Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-119.94.255.99-20151026153134/@comment-25047329-20151028015550

Ah, se la vie~

I don't doubt that they care for each other, I just never got the sense of mutual romance between them. tbh...it always felt more one sided to me with Touka having a crush on the kind older guy, but the older guy has too many problems coming out the wazoo and is still recovering from his last date to consider romance.

I recall the scene from the manga and didn't get the mutual romance vibe either. Touka didn't get an answer from Kaneki before about why he joined Aogiri and he's telling her his motivations for it-to get stronger and protect everyone. She doesn't buy into his self sacrificing act and when she accuses him of pretending, he keeps on talking about how he has her well-being in mind. Given the context of the scene, I take it the chin-touch indicates that he's hiding being okay with Touka being angry at him and thinking him selfish rather than him wanting to be with her. She's calling him out on his BS and he's trying to convince her that he's okay with whatever she thinks as long as she's safe.

Kaneki's actions are contradictory. He's being both selfless and selfish at the same time and it's destroying him. ofc she's angry because she cares about him. He's trying convince himself that what he's doing is the right thing, but he's driven by emotion. But even after she confronts him, Kaneki keeps trying to convince her, and himself, otherwise.