Talk:Re: Chapter 122/@comment-94.254.94.227-20170423112443/@comment-26940038-20170423182309

^^

I guess this is adressed to me.

Be assured, I am the last one to say that characters dying is a bad thing. You are totally right about a characters death adding something to the story which couldn't have been achieved otherwise. Especially when it comes to main characters.

But it doesn't need to happen. It's just one way to make a story more dramatic and tragic. In some cases killing off a character actually takes something away from the story which the impact of the death doesn't make up for.

There are characters who can't be replaced that easily. Especially if they have been arround since the beginning. Most readers won't just start relating to another character once the former relateable character died. And personally, I don't think that Touka's death would add more than it would take away. She is in a way the only emotional support the protagonist has.

Until now Ishida was were reluctant regarding killing off characters for the sake of tragedy and I don't think that's bad. And as much as I enjoy drama and tragedy, I wouldn't mind Tokyo Ghoul having a happy end.