Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-121.96.57.139-20160110115557/@comment-25047329-20160110215449

Tbh, I think the way things played out with Kaneki not returning to Anteiku and losing his memories was a blessing in disguise. I sometimes wonder what would happen if Kaneki did return to Anteiku and the Raid never happened and if whether or not things really would have worked out. At that point, Kaneki was at his mental and emotional limit and I'm not sure if Anteiku was really prepared to give him the proper help he needed. Touka in particular had as much patience as Mado had ghoul tolerance. The past couple of chapters further emphasis how bad he really was and even after deciding to return to Anteiku, he chose a suicide mission hoping to "die in style" over staying with his friends and going to make sure Touka was okay. A big part of Touka's current development, her becoming much more patient and calm, has a lot to do with the tragedy of losing Anteiku and Kaneki disappearing. I think she'd be way more beneficial to him now emotionally now that she's grown up versus in the past where her solution to everything was to punch and kick until the problem went away.