Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-31897551-20161114093833/@comment-76.5.87.165-20161114180750

It is a possibility, but an extremely dim one. Kaneki was there by chance, as Furuta just told us. His mother dying of overworking is a common condition in Japanese society, and there's no real reason to speculate that his father was connected to Washuus or ghouls at all (again, personally think that was just the author inserting a trait of himself into his character), and I sincerely doubt we'll get any more info on him.

I would counter that it all being a coincidence "doesn't make much sense" with it makes all the sense in the world. People are caught up in coincidental shitstorms all the time. It actually gives the story more realism if Kaneki just happened to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the surgery just happened to be a massive success, because that's what happens in the actual world. Sometimes, you have a bad day, and sometimes, the surgery goes right. Plus, it leaves a major plothole, namely Kaneki's aunt's family. If they're related to the Washuus, why are they such small, forgettable characters? Ishida has always shown us which characters are going to be important, even when they at first seem unlikely to be relevant at all, and kept them in the mix, and if there were any more revelations to come about Kaneki's family history, it would have to be from them. To be completely honest, I'll believe Hide is alive and a Washuu before I'll believe Kaneki has any familial connection with them.