Talk:Re: Chapter 68/@comment-68.198.183.144-20160316025954/@comment-25047329-20160316032951

Another really important thing to take into consideration when it comes to ratings (which I really, really wish was accounted for more) is that they're not based purely on strength. Other criteria are taken into consideration like influence, activity, and aggression towards Ghoul Investigators. Kaneki is an exceptionally powerful ghoul, but he didn't have influence in the ghoul world pre se, wasn't known for killing and attacking Ghoul Investigators, and the only activity accounted for was killing other ghouls. His high rating was because he was very strong and had a kakuja, but he wasn't notably hostile towards humans. Not until the Anteiku Raid, and he didn't kill anybody.

Takizawa was killing Investigators left and right though without discrimination. While the argument can be made that Kaneki is stronger, Takizawa is far more hostile and likely to slaughter Investigators.

TL;DR Kaneki may be more powerful, but he's less hostile and less likely to kill humans. Takizawa may be comparatively weaker, but he kills Investigators with no hesitation and has been shown to be incredibly unstable, so has a higher rating for being "more dangerous".