Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-203.145.79.20-20150306093533/@comment-24494906-20150306143440

^ In Ishida's draft, joining Aogiri did have some repurcussions. But what the anime staff (or rather: the scriptwriter) made of Ishida's draft is just complete garbage. These screenplays should have never gone into production. (But there probably was no longer any time to rewrite them.)

AFAICT, Ishida's draft went like this: End of Aogiri arc, Kaneki joins Aogiri. Some short transition. Naki is freed. CCG reallocates investigators. Introduction of Akira. Cochlea raid. Only Aogiri vs. wardens. Shachi probably also overreacted when Kaneki opened his cell. Transition into Kanou lab arc. Tsukiyama, Hinami, Banjou and co. join up with Kaneki. Capture of Madam A. (New) Kanou lab arc. Kaneki vs. Shiro/Kuro; Naki, Ayato and Tsukiyama vs. Juuzou, Akira and Amon; Kaneki vs. Shinohara; Juuzou vs. Shiro/Kuro. Transition into Anteiku raid arc. There are some differences here compared to the manga, but I can't tell how these differences interconnect. Anteiku raid arc.

It should have been turned into an anime roughly like this: 1 episode end of Aogiri arc. 1 episode short transition. 1 episode Cochlea raid. 1.5 episodes transition. 1.5 episodes Kanou raid. 3 episodes transition. 3 episodes Anteiku raid.

Ishida's draft is a lot of stuff to adapt. I think it's a bit longer than the manga (I think 1.5 episodes is a bit too short for the Kanou lab arc), but I think it's doable if you script the episodes well. And if this is too much story, then you can cut out the Cochlea arc, because it's not really important for the plot. You just have to turn the Aogiri raid into a diversion for Aogiri's Cochlea attack again. Then the remaining story is shorter (!) than the manga's.

Instead, the scriptwriter threw Ishida's draft away, inflated the Cochlea arc and replaced Ishida's scenarios with his own third-rate writing.