Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26974774-20151119114853/@comment-10733658-20151119172551

Yeah, I think there's a problem with blanket labeling of any side in the story considering how much focus is given on the theme of how it's all basically a tragic result of cycles of revenge, groups influencing things towards their advantage, and general misunderstanding of each other.

The CCG itself is definitely evil, simply because we've got so many indications of their wrongdoing. The organization is bad, but the average person working for it is simply a normal person. Remember that main Ghoul Investigators are motivated by having suffering personal loss at the hands of Ghouls, or otherwise believing that their actions are heroic/protecting people.

I think that's one benefit of Sasaki's role as a Ghoul Investigator, since we (and Kaneki) have gotten to see things from that side. The kinds of Ghouls they primarily target are, for the most part, genuinely dangerous. The Quinx have primarily dealt with a Necrophiliac Serial Killer, a human trafficker and mutilator, an underground society that sells and kills people for entertainment, and a wealthy family that was engaging in mass kidnappings/murders.

Plus Aogiri, which is a terrorist organization.

Even without the indoctrination the CCG puts everyone through, humans have plenty of reasons to fear Ghouls.

The majority of Investigators we've met aren't sadistic or cruel, they genuinely believe they're protecting people. The Investigators going into the Anteiku Raid thought they were targeting Aogiri, and instead found two major gangs re-emerging. The Anteiku folks, for all that we loved them, were not innocent. Yomo explains as much, that they could have simply run but felt it was time to pay for their past crimes.

No one is innocent in the series. The vast majority of characters are a complex mixture of Good and Bad. Kureo Mado was sadistic towards Ghouls, but kind towards humans -- a loving father and a friendly mentor. Yamori was also a sadist and a torturer, but kind to his own men to the extent that they still worship him years after his death. There's very little Black and White to be found.