Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-2.89.235.182-20150811191211/@comment-25047329-20150813135255

Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't think you're trying to make this a popularity contest, I just think that Hide would ultimately be the most influential. I believe I meantioned it before, but Hide and Touka are both important to Kaneki, just in different ways. Touka's the one who helped him transition into the ghoul world from the human world showcasing its positive points while Hide's more the anchor to his humanity. If we're looking at Touka's and Kaneki's relationship in the manga, Touka is more connected to Kaneki's humanity and was one of the factors that made him want to reconnect with his human side. In the anime?

...not so much. It's not only important to look at the bridge scene, but what happened after. Kaneki's reaction in Root A was completely different from the manga, mysteriously laughing off the beating and there's no indication that what Touka said effected him as far as I recall. If it did, it wasn't as much and we're left to assume that he's going to keep doing what he's doing.

At this point we should probably agree to disagree though since I don't think either of us are going to budge on our opinions. I don't feel that there's enough in the anime to show that Touka has a significant enough connection to Kaneki's humanity, so I still feel that the hands in the opening are Hide's.