Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-203.111.224.51-20150109145138/@comment-10733658-20150112182015

I wouldn't say that "deserve" is the right word, but Kaneki definitely NEEDED that verbal/physical beating from Touka. The problem with his group was that while every single one of them was worried about him, none of them were willing to stand up to him. It took him nearly killing Banjou and then getting screamed at/hit by Touka to make him realize he was at rock-bottom. He needed someone to smack him MONTHS ago, which is one reason I think he avoided Touka so much. It's probably why in the anime he walks away without looking back or talking to her -- because Touka is the voice of reason, and the one that always let him have it to make him realize his mistakes.