Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-71.75.134.142-20160818045422/@comment-25047329-20160818055856

Tbh, I feel that a lot of Touka wanting to wait for Kaneki was an emotional reaction to what happened to Anteiku. She lost almost everything, really had no idea if Kaneki was alive or dead, or if he'd even want to come back if he was alive. She needed something to cling to because she was emotionally drained from losing everything and Kaneki's fate was the only one she didn't know about (Koma and Irimi went to defend Anteiku so were most likely dead, Hinami was with Banjou, Ayato was in Aogiri, etc). It's been three years since then and she's had more than enough time to think. By now, she's made it explicitly clear that she's okay with him not returning. :re is there "just in case" he has no where else to go.

Besides, I don't think there was a moral about moving on from the past. It was more like to accept your past and mistakes and take what you learned to reevaluate your life. TG as a whole is more into the idea that the past makes who you are, so you should accept it, but without letting it consume you. I think that was the point of having Tsukiyama and Touka contrast each other. Tsukiyama became consumed (by the "death" of Kaneki) and Touka didn't. Basically, it's fine to hope and wait, even if it seems impossible, just not to the point everything else is forgotten.