Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-121.96.57.139-20150512033146/@comment-10733658-20150512061041

^^ Actually, you're wrong all around there.

He wasn't a coward, just a normal person that was frightened as going into combat for the first time. This is absolutely normal for Police and Military, because those kinds of things are scary. But he overcomes his understandable fears, and not only does what is expected of him but went looking for Amon alone, and stood up to Tatara by himself to protect his friend.

And for trying to do the right thing, he was maimed/nearly killed and then experimented on. He got turned into the very thing he was trying to protect people from, and his appearance/statements show Aogiri tortured him extensively. They not only tortured him physically, but also seem to have spent time preying on his insecurities by comparing him to Kaneki, building up a sense of resentment in order to use him.

He might seem like he's enjoying what he is, but it's pretty clear that not only did he go through hell to end up like this, but he's very broken. So yeah, dying would have been a kinder fate. He himself implies as much, telling Sasaki his lines are "I don't want to die" and "I want to die after all".

He was a normal guy that became an Investigator to protect his mother, and hero-worshiped his superiors, and felt insecure but worked hard. And all of this happened to him because he did the right thing and tried to help someone he cared about. That's pretty much Tragedy 101.