Talk:Re: Chapter 55/@comment-26544002-20151129022700/@comment-27204325-20151129031442

^ No, being a kakuja isn't ROS for ghouls. ROS occurs when RC cells run out of control, start destroying normal cells and taking the body's nutrients, like cancer. Humans don't have a kakuhou, so there's no organ in them to control the behavior of RC cells. A kakuja is the result of cannibalization that increases the RC cells in a ghouls body, but since ghouls have a proper place to store their RC sells they can use the increased number to transform their kagune and employ different, stronger abilities. The only similar symptom between a kakuja and ROS is "confusion and memory alteration" in an incomplete kakuja.