Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27143318-20151031171409/@comment-27143318-20151031205740

@Chilopoda

I beg to differ. While I do agree that the Haise Sasaki persona is similar to Kaneki Ken in the way it behaves, Haise Sasaki is not truly Kaneki because Haise stands against everything Kaneki fought for - he even fights his own former friends. The behaviour of the persona is not really the important part here. We are made up from our memories - all of our experiences shape us the way we are - our world views, our personalities, our behaviour and our goals. All of that is a combination of our memories. If you change just one, the end result is a different person, essentially. While white-haired Kaneki's behaviour was very different from the pre-Aogiri Kaneki, they both shared all of their memories, goals, values and friendships. The only thing that changed was the behaviour. In contrast, the only thing in common between pre-Aogiri Kaneki and Haise Sasaki is the behaviour and people having similar behaviours is much more common than you'd think. All of the stuff that used to make Kaneki his own unique person is just gone. My point is that white-haired Kaneki was still the same person precisely because he retained those memories and because he acted upon them - that was not the act of a different person, but merely the act of Kaneki Ken given the circumstances. I do agree that pre-Aogiri Kaneki was the original, but white-haired Kaneki was still the same person, unlike Haise Sasaki. I think that even if he reverts back to his Kaneki Ken personality, the current plot development will not be wasted - he's had time to clear his mind and he's gained new experiences, which means that he probably won't be as ruthless and aggressive as he was in his post-Aogiri state, becoming more like pre-Aogiri Kaneki but retaining his post-Aogiri power as well as new wisdom. Hopefully, he will however return to his old values and friendships instead of being the CCG's attack dog.