Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-26879614-20160511202118/@comment-25047329-20160511221558

TG doesn't really have a "fixed" set of main supporting characters imo. There are some more important to Kaneki personally, but their direct influence on the plot rotates with the story. Not sure if this is what Ishida's going for, but the distribution of roles reminds me of early Greek theater (what little I know of it). You have one protagonist (the Lead Role, one deuteragonist (the Person Most Important to the Protagonist), and supporting characters that help the protagonist through the Conflict. The supporting cast in TG tends to rotate in "bunches" depending on the plot. In the earliest part of the story it was Anteiku; in the latter half of the first series it was Kaneki's gang; in the earlier part of :re it was the Qs and Akira and Arima; and right now the major supporting cast is sort of a mixed bag of :re, Kaneki's old gang, and Ayato, and maybe Eto.

The supporting characters and their effect on the plot and Kaneki just rotates too much to look at one group and dub them the most important imo. Especially because their loyalties and positions change relatively regularly.