Talk:Re: Chapter 50/@comment-121.96.57.139-20151025033609/@comment-25047329-20151025034226

I think the issue was that Sasaki was conflicted (Shuu admitted that he was stronger in the end and Sasaki managed to pin him). He needs to fight Shuu, but he also knows that he's one of Kaneki's friends and one of the people who can tell him about his past, so wasn't entirely sure how to handle the situation.

Maybe it was unconscious, but Shuu also noted that most of the moves Sasaki was using with his kagune were the ones Kaneki learned from Shuu. The fight gets a bit confusing since there's a "flash forward", but it looks like Sasaki didn't get the upper hand until he got his quinque back, so he would've used moves that Shuu couldn't predict.