Talk:Shuu Tsukiyama/@comment-178.138.35.50-20150113215646/@comment-10733658-20150116071910

Homura-chan, you're actually wrong at this point.

Between the evidence in Re and the article in Pash Magazine, we know have official confirmation about the nature of things. Tsukiyama would not still be in a chronic depression that has seriously compromised his health two years later if he only thought about Kaneki as a meal. The official bio in Pash also explicitly states that he "loves Kaneki tremendously" so claiming that Tsukiyama never developed past seeing Kaneki as a meal is a false assumption. So that's canon confirmation his feelings are more complicated and includes a one-sided romantic aspect.

On the other hand, we already see from his relationship with Chie that Tsukiyama is......well, not good with understanding his own emotions. He is unable to comprehend feelings of affection, and so he equates Friendship with her being his Pet. However, it's pretty clear that Chie is his only actual friend and someone he enjoyed being around. Likewise, he probably doesn't have a way to comprehend romantic feelings, so he equates that as continuing to view Kaneki as a meal even though it's clear by the end of the first series that Kaneki means more to him than that. (Remember, he couldn't understand Nishiki fighting to protect Kimi as romantic love, so figured she was a meal or his pet or something.)