Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-24772416-20140913124658/@comment-68.34.121.235-20140913162231

No you're the retard who needs everything spelled out in front of you like a kid. Kaneki is dead. As to whether he's a quinque just yet is unknown, but he's dead.

During the CCG briefing with Arima, there was a picture of Kaneki's picture crossed out with "Erased" labeled on his face. Then the leader said "ownership rights are your..." to Arima and then it flashes to a picture of the black briefcase. This implies that they were talking about the ownership rights to Kaneki's kagune/kakuja, which has or will be made into a quinque. Then there's the whole foreshadow with Kaneki saying in V1 a story with him as a protagonist would end up as a tragedy. Then there's Arima's statement that Kaneki wouldn't be able to go past Area V14 (which is a not-so-subtle hint that Kaneki dies at the end of volume 14...and 143 is the last chapter of volume 14).

Touka saying she has faith in Kaneki is simply her being in a state of denial or just having false hope. That only adds to the tragedy aspect of the story.

If there's a sequel, which I highly doubt, it'll end up with Kaneki returning to Anteiku as a Quinque. This probably won't be a popular move, but as Uta said in the final chapter "nowadays, tragedies aren't popular."