Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-3173617-20151107170437/@comment-173.69.9.28-20151107221752

I agree with Andy on some part. The folks at Anteiku weren't necessarily his friends at first, most of them were acting upon Yoshimura's commands. Anteiku was built to help other ghouls, after all. Touka was only assisting him so he had enough strength to survive, but she clearly did develop some emotional attachment to him later on in the series, as well as the other characters at Anteiku when they decided to save him from Aogiri. Also, I don't think that Haise getting beaten nearly to death is going to bring Kaneki back. We already know this, because Takizawa nearly murdered him. He simply gained some self realization and used Kaneki's STRENGTH to fight back. Not Kaneki, but his strength. If Kaneki were to ever come back, I don't think the "getting viciously tortured as a wake up call" theory is going to cause it. It may be a combination of that and some mental torture. In the next chapter, if Eto somehow captures Kaneki and mentally and/or physically tortures him, that could potentially recover his memories. Personally, I don't think it will be that simple, though. I don't think one day Haise will be himself one day and then the next day he will be 100% Kaneki. The day that Kaneki is himself again will probably be after a gradual process of self discovery.