Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-180.92.233.170-20151126172133/@comment-27204325-20151127010148

^ He "didn't know" on purpose. He wasn't looking for her.

And Ukina's actions weren't a stunt, it was the only way for Kuzen to prove that he was still loyal to the organization and escape with his and Eto's life. Ukina was a human spying on a powerful ghoul organization; she was already prepared to die if it came to it. And yeah, sometimes the villian wins and you don't get to do anything about it.

The reason Yoshimura was telling the story is to explain his connection to the One-Eyed Owl, and the story in the manga goes a long way to explain some formative reasons for Eto's hatred of the world. It was his selfishness and cowardice that left Eto to survive on her own and become the person she did, and it was him shame that led him to pretend to be her so that she could survive. He knew she'd continue wreaking havoc, but he couldn't bring himself to face her. When you look at the person you're dealing with now in Eto, it makes sense real the origin was as ugly and hopeless as it was.