Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-121.96.57.139-20160215113433/@comment-27204325-20160215142134

^ I think the biggest difference is really just the maturity and composure that came with absorbing his experiences as Haise. The previous Kaneki was a better fighter than Haise but that had a lot to do with him leaning heavily on his ghoul powers and resistance to pain after his torture by Jason. He was like Seidou, "used to it", so during the fights with Jason and Ayato, while he did dodge, he'd also just take direct hits because he could fight through it. And if a situation got out of hand he'd lean even harder, resort to using his kakuja and basically go off the rails. He's more like Arima now. It's not simple running and gunning, which Arima himself saw through easily. He seems to read deeper and deliver more decisive blows now.

After he woke up, he fought Kanae and Eto in succession with one arm and never got touched once, nor did he ever seem rattled or indecisive, which he often did before. Imagine how pre-Haise Kaneki would have reacted if, in the middle of a battle with Eto, she suddenly revealed she was Takatsuki Sen. It would have thrown him off completely, whereas now he didn't even blink.