Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26316510-20150425160036/@comment-24494906-20150425183556

The narrative structure of TG is the reason why I believe Sasaki will regain his memories in this arc. TG follows The Fool's Journey (Kaneki being the fool) - and the manga is currently at the stage The Devil, which stands for (according to wikipedia):


 * Materialism — Ignorance — Stagnation — Self-bondage
 * Lust — Egoism — Obsession — Anxiety — Anger
 * Hedonism — Passion — Instincts — Racist
 * Sexuality — Temptation — Doubt — Vice
 * Futility — Physical attraction — Pessimism — Insight

The next stage is The Tower:


 * Chaos — Sudden change — Impact — Hard times
 * Crisis — Revelation — Disruption — Realizing the truth
 * Disillusion — Crash — Burst — Uncomfortable experience
 * Downfall — Ruin — Ego blow — Explosive transformation

There's even a building in the Zeum hall complex that looks like a tower, and it's the place where Sasaki and Takizawa are fighting - the admin building (Imperial already calls it a tower, but it just says building in Japanese).

The Tower fits Kaneki regaining his memories completely.

The return from the underworld then is his return to Anteiku - though this will take time, since the journey returning from the underworld will only end at "The Sun", and there are still the stages "The Star" and "The Moon" in-between.

And as long as Kaneki doesn't regain his memories, his character development will be mostly frozen.