Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-121.96.57.139-20160402175416/@comment-25047329-20160403053546

The bridge scene was a complicated event where neither Touka nor Kaneki were fully right or wrong imo. Kaneki wasn't wrong for wanting to protect his friends and himself from further emotional harm, but was going about it in all the wrong ways. Touka wasn't wrong for being upset with Kaneki for being self destructive and making decisions for others, but letting her emotions get the best of her and physically harming a victim of severe trauma wasn't a great way to go about things. Touka got through to Kaneki, but fueled her own guilt in the process and I have half a mind that Touka physically assaulting him only worked because she subconsciously triggered him.

Their characters are partially founded on making mistakes over and over until things blow up because they're accustomed to being trapped in painful cycles, yet, finding a shred of good in that pain.