Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-156.110.114.86-20150218234350/@comment-173.51.123.20-20150219050718

1) He is part of the Clown gang. I know everybody in America hates Clowns, especially the Joker guy and they compare Uta with him, which is pretty irrational.

2) He isn't Kaneki's friend and he doesn't show any sympathy for Kaneki in chapter 143, which automatically makes him an "antagonist" according to many people. Look at other characters who get a less or equal amount of hate: Matsuri, Akira (after she said that he needs to be strong and kills ghouls), Shimoguchi, Urie, Yamori, Eto, Tatara (some didn't like him when he punched Kaneki in the gut), Nishiki (in early chapters), Touka (when she hit Kaneki and told him to stay way from Aogiri), Rize (she chomped some part of Kaneki), doctor Kanou (for turning Kaneki into a ghoul), Roma and Souta (well you know the reason),even Tsukiyama (when he tried to eat Kaneki). You can see a similar pattern of hate here: those characters have done something bad or don't like Kaneki. Most of Kaneki fans are blinded by their hatred, so to say.

3) Uta isn't a nice and cute guy, which practically betrays the fandom's image of him. They also ignored the young Uta, who is pretty much the true Uta. Enuff said.

4) Most of haters are very vocal and vicious, for instance the Western fandom. They will stop at nothing to express their hatred. I have seen some fans throwing books or merchandises in the trash can and saying "He belongs into the trash", which is a pretty disrespectful thing to do to the author - Ishida Sui - who tries to draws as many interesting characters as he can and creates a good story for us to read. The Japanese fandom isn't like that, some may feel surprised but generally they love Uta. Some may hate him but they don't make a big deal of it unlike the English speaking fandom. I believe they can read the manga more properly.

That's said, there are still many people who love Uta and I don't think it's hard to find them.