Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-198.91.182.204-20140913155243/@comment-24740605-20140913203613

To the posters above, where his kagune/kakuja has been converted into a Quinque is not the point. He's dead. Kaneki's early statement about his story ending as a tragedy. Arima's statement about Kaneki not making it past V14 (i.e. volume 14). Uta & co's statement that Kaneki is dead and that CCG was no longer than captives. Tsukiyama's reaction in the aftermath. The picture of Kaneki being "erased" - and yes, erased is a euphemism for killed. The picture of the black briefcase while Kaneki's picture was shown and the conversation talking about ownership rights (which is only done for new Quinque/kagune that will be used for new quinques). Dr. Kanou's & Eto's conversation about how they'll have to make "Kaneki" aka half-ghoul over again (as opposed to simply rescuing him if he was truly captured).

And that's not even going into the biological impossibility of Kaneki being alive. Kaneki has his eyeball and half his brain pierced through. Nerves & neurons (which the brains are made of) are the some of the hardest things to regenerate. It's easier to regenerate all the organs in your entire body than to regenerate your central nervous system. If destroying half the brain won't kill a ghoul, then nothing will.

Where are all the other hints or suggestions that Kaneki is alive, huh? All the "Kaneki is alive" people can say is "those many hints that he's dead aren't final because it was never confirmed" instead of providing more than a single piece of solid evidence that Kaneki is actually alive. Moreover, you can't simply look at ONE LINE ON ONE FRIGGIN' PAGE and twist that into a hint to say that Kaneki is alive when there are so many other hints that Kaneki is dead. Touka was distraught and in denial - what Touka said is usually what family members of soldiers say when those soldiers are listed as MIA. "I can still feel him out there." "I know he'll come back." That's a normal response and a defense mechanisms that humans have towards tragedies.

The ending was sudden and it was unpopular. But that's why Uta said "nowadays, tragedies are not popular."