Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-26061591-20160928020811/@comment-28991887-20160928205823

@Blue Luna I agree with you on that, dark elements is what TG should remain with. It's likely that all Kaneki will get only a rational person to filter his ideas through from Touka, he trusts her so it's not really much to say that this could happen. Especially since she was able to put aside her own personal feelings in favor of the safest route, like not force Kaneki to remember his previous or he would again be hunted by the investigators. But of course, she does this in favor of people she cares about, like helping Tsukiyama after the Rose Extermination. Putting this on a larger scale, she cares for both ghouls and humans, albeit only the "good" ones. So... right now the King's Advisor position is open.

And looking at your observation, could Touka have become indebted or formed an extreme form of appreciation, I suppose, to him since he treated her in a different way? And another thing I surprisingly agree with on again, touken is loved by Ishida, or the "platonic" bond between them, so it really wouldn't be "omfg, Touka x Ken totally blind sided the entire fandom." Since chapter 1 it's had small implications and would categorize as one of the non-cliche couples. Granted the male MC x female MC is common but something lower than that wouldn't fly with a lot of people; but Kaneki and Touka, if it did happen, by manga standards is more realistic. It wouldn't be a love-at-first-sight deal, or best-friend-since-childhood-turn-gf/bf one, or the you-have-big-boobs-i-want-to-marry-you one.

In conclusion, they have a good relationship, and it can fly well both way, as friends or lovers, depends on only individual perspectives. From this small discussion I decided to read the manga twice, concentrating just on Touka and Kaneki, once when observing them as friends only and once with the touken mindest.