Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-46.165.229.235-20160809235729/@comment-25047329-20160812013500

I'm still holding out on that scene between Kaneki and Eto to be expanded upon tbh. We only saw them together briefly and I'm not sure what sort of reaction from Kaneki was being expected. Their relationship is complicated, but Kaneki spent months trying to apprehend Eto knowing that she would eventually die in Cochlea. I think it ought to be noted that even though Kaneki wasn't going to kill her directly, his plan for half a year was to let her rot in prison until she met a gruesome death by the compactor. Before that, back when he didn't know that Eto was the leader of Aogiri, he spent six months hunting her organization and she was indirectly the priority target. He spent 3-4 years wanting her dead. Finding out that she was his favorite Author and Yoshimura's daughter wasn't enough to change his mind because she's so dangerous. Aside from writing some of his favorite books, their relationship just wasn't highly positive. Kaneki's less than warm reaction to seeing her broken and dying isn't off. Even Kaneki has limits to how far he can show empathy and Eto just hasn't shown much to warrant it.

With that said, I do expect him to feel of maybe even do "something". The idea that if one has at least one good memory of someone else it's almost impossible to hate them has been brought up. Kaneki does have good memories related to Eto so he may not hate her completely, but it may not be enough to forgive her. Which I think is reasonable enough considering where their relationship is now.