Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-71.212.17.134-20151104020320/@comment-27143318-20151104140526

@Dalaios

I didn't say that he was the only hardworking or smart person, I just said that when approaching the issue of getting stronger, he worked both smart and hard. Take Ayato for example - he was strong before and he's even stronger now. However, most of the time all he did was butcher CCG agents. Even lower ranking ones that couldn't really do anything. What Kaneki did was he fought other ghouls and ate them, gaining a kakuja. Not only that, but he did it relentlessly and with extreme brutality and efficiency. When he wasn't out killing other ghouls, he was reading martial arts books or training with Tsukiyama who's been doing matrial arts since he was a little kid or doing fitness exercises (if I recall correctly there was at least one scene where he was seen doing push-ups, although I could be wrong on that). The other one-eyed ghouls (I assume you mean the Yasuhisa twins and maybe Amon floppies)  didn't do any of that. Well, Amon is currently doing it I guess, but the Yasuhisa twins weren't shown training, sparring, learning or eating other ghouls in an attempt to gain a kakuja. Their motivation was also lower than Kaneki's. The only reason they were strong was because they had Rize's kakuhou and hybrid powers. Lastly, I think Kaneki is the protagonist precisely because he's strong, not the other way around. Kaneki is a strong, but tragic and well developed character. If he was just the latter two or the former one there wouldn't be enough incentive to have him as an MC.