Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-183.171.171.177-20150918080639/@comment-10733658-20150918184131

Here's my two cents on Touka.

Her narrative has been about moving away from the cycles of violence. Anteiku was where Yoshimura gathered and reformed Ghouls, after his own change. He saved Koma, Irimi, and Yomo from their violent pasts. Eventually, he brought in Touka as well. She clearly struggled to let go of the violence she'd learned surviving all those years on the streets with Ayato.

Then she was convinced to start going to school, and found some happiness. She was still pretty angry and violent during the first half of TG, but started to grow. While Kaneki got more violent, she started to embrace the idea of a life beyond what she'd known. She started having dreams of the future, talking about wanting to be a teacher and wanting to study the origins of Ghouls. She also recognized Kaneki's downward spiral, and confronted him about it.

Yoshimura sent Yomo to save her, because she carried the lessons from Anteiku. She had to start over, but she's built this new haven and is taking up Yoshimura's role of supporting others when they need it. We see that she still wants to act, but she's trying to learn from the past.

So basically, she's a street kid trying to learn to live again. Realizing that having a future is possible, and actually looking towards what she can do to make things better for others.