Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26331887-20150511103957/@comment-25047329-20150511134729

I'm also guessing that Sasaki's fights with S rated ghouls in the past were probably more "by the book" so to speak. Sasaki's fights with Serpent and Pineapple were unusual. Back then, he was working directly under Akira in the Mado Squad and Akira is known to be very meticulous. I reckon Akira was probably also more respected by her team mates and they also might have been stronger and worked together better.

In the Serpent fight, Sasaki was trying to defend his unruly subordinates who were way in over their heads and were useless as backup. Takizawa was a surprise and Sasaki was left to fight him by his self.

Basically, in the past, Sasaki was probably involved in better planned out battles with a better trained team. Which isn't a bad thing because in the CCG team work is highly valued. CCG investigators really aren't trained to work solo so Sasaki isn't used to working solo.