Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-72.177.208.28-20160313060619/@comment-104.191.15.11-20160313082449

Not necessarily, although he did indeed have difficulty fighting Serpent he was definitely in conflict with himself wanting to not utilize his kagune. When he finally did decide to use it he obviously does not know how to use it to the best of his ability. However once he accepts kaneki after fighting takizawa his skills in using his kagune and quinque at the same time greatly improve. During the tsukiyama extermination arc, he did not "struggle" against Shuu because of his ineptitude but rather because he did not want to fight Shuu in the first place. He was constantly in conflict with himself over whether to kill Shuu or not.

So I would not count Sasaki as weaker than Kaneki from the end of Part 1. Sasaki is just a complex character constantly going through internal conflict with his other self. This constantly hinders him while he fights but he still manages to pull out a strong victory even in the toughest of battles.

As an aside, Kaneki would not be as strong as he is now without the experiences he had as Sasaki. His time as Sasaki turned him into the super badass he is now. He didnt just magically obtain those powers