Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-121.96.57.139-20160215113433/@comment-121.96.57.139-20160215153048

No, he focused more on dodging and less on damage soak before and even after being tortured by Jason. Even Yomo noted it to be his specialty. Him enduring attacks is just his insurance to stay in the fight should he get hit. You make it sound like Kaneki was hit several times during his fight with Jason and Ayato, when in truth, he was only hit once. He made dodging his top priority and focused on training his reflexes and maneuverability after being beaten by Shachi. While he did rely heavily on his ghoul powers, he also trained heavily on his martial arts/hand to hand combat. Such to the point that he casually beat Tsukiyama without using his kagune, mocked Ayato's skill on it, easily beating one of Shachi's underlings while he had mud in his eye, casually evading and blocking Touka's strikes, etc. I also feel he has much better control over his kakuja during his fight with Amon, just by his reaction after beating Amon. His way of fighting was always like Arima. While Haise has Arima's skill with the quinque, Kaneki has Arima's evasive capabilities. He's more like Arima now in the fact that he has the best of both worlds from Shironeki and Sasaki.

Kaneki's plain reaction to Eto probably has more to do with him being his true self/new personality(Sasaki without Kaneki's influence was never cold and calculating even when fighting seriously) rather than his combat experience as Sasaki. Wait, you seem to be talking about Kuroneki. Shironeki enjoys fighting a lot as shown when he threw a tantrum because he couldn't fight Noro and because Shachi wasn't giving it his all. Anteiku Raid Kaneki was basically Kuroneki with Shironeki's power which explains why he was mentally broken when he saw Arima. Pre-Centipede Kaneki would have given zero fucks about who Arima is and just proceed to get it on(and get slaughtered in the process) He was even ready and eager to take on Noro despite him being out of his weight class that time.