Talk:Re: Chapter 53/@comment-10733658-20151116145317/@comment-10733658-20151116163932

In some ways, yes. But in others.....I think Kaneki's aunt was much worse.

She never physically hurt Kaneki, but her motivations were solely because she was just a spiteful and mean person.

In contrast, Kaneki's mother beat him but it seems to have been another symptom of her overwork. She was basically coming completely undone at the seams, in contrast to the original image of her silently and kindly bearing her suffering. Rather, now we know that she was sometimes so stressed/overwhelmed that she lasted out at Kaneki when he asked for things. Basically, it was abuse brought on by her own crumbling mental state.