Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-25368268-20151219032334

Found this out online, though I think most people realize this already.

There are a lot of people that are shocked by what happened in the last chapter. But did Kaneki really have any other choice?

(1) Why did Kaneki decide to stay with the CCG?

Everyone in the CCG knows him ‒ they can hunt him down easily if he tries to leave. Leaving means that he'll get himself a new enemy which isn't something he needs right now. The moment he betrays the CCG, it's game over for Hinami. No matter how you look at it, Kaneki can gain a lot more by siding with the CCG than by leaving them.

(2) What are the advantages of pretending to be Sasaki?

This situation makes me think of a part from the song "The Devil Within" by Digital Daggers.

I will keep quiet You won't even know I'm here You won't suspect a thing.

… I made myself at home In the cobwebs and the lies I'm learning all your tricks I can hurt you from inside.

…

You'll never know what hit you.

By pretending to be Sasaki, Kaneki can find out everything he needs to know about the CCG and all of their secrets which will help him later if he plans to take some kind of revenge on them. He can find a way to save Hinami. Also, the CCG won't even find him suspicious because this is what they wanted from the very beginning ‒ another killing machine like Arima. He can use the CCG for his revenge against the Aogiri and to take down Eto.

(3) But why did Kaneki leave the Quinx?

No matter what Kaneki is planning to do next, I'm sure that his love for the Qs hasn't changed. He still cares about them like a parent and probably believes that by leaving them, he's actually protecting them from himself.

I mean, leaving his loved ones and thinking that they would be better off without him, is something he's done… a lot of times in the past.

He agreed to stay with Yamori in order to save Banjou and his group. He left Anteiku in search for power and didn't let Touka, a very close friend of his, come with him because he wanted her to have a normal life. After Aogiri, he didn't even make an attempt to contact Hide ‒ his best friend ‒ believing that it was for Hide's own good.

(4) But here comes the important question: what is Kaneki planning? What does he want to achieve?

Whenever he leaves his friends (in this case ‒ the Qs), it's because he's about to do something reckless and dangerous (the Anteiku Raid). The fact that he is leaving the people he cares most about in the CCG, makes me think that he has something in mind. Also, remember the thing he said in CH. 53?

He wants to do something that will make him loved by everyone. It doesn't matter if it's something good or something bad.

Is he going to try to save Hinami? Is he going to try to do something to Arima and the CCG? Or is he planning on pursuing Owl by himself and taking down Aogiri? Or maybe even all of these things? We'll have to wait and see.

But one thing is for sure ‒ Kaneki is definitely planning something and because of that, he left his squad ‒ he doesn't want them to get involved in the whole mess that's about to happen.

All in all, I think that Kaneki made a very smart move. The only bad thing about it is that Karren had to die in order for him to fool Ui that he's still with the CCG and Shuu is now probably more broken than ever (he seriously had the worst day ever).