Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27179371-20151123033429

I have writte a small analysis on tumblr but let me post it here too because I can't understand all this disappointment about the "new" Kaneki...

While most people in fandom are now totally freaked out by Kaneki’s return (hey you wanted him back, be careful what you wish for!) I tried to look at it in a different way. What if we didn’t get a new scary Kaneki here, what if we got a hardened Kaneki here, who just released how much he was toyed with all his life. He remembers everything now, the abuse, the torture, everything he was put through and most important for now; Nicos words. Nico might be a clown but he did not lie here. The clowns are no liars by default. So far I can’t remember a moment a clown did lie to Kaneki so far, they hold informations back yes but they are not only interested in his pain.

So we have the offical statement that Eto is the one eyed king, something we always suspected. What does it mean exactly? Kaneki knows that it was Aogiri who turned him in a ghoul, the Steel Beam accident sponsored by Souta wasn’t, so far we know, really connected to Aogiri, but they did harvest Rize and made Kaneki a ghoul. And Kaneki knows that this happend under the orders of the one eyed king. So it can be assumed he projects much of his hate and pain to her, wanting revenge. And to bring the clowns back in the picture here, what could be more entertaining than the creation killed it’s master? Wouldn’t be that beautifully ironic if in the end Eto died by Kanekis hands? Not that I see that happen at the moment. Eto is imo too strong for Kaneki to beat at his current level but let’s speak of the late game here. And Kaneki would keep his promise to Yoshimura saving his child because salvation is something a one eyed might only get in death.

Oh and before you say, “Kaneki is evil because he stabbed Tsukiyama!” Well think about it that way, It wasn’t a fatale wound and he remembers him. Maybe he just wanted to make sure Tsukiyama won’t interrupt him and Eto. Whatever happens with Kaneki now, he sure isn’t as naive anymore as he used to be. The merging with his Haise persona let’s him see clearly know. Let’s him stop lying to himself anymore. That is why I welcome this Kaneki with open arms. I don’t want the dream called Haise back. Because for the first time we see the real Kaneki Ken.