Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-71.75.134.142-20160810051632/@comment-25047329-20160810140159

Kaneki's relationships with the female characters was almost nonexistent halfway through the series. Despite that, Root A somehow increased their (and Tsukiyama's) infatuation with him. The relationships in themselves aren't different, but the focus is I guess you can say. Like where in manga it's implied that Touka might have feelings for Kaneki and perhaps a crush could even be interpreted on Hinami's end, the anime all but states that they're outright in love with him. Eto and Tsukiyama also suffered and the only one who could get away with this was Roma.

I guess Pierrot wanted to make Kaneki more of a "Cool Guy"? He just sort of garnered admiration in a way he didn't in the manga.