Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-24.74.64.155-20160711191031/@comment-26074716-20160712130241

Oh god I just wrote a long ass comment and wiki just loves being an ass to me OTL

Idk if I am just seeing things but Touka is popular with BOTH Japanese fandom and the international fandom (I cant say western since I am not from any western country), I remember Touka also topped the poll that came with School Ghoul series meaning that she's popular from the early TG time and the anime just boost her popularity even more. And what I can say about Touka, both author and fans love her character.

Many factors I can think of, that contributes to her popularity are

1) She is the female heroine, ppl realize it or not, she is. Touka is most featured character by Ishida aside from Kaneki(and mostly along with Kaneki). Also she was the earliest TG character existed, from the oneshot, thus many attention and expectation will go to her after the MC.

2) Super pretty lol Ishida wont waste any panel of her, he seems to give extra attention for her appearances, you wont see any ugly or lazy panels of her especially in :re,(something that I can say the same with Arima) and he loves drawing her, I mean drawing Touka motivates him.

3) People love her overall concept and design? Hot blooded cold fighter yet warm hearted, gentle personna underneath? Yep, many ppl would sign up for that lol For me she's the 'safe', straightforward type of character, easy to follow and to root for. Loyal, faithful with pretty face, tough but graceful, 💯 waifu material right there.

4) Some might not see this but Touka has tremendous and consistent development, throughout the series, whether it's her personality traits, her physical appearances, her strength and her relationship with other characters especially with Kaneki and Ayato.

As for Kaneki/Touka ship, they had come a long way from the start of the series, it's really wonderful to see how their relationship change over the time and Ishida had done a great job developing their bond despite them remains separated for most of the times. And yes, one of the healthiest and untwisted relationship for Kaneki. Honest and straightforward, that's what I can say abt Kaneki/Touka. That and all those angst parts, fans love that as well.

Some mention Hide/Kaneki ship, I absolutely love them and see their friendship as genuine coming from both but considering Hide's character and seeing how Ishida keeps hiding Hide(no pun intended) in the dark, I wont be surprised if Hide is currently scheming something behind Kaneki's back lmao