Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-26061591-20160928020811/@comment-25047329-20160930212926

@Dayne Darie

I'm in a mood! :D

When there's an environment where people aren't loosing their shit, it can be engaging to talk about.

@WEEABXTCH

Which reminds me, I'm curious about what sort of role Touka is supposed to have for the rest of the series. For bettter or for worst she's always been a character who's more about interpersonal stories rather than being involved in the overarching plot. Which is why she can "disappear" for long periods of time. Up until now, she was just never involved with the bigger stuff going on in the background and doesn't seem the type to want to be. As things are now, I feel that she would have to be forced to move. Rize seems to be playing into this. It was subtly touched on as Shachi's words imply that V is closing in on her. If she goes with Kaneki, it might be because she "has" to.

I'm glad you're taking both options to heart. Perhaps it's because of the internet's nature to look at things in extremes, but it's not uncommon for me to see others either look at Kaneki and Touka's relationship strictly through shipping goggles or only as friends because "the series isn't about romance so it's never going to happen". As things are now, I think it can go either way. Not in a "will they, won't they" sort of way, but their relationship is developed enough that if it happened, it wouldn't come out of no where. If it doesn't happen, it also doesn't feel like it would be a cop out or like Ishida changed his mind. They're really good friends that have the potential to be a couple, but there's nothing that suggests an obligation of sorts.

^^^

Totally, relationships happen lighting fast in Ishida's works. I think he's gotten a bit better at balancing things out in :re though. In TG and The Penisman however, whether romantic or platonic, they happened in the blink of an eye. Like, Banjou went from wanting to clean out Kaneki's clock for "stealing his woman" to dedicating his life to him because he was so touched by his earnest efforts and sacrifice after two weeks.