Wow this chapter was intense.
I understand why ppl tend to compare Mutsuki with Kaneki. But I do see a big difference between them. Mutsuki clearly had problems since long time, and even if this was caused by her family's issues I wouldn't put Kaneki's been beaten up by his mom on the same level. Deep inside Kaneki hid his feelings and decided to live as good as he could (“It’s better to be hurt than to hurt others”), until he was tortured. Mutsuki's darker past, on the other side, led her on a way more violent and sick path way before getting caught by Torso.
Differently from Kaneki, for Mutsuki this was not an awakening, but the moment when she becomes conscious of her true nature.