Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-3173617-20151109071137/@comment-25047329-20151109074843

Well, you're on the right track by actually going back to the manga to draw ideas and make references.

Now, let's consider: what's the purpose of implanting quinque steal into ghouls?

QS (I'll just abbreviate quinque steal this way because it's easier) is a really bizarre material. It's metal that can somehow bond with biological tissue to make weapons. So far, it's been mostly used to make quinque and even the Quinx are defined as "humans with a built in quinque. This is done to modify humans so that they have the powers of ghouls. Quinx start off as humans and the QS keeps the kakuhous from fully integrating.

Kanou wants to create half-ghouls. Half ghouls are either born or artificially created from a human base. From what we know of ghoul biology, the kakuhou is a vital organ and they can potentially die if it's too heavily damaged (if they only have one). They wouldn't benefit from having their kakuhous restricted. Kanou has already kidnapped hundreds of humans for his experiments, so when he attempts the Quinx surgery, it'll likely be on humans.

The same applies to Sasaki. His kakuhou already integrated fully with his body, so there wouldn't be any benefit to coating them in QS (and he has multiple, which wouldn't make it any easier). The CCG has been experimenting with wearable quinque (Arata) for a long time, so QS implants don't seem necessary either. Quinque implants also seem inconvenient for Sasaki because he can regenerate. If he had, let's say, a prosthetic arm ingrained cyborg style, his regenerating flesh will just try and push it out. It sounds very painful and more trouble than it's worth. Looking at Juuzou's leg, prosthetics in the TG universe are pretty advanced, but I don't think they quite hit cyborg technology yet.

All in all, implanting QS into a ghoul probably isn't a solid idea.