The titular, Kaneki, is a boy trying to fight his own demons inside. Ken Kaneki is the protagonist of the dark fantasy manga series Tokyo Ghoul which is written and illustrated by none other than Sui Ishida. It was once the fourth best-selling series in Japan in 2014 selling 2.6 million copies.
The plot is set in a scenario where humans and creatures like Ghouls co-exist. The manga series depicts an alternate reality where Ghouls look like normal people and survive by eating the flesh of normal humans.
What Changed Kaneki In Tokyo Ghoul? The Series Of Events That Forced The Half-Ghoul To Change Identity
The Ghouls usually have better strength and healing abilities. They can produce 4-7 times more kinetic energy in their muscles. Also, there are half-Ghouls who might be offsprings of humans or artificially created beasts with a predatory organ called Kagune in the context of the series. Half-Ghouls are stronger than the full-blood ones and are very rare.
Who Is Ken Kaneki?
Ken Kanenki was a normal student who encounters a powerful ghoul Rize Kamishiro and barely survives the ghoul trying to eat him. The ghoul critically injures Kanenki and undergoes surgery turning into a half-ghoul.
Transferring some of Rize’s organs into his body forces him to consume human flesh to survive. The story goes with Kaneki exploring his inner demon and learning to survive with it. His struggles include fitting into a ghoul society and hiding his identity from his human companions.
What Changed Kaneki?
Kaneki had a narrow escape from his encounter with Rize Kamishiro, a powerful ghoul. He survived and couldn’t help but end up being a half-ghoul. The journey of Kaneki takes him into a new phase where he encounters a Special Class Ghoul investigator Kishou Arima who is famously known as CCG’s (Commission of Counter Ghoul) reaper.
From the incident, Kaneki gets severely injured, damaging his brain. Kaneki wakes up with amnesia and remembers nothing about his previous life.
The CCG takes advantage of the situation and gives Kaneki a new identity. He becomes a CCG inspector mentoring the members of the Quinx Squad headed by Kishou Arima.
Haise Sasaki – Kaneki’s New Identity (season 3)
A new character, Haise Sasaki gets introduced in the third sequel who in fact is the real Kaneki. While Sasaki, Kaneki’s old friend Nishiki Nishio and Serpent were fighting over the Torso case Sasaki gets caught up in a moment where Kaneki appears in front and awakens his abilities as a half-ghoul unknowingly.
But all of a sudden Sasaki finds out his origin when he sees Nishio’s mask slipping off. But Kaneki continues to act like he was normal in front of CCG. In the following journey, Kaneki is resurfaced as Haise Sasaki secretly discovers himself and embraces his true potential.
