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In _Tokyo Ghoul_ , fodder ghouls were getting killed by stabs to the chest and
stomach, but then there are people like Nishiki getting impaled repeatedly and
destroyed by Shuu, but he still lives. Plus, there's Kaneki getting those...
injuries at the end of part 1, but he also still lives.

Is Ishida just being inconsistent, or is there a reason for this? What does it
take to kill a Ghoul?


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What does it take to kill a Ghoul?


As you know, ghouls have very strong muscle and high regeneration abilities. A
ghoul's body can be damaged by
[Quinque](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Quinques) or [Q
bullets](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Q_bullets).

The main requirement to kill a ghoul are weapons like those mentioned above
and critical damage to a ghoul's body that even their regeneration abilities
is not enough to keep them alive.

As stated [here](http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Ghoul#Biology) regarding the
weaknesses of a ghoul,

> Ghouls will die if they receive extremely critical or life-threatening
> traumatic injuries that will kill them before they have a chance to heal.

As you described, some ghouls are still alive while some are not even when
they received similar damage. It is because they are strong ghouls, they have
more power compared to others and can handle bigger damage.


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Whilst it's true that Nishiki should have died (as he hadn't eaten for quite a
while), Kaneki was special since he was not just a one-eyed ghoul, which have
unrivaled regenerative abilities but also had Rize's kagune, which has been
described by Ishida as being a 'kakuja from birth', meaning it makes him
stronger than ghouls in general. Whilst he did lose his memory, it is feasible
that he survived multiple impalements by Arima.


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