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tbh I interpret Root A as having been intended to be more of a tragedy than its source material. Polarizing opinions about Kaneki's different personality aside, I think it was a story about someone whose bridges have all been burnt and Kaneki spends the season hanging on by a thread. Even more so than his manga counterpart. Key things that made Kaneki reevaluate his life choices in the manga either didn't happen or happened differently in a way that didn't effect him positively.

TL;DR I think Root A was always meant to be the "bad end".