Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27420633-20160102053407/@comment-213.66.199.45-20160102080648

No batwing, no claw...

That´s a insect´s hand he got as a right hand.

From my perspective, this artwork looks like his kagune is about to make a cocoon around him.

Anyone who remembers the Kafka "Metamorphosis" reference really early on in part one?

Kaneki is turning into a "insect", hinting that his kagune is "insect-themed"...

(Centipedes, antennas, legs, claws... in its natural shape, it´s rather prone to assume insect traits until Kaneki willingly shape it into something else through creative power of will...)

I´ve heard the theory of "dragon-themed" Kaneki for so long that it´s just exhausting and tiresome to even pay attention to it anymore. It´s so unlikely that it´s not even worth the consideration.

Kaneki has been so close associated with insects(Or more precisely, parasitic lifeforms) for the duration of the story that it would make no sense to change that into a mythological theme... which doesn´t even exist in the setting as I sure haven´t seen any "myth-based" kagunes in the series so far...

But to return t the topic...

The "gloved" hand in Re:58 appeared to me as his actual hand, without any skin as it´s basically a rc-cell hand remade from scratch (since they never found the arm that was tossed away, it seems... No doubt this appendage will come back to bite Kaneki in the ass somehow... Perhaps by having it feed to Takizawa so he can get some nice quality of Kaneki´s (the masterpiece´s) rc-cells as well before the next encounter...)

Back to point...

He got it back to normal, but until we actually see him take the "glove" off, I´m saying that´s his actual hand.

And in the artwork, it´s symbolism all the way... a insect hand for a insect called Kaneki Ken in his transformation to kakuja state.