Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-27247962-20170102123523

It's not the best timing for this sort discussions, but at this point it'll never be a good time to say pretty much anything about this character.

I can't see there being a logical route where Touka's character won't be butchered based on Ishida's prefered way of writing. (There's definitily choice when he decides to throw everything he build her up to overboard, pretty much starting her off with a blank slate again.)

Kaneki is her magnet at this point. She can still be written differently based on actions, behaviour and choices, but it all is influenced by her feelings for Kaneki.

She can take her rightful place next to him, strong & prideful as we know her. The talk-it-out-route. | She can keep walking around in circles, fretting about her feelings towards Kaneki & her friends,hesitant to take any action. | She can stay complacent, occasionally punching Kaneki. | She can turn into the damsell in distress in any off these situations at pretty much any time, becoming the wannabe tough girl. | Act extremely impulsive, just to a certain someone's attention through extreme thinking: "I'll put an end to this myself"-style. | Becoming a complete -dere-type character.

Just to name a few things.

Naturally there's The Talk which I'm meagerly hopefull for. The only possible redemption route for her character. High stakes, because many of the above mentioned things, can butcher her character or this relationship through this talk.

Ishida has forced himself in a corner with this character. Kaneki is a Gordian Knot in her character development.

How are the hopes for Ishida making the right choice? He has a lot of options that will probably tease his writing very much, but there's only one route i'd call the right choice at this point...