When comparing her son with Kaneki, she also likened Kaneki with his late mother, saying how alike they were.

His aunt always compared him to her son, Yuuichi, who did not do well at school, which greatly angered her. However, Kaneki's life with his adopted family was no less hostile. Now orphaned, Kaneki was then adopted by his aunt's family, the Asaoka family. His mother finally died from overworking when he was 10. Kaneki, however, repressed these memories and convinced himself his mother treated him kindly. Kaneki's mother, in turn, turned her frustration towards Kaneki, abusing and beating the boy. Being left with nothing but burden, his aunt can be seen as the one who drove his mother to her death. His aunt was tight on money and hounded his mother for cash. All the work that she had to deal with was too overwhelming and the one who put the most stress on her was Kaneki's aunt (his mother's sister). When he was a child, his mother struggled to provide for them.

This developed his hobby for reading and interest in literature. Kaneki followed the sentences in the books his father had been reading, saying he felt like he was having a conversation with his father which calmed him down. He knew that his father was an avid reader and had loads of books. He barely remembered his face and was awfully curious as to what sort of person he was. He lost his father when he was four years old. Kaneki eating his favorite dish, burger steak.Īs a child, Kaneki liked eating the burgers that his mother made when she was still alive.

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