Talk:Re: Chapter 117/@comment-95.168.158.235-20170318121308/@comment-217.212.214.57-20170321145906

^ Indeed.

There's a thing called a hayflick limit in all cells which determines how many times a cell can split before it can't split anymore and die.

Accelerated regeneration = Faster cell division = accelerated shortening of the hayflick limit.

In contrast to popular fiction, having accelerated healing powers is actually a negative superpower.

Without the secondary power of "converting energy into new mass", the regeneration will only shorten the lifespan of the user if it suffers a injury in exchange for escaping immediate death. Accelerated regeneration doesn't increase the lifespan of the user, as that would be "cell generation" and not "cell division". Menaing that a ordinary human who would live seventy years would still only live seventy years if suddenly granted "accelerated regeneration".

This power, "Accelerated regeneration", unfortunately comes with a pwer-high and delusion of "immortality" in the user, making them believe themselves invincible due to their "accelerated healing". However, this is the farthest from the truth. They are not immortal, in fact, they might end up dying far ahead of time due to letting themselves getting injured in their recklessness while doing battle, thinking "I can heal from that".

"Accelerated regeneration/healing" is not a amazing power, it is a very, very, sucky and worthless one.

After all, all it really does, is cutting down the user's life in the long run.

Kaneki has been regenerating like crazy...so I can guess that he has already lost a lot of years already at this point.

Feeling bad for him.