Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-151.37.109.196-20151123213524/@comment-27204325-20151123225634

Hey, I don't think Kaneki is weak at all. He's easily the mentally strongest character in this series with the possible exception of Yoshimura. If you compare him to a character like Takizawa, who was already mentally weak and suffered similar kinds of torture, you can get an idea of how morally consistent Kaneki actually is. He may have varying levels of success in the way he tries to go about his goal, but his goal hasn't really changed, which is to protect the people he cares about. Sure, he has a habit of stabbing his friends in the chest (Yomo, Banjou, Shuu..), but who among us can say they haven't stabbed a friend in the chest during stressful situations?

I'm sure he'll reunite with Touka and something may evolve for a short time, but the nature of their world is too violent to wish for any long-term happiness. I think that's been set up pretty clearly; a large part of the narrative is devoted to showing you the result of ghouls trying to live happily as a couple or a family. That's not a coincidence. There is no happy ending like that for Kaneki, the world isn't gonna allow it.