Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26950494-20150901230451/@comment-26653902-20150902234446

Like I said, I can see why Ch. 7 can be interpreted as brainwashing, but I have my doubts it's the result of brainwashing so much as the identity he was molded into. I also don't recall any scene of anyone teling Haise he's a ghoul investigator in the brainwashing fashion; it seemed like something he was answering on his own. He's at least aware he wasn't always an investigator since he recognized the vision of Kaneki as his past self (albeit a heavily skewed version). That's why I said I think the CCG manipulated him into taking on the investigator role, because if they straight up convinced him he was always an investigator it's unlikely he would be aware of his past self. Unless they somehow convinced him he's like the Yasuhisa twins where he's an academy student that got manipulated by Kanou, but I don't know the likelihood of that.

But yeah, until we have canon confirmation of either, we can only agree to disagree so I won't press any further.

And it's cool about the gender confusion, ha. XP