Talk:Eto Yoshimura/@comment-26750760-20160413235642/@comment-26750760-20160414000119

It also explains why Noro was in such an emmaciated, mummified state if you think about it. They appear to be long term symptoms of this strengthening process, that the ghoul would lose more and more of themselves.

The host body, once infected, is usually made to protect the cordycep due to it's altered brain chemistry, so the absolute fanatic loyalty we've seen indicates another correlation with this theory.