Talk:Re: Chapter 126/@comment-190.153.81.210-20170528054745/@comment-26940038-20170529223923

^ Sounds like you don't have a lot of experience with romance in anime and manga.

For many people (me included) it was clear as day since the moment Touka got introduced that there will be romance between her and Kaneki.

They were always depicted as very close to each other and it was shown early in the series (original TG) that Touka has romantic feelings for him. Ishida always brought their relationship up (Uta asking if he interrupts them in an intimate moment, Yoriko misunderstanding Kaneki as Touka's boyfriend etc.)

It's quite normal for a romantic relationship to happen just at the later stages of a story. Especially if your female lead is a tsundere character. A character who doesn't show feelings openly until a certain point.

There are many types of romance and the "in your face" romantic tension between Amon and Akira is just as common as the tsundere "just friends but not just friends" romance between Kaneki and Touka.

So no, Ishida didn't just suddenly come up with TouKen in the last 10 chapters. They were always shown as a likely paring and I don't think anyone was seriously surprised about how it turned out.

Some people seem to misunderstand that it's just romance if characters kiss or confess openly. That's actually far less common than the hidden feeling thing.

If you ask me anyone who claims that TouKen was just brought up recently because of the fans must be either blind or really oblivious regarding the romance genre.