Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-27143318-20151031170043/@comment-27143318-20151101163338

@Anon

I am sorry, it's just that when I start writing things keep coming to mind. Anyway, I do think that Tsukiyama was right (for the wrong reasons maybe, but he was still right). He wanted Kaneki to come back and for that he needed to restore Kaneki's memories. Kaneki's memories would've allowed him to decide and make the choice of whether he wants to come back or not. For that reason, I believe he was right. That aside, I didn't want Touka to become a mess, but I expected her to at least somewhat retain at least a fraction of her original character. The only thing that makes Touka in :re be... well... Touka, is her name. Everything else about her is different - her personality, behaviour and even looks. That character doesn't even remotely resemble Touka anymore IMHO. Besides, Touka purposefully chose to prolong her suffering by not allowing Kaneki even the choice to remember and as far as we know Kaneki could also possibly suffer for longer because of that decision of hers. That seems pretty much like what an "emotional mess" would do. You are correct about me not liking the developments in :re, because after Ishida put so much effort into making the reader love the characters he went on to turn Touka into a polar opposite and Kaneki's pretty much in stasis. As they are my two favourite characters I am less than pleased, obviously. Additionally, Ishida introduced tons of new "main characters" and even if they might be good by themselves, I only see them as the ones whose fault it is my favourite characters have essentially been eliminated from the story resulting in me disliking them too (a good example would be the Quinx). You can't blame me for that though, as it's only natural. Besides, I do aim to be as objective as possible.