Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-186.18.2.59-20151112013619/@comment-25047329-20151112014851

Depends on where a ghoul is hit + plot armour. From what I recall, fodder ghouls are often hit in the head or are decapitated. Even with regeneration, I take it that most ghouls have a hard time recovering from significant brain damage. Ghouls like Kaneki are a special case because his regeneration is supposed to be abnormal, but normal ghouls probably die more often than not from severe brain injury.

For better or for worse, Ishida has characters survive or move around with injuries they really shouldn't for drama. e.g., Tooru and Ihei took damage that must've severed their spines completely, but they were still mobile (although, I guess it could be argued their spines were just barely missed or something).