Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-107.77.169.12-20170417211038/@comment-25047329-20170417223350

Hmm?

Um, well, the more I think about it, the more I think it might be trolling. At least half way. Ishida knows that TouKen is the most popular ship and in-universe Touka knows that these sort of questions would embarrass Kaneki. She might have chosen a random embarrassing question as an icebreaker before delving into a serious conversation.

In the case that her question is serious, I've always been of the opinion that up until now, their relationship is mostly one sided with Touka under the impression that Kaneki is more interested in her romantically than he actually is. Like Akira, she struggles with letting go of the past and wants to "pick up where they left off". This is signified by Touka dying and styling her hair like back when she and Kaneki first met. Touka wants to recreate Anteiku, but have things "progress the way they 'should' have". Perhaps Touka thinks that had the Anteiku Raid never happened and Kaneki came back (or if he was never kidnapped by Aogiri and left in the first place) then their relationship would have progressed into a romantic one. But as I mentioned, I'm personally of the opinion that Touka thinks that Kaneki is more interested in her romantically than he actually is. If this is a 100% serious question in an attempt to deepen their relationship, I don't think Kaneki will reciprocate her feelings right now. He has a lot on his plate trying to "save the world" and process his own feelings on, well...everything.

Touka also needs to get her priorities in order and first and foremost learn to communicate better with Kaneki before jumping into a romantic relationship. Another subtle nod to the fact that she might not be ready to engage in a romantic relationship with him is that she continues to be dismissive of his interests. It's something she's struggled with since early on. Kaneki comes up to her trying to involve her in his work because he found an interesting piece of history that relates to him on a personal level. Touka neither can nor tries to understand why recorded history of a OEG that almost caused a revolution is fascinating to Kaneki, but is instead, seemingly, more interested in sex.

In summation, either A) we're being trololod or B) Touka's serious and needs to work on getting her priorities straight.

Whichever way it goes, I'm leaning more on the upcoming chapters not having her and Kaneki hookup yet. It doesn't feel like either of them are in the right place right now for that kind of relationship. But if they do get together soon, it seems like a relationship that would be riddled with problems.

Or who knows, maybe the next chapter will start off with them waking up in bed together. It's hard to tell with Ishida sometimes. /insert shrug emoticon here/