Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-119.94.255.99-20151026153134/@comment-25047329-20151028040501

Ehe, I never cared about shipping much, so for better or for worse, my shipping goggles are pretty loose. ^_^;

It's just that I don't equate someone with having someone else be one of the most important people in their lives as automatically being romantic. With Touka I agree. Her feelings much more border on crush, if not outright romantic love. I don't consider Kaneki's feelings as overtly romantic because a lot of the things he does for or involving her can be interpreted as either general friendship or more. It's not "solid" enough so to speak. Stuff like getting one of you're best friends a birthday gift isn't inherently romantic. It can be under the right context, but I don't feel like it was there (in fact, taking in the backstory of that rabbit, the gift was actually kind of grim). Touka on the other hand asked Nishiki if a keychain was something that he would get "his woman" indicating that she interpreted it as a romantic gesture (and Nishiki denied it was one, lol), held her parents' wedding rings while thinking about Kaneki, and thought about how his hand felt when he touched her. It's just that when I compare Kaneki's reactions to Touka and vice versa, I find the implications much stronger on Touka's side.

I don't care for it much on a personal level, but I think it's one of the more likely ships to happen. Up to this point in the story, I don't think that the feelings are mutual, but have a stronger possibility of happening in :re because I think both Touka and Kaneki have grown up closer to each other's "type". Which is another can of worms I won't go into here since we'll be here longer than we need to. XD