I like this style better cause it help me focus more...In the other videos I would focus on the gameplay and the video ends and I didn't pay attention to what you said lol
His hair changes represent the 5 stages of grief denial(OG), anger(torture), bargaining(haise), depression(black reaper) and finally acceptances (One eye king)
@@Aaron-xv5qt W actually makes the V sound. I'm sorry but even though it was wrong it's technically not wrong. Again. I'm sorry. I'm a fucking nerd. U right
@ Bro let people have their fun with the animes some people just dont like reading stuff
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@@Levi-mx8hq well the manga is better than the anime so maybe you should cuz the anime misses out so much which makes us manga readers laugh at you all crying about hide “dying” or that kaneki “killed” yamori
@ okay good i'll give it a shot soon but about the spoiler thing why is it so hard to not give spoilers of something i never understood that with any story
Black : Normal White : Acceptance Half-Kakuja : Losing Control Black:re : lost in memories Black Half-kakuja: Mental Restore White:re : Normal (Perfect) Full-Kakuja : Shattered Mind
It was black Torture turned it white Black started to grow again in the roots so white is on the outside and then you have Haise Then when he turns black reaper, all his black hair grows back in. Then it turns white again when fighting Arima and the mental and physical stress of fighting someone you care about Thats the best way I can explain it from what im seeing.
@@cineaso5310 what he said is right though. He's just an artifical ghoul. His human body can't comprehend the regenerative powers of the rc cells. Each time he heals himself, he's drastically aging and turned his hair white/gray/old and the skin tissue of the healed body part aged as well. Jason might have only tortured him but aside from hair changes, it also made his finger nails dry out till it turned black. Since he's half human, he's actually not healing properly. It made him have a shorter lifespan as well whether he uses his kakugan or not. Arima and Ihei (and most of the Washuus) are half humans half ghouls as well but unlike Kaneki, they are born as that so they are rapidly aging since birth making them have white hairs on their 20's, have illnesses which are only common for the elders, and awaiting death by old age around their 30's. Hope this helps. I actually don't believe on this mental state theory this video is talking about as it was clearly stated on the manga that his hair and not properly healed limbs is due to too much secretion and use of kagune and forceful use of rc cells for healing making him age rapidly and shortened lifespan. He was adviced by Nishiki to canibalize to prevent him from dying of old age. After he got pulled out of the giant kakuja he's surprisingly healing properly and it was shown when his scaled arms got better when he used his kagune in one blow. Sorry for the long message ✌️😅
He started out 18, by the second to last chapter he's 23, on the last chapter there's a timeskip of 1 year I believe, so he ends up at 24 years old. Edit: Nevermind, there was a 6 year timeskip from chps. 178 to 179. He ends up at 28/29 years old, damn.
Just trying to give a grounded explanation for the physical causes of his hair colour changes, Dres covered the narrative reasoning very nicely in the video: His first white hair change was, for the most part, due to the stress of torture, along with his the constant regeneration, leading to what I think may be Marie Antoinette syndrome. This happened over the course of his torture session, gradually (I think in the anime it just happened out of nowhere, but in the manga I think it was more gradual). Then as Haise, when he's living his happy dream with his "family" I think he didn't have that immediate stress, and in combination with his ghoul healing factor (I'm not sure if it's possible irl to return your hair from white to black) his hair started to return to black. Not entirely sure about the physical explanation for why his hair went completely black as the black reaper, but most people can understand the narrative reasoning for the black hair, as Dres says, it's a rebirth into his emotionless state of being (almost suicidal in nature, especially given that he wanted to become some sort of martyr by freeing hinami from cochlea before planning to die at the hands of arima) With his final transformation back into white hair Kaneki, just imagine the Jason torture scene condensed within the space of a few minutes. That's all it took for Arima to push Kaneki to his mental and physical limits (see the panel where Kaneki starts saying random stuff like "I feel like a potato in a hotpot" or something) which, for the same reasoning as the torture scene, caused his hair to go white again.
And yeah, I know that Dres did explain the Marie Antoinette syndrome briefly, so maybe I wasted my time writing this, idfk. Just thought that maybe it'd help with some people out there if they're still trying to get their heads around the physical reasoning. If there's something I wrote wrong please let me know though!
and plus, melanin is responsible for dark colours. So I guess when he stopped taking the rc suppressants, his melanin production surged. Just a theory, though.
@@vincent1420 yeah that's a good shout!!! Would also explain why his hair didn't go back to black quickly, since I think the CCG were feeding him a small amount of RC suppressant in his diet.
@@noobsplicer4582 you didn't answer him completely. Haise didn't know kaneki had black hair when he was a child so he thought kaneki always had white hair.
I've always said that in my opinion, White Hair seems to symbolise Insanity in this, backing this up is Kaneki and Juuzou's personality when having white hair compared to when it's Black... I'll have to watch this video at some point to see whether or not it's in agreement with my POV or not
I guess so But that isn't to say Insanity can't also be a part of why their hair colour changes, I mean it is kind of similar, because Insanity influences your mentality, although it changes things like overall personality, actions and such things Seems like the points we make are essentially on the same line as one another, although the mentality shift does make sense in retrospect as it means him coming to a complete understanding of himself.
@Zurgaa I find it funny when you anime onlys try to act like you know Tokyo Ghoul. If white hair is "insanity", how the hell do you explain One Eyed King Kaneki? One Eyed King Kaneki has white hair. Yet One Eyed King Kaneki is more enlightened than his previous personalities. In contrast, Black Reaper is one of Kaneki's least mentally stable personas. Obviously Black Reaper has black hair. If you don't read the manga, why don't you continue watching silly Shonen like Naruto......
@@flaviusbelisarius9575 One Eyed King Kaneki comes after the fight with Arima, and during that fight the same type of stress he suffered during the torture with Jason occurred again, causing him incredibly high levels of stress equalling the possibility of going insane during that fight and the reason as to why his Kakuja appeared again, during that fight all of that causes his hair to return to being White. The reasoning as to why he became the Black Reaper is suppression of Kaneki's RC Cells caused melanin production which would slowly start to turn his hair back to it's black state over time (I'm more than sure I've heard that in conversation, and read it somewhere else as well), and then by the time it was fully black Kaneki was the Black Reaper, he was mentally unstable, but (from what I could remember) hadn't been pushed to the brink of insanity, especially like cases where he was tortured for more than a Week Straight by Jason, or had a gruesome fight with Arima where I'm sure he had limbs cut of a few times... I'll have an actual conversation with you, as long as you aren't an Elitist dickhead. Naruto (-Fillers, although some are good) is good anyway lmao. And there's nothing wrong with Shounen overall either, One Piece is my overall favourite Anime, and one of my favourite manga if not my favourite, along with Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). I don't read much manga, but it doesn't mean I don't at all, and DEFINITELY doesn't mean I can't have an opinion.
@Zurgaa Sorry about labeling you as an anime only. Yes Kaneki told Touka that RC levels affect his melanin in his hair. However, Kaneki has mental instability ever since he as a kid, long before he became half ghoul. Kaneki has been suppressing his traumatic memories and fabricating new ones. Kaneki fabricated the memory of his mother being a "nice woman" to cope with her abuse of him. It wasn't Arima stabbing Kaneki that caused his memory loss. Instead Arima lying to Kaneki about killing the Anteiku staff that caused him to have a mental breakdown and suppress his memories to create the Haise persona. Unfortunately, the shitty anime adaptation did not include flashbacks to Kaneki's time spent in Cochlea. Kankei has never been a mentally stable person. I would say Arima's second fight with Kaneki made his mental health better. It was in that fight that Arima taught Kaneki to stop his suicidal tendencies and live on to protect his loved ones. Of course, Kaneki did relapse into mental instability when became Dragon.
Here To Save You Alot Of Time: The reason kaneki has white hair is because jason tortured him so much he couldnt help but finally accept he is a ghoul and thus his hair turns white
From what I remember, Kaneki stated in one of his conversations with Touka that the reason why his hair color changes from time to time is because of his RC cells decreasing and/or increasing. I vaguely remember the whole dialogue, please correct me if I’m wrong. And that makes his sudden shift in hair color explainable and a good portrayal of mental progression as you said.
That is true, thank god someone actually read the manga, and wasn’t fishing for content like this stupid fuck. Ishida stated that it was due to RC cells and regeneration. Fuck.
John AppleSeed You should calm down and stop cursing like a 12 year old kid. The whole Tokyo Ghoul manga is full of symbolism. The Rc cells being the reason why his hair changes is just the basic explanation, the reason why his Rc cells change the color of the hair is because of strong emotions that makes Rc cells either more or less active and as a result they either stop or increase the melanin production, which is the substance responsible for hair pigmentation. Every time his hair changes color is when he experiences strong emotions. The white haired Kaneki appeared as a result of him experiencing a lot of pain and having a mental breakdown. Haise appeared because he forgot all his memories and felt empty inside not knowing who he is. Black reaper Kaneki appeared because Haise got back his memories, as a result he became depressed since he didn't know what side to choose. One eyed king kaneki appeared because of him finding a new purpose in his life and accepting his mistakes.
Very, very good video. I'm suprised so many people don't comprehend this portion of Kaneki's character. I mean, the anime onlies never have it explained, but I even see manga readers not understanding the hair's literal meaning and symbolic meaning. I do disagree with you on one portion... I don't think it's correct to call Black Reaper Kaneki/Haise "emotionless." How I've always interpreted it is Black Reaper is one of the most emotional versions of Kaneki. He has all these memories rushing back out of order in short bursts, along with all its emotional weight. He portrays himself as emotionless, in mimicry of Arima, but inside his head we see he is torn. He is sad. He misses his friends (ghouls and Hide). He is angry at himself for holding off on helping Hinami and willing to sacrifice himself against Arima. That's always been my interpretation. Don't know if it's correct. That's the beautiful part of TG and stories like it. One aspect can have infinite intepretations
In some ways my interpretation is the same thing as yours, I just grounded it in the scale of the story and a *persona* we had yet to witness which was a body fueled by memories that he can't connect to and his *Emotionless* state I mention grounds itself towards him not being able to pull emotion from his memories because he cant fully comprehend it. It makes the traversal into the Kaneki Vs Arima fight a lot more meaningful as to push Kaneki back into those memories, back into those emotions and finally connecting to them, Arima had to take Kaneki past his half kakuja and force him to be reborn, breaking that *Black Reaper and Haise concept* and bringing Hide back into Kaneki's mind. That's just me.
nanoen you spelled surprised wrongly and litteral, you can’t repeat meaning twice, spelled online wrongly, you should have said online websites not only online.
Fun fact- Haise doesn't have black on white hair he has gray hair with black forming at the roots. He's even referred to as "the guy with gray hair" a few times in the manga.
Nom Nom That depends on the arc , in the beginning his hair was more curly, and was white and black ,the gray part being a in between color. Later on as his hair gets straight, and as the black hair gets longer he cuts the white hair leaving only black and gray. Him being referred by that name probably happened when he had black and gray hair or i guess they referred to him by that name because by combining black and white you get gray, i dunno, i don't remember the instances when he was referred to as that. But it's just a hair color who cares anyway.😃
Ive thought of the representation of Kaneki's hair as when it was black (stage 1 Kaneki) He was in the human world. Then when he became white haired Kaneki, he became more into the ghoul world. Haise was a mix where he was in both ghoul and human as he had no memories. Black Reaper idk, i thought it was more for violent as his hair stained black when he got blood on his head during the fight with Karen (i forgot her name, right before he became kaneki again) then white haired again as said in the video a full rebirth and in the ghoul world.
I really want to express how important this video is as there's a whole other philosophical side to Tokyo Ghoul. I'm surprised how no one has made videos similar to this, that's why you deserve the love. Thank you for making this video, it really has helped me understand the story more thoroughly and not just Kaneki's hair. ❤
It's been months since I've finished the manga. No, I can't move on, it's just too good of a masterpiece. I find it relatable. Thanks for the awesome video.
Simple answer (Imo): kaneki's hair changes to show that he has undergone a major change in personality, and he's now a completely different person than he was before. To drive the point that he really is a completely "different" person from before, he needs to look different, thus his hair and outfit changes with each of his incarnations :P
to be completely honest i always thought that white hair represent the mental torture and physical damage he has went through. his hair turning back to black made me think he is happy again. then it goes to black and white? i just thought Kaneki is now classified as a zebra
To be fair, it is due to the RC cell levels in his blood. When Kaneki (Beginning of TG + beginning or RE) has black to mostly black hair, it is because the RC cells in his blood are close to nothing (exception for Haise, where his RC cells are suppressed to a certain level, giving him the black/white hair) and then when the fight for Arima comes, hair are pure white and Kaneki going Ghoul berserk mode. It could easily be seen has emotional stages or periods and it transforms him (fictional universe, it is), but still , logically speaking this makes more sense. P.S. For those who might say :Well he had dark hair against the Owl/Tsukiyama on top of the Tsukiyama building ! No he didn't. Has mentioned in the manga, his head got hit so hard / so many times that it went blood red for a while (hence the nickname Blood-haired Kaneki, personal favorite). You still are an amazing reviewer, one of the few I can actually watch. You gained a subscriber sir, cheers!
@@Hhhh22222-w That would simply be because the RC cells are affecting his Human body in a way that it doesn't for other ghouls. We have a very Unique individual here, with RC cells from probably the most powerful Ghoul ever. so yeah, it's probably why.
I mean... could it be that when Kaneki became Haise, the new hair that he is growing is black? And as time passes, all his hair is black. Yeah, his hair transformed from black to white because of the torture he went through, now since his mind was "reseted" maybe just all his new hair is black. And during time, cutting the white part he remains with more black hair. I actually agree with all the arguments and that's what I was thinking until now because his hair does mean the change he goes through. Buuuuuut. What if?
Thank you. This whole video I didnt think you'd explain up to Kaneki's hair going white again during that Reaper and Arima fight but you did. And as short and simple as the explanation was to that at the end, it was perfect so.. Thanks for helping me fully understand my favorite anime/manga. Thank you very much 😌
I can't speak english , but I understand a little bit and man , your channel is so amazing , I love your channel ! Tokyo ghoul is my favorite manga and your work in this kind of video is great I'm sorry for my english :"v
this really cleard up black reaper kaneki for me. i was always confused bc it's looks like negative development while going from black to white hair was *also* negative development, so how can the reverse be the same thing. but being symbolism for large mental shifts makes so much sense. thank you for this video
the CCG said Jason was tourchered and the only way for him to survive was to make a new mind and after he started tourchering others(kaneki)so kaneki made a new mind bacially
This is the reason I *hate* how the anime played out the scene where his white hair appears. It's too abrupt for the slow changes Kaneki's personality underwent; in the manga, everything happens slower. His original black to white hair transition is gradual, because he didn't just snap all at once. It's the same way with his original hair colour as Haise. It slowly shifts back to pure black, and that's the way it is right before his fight with Arima in Cochlea. He had become 'Kaneki' instead of 'Haise'. Every hair transition is the same way - representing the changes to Kaneki as a person. The massive symbolism was totally and pointlessly eliminated from the anime, even though it wouldn't have been hard to put in. Manga all the way.
Who do you like the most? Innocent Kaneki (Black hair) Tortured Kaneki (White hair) Haise Sasaki (Black and White) Kid Kaneki (White hair) Black Reaper (Black hair) One eyed king (White hair)
You did a great job explaining the symbolism of kaneki but you forget to mention the reason kaneki's first kakuja took the form of a centipede is because he viewed himself as an insect. Plus black hair kaneki isn't the original it's a personality he created to coap with the trauma of his mother beating him so he forcefully erased and replaced his memories
In anime you can see small kaneki with white hair,that kaneki exist in past,his mum always beat him,and thats period of his first hair change he got white hair and he tell himself that his mum is good mother,and then he in anime tell that his mum is good but when she died he go to his aunt and she is also bad to him
One important thing is that when he has black/white hair, the black is known as the “roots”. For anyone who doesn’t have a sister. The roots are the genuine hair color. The rest (tips?) are artificially dyed. Which leads well into the theme
I really didn't have to make this video, but couldn't stand the misinterpreted information lol.
Editing like this or with gameplay?
love you.
I personally prefer this style 👌
I prefer this style aswell.
editing
I prefer this editing :)
I like this style better cause it help me focus more...In the other videos I would focus on the gameplay and the video ends and I didn't pay attention to what you said lol
His hair changes represent the 5 stages of grief denial(OG), anger(torture), bargaining(haise), depression(black reaper) and finally acceptances (One eye king)
That makes sense
Max Baker wow *MIND BLOWN*
Wtf that's actually true
his*
@@ethanquiambao8663 thanks
12 seconds in and he just hit me with "if you read the manga"
@Dalton Greene No!!! I like I drawings to move on their own
Manga is 1000% better as far as story telling. Pierrot straight up just expects you to have read the manga for re part 1 & 2
Dalton Greene r/whooosh
@Dalton Greene i would if i could get my hands on the manga
@@austinwalker165 read in the internet
All he ever wanted was a date...
DuDe GuY that started everything
Like my father says, every tragedy begins with a woman 😂
Never trust a waman
DuDe GuY lmfao
Blame hide he made him go smack at her
Kaneki pours bleach on his head to keep the series going but after fighting arima and "dying" he lost the year stock of bleach
Mind blowen
Then found more after his final fight with Arima
The Confusion helllooo aizawa senseiiiiiiiii
The Confusion he drank it as well.
*instead of bleach he accidentally poured black dye on his hair**
I bet it does make sense
*in the manga*
@Gigguk
facts
Tokyo Ghoul In Five Minutes
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In a nutshell.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME
He has a Torrute Syndrom.It Makes YOUR HAIR WHITE.
Wiewers:Does any of this hair changes have a reason?
Writer:Probably does in the manga.
cenkercsgo lol
Wiewers
Cause the RC cells cause his hair to change to white, cause of all the regeneration he was doing. Hence, his limbs getting cut off by arima
@@Aaron-xv5qt W actually makes the V sound. I'm sorry but even though it was wrong it's technically not wrong. Again. I'm sorry. I'm a fucking nerd. U right
@@jusbetter7634 W does not make the V sound? there's a big difference lol
"If you read the manga"
chill dude we're 13 seconds in
@ bruh i read the manga its way better
@ Bro let people have their fun with the animes some people just dont like reading stuff
@@Levi-mx8hq well the manga is better than the anime so maybe you should cuz the anime misses out so much which makes us manga readers laugh at you all crying about hide “dying” or that kaneki “killed” yamori
@ i would give the manga a shot if manga wasnt so expensive but still you should let anime only watchers just enjoy the anime
@ okay good i'll give it a shot soon but about the spoiler thing why is it so hard to not give spoilers of something i never understood that with any story
Black : Normal
White : Acceptance
Half-Kakuja : Losing Control
Black:re : lost in memories
Black Half-kakuja: Mental Restore
White:re : Normal (Perfect)
Full-Kakuja : Shattered Mind
This simple breakdown helped alot so , thank you.
By "full kakuja" do you mean his Dragon form?
If you are talking about Dragon being a Full kakuja...he actually isnt a full Kakuja
And then becomes dragon (Anime episode 20)
@@epicdoominator9647 yes just out of fucking control
Why is your hair black?
It makes me look more badass.
Why do you have black nails?
BECAUSE IT MAKES ME LOOK FABULOUUUUS
Tokyo Ghoul in 5 minutes
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Gay
Gigguk
LemonJuiceAnims is that a motherfing gigguk reference
2:36 "how that completely UNRAVELS..."
me: OSHITEO
Its oshiete yo oshiete yo sono shikumi wo bo no naka ni dare ga iru no?
tomkk25 boku not bo no lol
@@itzbonsi4127 sorry automatic repair on mobile keyboard))
Kowerata kowerata 😳😂🌸.
** oshiete yo < 教え - oshie being to teach
Let's just remember that all Kaneki wanted to do was to go on a date and it led to this...
sometimes you get the coochie, sometimes the coochie gets ya.
If Kaneki was gay for Hide, none of this would have never happened
@@pixliea lol true
*tinder’s downsides*
And THIS is why I’ma be lonely for the rest of eternity cause
Fuck that
It was black
Torture turned it white
Black started to grow again in the roots so white is on the outside and then you have Haise
Then when he turns black reaper, all his black hair grows back in.
Then it turns white again when fighting Arima and the mental and physical stress of fighting someone you care about
Thats the best way I can explain it from what im seeing.
Also because his rc cells were constantly being used in the fight with arima from getting his limbs cut off so much just like in the fight with jason
@@chrisg2834, from what I saw Jason wasn't exactly fighting Kaneki more like torturing, but youre free to think whatever you want man!
Actually black reaper had red (red blackish) hair, from all the blood during his fight
@@cineaso5310 what he said is right though. He's just an artifical ghoul. His human body can't comprehend the regenerative powers of the rc cells. Each time he heals himself, he's drastically aging and turned his hair white/gray/old and the skin tissue of the healed body part aged as well. Jason might have only tortured him but aside from hair changes, it also made his finger nails dry out till it turned black. Since he's half human, he's actually not healing properly. It made him have a shorter lifespan as well whether he uses his kakugan or not. Arima and Ihei (and most of the Washuus) are half humans half ghouls as well but unlike Kaneki, they are born as that so they are rapidly aging since birth making them have white hairs on their 20's, have illnesses which are only common for the elders, and awaiting death by old age around their 30's. Hope this helps. I actually don't believe on this mental state theory this video is talking about as it was clearly stated on the manga that his hair and not properly healed limbs is due to too much secretion and use of kagune and forceful use of rc cells for healing making him age rapidly and shortened lifespan. He was adviced by Nishiki to canibalize to prevent him from dying of old age. After he got pulled out of the giant kakuja he's surprisingly healing properly and it was shown when his scaled arms got better when he used his kagune in one blow. Sorry for the long message ✌️😅
That's good possible explanation, unfortunately, his hair suddenly turned black during a fight
BLACK REAPER KANEKI THE GOAT
Nah m8 Kaneki cant win against Arima in his prime
dude was seriously an ass
Dislike smh too bad that only lasted like 15 chapters
sheep
If I'm not mistaken "black reaper" has dark red hair.
Imagine if they changed the skin color instead
Silver Saliva101 it Probably won’t even get an anime adaptation
Michael Jackson?
*Racism intensifies*
Yamori: IMA TORTURE THE NIGGA RIGHT OUT OF YOU BOI
RED KANEKI, OH NOW ITS PURPLEEEE
Teenager gets white hair from stressing too much. Wow.
Hes 21 dude amd touka too
Touka is 19
He started out 18, by the second to last chapter he's 23, on the last chapter there's a timeskip of 1 year I believe, so he ends up at 24 years old.
Edit: Nevermind, there was a 6 year timeskip from chps. 178 to 179. He ends up at 28/29 years old, damn.
Kaneki is 18 after torture 19 touka is 17. I think....
I had a strand of white hair when I was 16. It never got worse than that but man, was high school stressful.
It's called Marie Antoinette syndrome
Causes stress, anger, Sadness
Marie Antoinette syndrome is a side effect of extreme mental and physical stress
he would have turned bald if it's because of that
@@mome345 yeaaa no
@@aprettydumbperson why not?
@@aprettydumbperson that syndrome is the loss of all the hair except the white heair
Everyone wants hair like Kaneki...
so everyone wants stress and depression.wow.
@Baby Kakes lol😂😈
I don't want my hair to be black then white then rainbow 😂
True
Achles leo but I already have depression
When someone releases a Tokyo Ghoul vid there's always one guy saying " All he wanted was a date"
@Spectra Violet all he wanted was a date 😔😩
As the law of meme dictates lol
Just trying to give a grounded explanation for the physical causes of his hair colour changes, Dres covered the narrative reasoning very nicely in the video:
His first white hair change was, for the most part, due to the stress of torture, along with his the constant regeneration, leading to what I think may be Marie Antoinette syndrome. This happened over the course of his torture session, gradually (I think in the anime it just happened out of nowhere, but in the manga I think it was more gradual).
Then as Haise, when he's living his happy dream with his "family" I think he didn't have that immediate stress, and in combination with his ghoul healing factor (I'm not sure if it's possible irl to return your hair from white to black) his hair started to return to black.
Not entirely sure about the physical explanation for why his hair went completely black as the black reaper, but most people can understand the narrative reasoning for the black hair, as Dres says, it's a rebirth into his emotionless state of being (almost suicidal in nature, especially given that he wanted to become some sort of martyr by freeing hinami from cochlea before planning to die at the hands of arima)
With his final transformation back into white hair Kaneki, just imagine the Jason torture scene condensed within the space of a few minutes. That's all it took for Arima to push Kaneki to his mental and physical limits (see the panel where Kaneki starts saying random stuff like "I feel like a potato in a hotpot" or something) which, for the same reasoning as the torture scene, caused his hair to go white again.
And yeah, I know that Dres did explain the Marie Antoinette syndrome briefly, so maybe I wasted my time writing this, idfk.
Just thought that maybe it'd help with some people out there if they're still trying to get their heads around the physical reasoning. If there's something I wrote wrong please let me know though!
@@sekiganxz Hmm but didn't Kaneki Touka convo at the cafe reveal that suppressed RC cells activity increases melanin.
@@yaksh2953 yeah I think there was also that element but I didn't fully remember it. Might to read up on it again though.
and plus, melanin is responsible for dark colours. So I guess when he stopped taking the rc suppressants, his melanin production surged. Just a theory, though.
@@vincent1420 yeah that's a good shout!!! Would also explain why his hair didn't go back to black quickly, since I think the CCG were feeding him a small amount of RC suppressant in his diet.
Oh... I thought he just went super saiyan
It was from RC cells and regeneration
Lel
Ikr, cuz that one part before he became powerful af, the torture part. His hair just turned white and killed Jason easily... You might be right...
Hickory Stick God you mean ultra instinct
@@zevezkun9462 yea my bad
Why does child Kaneki in Haise’s mind have white hair?
Samuel Edison Lopez because he does
Samuel Edison Lopez IKR
@@noobsplicer4582 you didn't answer him completely. Haise didn't know kaneki had black hair when he was a child so he thought kaneki always had white hair.
Because reasons
noobsplicer His mother was nice though..
Hey hey you. Yes you . You right there behind the screen
Unoriginal comment ahead
He just wanted to go on a date
Bruh
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*Horn Blare*
I've always said that in my opinion, White Hair seems to symbolise Insanity in this, backing this up is Kaneki and Juuzou's personality when having white hair compared to when it's Black...
I'll have to watch this video at some point to see whether or not it's in agreement with my POV or not
Kind of, Insanity is more so symbolized through the Kakuja's and Kagune's rapid change, where as the hair is more coherent with mentality *shifting*
I guess so
But that isn't to say Insanity can't also be a part of why their hair colour changes, I mean it is kind of similar, because Insanity influences your mentality, although it changes things like overall personality, actions and such things
Seems like the points we make are essentially on the same line as one another, although the mentality shift does make sense in retrospect as it means him coming to a complete understanding of himself.
@Zurgaa I find it funny when you anime onlys try to act like you know Tokyo Ghoul. If white hair is "insanity", how the hell do you explain One Eyed King Kaneki? One Eyed King Kaneki has white hair. Yet One Eyed King Kaneki is more enlightened than his previous personalities. In contrast, Black Reaper is one of Kaneki's least mentally stable personas. Obviously Black Reaper has black hair. If you don't read the manga, why don't you continue watching silly Shonen like Naruto......
@@flaviusbelisarius9575 One Eyed King Kaneki comes after the fight with Arima, and during that fight the same type of stress he suffered during the torture with Jason occurred again, causing him incredibly high levels of stress equalling the possibility of going insane during that fight and the reason as to why his Kakuja appeared again, during that fight all of that causes his hair to return to being White.
The reasoning as to why he became the Black Reaper is suppression of Kaneki's RC Cells caused melanin production which would slowly start to turn his hair back to it's black state over time (I'm more than sure I've heard that in conversation, and read it somewhere else as well), and then by the time it was fully black Kaneki was the Black Reaper, he was mentally unstable, but (from what I could remember) hadn't been pushed to the brink of insanity, especially like cases where he was tortured for more than a Week Straight by Jason, or had a gruesome fight with Arima where I'm sure he had limbs cut of a few times...
I'll have an actual conversation with you, as long as you aren't an Elitist dickhead. Naruto (-Fillers, although some are good) is good anyway lmao.
And there's nothing wrong with Shounen overall either, One Piece is my overall favourite Anime, and one of my favourite manga if not my favourite, along with Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). I don't read much manga, but it doesn't mean I don't at all, and DEFINITELY doesn't mean I can't have an opinion.
@Zurgaa Sorry about labeling you as an anime only. Yes Kaneki told Touka that RC levels affect his melanin in his hair. However, Kaneki has mental instability ever since he as a kid, long before he became half ghoul. Kaneki has been suppressing his traumatic memories and fabricating new ones. Kaneki fabricated the memory of his mother being a "nice woman" to cope with her abuse of him. It wasn't Arima stabbing Kaneki that caused his memory loss. Instead Arima lying to Kaneki about killing the Anteiku staff that caused him to have a mental breakdown and suppress his memories to create the Haise persona. Unfortunately, the shitty anime adaptation did not include flashbacks to Kaneki's time spent in Cochlea. Kankei has never been a mentally stable person. I would say Arima's second fight with Kaneki made his mental health better. It was in that fight that Arima taught Kaneki to stop his suicidal tendencies and live on to protect his loved ones. Of course, Kaneki did relapse into mental instability when became Dragon.
he got stressed and got white there ez
No, his hair turns white when he uses his RC cells and regeneration. That’s why he went from black to white after arima continued to cut off his limbs
lol do you get a joke?
@@126056542 can you just stop commenting on every comment just be quiet
Well I've got a patch of blondish hair myself
John AppleSeed
wooooooshh
I don’t even watch Tokyo Ghoul. How did I end up here?
Well you should go and see 😆its really good xD
You should watch it, it’s gr8 m8
I just started watching it, it is actually really good
Proxytale 101 read the manga first, then the anime would make sense. The anime sucks that’s why you should read the manga first.
D i z o n i ahhh! Okay! Thank your for your advice. I will do that.
Some different studio should remake Tokyo ghoul AND FOLLOW THE MANGA.
I agree
@@Sandishee indeed
@@jospinmeshe6667 and I also hope if ever they remake it, then Touka could keep her Fluffy Blue hair in :re
Studio Mad House
And all of this was cause....
*sHe GoT hIt By PiPeS*
abyss d nice
*My one weakness !!!!*
All kaneki wanted was to give her pipe
@@Cifer1st HAHAHAAHHA LMAOOOO
Lol
You KEN run but you can't HIDE
Hickory Stick God shut up
LMAO XDDD
@@Life-bh2lk no u
LMAO
STFU😂
I just finished the manga and I've been crying for the past 4 minutes
I finished the anime
@Actual Grass Nobody Cares
Here To Save You Alot Of Time:
The reason kaneki has white hair is because jason tortured him so much he couldnt help but finally accept he is a ghoul and thus his hair turns white
From what I remember, Kaneki stated in one of his conversations with Touka that the reason why his hair color changes from time to time is because of his RC cells decreasing and/or increasing.
I vaguely remember the whole dialogue, please correct me if I’m wrong.
And that makes his sudden shift in hair color explainable and a good portrayal of mental progression as you said.
Tes theRBplayer That’s what I was thinking
That is true, thank god someone actually read the manga, and wasn’t fishing for content like this stupid fuck. Ishida stated that it was due to RC cells and regeneration. Fuck.
John AppleSeed You should calm down and stop cursing like a 12 year old kid.
The whole Tokyo Ghoul manga is full of symbolism. The Rc cells being the reason why his hair changes is just the basic explanation, the reason why his Rc cells change the color of the hair is because of strong emotions that makes Rc cells either more or less active and as a result they either stop or increase the melanin production, which is the substance responsible for hair pigmentation.
Every time his hair changes color is when he experiences strong emotions.
The white haired Kaneki appeared as a result of him experiencing a lot of pain and having a mental breakdown.
Haise appeared because he forgot all his memories and felt empty inside not knowing who he is.
Black reaper Kaneki appeared because Haise got back his memories, as a result he became depressed since he didn't know what side to choose.
One eyed king kaneki appeared because of him finding a new purpose in his life and accepting his mistakes.
It was with Nishisiki (Or whatever the fuck his name is)
@@woooshfarmer7424 Nishio Nishiki
Very, very good video.
I'm suprised so many people don't comprehend this portion of Kaneki's character. I mean, the anime onlies never have it explained, but I even see manga readers not understanding the hair's literal meaning and symbolic meaning.
I do disagree with you on one portion... I don't think it's correct to call Black Reaper Kaneki/Haise "emotionless." How I've always interpreted it is Black Reaper is one of the most emotional versions of Kaneki. He has all these memories rushing back out of order in short bursts, along with all its emotional weight. He portrays himself as emotionless, in mimicry of Arima, but inside his head we see he is torn. He is sad. He misses his friends (ghouls and Hide). He is angry at himself for holding off on helping Hinami and willing to sacrifice himself against Arima.
That's always been my interpretation.
Don't know if it's correct.
That's the beautiful part of TG and stories like it.
One aspect can have infinite intepretations
In some ways my interpretation is the same thing as yours, I just grounded it in the scale of the story and a *persona* we had yet to witness which was a body fueled by memories that he can't connect to and his *Emotionless* state I mention grounds itself towards him not being able to pull emotion from his memories because he cant fully comprehend it. It makes the traversal into the Kaneki Vs Arima fight a lot more meaningful as to push Kaneki back into those memories, back into those emotions and finally connecting to them, Arima had to take Kaneki past his half kakuja and force him to be reborn, breaking that *Black Reaper and Haise concept* and bringing Hide back into Kaneki's mind.
That's just me.
Kaneki hair is due to RC cells and regeneration stupid fuck
Lmao causes and meanings are not the same!
@@126056542 what you said
is the cause this video talks about the symbolic meaning
nanoen you spelled surprised wrongly and litteral, you can’t repeat meaning twice, spelled online wrongly, you should have said online websites not only online.
Fun fact- Haise doesn't have black on white hair he has gray hair with black forming at the roots. He's even referred to as "the guy with gray hair" a few times in the manga.
Nom Nom That depends on the arc , in the beginning his hair was more curly, and was white and black ,the gray part being a in between color.
Later on as his hair gets straight, and as the black hair gets longer he cuts the white hair leaving only black and gray.
Him being referred by that name probably happened when he had black and gray hair or i guess they referred to him by that name because by combining black and white you get gray, i dunno, i don't remember the instances when he was referred to as that.
But it's just a hair color who cares anyway.😃
In the original Tokyo ghoul manga, rize says to kaneki “your hair is all grey” that kinda proves your point a bit more
Ive thought of the representation of Kaneki's hair as when it was black (stage 1 Kaneki) He was in the human world. Then when he became white haired Kaneki, he became more into the ghoul world. Haise was a mix where he was in both ghoul and human as he had no memories. Black Reaper idk, i thought it was more for violent as his hair stained black when he got blood on his head during the fight with Karen (i forgot her name, right before he became kaneki again) then white haired again as said in the video a full rebirth and in the ghoul world.
Eto, not Karen 😂😂😂
I really want to express how important this video is as there's a whole other philosophical side to Tokyo Ghoul. I'm surprised how no one has made videos similar to this, that's why you deserve the love. Thank you for making this video, it really has helped me understand the story more thoroughly and not just Kaneki's hair. ❤
I am so happy people actually understand it to this level
It's been months since I've finished the manga.
No, I can't move on, it's just too good of a masterpiece. I find it relatable.
Thanks for the awesome video.
It's been 2 years :') I'm re reading the manga this quarantine.
@@iri8032 Have fun!
I will definitely re-read it sometime too, but not now. I feel that I need more time before re-reading.
2:36 oshiete, oshiete...
longshot 0110 lmao
Ilys
2:34
"How that completely *unravels*"
...I see what you did there."
What we’ve all been waiting for
Why?
Tokyo Ghoul Definition: Just Read The Manga
Literally it makes no sense in the anime cos they take out the most important stuff but in the manga the whole story flows so well and it’s amazing
Im just gonna ride out and finish watching and read the manga
This video is my comfort video when I need to listen to something quiet and calming.
When a date is literally LIFE CHANGING
low key I think he would have been cooler if he did just stay in 100% insane mode.
The man to scared to get a tattoo Yes I agree
lol i agree too
correct
Simple answer (Imo): kaneki's hair changes to show that he has undergone a major change in personality, and he's now a completely different person than he was before. To drive the point that he really is a completely "different" person from before, he needs to look different, thus his hair and outfit changes with each of his incarnations :P
to be completely honest i always thought that white hair represent the mental torture and physical damage he has went through. his hair turning back to black made me think he is happy again. then it goes to black and white? i just thought Kaneki is now classified as a zebra
This entire progression just further reinforces my love for Hide as a character. He will always be Kaneki’s home.
Ixchel Azul *cries*
lets go home
Kaneki's hair got more screen time than Kaneki in general.
"It completely unravels" hehe you said unravels.
It hit my heart when you said that Kaneki wouldn't go back to that crazy full on white haired Kaneki. ;(
he will
@@toastyhair nope
@@tapetalbadge yes he does he does get his hair back in he does go crazy
To be fair, it is due to the RC cell levels in his blood. When Kaneki (Beginning of TG + beginning or RE) has black to mostly black hair, it is because the RC cells in his blood are close to nothing (exception for Haise, where his RC cells are suppressed to a certain level, giving him the black/white hair) and then when the fight for Arima comes, hair are pure white and Kaneki going Ghoul berserk mode. It could easily be seen has emotional stages or periods and it transforms him (fictional universe, it is), but still , logically speaking this makes more sense.
P.S. For those who might say :Well he had dark hair against the Owl/Tsukiyama on top of the Tsukiyama building ! No he didn't. Has mentioned in the manga, his head got hit so hard / so many times that it went blood red for a while (hence the nickname Blood-haired Kaneki, personal favorite).
You still are an amazing reviewer, one of the few I can actually watch. You gained a subscriber sir, cheers!
That can't be, as not all ghouls have white hair or have had.
@@Hhhh22222-w That would simply be because the RC cells are affecting his Human body in a way that it doesn't for other ghouls. We have a very Unique individual here, with RC cells from probably the most powerful Ghoul ever. so yeah, it's probably why.
The picture on the right at 1:57 is my Xbox profile pic
I did not expect to see it here
Would this also apply to Juuzou Suzuya
Now that you say it ; in the start his hair was probably white due to stress too
*oh my god*
@Chancellor Harris i dont think he dyed his hair to black, i think it turn black because of what happen to shinohara in the end of s2
His hair is so meaphorical!!!
I like your interpretation! I would like it if Kaneki's hair was black at the end tho. Nice video. :D
Can you do a review on the re s2 episodes and tell what the anime did wrong. Please.
The first thing it did wrong is: exist.
It's tokyo ghoul :REad the manga
Farhad The Gamer I tell that to people as well
@@syedshakaibanwar2698 I don't understand why people talk shit and keep watching the god damn anime
The Author was probably just getting tired of the series and ended it...
Everytime someone say's "if you read the manga" i litreally get a heart attack
Other mcs: Having badass transformation
Kaneki: new hair color goes brrrr
Why can't every boy get hair like Kaneki. It never gets boring
How? Everyone would look nearly the same😂
I thought kaneki became a old man.
I mean... could it be that when Kaneki became Haise, the new hair that he is growing is black? And as time passes, all his hair is black. Yeah, his hair transformed from black to white because of the torture he went through, now since his mind was "reseted" maybe just all his new hair is black. And during time, cutting the white part he remains with more black hair.
I actually agree with all the arguments and that's what I was thinking until now because his hair does mean the change he goes through. Buuuuuut. What if?
Here we FREAKING GO BABYYY
Thank you. This whole video I didnt think you'd explain up to Kaneki's hair going white again during that Reaper and Arima fight but you did. And as short and simple as the explanation was to that at the end, it was perfect so..
Thanks for helping me fully understand my favorite anime/manga. Thank you very much 😌
The fact that this video had to exist is depressing. That's a lot of different hair.
Bro where’s your review on the Tokyo ghoul re part 2 episodes? Would love to see it
This Cleared my Confusion👍👍
It is pretty self explanatory but the kagune changes I was a little unsure about so thanks for the clearifacation 🤙
I can't speak english , but I understand a little bit and man , your channel is so amazing , I love your channel ! Tokyo ghoul is my favorite manga and your work in this kind of video is great
I'm sorry for my english :"v
Haise Sasaki The only error in your English is the commas. Use a period once in a while mate.
Your English is great, though!
Well do u speak Japanese?
Well you speak better than me ig
Almost nothing is wrong with your English.
“Unravels”
*HEHEHE I SEEN WHAT YA DID THERE*
this really cleard up black reaper kaneki for me. i was always confused bc it's looks like negative development while going from black to white hair was *also* negative development, so how can the reverse be the same thing. but being symbolism for large mental shifts makes so much sense. thank you for this video
Shane man this was well explained like you said it was self explanatory but it was really nice to kinda have a better understanding
Or he just always bring white and black hair dye
Getting Hig not even gonna truly happens, if your joking, i didnt laugh.
@@glazedd6227 r/wooooooosh
@@glazedd6227 first of all, it's "you're"
NoobAsian first of all, you didn’t put a full stop at the end of your sentence and nobody is getting r/wooosh here.
@@musty9479 first of all just fucking use reddit
the CCG said Jason was tourchered and the only way for him to survive was to make a new mind and after he started tourchering others(kaneki)so kaneki made a new mind bacially
hide is the friend we all want, but we don't deserve.
Nobody:
Kaneki in the Thumbnail: 👌🏼
Because yamori puts red head cantipede thing puts his ears so hes kagune became shape of centepede
My favorite scene in Tokyo ghoul was when all the personalities of him in one room then eye patch said just like a centipede👌
When did that happen?
s3/s4 i think
@@lunarthik4895 Yeah, i rewatched it and it was in s4
Haven’t watched your channel in some time, just came back and I love this new style man! Great editing
Dresrosa: " blah blah blah blah blah and how that completely UNRAVELS"
Me: *smallest smirk ever in existence*
This is the reason I *hate* how the anime played out the scene where his white hair appears. It's too abrupt for the slow changes Kaneki's personality underwent; in the manga, everything happens slower. His original black to white hair transition is gradual, because he didn't just snap all at once. It's the same way with his original hair colour as Haise. It slowly shifts back to pure black, and that's the way it is right before his fight with Arima in Cochlea. He had become 'Kaneki' instead of 'Haise'. Every hair transition is the same way - representing the changes to Kaneki as a person. The massive symbolism was totally and pointlessly eliminated from the anime, even though it wouldn't have been hard to put in.
Manga all the way.
Who do you like the most?
Innocent Kaneki (Black hair)
Tortured Kaneki (White hair)
Haise Sasaki (Black and White)
Kid Kaneki (White hair)
Black Reaper (Black hair)
One eyed king (White hair)
Black reaper cuz I relate to him most.
This video cleared me entirely
I juat completly understood when u said mental progression right away so thx
I used to think that too..until I saw Black reaper Kaneki
Kaneki a hair symbolises dying your hair and then the roots growing back
Starts off as black
Bleached his hair
Roots grow
Bing bong bang mind blown
Poor guy he just want happiness😢
this explanation is a amazing!!! keep it upp bro
*Bro it's called aging*
Goku aged hella hard in the fight against jiren (if you know what i mean)
HgBoy underrated comment
Can you do a review for Tokyo ghoul re: season 2, really want to hear your opinion on the anime so far
Calvin Chong he said he's probably just gonna do a review of the season as a whole. not episode by episode
finally i found a UA-camr who has a really faithful way 2 explain it and guess what i understand it now! thx bro
my boy kaneki just went permanent Mastered Ultra Instinct
But what about that white haired kaneki that’s a child that we see in his mind sometimes what does he stand for?
Haise Sasaki could not imagine how his past look like, therefore he could only imagine himself with white hair.
is anybody going to mention Kaneki dragon form?
You did a great job explaining the symbolism of kaneki but you forget to mention the reason kaneki's first kakuja took the form of a centipede is because he viewed himself as an insect. Plus black hair kaneki isn't the original it's a personality he created to coap with the trauma of his mother beating him so he forcefully erased and replaced his memories
Honest, I fucking love kaneki
But hiasey has curly hair like how
It's styled.
It just got longer so he did it differently
He used a curling iron😂
its sheep mode
He finally took a shower that’s all
Bruh I thought it was a whole different person
double you tea ef like how?? 🤣🤣😂
In anime you can see small kaneki with white hair,that kaneki exist in past,his mum always beat him,and thats period of his first hair change he got white hair and he tell himself that his mum is good mother,and then he in anime tell that his mum is good but when she died he go to his aunt and she is also bad to him
One important thing is that when he has black/white hair, the black is known as the “roots”. For anyone who doesn’t have a sister. The roots are the genuine hair color. The rest (tips?) are artificially dyed. Which leads well into the theme