Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-78.183.32.152-20160508103157/@comment-10733658-20160509111318

I suppose it is an interesting point that we haven't really seen Eto fight outside her kakuja, beyond a few glimpses here and there. She doesn't seem to have used her kakuja against Kasuka Mado, at least from the glimpses in the flashback which showed her in wearing a cloak with a single kagune blade.

Personally, I've theorized that some of Takizawa's fighting style comes from her. It would make sense that she probably taught him, considering their kagune have a near-identical base.

But in terms of her raw ability, the implications are that she's incredibly strong and skilled. She grew up in the 24th Ward, a place noted to be a hellhole with many powerful ghouls. As a child, she killed and consumed enough other ghouls to become a Kakuja. She also had a reputation for her strength among other ghouls, even before becoming the famous One-Eyed Owl.

But she does clearly prefer to use her kakuja most of the time, because it has an insane level of psychological warfare involved. It scares people, plain and simple. And, obviously, conceals her identity and protects her.

In terms of the "fodder" she's faced, even if they were weaker it still neatly establishes how advanced her abilities are. She's not only fast, she has control and precision as well. With Kanae, we saw that her kagune is advanced to the point she can shape it into whatever she pleases and detach pieces of it.