Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-25368268-20150220214938/@comment-24494906-20150220220154

^ Ehm, the manga had still about 70 chapters left, not 100. They were roughly at the halfway point. And actually, what was left to adapt was easier to squeeze into 12 episodes than what they adapted in the first season.

The second season was Ishida-sensei's request, he wanted the anime to follow this alternate route. There's just one small problem: This alternate route is actually longer than the manga's. He squeezed one additional arc in. My rough estimate is 1 or 2 volumes longer. So they had to cut this route to the bone.