Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-27247962-20170323200752/@comment-27247962-20170323221021

^I'm not sure about popular or unpopular, but it all plays a part in that endgoal. This is how I would answer my own question at this point:

Kaneki is looking to preserve the understanding, love & belonging he has gotten from the people he met over the years. He managed to do this, because he himself starts from a position of understanding & respect towards those around him. His non-judgemental attitude is very appealing & necessary, because both environments he lived in have a cultivated perspective from which they judge everything around them. He shows how there is another option, change is an option.

But this is exactly how I think things escalated to a point where Kaneki is now holding a position that fights for both sides. Where everyone saw an opportunity to change for themselves, Kaneki saw it as a necessary position to maintain the love he's gotten from both opposing factions. Ultimately & this might be bold to say, it's Kaneki trying to save & protect those bonds that will never be able to see eye-to-eye according to the current norm. Unless he were to be the one to create an environment where seeing eye to eye is the norm. Without the power that comes with his position, he'd be forced to choose a side & cut ties/ turn his back on one part he bonded with. And it's in those dilemma's that he chooses a third option: suicide.

Building bridges for ghouls & humans to come together in peace would be a bonus.