Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26974774-20151119114853/@comment-27143318-20151119180710

@HairoAndy

The world doesn't work on "what ifs". It happened in this and this way, therefore it's in this and this state now. Pondering what could've been won't help anyone. If Amon became a half ghoul and Kaneki an investigator, then I'd say Kaneki would belong in the CCG and Amon in Anteiku, for the simple reason that people tend to develop "loyalty" to their friends and form bonds between each other that are not so easily severed. I know that the CCG are a necessary evil. I strongly emphasise the necessary part. I know that not everyone there is evil. I know that it can be a home. I am fully aware of that. However, it is not Kaneki's home. It simply is not. It is Amon's home, but not Kaneki's. He doesn't belong there and he never did. He got brainwashed and conscripted. He wouldn't even be there if he wasn't forced against his own will. That very much supports the "attack dog" thing.

It was also basically stated in the manga that everyone Haise knew was around him for a reason. Akira was purposefully planted by the leadership. Arima OWNED Kaneki. The Quinx were the CCG's plaything that were given to Haise to raise to become Arima-class fighters. Everyone else was threatened to be nice to Kaneki or face retribution. Seems pretty clear to me.

Again, I understand that the people at the CCG aren't all evil. Fact is that the organisation is evil. An organisation that tries to achieve to complete annihilation of any third party that could contain innocents is always absolutely evil. Same goes to Aogiri. They are both evil, but necessary evil. I do not hate the CCG simply because they hurt basically all of the innocent characters in the series (while thinking that they are doing "hero work"). I hate them because they hurt innocents overall. I do have other favourite characters apart from Kaneki - all of them ghouls, sadly, because they are simply better written and because many of them are peaceful (something none of the CCG agents can claim). I was very close to liking Shinohara and Kuroiwa (the old one), but Shinohara hurt the peaceful Arata and Kuroiwa had too little character development even though he looked like the only proper human being in the organisation. I am guessing that if normal humans were portrayed I'd have lots more favourite human characters simply because they are peace-loving, but alas that would be too boring to write about so Ishida couldn't possibly add something like that.