Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-98.246.4.110-20150723045511/@comment-26653902-20150723214702

@Nakayoshi Ken: I just want to point out that schizophrenia is NOT the same as DID. Schizophrenia is not having split personality, rather it's a split from reality. Sorry, this is a huge pet peeve of mine.

Anyways, I am pretty convinced that Sasaki is literally still Kaneki in terms of personality rather than some new entity created from amnesia. He is only as separate from Kaneki as you would be from when you were younger. Also, the fact that he's remembering stuff himself doesn't make much sense if he wasn't literally Kaneki. That, and Sasaki was fully aware of what he's doing when he reverted to acting like Shironeki on Nishiki. A person with DID would not have that sort of awareness when another personality is in charge.

However, I won't deny that there is some dissociation involved. Personally, I see head!Kaneki as similar to the head!Rize; he's a subconscious manifestation of Kaneki's ghoul side, representing everything he fears about it. This time though, it also represents his past and his desire to remember. But since he's afraid of it, it appears hostile to him.

Speaking of which, I notice that head!Kaneki's attitude toward Sasaki seems to vary depending on Sasaki's state of mind. At the beginning, when Sasaki was afraid of him, Shironeki acted hostile. Later, when Sasaki decided that "maybe Kaneki wasn't a bad guy," Shiro became vulnerable. After the Christmas party, Sasaki was feeling neutral, so Shiro was neutral as well, casually pointing out the eyepatchon the mask. Then when Sasaki started remember more snippets as a result of meeting Hinami, Shiro was placid, but cold.

So, in my opinion, Sasaki is Kaneki. The personalities are seperate but not separate at the same time, if that makes any sense.