Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-89.123.93.134-20150203221002/@comment-25615147-20150203221343

its because kaneki is a seinen protagonist. I know what you mean and it's because he's well.. relatable. Human. (in a sense)

Ishida doesn't try to force some undestructable hypermasculine heteronormative personality onto his protagonist. And that makes him relatable to many people, no matter the gender or sexuality. He's been through tough shit and it affects him realistically and people can relate to that as well. I really love kaneki and I, just as you, wish for the best to happen to him. Ive read many seinen manga by now and most of the time the male protagonists had realistic weaknesses and hardships and tried to overcome them. Or maybe not. (other examples are Charles in Innocent and Masanosuke in House of Five leaves)