Tokyo Ghoul: Analyzing Kaneki's Torture 

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Watched all of your Tokyo ghoul videos. You're content is right up there with sufferents for me :D. Really great narration and analysis. You explain the themes very well >w>.

I got a really bad first impression of tokyo ghoul thankss to the anime but then I read the manga and its much better

Fr S1 was great, S2 was dog water, S3 was me scratching my head bout why he forgor everything, S4 was then tying up mysteries and surprising us even tho i didnt even know tf was going on and yaaaaaay series ended. It feels like it went through 5 different writers and directors which resulted in a Frankstien abomination that was multiple random decomposing parts being stiched together feeling unnatural overall

Oh I watched the anime and found it pointless and edgy. Is the manga more fleshed out?

Yes, the manga is amazing and Kaneki is one of the greatest characters ever

@@KyngD469 even from the first volume the manga is really good and you feel an emotional connection with kaneki but at the same time you understand that you can’t even comprehend his pain, highly recommend

I can tho

@@sven3413 no you don’t

@@omarsanchez7176 yes

i just wish they madea new series already man

​@@ARandomEliatropewe don't want another Boruto happening

Tbf, Kaneki's mind went into this already shattered. His mom messed him up bad

@@jase276 we learned of his abusive mom in TG RE. From og Tokyo ghoul we only assumed that he was just a anxious, little boy, who'd rather read books all day. He was better off without his mother yet his counciousness told him to hold his mother dear.

​@@Grayson-Winchesterwasn't his mother a good person who always helped others ? (Do I have Alzheimer?)

@@7years6months3days5hours7min he was lieing to himself. His mother to him at least wasn't graceful

@@Grayson-Winchester Is this mentioned in the anime ?

And then there's Juzo, who adapted to his childhood living conditions so much that to him, pain is nothing, basic human empathy is a foreign concept, and cruelty is completely acceptable. Until he gets fixed by a positive father figure.

It‘s so fascinating how a humans brain, personality differs so much even when two experienced similar situations. I‘ve always wondered why victims step into their abusers footsteps, since they should be the one emphasizing the most with people alike or generally people. Maybe it‘s because they don’t know any better. But what I questioned more was how people undergone of such trauma act either the one way (abusive) or the other (emphatic). I’ve come to the conclusion that it may have something to do with the genetic personality we’ve gotten from birth from our ancestors, like a muscle memory since birth.

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Touka: What that makes no sense?!

@@brianachim2670 Kaneki: " It does in the manga"

@@jujublue4426 Kaneki: "I am not Kaneki anymore, I am KanEDGY."

It kinda makes sense, he said to Ayato, you joined Aogiri to become strong and protect Touka, same for Kaneki, he joined to become strong. But as always Manga volumes better than Anime​@@brianachim2670

Yeah I should have mentioned that since the anime never did, my apologies man

It was 12

This is what i always mention to people when they try to downplay kanekis experience, the anime makes it feel like only one night but its was actually nearly 2 weeks. Not only that but he was tortured for hours a day and when he wasn’t getting tortured i doubt he was able to sleep

​@@1hundred1you've made me sincerely regret I'm not familiar with Tokyo Ghoul and therefore can't appreciate the full impact of your analysis. You made me hope and then wish you had a playlist breaking down the entire show, so I could better appreciate this video. Sadly, looking at your videos shows me that you don't cover much material that falls within my wheelhouse, because I really want to subscribe to your channel. If this video represents your work, you seem to make well thought out and passionate content!

@@yukiamano2078 probably forcing him to eat his own fingers

Yeah, it make sense since adult get incentives from this. Children will be obedient and easily manipulated this way, since adult will be the one who determine the right things. Not all parent want to teach this, its similar to telling "santa is not real". Good role model is needed just like the video said. Sadly, many people have to find out themself.

This is what I dislike about series like MHA and naruto (shippuden) I feel like these series do a great job setting up a very nuanced conflict, yet it all comes down to a single, morally incorruptible, perfect optimist to come along and “solve” everything.

@@pixelmaster9964the difference between TG and MHA and Naruto is that MHA and Naruto are Shonen Manga and TG is a Seinen Manga, if you want an example of a Seinen Manga look no further then Berserk.

​@@pixelmaster9964true that conflicts in Naruto are solved unrealistically, but I wouldn't say Naruto is incorruptible. For one, every single time he succumbs to the Kyuubi's chakra, it means that his will weakened and he lost restraint. E.g. when he nearly becomes 9 tailed in the Pain fight, right after being unable to reply to Pain's moral conundrum. We also see Naruto getting depressed and being unable to deal with his feelings throughout Shippuden until he gets help from others (like when he almost gave up during the Asuma arc, when trying to learn the rasenshuriken). It's not like things come freely for him (well, not until the final arc with the Ashura and Indra BS). Actually, most villains die without turning to the good side, even if Naruto changes their mind to some extent. There are also plenty of relevant character losses throughout Shippuden, so it's not like there were false stakes. TL;DR: The difference between him and Kaneki is that Naruto was able to build an emotional support network in a timely manner, but Naruto's conflicts did result in concrete changes to the world/characters.

I see it like this the man who is good and moral is useless against no morals and chaos, but good man who seen abyss and walked back to light is somone who will do what needs to be done no matter what

majority of the pain was probably from it eating its way inside

The brain might not have pain receptors, but imagine the experience of realizing you're losing memories and bits and pieces of yourself as it eats its way through. I'd prefer the pain.

Idk, Juzou sucking the inner ear out of that one guy and spitting it on the ground was really wild

also his fingers and toes were regrowing and being cut off which i doubt was pleasant

@@MarukaiXand he got a centipede put into ear which pushed him over the edge

Guts suffered a lot but it was spread out throught the years Kanbeki's suffering was just one long torture session, I can't imagine how having a centipede crawl to your brain would feel like. Both suffered but there's no reason to do suffering contests they both had tragedies happened to them

@@Gensolink From what I understand, the pain would only be from the centipede making its way to the brain, after that you wouldn't feel it eating away at it since you don't have pain receptors inside your brain. You would probably notice shit not working how its supposed to which is scary in its own way. Also, since the centipede went through his ear canal, you would lose your sense of balance and feel perpetual vertigo and that's honestly just as scary as the centipede eating your brain. There's a junji ito book where a woman digs out a "spiral" in her ear which perfectly encapsulates that horror.

The eclipse, Kaneki's torture and third impact gotta be some of the most tragic and horrific events in animanga

Why and how tf can you forget him Ken who is part of the main characters and main characters story just like with Guts and the rest lol yes

7:30 isn't this what Sasaki told Urie in Tokyo Ghoul Re chapter 162 😧😧

Spawn is better

@@spade8094 spawn is also really good but Tokyo Ghoul just has that relatable nature to it, probably because of the oppressive force that "you have to be the same" Asian Society that we grew up on.

@@aquaos ok

@@Triskelion345 That was the Black Reaper, which was Kaneki. Haise ended after the “I’m tired of dreaming. Good night, Haise” panel. That’s why characters like Arima, Eto and Touka refer to the Black Reaper as Kaneki, even though he was technically still going by the name Haise Sasaki. It’s also why Hinami instantly recognised the Black Reaper as Kaneki, and then said “Big Brother?” before Kaneki gave her a warm smile.

You're the GOAT

That's you man, great vid, makes me want to re read the manga

@@colin7189 Thank you bro! & You should whenever you get the free time, reading it the second time always hits harder

Also isn't the original TG about 142 or 143 chapters 🤯 I wonder if Ishida planned that all along 🤔

⁠​⁠@@Aceofspades928TG has 143 chapters. Even if it is a coincidence, it’s amazing how it all lines up (if not a coincidence, it’s genius writing)

It's actually my favorite panel in og Tokyo ghoul. Like he's tearing his face apart. Resisting to accept the truth

Ghoal?

@@XenoDr0idd Typo lol.

​@@Grayson-Winchestersame favorite panel and favorite moment of the original Tokyo ghoul. Hell that chapter was 11/10 for me

Legit best decision you're making. First arc of the manga might feel slow and "meh" because of the art style being worse but trust me it PICKS UP. You'll see parts of Kaneki you never got to see in the anime.

No, you're definitely having a mad seizure.

@@mojus2890 outside of a seizure yeah

Hope your life got better... speaking from one person who's been in that chair to another

@@AshAsmodeus Hope YOU are doing alright as well 👍

Edgy

Damnnn the booty bandits really be out here like that ? Im sorry that fleece Johnson found you

I appreciate this bro, thank you!!!

@@1hundred1 Thank you for the amazing video, I am hyped to see more of your work.

Atleast we got a fantastic sound track out of it!

@@illchokeyou True I always was glad about it, it has a beautiful OST.

I watched season 1 at 11 years old all because this girl I liked was obsessed with it 😂 little me only knew of dragon ball z, Naruto and FMA. Boy did TG and AOT wake me up

@@ishyameru6232 actually expirienced something similar, it was a bit later for me, i turned 15. A girl i found cute right from the beginning of the year had the first 3 Volumes of TG and we started talking about it. Today we've been together for nearly 7 years and she reminds me alot about Touka tbh xD fricking love Touka and we talked about our Wedding Outfits being the ones Kaneki and Touka had IN THE MANGA!! Anime Version sadly ruined it completly :c

@@ishyameru6232 i read berserk, chainsawman, and jujustsu kaisen at age fucking 11, power move yo.

True but I think the point maybe was that even tho Kaneki had drawn the short straw in life he needed to adapt to his predicaments, he couldn't afford to live the way normal humans would if he faces abuse and powerful enemies daily

I feel like kankei went the other extreme. Yes he contributed to some of it but he just fully blames himself for everything that has happened to him which isn’t accurate or healthy either. Sometimes we get bad luck even the ones who have agency. It’s like a tree could fall over and kankei will blame himself for “being in the wrong place at the wrong time”

so corny it's not even funny

Berserk fandom is so trash

Those who compare suffering of characters are lower then garbage

Guts been thru waaaaay worst 😂

@@famousmeek954 cornball

6PM EST Tomorrow 🤝

@@1hundred1 👍

I seriously need to reread both series from front to back

@@1hundred1 same bro same

@@1hundred1 you couldnt be more right

I listen

Idk man cochlea raid and dragon war changed me

TF!?

I’m going to pretend like I didn’t read this

Isn't it in re: like a little bit before his limbs go gray and the other uhhhh... big thing but yeah Jason does a looooooot more than simply cut off his fingers and toes and stuff

it literally didn't

Doesn't somebody ask kaneki after this if he's a virgin and he doesn't answer?

I appreciate this comment a ton, thank you so much

@@1hundred1hey what’s the song you used in the beginning? also great video i’ve been a huge fan of tokyo ghoul every since i started watching anime years ago ❤

Real 🙇🏽‍♂️

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And we're here for it.

i think you mean that it DOESNT have nerves

YESSIRRRR 🫡

Appreciate you brooo

Thank you bro!

Holy shit, fuck the anime, the manga is WAY better ❤️💀❤️

Kaneki could've beaten Jason right there and alone if he wanted to, he just never wanted to hurt people bc he was soft Kaneki had no chance in hell against Nico though, Nico on another level of power compared to everybody else there around this point of the story although he pretends to be a lackey

YESSIRRR

Currently working on Kaneki's next big breakdown/transformation 🙇🏽‍♂️🙇🏽‍♂️

​@@1hundred1can't wait 👍

I already read the first part but after watching this I'm finishing Tokyo ghoul:Re

also read it!

@@cfuendev yeah i will

Edgelord

@@MALICEM12 lol no. in kaneki's life from kaneki's perspective. your fathoming capability is just poor 😉 and kaneki is not even my favourite character at all. He has mentally unhealthy problems.

@@ErnolDawnbringer nah that’s just unbelievably edgy if you’d actually say that.

Kaneki did go through an edgelord phase. If you can't read that that's already mentioned, that's on you. Also when the content creator wrote the thumbnail, yeah he totally was such an edgelord. /s Lol some people! imagine being this insecure on a manga video.

@@ErnolDawnbringer .. the words on the thumbnail are a quote . Not just saying it to be edgy… also nobody’s insecure. It’s just cringe asf if you actually respond to someone with “nobody’s coming to save you”.