Talk:Hinami Fueguchi/@comment-24663616-20140813164432/@comment-74.89.163.221-20140821214657

In a chapter(I forgot which one, 115-120 something) Hinami states that she is there in Touka's stead, (we all know how badly Touka wanted to be with Kaneki, to the point of throwing away her human life, school, Anteiku, etc) When Kaneki forbids Touka from traveling with him, she runs off sad, Hinami knowing how much they care for each other (its pretty obvious at this point even Yoshimura knows)  she decides to keep Kaneki stable and also maintain the connection between Kaneki and Touka for the both of them. Hinami still sees Touka regularly, and everyone in Kaneki's group is well aware of his... "changes" and his deteriorating sense of mental stability. Hinami is also there to try to keep him as sane as possible. Even if she doesnt feel like she's doing much, just having her there is still helping Kaneki's situation. Hinami said it best herself, when Kaneki and Touka are together they both seem happy, but when split apart they start looking sad, Hinami decided that to keep Kaneki happy and help maintain stability it was vital for her to stay near him. I believe even Kaneki is aware of this, why would he keep a little girl around when he's doing so much dirt and fighting so many enemies? Regardless of the danger Kaneki doesnt want to be alone and cares about Touka and everyone else a lot. (Also her sensing abilities are top notch). Touka doesnt seem to be worried that Hinami is around Kaneki, in fact she isnt worried about her safety at all. Whenever Touka sees Hinami, she knows that Kaneki isn't too far off, and usually asks if Kaneki is around. So yes, having Hinami around isnt bad at all, but dont think that Kaneki is careless, he is a smart guy, he's well aware of his own actions, even if they are demented or if his sanity is questionable... even when he's talking about flowers and garden's.

We also have to ask ourselves why Kaneki was deliberately avoiding meeting up with Touka for so long, he had no reason to do so. We know why he left Anteiku, its because he predicted the current war/destruction of Anteiku and knew he had to get stronger to be able to do anything to help. If you ask me, he wasn't wrong, look at the slaughter Arima caused... its a good thing he got stronger, at least now he can stand up to a good portion of the CCG. Yoshimura almost seemed to expect Kaneki to leave Anteiku soon and try to get stronger, he didnt seem surprised at all. Kaneki is a pretty smart guy to have come this far on his own, and to have even been able to find Kanou... that took some skill. He went as far as to become a cannibal, and hunt down other ghouls to be able to attain power.. granted, the ghouls he hunted down were already bad but still. Touka wasn't around him for long after the Aogiri arc, but she seemed to know enough about Kaneki to get angry and beat him up in chapter 120. It doesn't seem like she was just mad about him "changing" it seems like she was mad that he never saw her for such a long time as well. She was mad at him because she felt like he left her "alone" Touka hates being alone almost as much as Kaneki does, its why they get along so well. It's why she risked her life to save him. It's why Kaneki is getting his ass kicked by Arima right now. Kaneki just wants to keep things the same. He was willing to die for his friends sake. People like Touka, Hide, Banjou, and Hinami are there to remind him not to go insane and overprotect or he'll lose himself. Cue Kakuja and the visions of Rize and Yamori fighting for control. If Hinami was really visiting Touka and the others, then I'm pretty sure they were talking about Kaneki, or at least Touka would have definately asked about him. Touka knows he wanted power and thought of him as reckless, or power hungry, she started seeing him as a fearful coward, but I think her anger at not being with him for so long overwhelmed her own perception of him. She was the one who wanted Kaneki to be stronger in the first place... now that he is she's beating him up? What. If you ask me Kaneki is whipped, if he just stopped thinking about Touka for a few minutes he wouldnt have gotten himself in this situation... now he's gonna be deported to ghoul prison...

TLDR; Hinami is with Kaneki because Touka isn't, she's filling in for Touka because the plot demands Touka X Kaneki.