Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-25956136-20150103145622/@comment-213.66.199.45-20150103162833

It´s actually pretty funny if one think about it long enough...

That thing behind Sasaki is Centipede... but... the entity "we" known as Centipede, is just a mask that´s covering Kaneki...

In reality, there´s only one person in Kaneki´s mind, and that´s not white-haired Kaneki, not Centipede and not Haise...

Only Kaneki, hiding under a mask that allows him to escape his pain and responsibility by pushing away the darkness inside of him and pretending it to be a "seperate" identity. It´s easy to blame all the evils of one´s actions if "someone else" commited them...and the hardest thing to admit is that he is the one responsible for it.

The moment he dons the mask, he shrugs of all sense of responsibility, imposing it upon the thing covering his face and escapes fromt he shackles of morality and rules that binds him down.

No matter how much he tries to hide it, how much he wants to believe that the "monster" inside of him is the one at fault for all his pain and misery, deep down, the truth is frightning and simple...

"There is no "Centipede"..."

So in the end... The true form of Kaneki... is a broken monster that treasure his friends yet find pleasure in the cruelty he dishes out towards those that gain the misfortune of falling out of his favor. He´s truly dreadful and complex when one thinks about it... and no matter what name he carries, he´s still Kaneki, shaped by the world around him into what we see now.

The Kakuja is just a part of him, a "scapegoat" that he choose to blame all his flaws and errors upon...but he still stubbornly refuse to face the truth.

There´s nobody else in his head... only him.

The monster hidden behind a innocent smile.

If I was near him, knowing this, I would be terrified for the day when he decides to drop the charade and accept his identity... After all, he cares nothing for anyone that isn´t his friends.

Tokyo, be afraid...be very afraid...

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Poem:

"The Centipede"

There was once a monster, hiding in the dark...

...its bloodthirst, far worse than a shark.

Shrieking, wailing, screaming...

...suffering, crying, dreaming.

Crawling across bloodstained floors...

...unhindered, by any doors.

Tip-Tip...

...Tap-Tap...

...Snap!

Filled by its ruthless wrath...

...devouring anyone that crossed its path.

Chomp, Chomp...

...Chew, Chew...

...Gulp.

He is the monster, recovering from the fall...

...feared by all.

One day, it started to rain...

...the monster crawled down in the drain.

Its hunger grew too strong...

...everything went wrong.

Death came, all too kind among the ivory towers...

...and put it to rest in a bed of rotten flowers.

This once innocent sheep...

...at long last went to sleep.

But the monster still remains...

...wrapped up in its chains.

Waiting, Watching...

...Growling, Gnarling...

...Starving.

The monster wants to be free...

...and it´s name...is Kaneki."

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End of the poem.

I just love Kaneki... Best main character ever.

Sorry if the post turned out long, but poetry is serious business!

"No kidding!" - Tsukiyama Shuu.