Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-3173617-20150623045114/@comment-25047329-20150624001747

Yeah, of course Touka's being foreshadowed, she has to be. It just doesn't seem likely that she'll be a major player in this arc. The old characters are being introduced little by little, usually behind the new characters that take center stage. Nishiki and Hinami were introduced in the Torso Investigation, but they wasn't the primarily focus. Touka, Yomo, and I think Tsukiyama (I don't remember the specific arc for him) were introduced in the Nutcracker Investigation, but they weren't the primary focus. Uta and Amon and Yasuhisa (???) were kind of sort of introduced in the Auction mopping-up operation, but weren't the primary focus.

There are still a bunch of characters that Kaneki had some sort of relationship with in the past that haven't shown up yet and I don't think they'll play really big consecutive roles until we've seen them all. Touka is just one of the least likely to have a major impact at the moment. Not in the way being suggested anyway. She'd probably be one of the last to be involved directly.

Mind, I'm not saying that nothing is being built up, it is, but the character next to have a big impact on Sasaki is clearly going to be Tsukiyama. It would kind of blow if Touka took that away from him.