Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26974774-20151119114853/@comment-10733658-20151119155023

Well, there's a few points I would make to counter your argument. You argue that he should have never become Haise Sasaki, and would have been better off. However, we know now that that wasn't the case at all because Kaneki was on a self-destructive path. He wanted to die, and having become Sasaki gave him the opportunity for a few years to rebuild himself from the ground up and gain greater life experience, emotional maturity, and coping skills which will aid him in learning to deal with the things that a teenage Kaneki simply wasn't able to handle.

Beyond that, it doesn't matter how one comes to meet people. The value of bonds should not be determined by whether the circumstances of their formation were good or not. And I've already explained at length how suggesting that his friends within the CCG are fake really doesn't hold water. The majority are either :


 * Rookies at the very bottom of the food chain and generally viewed as equally expendable
 * Weirdos, Outcasts, and Rebels within the organization

The suggestion that people were all ordered to be his friends also doesn't hold up, since we see a lot of disdain aimed towards him. A lot of Investigators know of him only through gossip, and distrust him. The Shimoguchi and Hirako squads were all initially hostile towards him, with the exceptions of Hirako, Kuramoto, and Takeomi.

Takeomi is a huge Sasaki fanboy, and we know there's nothing sinister since he has his own diary entry in Volume 4. Which....is all about how awesome Sasaki is.

Suggesting Juuzou and his bunch of odd-balls are part of a big conspiracy also doesn't hold water. We've been told that Juuzou, for all his exceptional service, is still a pariah in the organization. Taking part in a manipulation just isn't within his personality or character, and we know plenty higher ups view him negatively. Plus, he stuck his neck out to help Sasaki against Matsuri and has taken an active interest in helping the Quinx.

Kuramoto's another oddball in the organization, and kind of flies in the face of the whole Social Order/Group Harmony. His squad is hostile towards Sasaki, but he defies that and befriends him. He confides doubts in him, and asks for Sasaki's advice. He's also one of the few people that knows about what happened during the 20th Ward battle, having witnessed Irimi sacrifice herself to save an old woman. So he's aware there's more going on.

Beyond that, I think people are making a mistake in thinking it has to strictly be one of the other. Do people really think Kaneki/Sasaki has so little room in his heart, that he would just throw away people like that? The major theme of his character from the very beginning of the series has been that he has the potential to UNITE people. That he has wanted to use his unique position to attempt to bring understanding between the two groups.

Now he's in an even better position than before to do exactly that. He's a living example that defies everything the CCG teaches people, and someone that we've been shown is a beloved mentor and teacher to an entire new generation of Investigators. I really doubt the fact he's a regular guest Instructor at the Academies that the students adore isn't going to end up important in the long run.

His role as Sasaki has created a foundation for change. His mere existence challenges the narrative the CCG has been pushing, something we first saw coming into play with Amon. Now there's the likelihood that Amon is running around as a Ghoul and will share some of Kaneki's ability to act as a bridge.