Talk:Akihiro Kanou/@comment-81.105.191.188-20150401212208/@comment-10733658-20150402040939

I agree with Blue Luna, it's pretty clear that Kaneki had major internal damage. He likely would have needed much more than a transfusion and stitching up, since there was obviously organ damage with a wound that large. (The location would have probably meant damage to his intestines and probably a kidney, but you can live with only one.)

We know Kaneki was a test run for the procedure, because Kanou didn't want to do it with the Twins until he'd tested it on someone expendable. Kaneki just had the bad luck of being the person that ended up on his table.