Talk:Touka Kirishima/@comment-87.9.64.125-20150706220853

I personally love her character and her development.

Some people didn't like the fact that in the second half of TG she became less focused and that in TG:re she isn't appearing or doing anything, but I honestly think Ishida is handling her character pretty well.

First of all in the second half of TG it's true she didn't get to appear as much as in the first half of the manga, but it's not true that she became less important: she kept growing as a person and developing as a character. She became more mature, started to face her contradictions and reflected on her future and on what kind of person she wants to be (she talked with Yoshimura about this and during the Anteiku's raid she painfully realized how she kept acting harshly and without thinking because she didn't really know how to avoid losing important things).

Moreover she was still a key-character for Kaneki's developement too. It was because of her that Kaneki realized he was wrong and before passing away after the fight with Arima he realized how Touka was right about his selfishness.

Touka was able to do what Yoshimura alone couldn't, she made Kaneki willing to come back to Anteiku. By the way, it wasn't because Kaneki deeply loved her that he took the decision to return. It was because of how Touka spoke to him directly pointing out his mistakes. The manager also said how Touka's direct ways could be an effective way of communicating with others, a way different from the one used by the manager.

About her role in :re we still don't know anything, but it's obvious that it's pretty important. I mean, the title of the manga is Tokyo Ghoul :re and who works in a cafe' called :re? Touka, of course.

What I'm trying to say is that a character to be important or well written doesn't need to appear in every page of the manga, at least in my opinion.

I also think that to be important Touka doesn't necessary need to partecipate in every fight or to go around kicking asses. Don't get me wrong I like her being powerful, but being good at fights isn't the same thing as being a strong person.

In the second part of TG it's true that Kaneki became stronger than her physically, but she became stronger psychologically in my opinion.

Well, this is simply as I view the character, so you don't have to agree with me.

Last thing: the pair of shoes that appears in TG:re chapter 10... couldn't they represent something like "home"? I know that in Japanese houses before entering a person must put their shoes in front of the door, so those strange shoes appearing there could represent that Sasaki/Kaneki is at home, but he hasn't realizedit yet. Or perhaps they simply indicate that like Anteiku :re has an hidden part behind it and so the double nature of the place.