Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-213.120.234.146-20150615210101/@comment-10733658-20150615211523

I suspect some people believe if "Kaneki" returns, he will simply snap back to being as he was post-Aogiri. However, even if his memories fully return in an instant.....he will never be that Kaneki again. He's had nearly three years of new experiences, so he will never be that person again any more than he could be pre-Aogiri Kaneki again. He's going to continue to change and evolve as a character, and I agree that likely what is going to happen is a merging of his selves.

Haise is Kaneki, merely one stripped of the traumas. He has all the core personality traits, and has subconsciously adopted traits from the people he knew in the past. Yoshimura and Hide's humor and word play. Tsukiyama's (toned down) eye for fashion. He's taken his nurturing instincts to a greater degree with the Quinx, like he did with Hinami. He's attached to Arima as someone that shares his passion for reading, and a mentor he wants approval from. And he's still struggling with his mother's tendency to over-extend and worry about everyone.

I guess some find it boring for a few reasons. Some simply don't like the human side of the story, and are heavily attached to the original cast or Ghoul side of things. Some binge-read the original, as opposed to processing it as a weekly chapter. Stuff tends to flow differently, if you're reading chapter to chapter as opposed to a single volume or whole work.