Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-111.68.47.161-20141129023605/@comment-190.80.8.7-20141129045856

Uh, well I also thought that both the white and red flowers were symbolic, and so that's why I decided to add the photo to wikia the first time I saw it. But I'm gonna have to say that you're a little incorrect on the first half of your statement; you said that the red flowers are considered as Kaneki's 'remaining' innocence. I personally think they symbolize Kaneki's 'lost' innocence.

The white flowers stand for Kaneki's old ideologies, his weakness and his innocence too; so while Rize was talking to him, the flowers were turning red one by one. This means that whatever Rize said was slowly taking its toll on Kaneki's psyche; in that he would sacrifice his mother's ideals for the sake of saving those he cared about. The only way to do this was by killing those who caused harm, and this is where he lost his innocence. He finally says "I am a ghoul" and this is where all the white flowers turned to red, and thus, black haired Kaneki became FULLY tainted (or partially? I don't know).

The red flowers also symbolize how fucked up the ghoul system is, and how impure the world has become. But you're also right about the forgotten memories, as well as the nitches of Kaneki's loneliness that were never ever filled (from Chap 140).