Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26950494-20150901230451/@comment-26653902-20150902161046

I personally think it's more a grounding thing since he was in an extremely unstable state from that freakout, but I do see why it can be seen as a brainwashing tactic. However, that's literally the only moment that can be interpreted as brainwashing, and again, it seems to be more a way to ground him from his mental breakdown.

And no, he wasn't "forced" to believe he's an investigator as far as we know since he's shown to be well aware that he had lived another life from his dialogue with Arima. The ghoul investigator identity he took up is simply the role he shaped himself into after whatever the CCG did to convince him he could do it for "the greater good" (and maybe atone for whatever horrible things he supposedly possibly did in the past). Though I agree that there was definitely some manipulation, just more along the lines of how kids orphaned by ghouls get manipulated into becoming investigators. Brainwashing is always manipulation, but manipulation isn't always brainwashing.

It is true that the CCG most likely doesn't want him getting his memories back, but I highly doubt they're actively suppressing anything apart from withholding whatever information they have on his past. For the most part, it seems to be just observing him for any signs of remembering and thus possibly turning on them.