r/TokyoGhoul • u/Bigmanting246948 • 3d ago
Meme The bastardisation of Ken Kaneki needs to be studied
TikTok turns a genuinely interesting and well written character into their self-insert fake fantasy where they are in constant pain and agony when the worst pain is their mom taking their goddamn charger for their iPad
THEY JUST DON’T THE MAIN POINT OF HIS CHARACTER!!!
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u/firecracker_hater 3d ago
Also Kaneki becomes better person throughout the series,he was never edgy just edgy looking
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u/MindDescending 3d ago
He was always a sweetheart. But people just want the edgyness without the substance.
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u/Nexo_Ace 3d ago
Black reaper is probably the only time he is edgy and in that he was completely willing to die,being completely reckless in his fighting.
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u/Deya_The_Fateless 3d ago
Was about to say this, hes one of, if not the sweetest and nicest manga protagonists of most modern manga.
It was the anime that turned him into a discount Sasuke Uchia edgelord.
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u/10kilogramrabbitvice 3d ago
i mean, immediately post jason he does like torture the fuck out of ayato for no reason other than he felt like it.(i know the given reason is for touka but come on. she didnt want that.) he also tortures jason but thats a different story. i think kaneki is definitely a super edgy guy, its just that the story also acknowledges the slight dorkiness that comes with that.
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u/JuggernautOpen6119 3d ago
Can't argue with that, but he's still the guy who wants peace between humans and ghouls, rl edgelords wants no such peace
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u/Conscious-0bserver 1d ago edited 1d ago
He's more broken and tragic than "edgy". Kaneki could be considered "edgy" if Ishida went out of his way to glorify his behaviour, but Kaneki's "edgy" moments always ended up hurting himself and the people he cares about. Also, he didn't torture "ayato for no reason", and I'm not sure why you're surprised he tortured Jason - the guy who literally tortured him.
At his core, Kaneki is shown to be a very kind and gentle person, and he only acted "edgy" at his lowest moments, which were following his torture and during his Black Reaper phase. Other than that, he's just a loveable dork trying his best to survive all of the horrific circumstances he was repeatedly thrown into, whilst constantly being let down by the flaws and weaknesses he developed from the abuse he suffered from as a child.
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u/Kinzua1113 3d ago
Yeah it sucks, literally have to search kaneki manga pages instead of just kaneki, cause the top searches and general outlook on the character are such cornall edgelord posts. What pisses me off the most is people genuinely believe the "I am tragedy" meme quote is a real thing he said. 🤢🤮
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u/Dr-Oktavius 3d ago
The real line is so much fucking cooler too.
"I will not stop, I'll keep moving forward like a centipede." 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
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u/Bigmanting246948 3d ago
I’m glad I quit TikTok before I got into anime
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u/Emphasis-Used 3d ago edited 3d ago
This is a phenomenon way older than TikTok😅 It doesn’t matter where you are, online or irl, the edge lords WILL reach you. For most people it’s a stage they’ll grow out of.
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u/DanteSensInferno 3d ago
“It’s not a phase Mom!”
6 years later
“So… yeah, I went thru a weird phase in middle/high school…”
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u/Foreign_Door6118 3d ago
pubes slowly starting to turn white toe nails turn black ooo oooo-orewa to-ooo oookyo ghoul baaaaka dark russian phonk slowed+reverb+looped+remix+speedup starts playing
Maybe tokyo ghoul was the friends we made along the way unreveal 2x speed starts playing starts jorking it aggresivly
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u/Automatic-Owl-8126 3d ago
What is this ? A ghoul in Tokyo ?
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u/XxRocky88xX 3d ago
The Tokyo Ghoul
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u/FapSimulator2016 3d ago
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u/Foreign_Door6118 2d ago
BRO WHATS THE NAME OF THIS GIF I COULDNT FIND IT
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u/FapSimulator2016 2d ago
“Say that again fantastic four” and it showed up after scrolling a lot lmao.
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u/Foreign_Door6118 2d ago
Tge fact that it is not the 1st gif to popout should be a crimnal im reporting ts
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u/the_crustycrabs 3d ago
YOU MAY BE THE TOKYO GHOUL, BUT I… I AM TRADGEDY (mango mango mango)
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u/Foreign_Door6118 3d ago
You may be tokyo ghoul but im dead inside and my name is.... tokyo ghoul:re jorks it aggresivly
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u/PlayerZeroStart 3d ago
Just let them. Making unbelievably edgy stuff out of media you like is basically a right of passage for teenage fandom. They'll grow up and have to deal with the embarrassment.
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u/Dr-Oktavius 3d ago
Kaneki is literally the complete opposite of what these tiktok smegma male brainrot freaks depict in their edits all the time. He's a kind and gentle soul that was dealt a shit hand in life but still tries to be a good person and do the right thing regardless. These dumbasses would call him a beta cuck if he didn't look as cool as he does.
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u/KnightMayorCB 3d ago
And these SiGma Bois will piss their pants when they meet his environment and variables.
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u/HappyAd4168 3d ago
Kanekis character is in my opinion way more tragic than the badass aura farmer people try portray him as he was a good person in a horrible world that changed him fundamentally no one should have to go through what kaneki did so its pretty sad how they dilute him down to just a badass edgelord
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u/meth_adone 3d ago
they're so funny that whenever i reread the bit in :re where takizawa is fighting haise and that panel appears of haise doing the pose makes me lose all immersion in the moment because all i can think of are edgy teenagers
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u/TheSkesh 3d ago
Bud this is nothing new. People were doing this shit with The Joker, The Crow, so forth so forth. Cringe people gonna do cringe things
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u/Pure_Satisfaction_35 3d ago
Fr, cant even say you are a fan of Tokyo ghoul nowadays because people will think you are just one of those edgy Tik Tok people
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u/Acceptable-Treacle-1 3d ago
I remember going into Tokyo Ghoul being fully aware of the edits and bad boy posting. Imagine my shock when Ken Kaneki wasn’t this doomer edglelord, but was actually one of the sweetest main characters in anime. There were multiple times during the first season where I saw myself in him because of how real and human he felt.
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u/I_like_polygons 3d ago
Anyone who says their life is similar to Kaneki's BLACK REAPER ARC of all things is hella corny
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u/Constant-Can-3704 3d ago
heh... i've been hurt so much i don't know what pain is anymore
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u/DestinyUniverse1 3d ago
Bruh it’s always been like this lol Back in 2017 I remember tons of more edgier stuff about TG in tons of different anime communities
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u/Jakethecrazycake 3d ago
"My life lines up perfectly with his character arc" stfu and put the fries in the bag
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u/l_FLASH_l 3d ago
Tokyo ghoul Fandom is this one right here who appreciate the author and love the characters , not some corny kids on tiktok
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u/Hydrocalypse97 3d ago
I feel like these people never actually read the manga
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u/Bigmanting246948 3d ago
Or even invested a single minute into the show
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u/KnightMayorCB 3d ago
Or they just never had any braincells? And watched the series and manga only in edits.
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u/Odd-Willow-2076 3d ago
these mfs are pretending as if kaneki wasn't always a kind person at heart, he just started as very awkward before closing himself off to keep his loved ones safe but learned the hard way it wasn't smart
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u/XxRocky88xX 3d ago
If you think your life aligns with Kaneki, you have a problem. I used to think the same, and then I grew up.
Idolizing pain and trauma isn’t healthy. It’s not “cool” to go through the trauma Kaneki went through.
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u/Soft-Raise-5077 3d ago
In my Kaneki Era:
I've had massive trauma and am now behaving like an unhinged ass who is a harm to himself and others and is in no way cool for that.
I think they forget Kaneki is a tragedy. It's cool when he fights back after being tortured...until you talk to him and realise he's just broken.
Takes several arcs for the poor guy to be even functional again
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u/Living_Print7013 3d ago
"All losses in this world are due to a lack of ability. If you want to curse something, curse your own weakness." Ken kanaeki
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u/Certain_Body9373 2d ago
It’s all mischaracterization!!! Kaneki is nothing like how these people portray him….
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u/King_Bionic 2d ago
Omg they're still doing this lmao. This shit on instagram was the reason I couldn't say I was a Tokyo Ghoul fan back in 2018
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u/fes_arisato 2d ago
these ppl are obviously trolling 😭😭 i cant tell if u guys actually think any of these ppl are serious
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u/noxsau14 3d ago
fym black reaper era? so you have d.i.d and agreed with yourself that you wanna kill yourself indirectly?
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u/PicolasCageEnjoyer 3d ago
I think kaneki "sigma edits" are just cornball incarnate