Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-78.35.130.241-20150802115606/@comment-10733658-20150802191842

I'm very eager to see where things will go, once he does regain enough of his memories. I keep looking back at his past, in terms of his actions and statements, and how that would relate towards his life as an Investigator.

During the second half of the series, we know that he explicitly hunted Ghouls he considered "bad". Not just the Restaurant and Aogiri, but we also see from the novels that he had Chie helping him find targets to kill. So he clearly agrees with the main purpose of an Investigator, hunting and eliminating dangerous Ghouls (Torso, Nutcracker, Big Madam, Aogiri).

He also admits to Touka that he understands CCG's purpose, and cannot exactly disagree with them. He's been on the other side of things, and knows better than most what it's like to be hunted by a Ghoul. But he also sees that CCG is wrong in their hard-line stance, and as Sasaki it seems that he has become even more merciful towards Ghouls. He know values both human and Ghoul lives, and hesitates to kill whenever possible.

I think while he may agree with the overall goal of CCG to eliminate predatory Ghouls, his experiences will put him at odds when it comes to targeting innocent Ghouls. I think another major factor will be how he feels towards CCG itself and people like Arima, should he learn how he truly came to be Haise Sasaki. (I wonder how much/what exactly he's been told. Does he know that Arima took him down and captured him? How does he think CCG got their hands on him, since he wonders if Kaneki was their enemy?)

I think he's going to be very conflicted when enough of his memories come back. If the parallels continue forward, I predict that the next story arc will parallel the Aogiri Arc and involve a major return of his memories. I could see this driving him to take a step back, to need time by himself to sort things out. (Possibly even apologizing to Akira and leaving, as he once did with Touka.)