Investigator for some years, he contains a load of sensitive knowledge that could be dangerous if it gets into the wrong hands. He's too valuable and too dangerous for the CCG to hand wave his departure, so almost anywhere he'd go, he'd almost certainly bring danger.

If he went to :re at best he'd have to stay hiding for God knows how long and hope that the CCG doesn't issue mandatory searches. At worst, the entire business might have to uproot and move someplace else in case the CCG decides they want to really buckle down and close off the entire ward like they did during the Anteiku Raid. Either way, if he manages to not get caught and get himself and his friends killed or put in prison, they'd all have to spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders for the CCG. Well, more than usual anyway.

Overall, up and ditching the CCG to join :re isn't a very viable option at the moment.