Kaneki Ken

"I'm not the protagonist of a novel or anything. I'm just a college student who likes to read, like you could find anywhere. But... if, for argument's sake, you were to write a story with me in the lead role, it would certainly be... a tragedy."

- Kaneki

A rather bookish schoolboy, Kaneki Ken was a mostly shy and reserved person, with Hide being his only close friend. He usually spent most of his time reading books, mostly novels. He was extremely gentle and appeared to be optimistic most of the time. Influenced by his mother and a true testament of modesty, he willingly took blame and punishment from others so that he can be someone who does not hurt people, but rather absorb the torment. However, this lack of assertiveness normally got him bullied and taken advantage of. After accepting a date with Rize Kamishiro, a Ghoul nicknamed the "Binge Eater" by the Commission for Counter Ghoul, Kaneki was almost killed twice; once by his "date" and the other by a collapsing construction site. Unbeknownst to him, Rize's kakuhou was transplanted into Kaneki while at hospital; turning him into an artificial One-Eyed Ghoul.

Struggling to come to terms with his new Ghoul physiology, Kaneki joined the cafe/refuge 'Anteiku'; run by the kindly Ghoul, Yoshimura. Here, Kaneki would receive a mask which would promptly gain him the nickname "Eyepatch" from the CCG, due to its design. After Anteiku was attacked by the Aogiri Tree (a Ghoul terror organisation), Kaneki was captured and subjected to brutal torture at the hands of Yakumo Oomori; a sadistic Ghoul also known as "Yamori" or "Jason". When the CCG attacked the Aogiri Tree's hideout, Kaneki defeated Yamori in a brutal duel, and promptly cannibalised the other Ghoul's Kagune.

Following his experiences, Kaneki would later go by the name "Haise Sasaki" and adopt a darker personality (often adopting personality traits from both Rize and Yamori), before returning back to "Kaneki".

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